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by cko 12y ago
Perhaps it's not the "going to college" that puts one at an advantage, but the "being able to go to college." In other words, the people who are able to make the choice to go and afford it were already at an advanta
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by cko 12y ago
"We need better data; better dissemination of that data; and better communication of that data, in ways that help people make decisions which reflect their wishes." This is where I think good EMR software can make a difference -
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by cko 13y ago
A comfortable, well-fitting pair of pants. Pants are the foundation of any outfit. I'm personally searching for the perfect pair, because I only want to own one pair.
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by cko 13y ago
I agree with this, probably because it fits my situation so well. I work a mind numbing pharmacist job, save 85% of my income and am working in side projects. One project is medical software because everything out there is currently very sh
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by cko 13y ago
> It doesn't cost $70 per day to go 125 miles in a city. Otherwise my car with 59000 miles would have already costed me $33K in all expenses. It hasn't. But remember to factor in depreciation and wear and tear on the car, in ad
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by cko 13y ago
Baseball catchers spend a lot of time in a squatting position. I was always told that it really messes up their knees.
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by cko 13y ago
I'm very curious: are there people who fear samsara? I sure do. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saṃsāra
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by cko 13y ago
I've visited that site quite a few times and I'm very interested in how you're keeping running costs low.
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by cko 13y ago
It's probably a personal preference type of thing. I don't like the feeling of having ten pairs of pants. I have this romantic notion that twenty years from now, I'm still be wearing the same $200 pair of pants (aged to perfe
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by cko 13y ago
I happen to shower daily, but not because of hygiene, but because I like how showers feel.
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by cko 13y ago
I'm wearing the male version of those pants right now. They're called The Climbers - and they're the only pair of pants I own. You know those blogging technomads who have only one pair of jeans and a MacBook Air? Well I'
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by cko 13y ago
Grew up in an Asian family, raised by mostly my grandfather. Never said "I love you" to him even once, not even after I found out he had terminal cancer. I loved no one more than him. I did, however, visit him in his hospital room
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by cko 13y ago
Evil is an ambiguous word. It doesn't look like she did this out of malice. But greed or even fear (of saying no to hot shot prosecutors) - aren't all such reasons equally unwholesome? Maybe, overcome with self-interest, she didn&
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by cko 13y ago
This might be completely hypothetical, but might there be a genetic component? I'm convinced (based on my heavy soy intake as an Asian male with no ill effects) that some people are less prone to what the guy in the article experienced
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by cko 13y ago
Single family rentals (SFRs) which cash flow. I put 20%+ down on properties in solid locations (strong population/job growth, safe neighborhood, etc.). I save about 80%+ of my after-tax income.
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by cko 13y ago
> I also have small random, rarely-used things that I know I'll need in the future, but don't know where to store them so I'll find them in the future. As a guy who personally sleeps on the floor, owns one pair of pants, r
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by cko 13y ago
Vitamin K is fat-soluble but no upper limit has been established.
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by cko 13y ago
I haven't thought of that, but it makes sense. Though if we were being "overrun" by a species of hyper-intelligent nonhuman animals, I'm sure we'd get our hunting tools ready. So there's the "rareness&quot
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by cko 13y ago
I, too, consistently test as a "Feeler" when taking Myers-Briggs. Sometimes after it rains I go out side and scoop earthworms back into the grass so they don't dry up and die later. Then I wonder if I should be going to every
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by cko 13y ago
While I agree with your "leave them alone" sentiment, why can't that apply to all animals/sentient beings? I'm not sure how to answer that question myself... but a lot of comments thus far say something like "t
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by cko 13y ago
I agree. I think he has a high degree of self-awareness, and he is able to communicate in a way that many people can understand.
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by cko 13y ago
>> Most kids, the moment they grow up will rather like you pay for their college fees, take care of them while they are settling down and you leave them a good inheritance. I'm still young with no kids, but that sounds awful. Esp
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by cko 13y ago
Sorry for my ignorance, and I'm sure you've answered this question many times before, but: how do you type and reply to comments and go about your daily routine while blind? Are there any links to articles you have written describ
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by cko 13y ago
I'm only 27 myself, so I don't have much wisdom to share, but... You did say that living your well-off lifestyle costs very little. "I want to give the same unwavering devotion to my children as my parents gave to me, but I w
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by cko 13y ago
It's just strange to me that "technology" is improving yet costs of "education" is increasing at rates that cannot be explained by inflation (and also "medical care" but I digress). Fifteen years ago I rem
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by cko 13y ago
I'm sorry, but at the risk of boring all the HN readers who "got it", I must ask for an explanation of what "unintentional irony" you saw. Were her verb tenses all mixed up? English is my primary language and I can&
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by cko 13y ago
If it's stem cells from a cow, then it's okay because it's delicious. If it's stem cells from the human species it's controversial even if the purpose is to save lives. Unless both are controversial?
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by cko 13y ago
That was my first thought while reading this - and not only is he a business major - he teaches it. I guess it's difficult to apply knowledge to one's own life. I know people who work in banks who have credit card debt.
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by cko 13y ago
What surprises me is my fairly recent discovery that larger-than-life people like Pauling could be "gullible." (Though I'm sure there's a better word for it.) As I'm reading about Pauling and the common cold and can
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by cko 13y ago
That's a rather dogmatic way of thinking about karma. 'I am the owner of my actions, heir to my actions, born of my actions, related through my actions, and have my actions as my arbitrator. Whatever I do, for good or for evil, to

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