rustybelt

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by rustybelt 6y ago
Except you can't spend it very well and would be crazy to borrow it. Imagine the disaster if there had been a large market for bitcoin loans a few years ago.
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by rustybelt 6y ago
The bible is the truth! It says so right here in the bible!
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by rustybelt 6y ago
As you say some places are growing and others are stagnating or shrinking. If every place has a certain capacity to grow given the necessary pressure to do so, wouldn't more evenly distributed growth reduce the problems caused by the c
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by rustybelt 6y ago
Am I dumb? How does something lose over 100% of it's value?
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by rustybelt 6y ago
I can't help but be reminded of the classic Mitch Hedberg bit: "Alcoholism is the only disease you can get yelled at for having" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P28ErxjBY4o
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by rustybelt 6y ago
I've had good luck limiting my caffeine intake to three non-consecutive days a week. Avoids increasing my tolerance too much and allows for plenty of caffeine-free nights of sleep. Seems to work particularly well when paired with fasti
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by rustybelt 6y ago
Low carb and one-meal-a-day intermittent fasting both make a huge difference for me. There's something about eating, carbs especially, that just dulls my ability to focus. My wife has been pushing me to get tested for food allergies an
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by rustybelt 6y ago
Are you sure this isn't just due to habituation? I was diagnosed ADHD in gradeschool and definitely experienced some euphoric side effects when starting on both Ritalin and Adderall. They quickly subsided after a few days/weeks on
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by rustybelt 6y ago
Not just population. Shifting economic activity to the interior would be incredibly beneficial.
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by rustybelt 6y ago
People are more educated than ever. They are more literate and more have attended at least some college. They also have more access to information than ever before. Either lack of education isn't the problem or it's an impossible
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by rustybelt 6y ago
You shouldn't be downvoted. These are valid questions that have been poorly handled by media and political leaders. Pretending they're right-wing talking points and ignoring them is a big part of why so many people distrust the ma
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by rustybelt 6y ago
"but you'll get shouted out of the room if you bring up that position even as a hypothetical."
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by rustybelt 6y ago
I plan on tapping my water heater for water in case of emergency. Is this a dumb idea? Seems like the easiest large storage solution.
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by rustybelt 6y ago
This is white-savior level condescension, which is fitting since Homewood has been trending towards majority-minority demographics for a few decades and may get there this census.
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by rustybelt 6y ago
Damn, beat me to it. It would be ironic if he became a ghost.
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by rustybelt 6y ago
Excel rules. I still use it daily despite having access to big boy tools (python, SQL, R, etc.) Few tools make it easier to answer quick, simple questions about a dataset. Plus it's still the best way to browse SSAS cubes. Blaming exce
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by rustybelt 6y ago
You can format the column as text before you paste or you can load data from text and set the types for every column. Excel has features to handle all of these issues. I think it's biggest problem is that it's just too easy to use
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by rustybelt 6y ago
15980 are just variations of "Yakety Sax."
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by rustybelt 6y ago
Yep, and let people vote for a longer period of time. Having a voting week or month instead of a day.
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by rustybelt 6y ago
1 in 200 is not universal. The risk is much lower for young healthy people. That is the group that will (probably wisely) be reluctant to get vaccinated unless they are required to.
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by rustybelt 6y ago
Destigmatizing sex work is ironically bad for sex workers because it massively increases the supply by removing a major barrier to entry (the associated stigma of being a sex worker.)
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by rustybelt 6y ago
I'm sure these types of policies would never be used against you and your beliefs.
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by rustybelt 6y ago
Don't forget settling foundations. I'd be amazed if someone could find a single perfect right angle anywhere in my 1880's victorian.
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by rustybelt 6y ago
This article addresses how the very last surviving mammoths died out due to climate change on an isolated island in the Bering Sea. I think it's accepted at this point that mainland mammoths were hunted to extinction by plucky and clev
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by rustybelt 6y ago
You should check out the forest preserves. The Chicago suburbs really got it right there.
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by rustybelt 6y ago
Were you a private school kid? School buses or walking were the norm for most people I know who grew up in the suburbs.
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by rustybelt 6y ago
"The suburbs" is such a broad category that it's practically useless. Houston suburbs, for instance, are vastly different than Chicago suburbs in terms of walkability, character, and access to nature. Even suburbs in the same
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by rustybelt 6y ago
Maybe just don't lead with "I'm from the big city, hate guns, and love abortion" when introducing yourself to your new neighbors.
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by rustybelt 6y ago
I'm guessing wrinkles and gray hair make covid worse, too. Hair dye and facelifts for everyone!
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by rustybelt 6y ago
With the death rate is so slow for large portions of the population, the vaccine will have basically no margin for error. How do you convince parents to vaccinate kids for a disease that has say a .001% fatality rate for those under 17 unle

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