muffinman26

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by muffinman26 5y ago
What do you mean by "proficiently literate"? The only definition I've ever seen of literacy is the ability to read/write, with no requirement that the writing be particularly eloquent. I don't know of any college th
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by muffinman26 5y ago
One strategy that my parents used (accidentally, I think they would be appalled to remember it) was to only pay me an allowance for seasonal chores, specifically mowing the lawn in the spring/fall. That meant if I wanted to buy Christm
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by muffinman26 5y ago
My numbers do appear to be skewed a bit. I know a woman in CrossFit with an official record or 40+. It appears that's much closer to the world record (48) than I realized.
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by muffinman26 5y ago
It's not a visible form difference, but women tend to naturally use smaller and weaker muscles than men for pull-ups. Men are more likely to naturally use the larger back muscles. Women's fitness magazines have articles about prac
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by muffinman26 5y ago
Small nit, 50 push-ups, 20 pull-ups, 50 sit-ups is a fairly punishing place to start, especially for women. It's easy to injure yourself doing sit-ups if you're pushing yourself too hard, and for some reason most women take a whil
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by muffinman26 5y ago
Make sure you're eating enough. When I find myself not having the energy to go to the gym, it's usually because I'm not eating enough. A lot of people get into fitness to lose weight and you scientifically need a caloric defi
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by muffinman26 5y ago
It's unclear, because the exact details are specific to the license and therefore may vary from station to station. My local television stations usually air the news at 11, which is after primetime.
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by muffinman26 5y ago
In the US there's actually an FCC requirement that television channels air news. From https://www.fcc.gov/media/radio/public-and-broadcasting : "virtually every station has an obligation to provide news,
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The last two suggestions are interesting to me because it's exactly the opposite of what I think I need for my long-term well-being. Over the past few years it feels like watching too many clips and reading too many short articles has
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by muffinman26 5y ago
Well, the average person does gain something from being able to shop and bank at all. If you are required to be in the office from 9 am - 5 pm Monday-Friday and grocery stores and banks are only open from 9 am - 5 pm Monday-Friday (or even
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by muffinman26 5y ago
I've found that immersion alone doesn't work for me either. I've lived with roommates from China who spoke primarily Mandarin, and despite spending a lot of time with them, trying my best to learn, and them being very patient
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I'd be curious to see how the productivity data working remotely scales out for people at different levels. As a new college hire I found that both working in the office and open offices improved my productivity, often explicitly at th
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by muffinman26 5y ago
A 5 page essay probably wouldn't be written by hand (to make sure everyone wrote a consistent 5 pages), but in-person tests certainly are. In college/high school I remember having to write 2 essays in two hours long-hand for multi
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by muffinman26 5y ago
Fun fact, one publisher AMA I read reported that a picture is literally worth one thousand words, ie. (per word rate) * 1000 = estimated price of an illustration. Of course pictures don't mean anything without context, but then, neithe
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by muffinman26 5y ago
In the US a CV is a comprehensive list of all previous work in the field, while a resume includes only the most recent/relevant experience. The term is primarily used for academic positions, where it includes a listing of all publicati
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by muffinman26 5y ago
Most of these were taught in required courses when I was in school, and I have no reason to believe this has changed: media competency - part of history class, including evaluating sources, history of yellow journalism, etc. scientific meth
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by muffinman26 5y ago
How To Win Friends and Influence People doesn't actually advocate never trying to convince people of an opposing viewpoint. Carnegie argues that you'll never be able to convince people of something by correcting them directly, but
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by muffinman26 5y ago
Definitely still valid. When I trained as a tax preparer for the VITA program (which involves training specified by the IRS), this was a key point of the training. We were also told that information from clients was confidential and we coul
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by muffinman26 6y ago
This used to work for me, but there is a limit to how much rage can help. As an adult, the anger only seems to lead to an endless cycle of pain and burnout. It's too easy for me to fall into the cycle of: "Oh, you're in pain,
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by muffinman26 6y ago
It's not that there's nothing interesting to do, it's that there's a lack of interesting things to do that I am capable of doing in that frame of mind. To use a physical example, there are loads of different strenuous
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by muffinman26 6y ago
It's definitely not just boys who get into programming for the escapism, but anyone who is unhappy with how their body or how they look. Computer Science attracts more trans people than any profession I know that isn't related to
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by muffinman26 6y ago
Hans Peter Richter wrote multiple young adult historical fiction books about the rise of Hitler, which have been translated to English and are very approachable. His most famous is Friedrich. They were written in the 80s, which isn't e
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by muffinman26 6y ago
I'm exactly the opposite. I hated playing MarioKart, SuperSmash Bros, etc. because the game felt pointless and un-winnable. These games were based on acting fast and building up reflexes. Since I was only borrowing my friends' gam
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by muffinman26 6y ago
The United States likes to say (or at least pretend) that it is a moral society, that it is through staying true to moral standards of truth and justice that the US will ultimately prevail, and that if the US fails to uphold those moral sta
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by muffinman26 6y ago
Isn't "If they're not willing to play fair, then _we_ must play fair" the core of of US philosophy? It certainly seems to be the standard imposed on US civil rights leaders and the central message of the big speeches in
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by muffinman26 6y ago
If we really want to be part of a modern world with freedom of access to information, there needs to be some way for people in the United States to communicate with people in China. If US social media companies are banned in China, that m
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by muffinman26 6y ago
You're still assuming that all the clothes you own are clothes you can or would wear in the first place. There's all the t-shirts that get handed out at work or volunteering that are required to wear at a specific event. College s
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by muffinman26 6y ago
Saarbrücken, the barely moderate-size city I studied at in Germany, has three distinct dialects. It lies right on the French border. At least one dialect has heavy French influence and one does not. Most of the local students I talked to sp
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My parents are amicably divorced/remarried, as are (obviously) the parents of my step-sisters. The parents of my stepmoms also divorced and remarried. Our lives are all so much better because of it. Yes, managing holidays with a compli
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I (an American man) would probably have asked if you needed help but would never have called the cops. Long road trips are common in the US, so if someone is sitting in a car for a while my first reaction is "Maybe they're lost an

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