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by jmcgough 4y ago
I don't really understand this mentality. If the difference is negligible, why wouldn't you want to get vaccinated just to do more to protect other people around you? They can do everything right (get vaccinated etc) and still get
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by jmcgough 4y ago
Any vaccine triggers an immune response, so it's not surprising that there's some small risk to people in taking them. But people are really bad at doing the math when it comes to the risk of serious complications or death from co
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by jmcgough 4y ago
My freshman class (~4000) at university was sent an email by administrators via the freshman class mailing list. Someone replied, which lead to their email being sent to the entire mailing list... another email asking to be removed from the
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by jmcgough 4y ago
There's a number of things you 100% can't buy without a huge risk of scammers - things not too hard to fake, with big markups. Beauty and hair products in particular are really risky. You know who I've really lost confidence
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by jmcgough 4y ago
I've always been curious about EA (and espoused ideas like aggressively making money so I could donate more to non-profits)... if I wanted to participate in EA discourse, where are those conversations happening now? effectivealtruism.o
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by jmcgough 4y ago
Having a break between jobs to analyze things can be really helpful. I don't know the details of your life, but I'd really recommend getting a therapist - a good one is worth their weight in goal. Working out is great - find somet
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by jmcgough 4y ago
Highly recommend r/personalfinance, there's tons of good information there and the wiki will explain a lot of the basics to you. General advice: - don't keep money in a savings account, you're losing money because inflat
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by jmcgough 4y ago
Amazing that any mention of D&I issues is a "political agenda" (p.s. this was funded by a think tank that doesn't really focus on D&I at all)
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by jmcgough 4y ago
its only real use cases are in transferring money internationally and buying drugs off the darknet
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by jmcgough 4y ago
Reviewbrah famously went on a rant about RBI (after they ruined one of his favorite Popeyes items) and how they turn everything into garbage: https://youtu.be/5d5NJgO38AE?t=362
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by jmcgough 4y ago
I have a younger partner who does infosec - she's never seen Hackers and I skimmed it, thinking about showing it to her. It's fun, but it's aged poorly to the point that it'd be too cringe to show her. Sneakers, in contr
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by jmcgough 4y ago
Your brain chemistry acclimates to using a GABA agonist every day and will get out of whack if you stop taking it :( like anxiety will be WAY WORSE when going through withdrawal. I still use a benzo (lowest dose lamictal) but only about onc
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by jmcgough 4y ago
Daily use of benzos is extremely bad in general - the physical addiction is not pleasant to withdraw from, and it significantly increases the risk of dementia in old age.
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by jmcgough 4y ago
Intuit. Their P/E is high but they pay dividends, they're fairly recession-proof, and they have a big moat vs competition.
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by jmcgough 4y ago
I think he was arguing against "chartists", people who try to read a random walk like they could tea leaves. But IMO most day traders are essentially doing that and aren't going to beat beta returns from the market unless the
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by jmcgough 4y ago
It's not really the same thing when you're referring to a privileged group of people (punching up vs punching down).
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by jmcgough 4y ago
That hasn't changed, but what perhaps has is that 1) social media and fast fashion have created even more demand for the latest clothes, and 2) every clothing retailer prominently displays "buy now pay later" options, somethi
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by jmcgough 4y ago
If you don't have a therapist, it's worth looking for one. Honestly, everyone should have a good therapist, especially these days. I had a similar experience and for me it was burnout compounded by years of ignoring mental health
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by jmcgough 4y ago
wish this was true
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by jmcgough 4y ago
I don't really trust them tbh they've never cared that much about user safety or privacy. You can still triangulate people's location, in Egypt this was used to imprison LGBT people.
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by jmcgough 4y ago
Fediverse isn't a formal name, rather it's an umbrella term people use.
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by jmcgough 4y ago
I don't love the current approach to the Fediverse but there's so little substance to this article. It starts out by insulting software engineers who build free OSS: "ActivityPub looks like it was written by an idiot who just
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by jmcgough 4y ago
I just bought it because a friend hasn't experienced it yet. When you can't re-experience a blind playthrough of the game, the next best thing is to watch a friend play through it at your house.
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by jmcgough 4y ago
While this paper looks scary, keep in mind that the journal isn't particularly reputable and that the vast majority of studies find that mRNA vaccines are safe. It's certainly worth studying this (and many more researchers will co
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by jmcgough 5y ago
It's n = 800 which is way better than most studies, and it's a well designed study. Basic science research is way underfunded in essentially every country. This is literally how the null hypothesis / statistical significance
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by jmcgough 5y ago
I found it really upsetting that, after an overwhelming number of Floridians voted to reinstate voting rights for some felons, DeSantis signed a law that prevented them from voting if they had any unpaid fees (Florida loves to bill convicts
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by jmcgough 5y ago
I feel like you could make a similar argument against Wordle: You can only play one game a day! How are you going to get revenue if someone can only spend a few minutes a day on it?
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by jmcgough 5y ago
Climbing isn't that expensive if you stick to a gym - $150 for some good shoes is all you need to boulder. Once you move outside, that's when you start to spend thousands of dollars on cams, quick draws, etc.
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by jmcgough 5y ago
Children routinely out-climb adults because they're smaller and weigh less. Being younger is often an advantage.
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by jmcgough 5y ago
Probably because they furloughed a good chunk of them, and it gave them the time and space to decide they didn't want to go back to their miserable, underpaid job.

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