JohnCohorn

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by JohnCohorn 5y ago
Suicide isn’t something that necessarily occurs right after the events in question. After you destabilize someone’s business/career/income it can take a long time for the ripple effects(ex: divorce due to money trouble, the addict
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by JohnCohorn 5y ago
And here in TX we’re getting Noahic levels of rain.
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by JohnCohorn 5y ago
> if you can’t afford a home you probably can’t afford a car That’s simply untrue. Owning a car is vastly less expensive than renting a dwelling in most cities. I’ve known people that went homeless, and it’s pretty common for them to...l
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by JohnCohorn 5y ago
> 2400 a month is rent here in Austin Just no, not unless you live in a luxury dwelling or location. Here’s an example place I used to live long ago. Centrally located, next to the major highways, and not unsafe. It’s old and not fancy,
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by JohnCohorn 5y ago
It hurts me a little to see “50-60 bucks” for jeans referred to as nothing. I now grudgingly buy similar $50-60 Levis or Eddie Bauers because my wife likes them better than jeans that cost half as much. Looks some common basic jeans at Walm
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by JohnCohorn 5y ago
Possibly sometimes, but anecdotally that doesn’t seem like the normal direction it goes. Of the folks I know that have had it they’ve become much more likely to take risks on the assumption that they “got it over with” and would probably ha
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by JohnCohorn 6y ago
Current generations may perform better in various ways while handwriting because we grew up being forced to write by hand for many years while we were developing in childhood. I wonder if upcoming generations that grow up typing instead wil
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by JohnCohorn 6y ago
< Many people have suffered re-infection Citation needed. Every source I’ve heard has said reinfection is rare in both percent and absolute terms. And resistance to the disease is proven to last at least ~9months and estimated by the med
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by JohnCohorn 6y ago
Lived in TX all my life. Every residence I’ve seen has had a heat pump for decades. The the thing is though it switches to resistive heat at something like 20F when they are no longer efficient. Rarely a concern in TX, most of the time we’r
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by JohnCohorn 6y ago
Also makes it hard to take off and on. Something I do frequently when I’m out and about as there’s no point in wearing the annoying thing in my car or outdoors away from crowds.
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Exhaled aerosol increases with Covid-19 infection, age, and _obesity_(pnas.org)
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by JohnCohorn 6y ago
A recent paper showed that obesity was related to spreading sars-cov-2 more readily, not just the severity of disease of the obese individual. The US and UK are world leaders in both obesity and virus spread. And the countries doing well wi
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by JohnCohorn 6y ago
I appreciate the effort companies make trying to team build over Zoom, and some events have been genuinely fun, but for me it falls flat in terms of feeling connected socially. You just simply can’t have the same type of social interactions
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by JohnCohorn 6y ago
How has no one noticed that the parent commenter’s username is a derogatory term for Mexicans? Speaking of racism...
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by JohnCohorn 6y ago
< No need to look down on people who have multiples or similar items. Some people enjoy dressing well or appreciate detailed coordination. Well it is wasteful in terms of money, materials, and environmental impact. And many people that d
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by JohnCohorn 6y ago
No one needs six pairs of the same type of shoe IMO. But I’ve noticed if you wear only one pair they are more prone to developing odor than if you rotate them with a second pair, so there’s maybe a practical reason for more than one. Not to
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by JohnCohorn 6y ago
<Things like jeans really only need to be washed a couple of times a year Biannual laundry might be taking it too far! Jeans don’t need washing every day, and I will often use the same ones for a couple of weeks, especially while WFH. Bu
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by JohnCohorn 6y ago
I wonder how much truth there is in the theory that insurers are incentivized to let costs go way up and may be complicit in it. Basically the theory I’ve heard is that Obamacare limited by law the percentage margin that insurers can make a
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by JohnCohorn 6y ago
At a startup in TX we have been encouraged at various times to place them in email signatures and other communications. I’ve never felt particularly pressured to, it’s presented as a suggestion for being actively inclusive. It sends a signa
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by JohnCohorn 6y ago
I listen to him occasionally. He is a natural contrarian and has said things at various time that would likely be against social media policies. For example he had segments on his “Liberty Report” that encouraged mask skepticism and other s
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by JohnCohorn 6y ago
< I don't believe any party should be compelled to repeat your speech Freedom of speech shouldn’t necessarily be compelled by law to be allowed by online platforms. But freedom of speech is not just a legal principle and individual
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by JohnCohorn 6y ago
From what I recall from Dr. John Campbell’s excellent daily videos, the UK strategy was not to give only one dose, but to simply delay the second dose a few weeks so that more people could get their first injection from the initial supply(p
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by JohnCohorn 6y ago
Agree that they certainly do have a cost. I personally HATE them and am quite annoyed that people pretend the issues they cause don’t exist. They mess up my ability to read and to telegraph social cues, make it difficult for people that rea
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by JohnCohorn 6y ago
Sure cases as a metric has been overemphasized and unnecessarily increases fear. But the fact that that metric isn’t ideally measured or presented shouldn’t take away from the fact that the metrics that are most critical like hospital capac
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by JohnCohorn 6y ago
Hypocrisy of elected officials following measures doesn’t imply that the measures they’re imposing aren’t needed. I agree there have been elements of mass hysteria in this thing, but at the moment we have real and present reasons for hyster
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by JohnCohorn 6y ago
It doesn’t seem self evident to me that we can afford the economic hit. Despite the US being “the richest country in the world” we run massive deficits and have a massive debt. I suspect Euro nations are similar. There are known and unknown
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by JohnCohorn 6y ago
There’s debate on how much masks reduce spread, and obviously a lot of variation in effectiveness given wildly different materials and design for masks that are not designed to be protective. But I’ve never heard of any serious scientific d
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by JohnCohorn 6y ago
“Why not let everyone else sports to stay healthy and strengthen their immune systems, as well as get outside (where it's warm enough) and get the vitamin D they need?” I’m all for letting people be outside freely by themselves and in
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by JohnCohorn 6y ago
I dislike sports, but I do see that making pro sports broadcasts continue could provide the entertainment needed for folks to be happier to stay inside their homes like they should.
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by JohnCohorn 6y ago
If other countries(like the US!) are running it hot it could just as easily develop there and still have spread to the UK.

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