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by club_tropical 4y ago
Not at all, in my experience. If you are beginner in your journey, like I was initially, (no tinted windows, exiting vehicle before re-entering from the back to sleep), then I would recommend Walmarts. They always have car campers parked ov
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by club_tropical 4y ago
Have Prius camped in the bay area for a few months. It is possible to do this gradually if you're not straight off-roading. Slowly building out the interior, taking things one step at a time. Pros and cons, of course, but the freedom o
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by club_tropical 4y ago
Planet Fitness is a steal.
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by club_tropical 4y ago
> The answer was usually "illegal fishing", or "sharks". You make it sound like every other day some UNDERSEA CABLE gets cut - that's not a once-in-a-blue-moon thing?
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by club_tropical 4y ago
The vast majority of crime is not random, easily punishable, statistically preventable, and if you live in constant low-level fear and vigilance about your possessions, it is because you are being fleeced to benefit a constellation of clien
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by club_tropical 4y ago
Some of these are objectively bad ($5 grocery card) while others (team dinner) are basically complaints about a job/coworkers you hate (now these fools are taking your free time, too).
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by club_tropical 4y ago
Not complaining but I have to say, being downvoted because I value actual health over some synthetic econometric measure that our managerial overlords tell us is "what akshually matters" is indefensible, y'all!
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by club_tropical 4y ago
Amazing. I have noticed the loss in myself and should take steps to improve.
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by club_tropical 4y ago
Curious, does anybody navigate without GPS? Why do you do it? I occasionally challenge myself, and I am always surprised how much more active my mind is, compared to GPS where my mind is passively glancing at the screen every few seconds to
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by club_tropical 4y ago
salus populi suprema lex The primary measure should be the physical health of the humanstock. If your "line goes up" but you have obese, mentally fragile, neurotic people on your hands, you're doing something wrong. Many thin
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by club_tropical 4y ago
I hate this law. There is no example of a good measure that does not become a target, nor should there be. The only question is who does the evaluating. The typical example is: hospital emergency room wait times were made a "target&q
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by club_tropical 4y ago
I have a question for people who read this and whose eyes aren't immediately glazing over: I am incredibly put off by math that feels like "symbol manipulation". Equations that I can't easily put in terms of geometry or
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by club_tropical 4y ago
This still assumes a level of human equality that is belied in reality. Most people that are living good and healthy lives do not do so as a result of basic aptitude + wanting + grinding (1) it out. They are more like a particular type of
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by club_tropical 4y ago
It’s really 1) bad reception + no unprotected wifi 2) PDF that you have to zoom into, rather than a nice mobile-adapted static page that makes the experience aweful for me.
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by club_tropical 4y ago
Appreciate the example. We remain drawing different conclusions from it, but this further explanation will benefit many readers, so thank you.
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by club_tropical 4y ago
Appreciate your generosity in typing the OG 20 and then expanding upon it when people were curious. Personally I am very surprised you think some of these held up: pos mental attitude, writing things down, value of mba, and - most especiall
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by club_tropical 4y ago
Different societies have different political formulae and therefore different sensitive points. In KSA, that’s the monarchy, in UK, that is the assumption of human equality (which is the assumption undergirding human rights and all biology-
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by club_tropical 4y ago
Exactly. The difference is that the speech rules in KSA are more formal. Every country also makes a public example of certain prosecutions, giving enormously harsh sentences, to intimidate others.
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by club_tropical 4y ago
didn’t know about this, will check out
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by club_tropical 4y ago
ouch
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by club_tropical 4y ago
So what’s the point of a “reading habit” in the abstract- what are you hoping to gain?
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by club_tropical 4y ago
Do you feel like you’re missing out?
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by club_tropical 4y ago
100% agree. Rewrites are great and easier than untangling and surgically updating prior code. Far more motivating, too.
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by club_tropical 4y ago
The question took an unexpected turn lmao
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by club_tropical 4y ago
What did you think of the Deutsch book? I heard him highly praised but people also said it took many re-readings to understand and digest.
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by club_tropical 4y ago
I’ve read ISAIF; it is chock-full of good insights. He also wrote The System’s Neatest Trick, which, once seen, cannot be unseen. Will check out Ellul; thank you for the recommendation.
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by club_tropical 4y ago
Bronze Age Mindset If one book from the 21st century will be remembered in 500 years, I am convinced this will be it.
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by club_tropical 4y ago
In my experience your options are either [high initial fixed cost + low maintenance cost] or [low initial cost + high maintenance cost]. Usually there is so much pressure to "demo" and "show something" that you end up bi
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by club_tropical 4y ago
> Now what most modern farming does do, is bring in energy from elsehwere. For example, cattle might be fed corn brought it from elsewhere. Not to mention the energy inputs from fossil fuels (fertilizers, tractors, etc.) Yes! Minus the c
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by club_tropical 4y ago
Thank you for the thoughtful response. Your explanation makes sense, but it makes me modify my objection two-fold: 1) humans+livestock should not factor into these biomass calculations. Humans+Livestock are not meaningfully competing agains

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