galdosdi

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by galdosdi 2y ago
Oh OK. So just the internet, not real life then. There's your problem. It is a medium primarily focused on entertainment and spectacle, not a scientific poll and reflection of deep truths.
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by galdosdi 2y ago
And my point that I've repeated over and over, is that the benefit of exercise is far broader than just merely numerically burning calories. It is in all these other beneficial effects that it can indirectly help. Focusing solely on ca
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by galdosdi 2y ago
Even something as commonplace as chewing more carelessly will result in finding seeds in your faeces. But what's the point of giving you more specific examples? You seem to be eager to "no true scotsman" your way out of this
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by galdosdi 2y ago
If so, those people are foolish. Aesthetics and moral fashions (of this kind) come and go, but your body's health is for life. BTW: The majority of people where? Where do you see this? The internet (which parts)? A middle class neighb
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by galdosdi 2y ago
Wow. That is sad, and reflective of the world you live in and people you associate with I guess. But healthiness can be measured pretty objectively through health outcomes, and high BMI and low exercise are both independently highly correla
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by galdosdi 2y ago
It's a market for lemons. Without redoing their work or finding a way to have deep trust (which is possible, but uncommon at a bigcorp) it's hard enough to tell who is earnest and who is faking it (or buying their own baloney) whe
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by galdosdi 2y ago
Maybe, but so what? Exercise has so many positive second order effects, and then those may help with weight loss indirectly. - Improved mood, focus, calm, etc, make it easier and more pleasant to adhere to a better diet - Can improve sleep
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by galdosdi 2y ago
Build times always were my biggest Scala complaint. Arguably code base specific, as I suspect it had a lot to do with all the macros and type level metaprogramming, but, if that kind of thing is possible and customary, an average working pr
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by galdosdi 2y ago
Maybe the fixed costs of a shoe factory production line, in 2024, with centuries of production experience, are lower than those of a top of the line smartphone.
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by galdosdi 2y ago
> We have immigration (illegal or otherwise) to stave off demographic cliffs. As much as the right hates illegal immigration, it is mostly Christians and they integrate well. Indeed, but, even Mexico and much of Latin America now has bel
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by galdosdi 2y ago
That's the nice thing about the Bay Area, you get to have the best of both -- live in a shoebox with no green space AND commute for hours to your job.
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by galdosdi 2y ago
> Our diet consists of a lot more than grains. Ideally, yes, but there's a reason they're called staples. It's very easy to have a diet where most of the _calories_ if not actual volume nor mass of food comes from grain. G
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by galdosdi 2y ago
Location: Philadelphia Remote: Remote, hybrid, or onsite Willing to relocate: No, but can commute as far as NYC or DC (but further commutes should correlate with fewer days in office, e.g., NYC/DC = 1 day per week; Philadelphia Center
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by galdosdi 2y ago
My guess is that despite the strong long term overall link, it's too difficult to draw a meaingful link between any particular executive decision on this and any particular outcome, causing a tragedy of the commons. I think it's a
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by galdosdi 2y ago
I'm speaking from a practical cooking perspective, not a technical physics perspective. The radiation from flames or the sun affects food very differently than microwaves do. For the same reason, I probably messed up other physics tech
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by galdosdi 2y ago
Because microwaves don't heat matter. They heat* H2O molecules. This one weird fact is responsible for all of the weird differences between how they cook and how other more classic cooking methods work. We're taught that heating h
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by galdosdi 2y ago
Correct. Thank you. This is exactly how I and most other Spanish-speaking hispanics I've talked to about it take it. It's usually someone who doesn't know Spanish using it, and the implication is that something is wrong with
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by galdosdi 2y ago
Very well put. Ageism too. It's a way for the young to feel superior to the old without having to actually accomplish anything. Too lazy to study the past? Just say it all sucks anyway and even learning about it would morally sully you
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by galdosdi 2y ago
The IKEA cafeteria in South Philly is the best place to see a really good view of the SS United States, because of the proximity, the angle, and the cafeteria's gorgeous floor to ceiling glass windows. It's a really unique place t
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by galdosdi 2y ago
Sounds like you're in a good place then. If you have all that, you don't need high pay. You just need pay.
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by galdosdi 2y ago
Exactly, which is why it gives you a leg up on everyone who isn't willing to live in a major metro. If you're raising kids, you probably want this anyway. What kind of schools and jobs are they going to be able to pursue without m
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by galdosdi 2y ago
That's an arm's length transaction with a counterparty you'll never see again. An employer-employee relationship lasts for years, perhaps many years, and requires the employee to act as the agent of the employer, repeatedly.
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by galdosdi 2y ago
It's also a shady technique some companies use to preemptively soften up a candidate they genuinely want for negotiations. They really want you but don't want you to think that so they can get you to accept less in the negotiation
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by galdosdi 2y ago
Are you focusing on remote or are you able and willing to go on site at least part of the time in a major metro market?
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by galdosdi 2y ago
Why do people like yourself have such an allergy to becoming familiar with the past? It is as small-minded to be parochially bound to your own time as it is to your own country. Think of it as analogous to learning Spanish or Chinese so you
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by galdosdi 2y ago
NB- this is in reply to an earlier version of my comment, which I edited out purely for brevity, but now guiltily am restoring here-- where I worried we're marching towards a dystopia like the ones imagined in many works like Idiocracy
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by galdosdi 2y ago
But they're a lot more willing to choose outer exurbs or nearby towns that have a lot more space, or if they really prefer city life, are more willing to consider cities with good lifestyle/affordability but second-rate job opport
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by galdosdi 2y ago
Ah. So that's why so many people think chatgpt is such a boon for drafting trivial things that a competent writer could do almost as fast, but with more control. They really can't do it. The deskilling continues. "What can be
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by galdosdi 2y ago
I don't mean this offensively, but if this is beyond your reading level and you went to college, your college did not do a good job. The vocabulary and structure is nothing out of the ordinary for college level reading. That said, like
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by galdosdi 2y ago
I don't know what to tell ya, besides everything I just told ya. "Why did you like this piece of art but I didn't as much" is a question worthy of speculation but fundamentally unanswerable

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