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by lcall 6y ago
Years ago I tried this, after having read a lot about it, trying multiple times, hard, as I was determined to get more done on things that were important to me. I can be very self-disciplined and almost fell asleep dropping to the floor wh
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by lcall 6y ago
For what it may be worth: two accredited online universities that have interestingly sustainable models and, I gather, good quality: BYU Pathway Worldwide and associated programs. It requires a Church affiliation but not necessarily member
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One correction to my earlier comment, where I said there were few commercials or not enough to annoy: sometimes there are, but with so many other stations one can usually just switch to something similar, it seems. I made a list of "
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I mention radiodroid elsewhere here: it has a sleep timer that defaults to the last one set, so you would have to tap first to start the app, then 2nd to start a station (at the top of your favorites), then the timer and ok, so that is 4 ta
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by lcall 6y ago
The radiodroid app does (which I mentioned in another comment here), at least, and probably others -- it seems to depend on the station.
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Something I vaguely remember reading in an app (maybe it was the "internet radio" app or its description, from https://f-droid.org? ) said there is a maintained list on the internet, of stations, like maybe in xml. (edi
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by lcall 6y ago
There is also an app called "radiodroid" (or maybe it is "radiodroid2"; on the https://f-droid.org app store that says it builds all the apps from free/open source) which I have very much enjoyed for thi
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by lcall 6y ago
I noted elsewhere, but directly to this q: one volunteering site that doesn't require you to figure out detailed extensive plans before getting started, is probably https://justserve.org . They let orgs and volunteers sign
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There are probably some good ideas in other replies. Having purpose in life is everything (I think). I suggest building humanity through learning and service, and hopefully coming to know eternal truths that support that learning & se
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For what it may be worth, our Church also has a very good, free 12-step program for overcoming addictions, with a bunch of online materials: https://addictionrecovery.churchofjesuschrist.org/steps?lang... . I think even just
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by lcall 6y ago
Two interesting examples of viable, accredited, online schools: Western Governors University: https://www.wgu.edu/ (also mentioned in wikipedia): state aid available from multiple states it seems (per wkp). BYU Pathway Worl
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by lcall 6y ago
The greatest joys, rewards, and challenges in life (growth opportunities) come from family (including extended family where possible). (Plus that it simply doesn't look like a good prospect to rely only on government strangers to take
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As you and others point out well, nobody can know it all. My own solution to this is to (try to) spend some regular time learning, maybe keep a prioritized lists of possible future topics, and just try to prioritize tasks for the rest of t
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by lcall 6y ago
Really, if one is thinking about the end of the world, it is good to prepare, but we don't have to fear as we can be OK. In my belief system we have living prophets (comparable to Noah with the ark, etc etc), and they provide much goo
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by lcall 6y ago
I tried to explain in this comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23033922 ...a number of separate reasons why a UBI at the US federal level takes away freedom to try better ideas to do good at other levels, is har
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by lcall 6y ago
1) Yes the OP was about Finland, which is their business, but I was specifically commenting about the concept wrt the US Fed Gov. 2) Disregarding "true believers" on either side of this one who would not be convinced regardless, I
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Hmm. I think they are valuable and can be considered separately, like: 1) that we have a constitution that limits federal authority (for what I think are many good historical reasons); 2) socialism/communism has caused big problems, a
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by lcall 6y ago
About getting to 0 (as i noted elsewhere): One of the best things I can recommend is getting control of finances, instead of letting others and money control you, using Dave Ramsey's 7 baby steps: https://www.daveramsey.com
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by lcall 6y ago
One of the best things I can recommend is getting control of finances, instead of letting others and money control you, using Dave Ramsey's 7 baby steps: https://www.daveramsey.com/dave-ramsey-7-baby-steps I can attes
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by lcall 6y ago
thanks for the link
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I have tried to explain much more at my web site, and also in reply to another comment nearby.
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UBI takes away freedom (in the form of $ ie time, energy & planning) to try anything but what the fed. govt. decides. States and private organizations can do it better, but that is hampered when the fed govt takes so much of the resourc
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by lcall 6y ago
I tried to explain in this comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23033922 ...why a UBI at the US federal level takes away freedom to try better ideas to do good at other levels, is morally wrong, is harmful, and th
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by lcall 6y ago
A comment is appreciated on down-votes; thanks.
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If you have any debt and less than 3-6 months of emergency savings, and do not own your home, I recommend starting with a free BYU personal finance class (I can dig if you cant find a link), and/or Dave Ramsey materials.
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by lcall 6y ago
Possibly related prior discussions, some of which include some comments of mine at my site where I try to discuss life perspective etc etc. Note that this is an attempt at collecting useful comments that could relate, NOT at an insinuati
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by lcall 6y ago
Update: FWIW, wkp makes WGU sound good, like here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WGU#Rankings and here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WGU#Methodology_and_Rigor .
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Maybe they accept volunteers for coding too. But really I don't know ;) But, if it helps and is a contact there, there may be some chance of collaboration. I know for some other software that the sponsoring org works on, they do acc
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by lcall 6y ago
Good question: if you ask BYU Pathway Worldwide people or browse their site to learn about it, would be a good follow-up post here, to say. :) I am pretty sure I link to them indirectly above (i.e., to a page that has a convenient link to
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by lcall 6y ago
Life is honestly hard. We can be OK. I have written why, in detail (I hope skimmable/browseable, a tech-simple site: http://lukecall.net/e-9223372036854581716.html . Feedback welcome.

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