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by mswen 9y ago
The key as I understand it is a period of fasting [no eating] for 16 to 20 hours a day. Your saying would work because the last thing you eat would be around midday and you wouldn't eat again until morning. I think that many people fi
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by mswen 9y ago
Factors to consider: Do you really like the working alone at home - obviously connected through modern communication apps and tools? Do you have the ability and willingness to cultivate a local professional network that are not your co-work
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by mswen 9y ago
> If I were in charge of PE, every kid aged 10 and over would be a tumbling master. Then I would start teaching them sports. COUNTERPOINT: At age 13 we were being taught some tumbling in PE class. A mishap caused a minor neck injury. I a
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by mswen 9y ago
Agreed! I have often done more sophisticated analysis and then stepped back and concluded that a simpler analysis was actually better for the business. It moved the business into a better place for informed decisions and gave them simple (
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by mswen 9y ago
Of the many projects mentioned in the article I find the automation of contract analysis most interesting. Seems like a rich area for application of a whole variety of NLP techniques. I would be curious if the current state is to essentiall
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by mswen 9y ago
Generally when people use their total pre-tax income when answering annual income in surveys. That pay might include a base pay plus bonuses. I suspect that most people include bonuses when reporting compensation. However, I suspect that ma
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by mswen 9y ago
It is often used when you have an abundance of measured variables that you are using for input that you suspect might be highly correlated. For example in a study of self-reported lifestyle behaviors you might have questions about frequenc
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by mswen 9y ago
5 to 7 cups of black coffee a day sometimes with a shot of espresso. Research on health and coffee is mixed though I think the overall current conclusion is that the benefits outweigh the risks. However, I admit to being biased because I r
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by mswen 9y ago
I find your post fascinating! Can you give us a list of specific skills that were most critical to the jobs of these people you managed? I have a 16 year old son who already has 4 years experience with combat robotics team, 2 years experien
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by mswen 9y ago
Very much this. And, that they have very high-end technicians that are cleared for top secret/classified data centers.
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by mswen 10y ago
Around 2010 I became acquainted with a married couple in their mid to late 60s who were serial entrepreneurs together. They had built and grown a library management software company in the 1980-2000 era. When they sold that company off they
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by mswen 10y ago
Thank you for posting this abstract. I agree they were using a very different definition of HIIT when I read the PR article. By most standards this looks like a medium intensity cardio 3 times a week with a low intensity 45 minute walk&#x2
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by mswen 10y ago
For many years I fixed myself a 2 egg cheese omelet, 1 strip of bacon and black coffee. For the past 4 years I have switched to fasting about 15 to 18 hours a day. The easiest way for me implement this was to eliminate breakfast. Once in a
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by mswen 10y ago
We don't know enough about your circumstances to advise specifically but here are some of the factors I would consider. Are you more concerned about short-term income or long-term earning potential? freelance if short-term income is p
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by mswen 10y ago
I do 'data science' for smaller businesses that would not have the resources, or really the need for a full-time in-house analytics person like me. But, one client does about 8 to 10 hours a week, another does some projects period
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by mswen 10y ago
No, do not get a second PhD. Your opportunity cost is too high. In particular since you are doing computational physics your computational modeling, statistical analysis and understanding of high performance computing should exceed the ave
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by mswen 10y ago
5 to 7 standard size cup/mugs per day. I drink it black, no sugar or creamer. I used to worry about the health effects. But studies like this [1] suggest that it their might increased health benefits up to about 5 cups a day. So I h
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by mswen 10y ago
One of two ways. First, they are just trying to be polite and tell you no without making it "no this sucks." Or, they could be genuinely interested in an alternate form. Your job at this point is to probe further to understand.
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by mswen 10y ago
I think of my time as a finite resource that requires allocation. I have big buckets into which I divide these roughly like the following. Professional Work > Short-term revenue (freelance/consulting) hourly/day rate > Long
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by mswen 10y ago
Agreed on more substantive detail needed. I was surprised at the lack of mention of many of the basic techniques and domains that a person interested in should consider learning about. The following are all germane but not mentioned: text a
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by mswen 10y ago
First of all your assessment that you are getting the same 1 year of experience over and over is almost certainly correct. How could it be otherwise when the work is so easy relative to your skills and capacity that you say that you are ac
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by mswen 10y ago
A thoughtful introspective acknowledgement of the combination of factors outside of the founder's own efforts that provide the environment for start-up success. When we tell our own narrative it is easy to be blind to environmental suc
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by mswen 10y ago
commenting works better for me as well
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by mswen 10y ago
Given how much work and communication about work is technologically enabled today there shouldn't be a higher risk of being treated as disposable, but despite working remote for many years for a larger corporation it did feel like I mi
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by mswen 10y ago
In addition to the points that this author makes connecting risk profiles to work options available to potential technical co-founders, let me add an orthogonal issue that impedes people from signing on to the high risk proposition of build
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by mswen 10y ago
I did a market research project for Honeywell back around 1997 on the use of predictive maintenance for industrial and office tower HVAC systems. I was tasked with doing focus groups and interviews with persons in charge of factories and o
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by mswen 10y ago
I do roughly a 16:8 split most days 16 hours fasting and 8 hours feeding window. Generally stop eating sometime between 6:30 PM and 8 PM in the evening and don't eat again until noon or later the following day. So some days the fast g
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by mswen 10y ago
Explaining some of my life choices: I have tended to have about a 4 year attention span. At least 2 former vocations (paid work) have moved into the avocation bucket (un-paid, still do some of it for love of the "work"). Along the
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by mswen 10y ago
Are you thinking only B2C or B2B as well? Also "user" sounds more substantial than what you describe in your last point which is really a lead with expressed interest that has agreed to be contacted again. A lead isn't exac
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by mswen 10y ago
Inconel please continue to comment whenever you think you have something to contribute to the conversation. I also appreciated hearing your perspective. Your writing is fine! No need to feel self conscious.

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