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You might be able to request that they tax you at a certain rate, based your expected annual pay. This is a variation of letting you choose how many deductions to take. It is useful for people who cofile with a spouse, and don't want to under/overpay.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 10:53 AM on May 16, 2024

61 million human beings died in 2023. The largest number of humans who have died in the same year (at least recently) is 69.25 million.

There are about 8 billion people in the world. If 500 million people died, that would be 6.25% of the entire global population. It would be many multiples of all other deaths for all reasons.

It would not be possible to hide 500 million deaths. It would be visible in the streets, in the economy, and in the news.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 9:16 AM on May 15, 2024 marked best answer

70.6% of the world population has received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. With about 8 billion people in the world, that works out to about 5.5 billion who have gotten the vaccine.

If it killed 500 million people, it would have a fatality rate of 9%.

Now lets turn to the US. (I'm guessing the op's friend is American. Apologies if not.) 270 million Americans have gotten the Covid vaccine, about 81% of the US population. If the vaccine… [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 10:01 AM on May 15, 2024 marked best answer

We got a Tineco Pure One S11 a few years ago, and it's great. Having a cordless vac is so convenient, and I find it does a good job of picking up the dust, cat hair, etc. It was $300, which was much less than the equivalent Dyson.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 8:35 AM on May 13, 2024

The Prime Meridian, indicated by a thick brass marker in the grounds of the Royal Observatory in Greenwich is not actually at zero degrees, zero minutes, and zero seconds but at approximately 5.3 seconds of arc to the west, equivalent to 102 meters. In earlier eras, the line was sometimes moved as necessitated by construction of buildings.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 6:12 PM on May 11, 2024

There's a pattern of something being founded in a certain location, then named for that location, and then moving. One local imperfect example is The Cambridge School of Weston, a high school that was founded in Cambridge and then later moved to a more pastoral location in the western suburbs. (This example isn't spot on because they had the good sense to add "of Weston" to the name when they moved.)
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 6:47 AM on May 12, 2024

Have you purchased any items through the group? Purchasing a few things from different buyers will expose you to group norms and also have the benefit of helping establish you as a reliable group member.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 9:03 AM on May 9, 2024

The fact that Urgent Care sent you to the ER could make a difference in the coverage by your insurance. That wasn't a decision you made on your own.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 4:55 AM on May 9, 2024

Soda Stream bottles have to be filled with water to a specific line. That line puts the surface of the water just below the injection nozzle. As ssg said, the CO2 isn't just released into the air space above the water. It is injected at a pretty high velocity into the water. You can see the stream of CO2 shooting down almost all the way to the bottom of the bottle.

It would be easy enough to test this by trying to use a Soda Stream to carbonate a bottle that is filled… [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 12:06 PM on May 8, 2024

Since there's no right answer, I'll jump in and suggest starting with their live album Europe '72. It has a good range of music, and it is accessible. It's a good segue to their live music for someone who likes American Beauty and Workingman's Dead.

If you like Europe '72, you could then go on to listening to some complete shows from that concert tour. They recently released the entire tour, all the concerts from start to finish, remastered. The sound is beautiful, and… [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 7:00 AM on May 8, 2024

Here's a link to the Englishtown show that JohnnyGunn mentioned. I agree that it's a great one.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 7:59 AM on May 8, 2024

One other piece of listening advice: people who attended the concerts had to hear the whole thing from start to finish. When you listen to a recording, you don't have to do that. Feel free to skip around and skip material you don't like. This is particularly true for shows that took place after 1975. From that point onwards, the first sets became sort of a warmup for the second set material. I rarely listen to first sets from the late 1970s, 80s, or 90s. Once you get into the 1980s, there are… [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 10:33 AM on May 8, 2024

Thank you all for the feedback. Very helpful. I'm going to mark this resolved.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 11:17 AM on May 6, 2024

My friend who used to live there sends along this resource for films shot in Newfoundland and Labrador.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 11:16 AM on May 6, 2024

One possible workaround is to reduce the resolution of your screen. Yes, this means sacrificing some workspace, but it will also make the hit targets larger, by making "one pixel" larger.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 3:44 PM on May 2, 2024

To be or not to be
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 6:31 AM on May 2, 2024

It's interesting that both To be or not to be and In the beginning have dedicated Wikipedia pages. I haven't checked the other nominees.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 6:34 AM on May 2, 2024

You could make a nice fugue out of

Dearly beloved, we are gathered together here today in the sight of God, and among this company of witnesses to join together this man and this woman these two women people in Holy Matrimony.

posted to Ask MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 2:56 PM on May 2, 2024

Peyton Place. Published in 1956, this book has gotten a reputation as being pablum, but it's a fascinating look at life is small town America around the time of World War II, and it deals with some very difficult social issues, things we are still grappling with. It really is subversive in its way. I was shocked when I read it a few years ago.

The Golden Notebook by Doris Lessing. Published in 1962. Some might count this as "a loner whose life is hard either… [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 8:35 AM on May 2, 2024

Passing, by Nella Larsen. Published in 1929, written by a Black woman. Harrowing, complex, short, well worth reading.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 2:47 PM on May 2, 2024

I've had very good experiences creating large photo prints and books with White House Custom Color. They are a real company with real people who will chat with you online or even talk on the phone to help you through the process. I believe I first got referred to them here.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 11:27 AM on May 2, 2024

You say that you can't install a full induction cooktop, but can you install a 240 volt outlet? For example, this portable unit specs out at 3500W, 240v, and an "11 inch heating range". Searching for a "140 volt induction cooktop" will get you more results. Then search for the word "inch" in the product description and reviews.

(There's also this unit, which somehow claims to be 12 inches, 3000w and 11v. Not sure how that's possible, but there it is.)
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 10:56 AM on April 29, 2024

I haven't read the story, but googling the name of the character indicates that he has signs of being a fraud, including his dress and the way he smells. Using non-standard English is another signal.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 6:02 AM on April 28, 2024

Game score is a great stat.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 6:25 PM on April 27, 2024

Many of the people answering this question seem to have missed the part where the OP said that her mother told her to butt out, she doesn't live there, and it's none of her business. The question isn't just about whether a rescue is appropriate, or TNR, or whatever, but about dealing with mom.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 3:33 PM on April 23, 2024

Could he mean “embedded”, as in a consultant who is working T the client’s site?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 8:11 AM on April 20, 2024

Can you ignore the email from B? That would be the best thing to do. I know you like B, but I expect they will understand if you choose not to respond to something like this.

If you believe it's important to respond, I would say something like, "I have a policy of not commenting on things like this. I'm sure if/when there's a decision to make changes, we'll all find out."
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 12:30 PM on April 19, 2024

I wonder if she shares a name with someone who is on an international watch list.

I have a relative who had this problem. He has a very generic American name --- imagine something like "Bill Stevens" -- but the name happened to be on the US terrorist watch list and for years he always got pulled aside when he went through any kind of travel security check.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 10:16 AM on April 19, 2024

You don't mention whether you still have the paper certificate. Hopefully you do. But regardless, lawyer, as others have said.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 6:26 AM on April 15, 2024

Op, memail me if you would like the name of a NM attorney who can either help you or refer you to someone who can. I have not worked with this attorney but got their name from someone in NM who I trust on this sort of thing.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 7:29 AM on April 16, 2024

Christa Lewis does an exquisite reading of the Heralds of Valdemar trilogy: Arrows of the Queen, Arrow's Flight, and Arrow's Fall.

I enjoyed Room with a View read by Rebecca Hall, and Middlemarch read by Maureen O'Brien.

I'm currently listening to, and very much recommend The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn read by Tom Parker. (I previewed a half of dozen versions of this book before settling on this one. I'm very happy with it.)… [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 7:44 PM on April 13, 2024

(From what I can see, the Andy Serkis LOTR is not free to Audible members. It has to be purchased. I believe the OP is looking for books you can add to your library and listen to without additional charge just by having some sort of membership.)
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 7:53 PM on April 13, 2024

I doubt there's very much wargaming of military conflict between states. On the other hand, there are all sorts of battles going on between states, and between states and the federal government. For example, with the recent Supreme Court actions taken against women's health care, a number of states have passed shield laws, seeking to protect their citizens from legal action by other states.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 4:39 PM on April 9, 2024

I was just in Vermont for the eclipse. I wish someone had been selling hand-made, dated eclipse tie dye t-shirts. There’s plenty of commercial swag but something with a human touch has a much nicer feel.

If the eclipse will touch several cities in Spain, you could even do a concert tour type shirt, with the list of cities on the back, and have people in each city selling shirts.

You could do a beautiful tie dye design with an eclipse in the… [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 10:25 AM on April 9, 2024

According to this totality map, the times different by a few minutes across different regions in Spain.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 3:00 PM on April 9, 2024

Is the question how to access Teams and SharePoint resources (maybe just file) from your personal computer without permission of the company?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 5:11 AM on April 8, 2024

Thank you for all of these suggestions. The point about the wood not being strong enough to screw into is a good one. I will look into the clamps. That might be simple, and very workable.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 2:41 PM on April 5, 2024

If you or someone you know has a subscription to the New York Times, you can search a specific date range for specific terms, and then view digital images of the search results using the Times Machine service. I just searched 1/1/1999-12/31/1999 for "Central Park". It found quite a few articles, but I bet you could get through them in a couple of hours. You can also narrow the search by section (e.g. "Metro" if you know it wasn't in the first section) to speed up your search.… [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 11:46 AM on April 5, 2024

Virginia Woolf.
Gertrude Stein.
Edna St. Vincent Millay.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 7:18 AM on April 4, 2024

I don't have time to verify this, but I believe that in many parts of the United States, telephones spread more quickly than electrical service. It's much simpler to run a lower power phone line than it is to run AC voltage.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 10:57 AM on April 3, 2024

Just spitballing here — telegraph certainly came first. But telegraph lines weren’t run through neighborhoods, going house to house. Telegraph lines more likely ran from train station to train station along railroad right of ways, or maybe down main streets to town centers. There would have been an order of magnitude more poles needed to run residential telephone service than there were for telegraph service.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 2:25 PM on April 3, 2024

Thanks for the suggestions of kickers. I didn't realize those were a thing! I'll be curious to see how well they hold Orchid's attention. In general, she loses interest in toys that don't fight back or try to escape.

After reading the responses, I realized I have an old pair of thick leather fire-tending gauntlets that I think we'll be perfect. I'll wrap them in one of her play towels and see how that works. A hand puppet is also a great idea. We used to have so… [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 7:38 AM on April 3, 2024

I haven't seen an app that does this, but it's an interesting idea. I think you'd still need a way to enter spaces, if only to make corrections.

Along the same lines, y cn prbbly do wtht typng mst vwls.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 3:30 PM on April 2, 2024

To say it succinctly, if you submit your DNA to one of these services, your sister could get phone calls out of the blue from people who think they might be related to her.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 2:56 PM on April 1, 2024

Donald Trump is in a different position than anyone else the American legal system has ever had to handle before. That is not hyperbole. There has never been a situation like this before.

Any wealthy person can file appeals and push out the day of judgement. But judges lose their patience and eventually the day of judgement comes. The more frivolous the appeals, the more annoyed the judges get and the quicker (and possibly harsher) that judgement comes.… [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 6:28 PM on March 31, 2024 marked best answer

Your nephew should probably talk to an attorney about this.

My understanding of US student loans is that you can't make them go away by ignoring them. There are some programs that allow them to be forgiven, but if your nephew wants to just ignore, he will continue to be at risk. Whoever holds the loans could come after him.

One possible way to protect the inheritance would be to place it in a trust that is structured to protect the money, and… [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 8:49 PM on March 29, 2024

There are no cats involved, but you might enjoy reading Mailing May. This is a children's book based on the true story of a family who mailed their daughter via parcel post to visit her grandmother during the summer. I believe it takes place in the 1890s in the Pacific Northwest. The postal service had just started a service that allowed the mailing of live animals. In the case of the story, the girl was sent as a load of chicks, and she spent the train ride with her uncle, who worked for the… [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 10:23 AM on March 29, 2024

It’s not exactly analogous, but I think what you want to do is pull Marshall McLuhan out from behind a sign. Unfortunately, that’s very difficult to pull off, and you’re more likely to come off sounding like the other guy.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 7:50 PM on March 25, 2024

We live on one floor, so rolling it between rooms is fine.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 10:10 AM on March 24, 2024

Okay, this may feel like it's out of left field, but your daughter could train to become a phlebotomist.

The daughter of a friend of mine did this and it worked out really well for her. The training wasn't difficult. She has many opportunities for well-paying part-time employment during college. It demonstrates her interest in the field of medicine and her ability to work with people.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Winnie the Proust at 9:00 AM on March 24, 2024