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by derekp7 4y ago
Depending on your weight, walking for 1 hour burns about 300 calories, which is 1 pound ever 12 days. So that is definitely a big factor (on hour walking is about 7200 steps).
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I recall having this theory quite a while ago. Let's say your diet includes eating powdered sugar donuts in the morning. The gut microbes that feed on it become plentiful. Then when you switch out diets, that particular microbe star
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by derekp7 4y ago
Household income of 100,000 (higher than typical) gives 15K per year, or 1250 a month. 8% interest gets you to $376,000 after 14 years. No where near millionaire status. And this is assuming a tax differed investment path such as 401(k),
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I'm getting a taste for that since I got into 3D printing. Just type in some math formulas in a text editor, press a few more buttons, and all of a sudden I get a pivot-fence micro adjustable router table for my Dremel tool. Or I get
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Connections is another way of saying references, which is a less formal but sometimes more valuable variation of having credentials. If an employer hires 10 unknown people, maybe 4 will work out good and the other 6 will be possibly a net
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This sounds good in theory, but in practice doesn't work out so well. In order to write cursive legibly, you need to slow down. Think of how most people's signatures aren't readable at all, that is because they evolved to b
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Don't discount that walk in losing weight. I hear a lot about weight loss being mostly diet, and you can't outrun a cheeseburger, etc. But in reality, if you are around borderline eating 2000 calories per day, and if that walk bu
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Ask HN: How effective is current driver assistance at avoiding accidents?
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The intention wasn't to compare wealth with happiness, but was to draw a comparison between two different domains, with one that some people can objectively understand. The idea being that in finance, you can for example buy an object
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What you just described is actually the other type (eudaimonic) of happieness. You spent a lot of time and effort to cultivate those friendships and getting into that good community -- it isn't something that you just turn on one afte
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There is also safety in a more maneuverable car. I went from a pickup truck to a Fusion (hybrid), and I've been able to steer clear of situations easier in it than the bigger truck. Also since I can't see past the SUV in front o
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The other situation is when each manager is ordered to give 2 names to make redundant. If the existing group is well established, the new guy will get the axe. Or people get hired in during good times, for the explicit purpose of being th
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This is also why the most useful programs for a given domain are written by people who are from that domain and wrote the program for themselves. They may not be the best quality programs, as the person writing is typically does programmin
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That would be great, except that it seems people can't agree on how to properly debate. One person will bring up something that is in the news, the other person who aligns with the opposite political party may come back with "Lik
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The sea customers shouldn't directly impact land use, esp. in the current bent pipe mode. May have impact once laser interconnects re fully functional, but most likely not. The biggest obstacle for future growth is launch capacity, wh
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There are a number of techniques you can use, but it really boils down to practice repetition. Some exercises that seemed to help me, when done at night before going to bed (about 5 minutes or so) is to take a piece of paper and write a bu
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by derekp7 4y ago
One thing I've noticed with stainless steel is that if you have hard water, you get some calcium buildup and things stick like crazy. Anytime my stainless steel pans start having problems I soak a bit of vinegar on them for a bit, scr
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by derekp7 4y ago
If you borrow 80k to buy that 100k house (20% down), and the house drops to 50k, you still owe 80k. You need to be able to sell it for at least 80k, or you ain't getting that other house for 50k. So what happens is anyone that bought
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If you bought your home as shelter and are going to live in it for the next 30 years then this doesn't affect you. Quite a few people buy starter homes, then upgrade as their family grows. Or have to move due to employment. Or a num
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Not only that, but a good mic can make you sound more authoritative. I won't go as far as to say it is a make/break type of deal, but when you have external customers on the line it really helps them take what you say at face val
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On top of that, there is the potential for the new place to not be so good. Maybe they hired you on with a part of your salary being paid in bonus (and your last job was too), but unlike the last job that paid a bonus every year for the la
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But the absolute home value shouldn't affect property taxes. It should only be the relative home value. The county takes the entire budget, and divides it by the total of all the home values in the county to determine the basis for a
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How does making your own product on a home 3D printer compare to the cost per unit of having something like Shapeways or similar do it? Out of curiosity, I took my design for a Dremel gig that is about 4 - 5 hours of total printing time (b
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Question -- Is the cost of projects such as Webb so high because of high launch costs, which in turn has a cascade effect on limiting the the projects that get launched to space, and therefore requiring that they be built to higher specific
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Don't you need very specific hardware to get Mac OS to work too? I think it is useful when comparing OS environments to make sure you are comparing on the hardware that is optimal for each OS. And you can get Linux optimal hardware f
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I can't say if your opinion is supported or refuted by biological science facts, but I can give you a piece of anecdata. I tended towards being a night owl in my teens up through maybe mid 30's. In high school I'd stay up l
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The main reason I was thinking of a fixed tool is it seems that it would be possible to have more precision with it. One example that I've been wanting to do for a while is make my own slide rules. For that you need to cut 1/4 i
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I've noticed that there is a lack of quality miniature wood/acrylic working tools that are equiv to full sized versions. Specifically, I'm looking for a mini table saw, router table, etc suitable for something like 1/4
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I believe Google Voice can do text directly from the app, no cell service required (just an internet connection). And my phone service has been able to do LTE over WIFI for a number of years.
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There is a way to do this that doesn't involve (possibly unethical) knowledge hording, such as having skills in areas that the team you would typically be on wouldn't have. But skills that still enhance your role. For example, I

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