porlex

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by porlex 3y ago
What about not-smart cars? Anyone have recommendations there? I don't want "infotainment" and touch screens man...
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by porlex 4y ago
I used to purchase notebooks for journaling but had a similar hangup to some other posts on this thread. I just though that it was a hard sell to continually have to shell out a bunch of cash for the sexy notebooks when all the materials fo
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by porlex 6y ago
I think that it is best to approach the practice of philosophy and the output of that practice as really meaningful, but not that important. I believe that there is an inverse relationship between the tangible life benefits of studying phil
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by porlex 6y ago
This is actually what I came here to say! It is great book that I have given to many people. I also recommend Anathem, by Neal Stephenson which is a romp of a novel shot through with philosophy.
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by porlex 6y ago
I feel your pain. We have a 5 year old and twin 3 year olds. Our 5 year old will be entering K this fall too. Though, who knows what exactly that will look like. Right now the school which our 5 year old attends is having 45 min zoom calls
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by porlex 7y ago
Darn Tough socks are good, too.
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by porlex 7y ago
Thought that the discussion of the mechanism by which the virus generates the shortness of breath symptom was particularly interesting. As well as the R0 discussion and COVID19s plot in relationship to other diseases.
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COVID19 Q&A Video #1 (Peter Attia)(youtu.be)
3 points by porlex 7y ago|1 comments
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Straightforward Calculations on Covid-19 Risks(seekingalpha.com)
3 points by porlex 7y ago|0 comments
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by porlex 7y ago
Do you have the name of that guy?
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by porlex 7y ago
I think if you keep in mind that it reports a specific thing, then it is useful.
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by porlex 7y ago
I think that some of the science adjacent podcasts which provide in depth show note and literature analysis for people willing to pay 10/15 bucks a month are a step in that direction.
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by porlex 7y ago
Does anyone have a personal toolkit of sorts for this type of decision making? Or a pointer to one. I don't mean books, but more of like book-distillates ore something. Heuristics that you use or flow chart-y type patterns which have s
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by porlex 7y ago
Or even the general incarceration rate amongst adults.
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by porlex 7y ago
It is also true in my case. My extended family still gets KFC every Christmas Eve.