mercator_rejection

I assume they live there

Maybe I just don't eat a ton of eggs and certainly don't think about the number of eggs used to make other foods. But that 281 eggs per person just astounds me.

Hadn't learned about changes to proton, I use fastmail personally but have people I know who recommend proton, maybe that has changed

I am not fully degoogled by any means (it is really hard when family uses and relies on Google products), but you can always start with your own domain and a private (paid) email service (like fastmail or proton). It's an easy step to take for yourself (but getting everyone you know to start using the new one takes time).

I have a Synology NAS I use for storage, photos, and media. It's easy mode storage l, and comes with a lot of apps you can install to replace ones you might use from Google/apple.

Does it really take 100 staffers to do what a video chat can accomplish?

I understand, but the comment I replied to was implying that rent should somehow be less than mortgage plus insurance. My point is that under those circumstances, it doesn't make sense.

I am not sure why you think it should be any way else with our current systems, though. Asking less means the home owner is effectively paying for maintenance and upkeep entirely out of pocket, and entirely net loss for them. That said, I also don't think that means they need to price gouge and trying to make huge profits.

For similar reasons, I stopped ordering with any alterations at all. I used to customize order a little and they always messed it up. It's pretty rare that I go at all, but I figure that way it's the standard meal and they can just go in autopilot making it. Less disappointment when things go wrong

Around here we just have little stickers on the produce with a code number on it. Most produce is just stacked with no packaging. You collect as many as you want in a bag. At the check out, the little code number can be used tell what the exact variety is.

This seems a lot simpler than lazer etching to me, but idk, maybe that is really cheap and easy too?

Try audiobooks. It got me out of that kid of block. Can listen during showers, commutes, doing chores. It's great!

I feel like that requirement comes from mortgage lenders, not the government.

Honestly, looks ghastly. In the pursuit of being generic, they made something simple and straightforward into something unusable.