polymathemagics

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by polymathemagics 2y ago
Yeah, and for a lot of earners in high tax states, the effective interest rate you pay is essentially almost half off thanks to the mortgage interest tax deduction. If your marginal tax rate across federal / state / local is high
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by polymathemagics 2y ago
I'm of two minds here. On one hand, I absolutely agree that you should try to focus on maximizing the positive aspects of your life rather than overly focus on beating down the negatives. For instance, I'm happiest when I'm t
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by polymathemagics 3y ago
Agree that people should not do active investing, although the solution would be passive investing (index funds), which allow you to focus on friends & family without missing out of the economy's long term gains.
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Ask HN: Advice on how to stop being briefly addicted to hobbies?
2 points by polymathemagics 3y ago|2 comments
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by polymathemagics 4y ago
Reading these comments make me feel sad about the state of Hacker News. As with any large public forum, it's turning into an anti intellectual space where takes like "economics is not a science, it's a social science!" a
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by polymathemagics 4y ago
Not really, no. You're both correct that I offer no substantive arguments against austrian economics, ABC theory, or their critique of central banks. I'm not a professional economist. I honestly know very little about the subject
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by polymathemagics 4y ago
Fair - I did not give any arguments, just my personal experience as someone that was really deep into that subculture. I'm also not an economist, so I would defer to the professional consensus, which I think we'd both agree is tha
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by polymathemagics 4y ago
I would recommend against Human Action. It's "Austrian" school economics, which is considered heterodox, and it's something that's understandable by a layman but generally not be considered good economics. I fell in
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Ask HN: Good sources of informative, non panicked news about Covid-19?
2 points by polymathemagics 7y ago|4 comments
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by polymathemagics 7y ago
For what it's worth, CBT was hugely helpful for me. I read The Feeling Good Handbook (kind of the CBT bible, a new edition of Feeling Good). CBT is definitely a tool that you want on your tool belt if you're struggling with anxie
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by polymathemagics 7y ago
Guitar playing (justinguitar.com)! Swing dancing (or other types, look up classes in your area)! Writing (journal, or essays, look up writing nights on meetup)! Weightlifting (r/fitness FAQ beginner routine).
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by polymathemagics 7y ago
Designing Data Intensive Applications is not exactly what you're looking for, but it touches on some API topics and is a genuinely great technical read for application programmers.
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by polymathemagics 7y ago
Such a good book, recommend it to any software engineer. Does anyone know of other books like this? That teach theory with good pedagogy?
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by polymathemagics 8y ago
Completely agree, fantastic book. Does anyone know of any similarly wonderful technical books?