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811.
by phil21 2y ago
Seems pretty easy to avoid those situations to me? I've never had a Twitter or Facebook account, tend to participate in the modern economy at least as much as the average person if not a lot more, and never once have wished I could tw
812.
by phil21 2y ago
OP isn't rejecting the US citizen application because they are a US citizen - they are rejecting all candidates applying for the position regardless of ability to do the job or not since the position is already filled. There was no in
813.
by phil21 2y ago
I understand that wealthy parents are going to show up in these stats far more often than non-wealthy. I take umbrage at the statement it's only the wealthy. It has turned into effectively only for the wealthy due to the focus on e
814.
by phil21 2y ago
fwiw it took me a few months to see any gains myself. The key for me was consistency and showing up on a regular schedule. Twice a week for me, with a third day thrown in if I could manage it. But those two days I chose were absolutely n
815.
by phil21 2y ago
> To be more specific: They're going to laugh at me because I have no idea WTF I'm doing. This was my exact fear as well. I included BMI in my reply to illustrate I had never stepped foot in a gym before but perhaps that was a
816.
by phil21 2y ago
> I don’t think there’s a clear answer, but what we have isn’t it. The answer is entirely clear but it's uncomfortable. Society is moved forward by the top percentile, not by even the "average". You can only help those wh
817.
by phil21 2y ago
> 5. They're all going to laugh at me. I thought this, and nothing could be further from the truth. The gym (and gymbros) have been one of the most positive uplifting experiences of my life so far. I had a BMI of over 35 when I st
818.
by phil21 2y ago
> wealthy parents (and only wealthy parents) figure out ways to supplement or move their kids into schools that are appropriate for their level. Not true. AP courses and magnet schools are the sole way for working class/poor studen
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by phil21 2y ago
Lying about this these days seems rather risky to me. Some employers may not care, but some will. The Worknumber product from ADP (and it's equiv from Paychex) covers a vast range of white collar employees. Perhaps most. Your new emp
820.
by phil21 2y ago
It's also out of stock now a lot more than before. Especially in larger (read: cheaper per dose) boxes. I assume but have not confirmed this is simply done by overworked pharmacy staff not re-ordering as often as they otherwise would
821.
by phil21 2y ago
Centurylink mentioned in the same ballpark as a "community network" is hilarious to me, having grown up in Minnesota. It's literally the incumbent Bell provider - back in the day being AT&T and then USWest after the antit
822.
by phil21 2y ago
The Switch is an outlier early USB-C device. The situation sucks, but my wife hasn't had an issue charging hers with pretty much all the USB-PD power bricks in the house today. No special attention was made to buying these, they Just
823.
by phil21 2y ago
> Europe isn't booming economically like the US This would be an extreme understatement. > but if you've ever traveled there, their quality of life seems perfectly fine I'm not sure if traveling there is much of an indi
824.
by phil21 2y ago
Honestly I haven’t had much of an issue at all. Just buy trusted brands like Anker, Monoprice, Cables Direct, etc. for slightly more than the cheapest on Amazon. Have yet to receive a counterfeit, checking who is selling and fulfilling th
825.
by phil21 2y ago
Who is paying to build, maintain, and operationally staff a coal plant fired up a few times a year? Or the infrastructure to mine said coal when needed on such an intermittent basis? This is where the cost calculations of solar fall apart
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by phil21 2y ago
Quite a few, pretty much every major ETF provider should have one. I recall Vanguard not, and a quick google seems to confirm that. I do wonder why? The one I know of off the top of my head is DIA.
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by phil21 2y ago
NPs are pretty common these days in EDs for anything not immediately life threatening. It's completely normal to get a referral from one. I'd assume that is what OP is talking about at least. It's getting rarer to see an ac
828.
by phil21 2y ago
Cost by the time it came out for actual purchase was the first one. When it was announced the cost (as I recall it) seemed quite reasonable for the capabilities. Then the inverter size was severely undersized with no real ability to power
829.
by phil21 2y ago
> How often do Americans go on road trips from Minnesota to California, or from California to New York, or from Minnesota to Mexico, or from Montana to Florida? Rarely. Certainly not multiple times a year on average. Perhaps the demogra
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by phil21 2y ago
I really liked the idea behind the Lightning - finally an EV that can be used as a whole-home battery backup. I've been looking for a semi-off-grid property (at least ability to disconnect from the grid and survive without noticing
831.
by phil21 2y ago
Base VM images would be a rare and specific workload. One of the few cases dedupe makes sense. However you are likely using better strategies like block or filesystem cloning if you are doing VM hosting off a ZFS filesystem. Not doing so
832.
by phil21 2y ago
You know if you are a BMI outlier. It's not interesting to discuss outliers as they are rare by definition. BMI is a fine metric for describing a population's general health when it comes to weight. The actual reason the metric
833.
by phil21 2y ago
It's already pretty prevalent in gym circles. Not to TRT levels yet, but pretty close. Whomever you get your TRT from (clinic or UGL) you can likely get your preferred GLP-1 from as well.
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by phil21 2y ago
Nothing else I've taken so far has changed my life in such an immediate and drastic manner. It's why I'm all over these threads in a desire to help dispel misinformed social-media fueled FUD. There are legitimate concerns t
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by phil21 2y ago
If they turn the tide on obesity at a population level in the western world, they will be right up there in the top category in how they have changed society at a fundamental level. There is ample evidence this is likely to be the case bar
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by phil21 2y ago
I can’t speak for the billionaire class, but you absolutely can do whatever you want with your portfolio short of withdrawing funds when you take a margin loan out against it. There are other limitations but it’s pretty free rein for norma
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by phil21 2y ago
This goes against all evidence I have seen for folks who have lost a drastic amount of weight very rapidly. Bodybuilders seem to see the same effect as well when on cuts. When you are losing 5% of your bodyweight per month (as I was, and m
838.
by phil21 2y ago
> Is this based on your survey or her self assessment? Both? Being around her, and her self-assessment. Not sure how else one could interpret such a statement. This is all anecdotal evidence and should be taken as such. > Yet it us
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by phil21 2y ago
Yep, just like there are skinny as rails type 2 diabetics. My grandfather was one. There is also a huge correlation between obesity and type 2 diabetes as well. I imagine they share similarities, but that’s pure speculation.
840.
by phil21 2y ago
Sample of only a half dozen people close enough to me to talk intimately about it - but for drinking it’s been absolutely proven in my mind for some people. I have one friend in particular who started a GLP-1 drug solely to assist in drinki

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