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by phil21 2mo ago
Doesn’t matter at all for my local Costco. It’s busy open to close with very little variance. The only times I’ve seen it relatively empty were during bad storms. That said, it’s not an hour wait. Around 20 minutes is average, but I rarely
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by phil21 2mo ago
> I think if a real human doctor completely fabricated a drug usage history for one of their patients, that would also be news. This happens every single day and is effectively never reported. For far more nefarious reasons than a simple
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by phil21 2mo ago
> Everything should be reviewed for correctness. Have you ever actually read your notes on file? This is basically living in a fantasy world. Errors are routine. One of my notes in my current medical file states I injured my shoulder pla
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by phil21 2mo ago
> I am a software developer and if I write some piece of medical software with bugs that are so blatant in it, I'd see hell up to potentially being sued into oblivion Based on watching the medical software field as a consumer (patie
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by phil21 2mo ago
I've worked remote most of my career. Starting in the late 90's if you squint hard enough. I built my first little company as remote-first before we knew what to call it. I had to be very careful who I would hire, since only a rel
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by phil21 2mo ago
We can definitely agree there!
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by phil21 2mo ago
For stuff like calendar work, meetings, expense reports, and other busywork? Sure. Hence I have an assistant for that overhead at my job. Not sure what that has to do with the topic at hand. Who wants to interrupt focus time to tab over to
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by phil21 2mo ago
They typically are made by the same OEMs and I would say at par or better quality in general. I’ve had (percentage wise) more consumer grade PSUs fail on me over the past 20 years, and I don’t buy cheap stuff. Although the sample size of fa
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by phil21 2mo ago
I despise small tasks like this, so I never really do them until forced. Having a full time human personal assistant would be best, but this sort of thing is an alright middle ground for me until I make my first billion. Good point re: the
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by phil21 2mo ago
> Step counter seems like a bizarre thing to focus in on? are people passionately tracking steps without their phones? Yup. I go for walks specifically to leave my damn phone at home. I do bring an Apple Watch w/ airpods in case I n
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by phil21 2mo ago
Power supplies - regardless of quality - die pretty regularly at scale. Only disks fail more often. They are the #2 component we replace in the datacenter.
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by phil21 2mo ago
My issue is my digital hoarding. I've always said it I "collect" things digitally vs. physical, so I can scratch that itch without causing a disaster for my life. A half rack of JBODs is a lot cleaner and overall less expens
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by phil21 2mo ago
> There's not enough margin in the first place, especially at a supermarket or Walmart, that everyone could just have lower prices on everything. Strange how this totally worked until a few years ago. I never cut coupons or any othe
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by phil21 2mo ago
It's not really a "Well, OK?" situation. The local supermarket chain near me has more or less done away with normal low prices on the shelves. If you want anything resembling a deal, you get to deal with their shit-tier quali
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by phil21 2mo ago
Libraries I volunteered for would coordinate throwing away books late night under dark right before the dumpster was picked up and emptied. Because people are irrational when it comes to this topic. They say stuff like “book burning” when t
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by phil21 2mo ago
> I know there are testing companies that will test certain sources but it’s not like they’ve tested the vial you get. It's why you order a decent amount of it (e.g. 2 years supply, it lasts forever in a freezer) and pay for your o
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by phil21 2mo ago
> For example — are cheeseburgers and French fries junk food? What about when you make them at home, or at a fancy restaurant without artificial ingredients? Is it certain additives? If McDonalds makes a happy meal without additives, is
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by phil21 2mo ago
> I'm sure I could find an unethical doctor to prescribe it if I looked hard enough I'd say the only unethical doctors here would be the ones not prescribing it for you based on your description of your life and needs. Guidelin
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by phil21 2mo ago
I am entirely unconvinced that a 5% difference in fructose vs. glucose is a meaningful difference. They carry the same health risks if eaten in the same amounts. The only thing that corn syrup could be blamed for here is being too cheap so
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by phil21 2mo ago
Wear a blood glucose monitor for a month or two. Don't make any changes whatsoever to diet or activity levels for the first 2 weeks. Then change it up so you are taking a mile or two walk after every meal. Don't change your diet.
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by phil21 2mo ago
You are describing time, not cost. I can assure you my family worked pretty demanding jobs with long hours. And spent hours preparing food on top of it. The average American spends 4-5 hours a day on personal screen time, and this skews hig
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by phil21 2mo ago
> despite in many ways being as genetic as getting breast cancer. This claim is utterly silly on its face. Look at pictures of folks in the US 60 years ago compared to today. The population did not randomly mutate a genetic condition tow
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by phil21 2mo ago
I don’t consider that since it’s simply not true. When I grew up relatively poor we never ate out or ate junk food because it is ridiculously expensive in comparison. We made our food from cheap ingredients. To save money. Yes it takes more
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by phil21 2mo ago
Most of these books were destined for the landfill or recycling plant eventually. They are being bought by the pound and/or container. It’s really a totally made up thing to be upset about, since it’s at least giving these books a chan
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by phil21 2mo ago
It’s trading profit. No one is counting their gains from a trade while including their rent into it. It’s a much easier to understand metric when you are discussing losses on a trade. No one is calculating losses including salaries. It mean
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by phil21 2mo ago
Yep a leader is simply someone people follow. That’s it. That’s all it is. All the books, leadership courses, etc. are lipstick on that pig. I suppose it can happen, but I’ve never seen someone who is a terrible leader educate themselves in
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by phil21 2mo ago
I'm certainly no expert whatsoever. This is just my understanding from talking with a few folks I consider quite smart who work in the space. Some working for HFT firms, some elsewhere. Also reading on the topic over the years. There d
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by phil21 2mo ago
It's very much in question. As much as I hate to admit that since I do not like the concept of HFT existing as it's not providing very much value to society (imo) compared to the money made. The intellectual power behind this stuf
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by phil21 2mo ago
Net revenue generally means profit. Although I believe this also includes unrealized gains. Basically profit from trading before they pay for salaries and office rent and all that jazz.
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by phil21 2mo ago
Being able to pick berries is fun and relaxing! Having to pick berries is not. I have done both throughout my life. I can assure you very few engineers would prefer to be out in a field in the sun or rain working 16 hour days in harvest sea

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