soramimo

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by soramimo 3y ago
Ugh, I also have a reverse Osmosis system and this is the first time hearing about this. Anyone here knows is there is research suggesting that these filters may have adverse health effects?
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by soramimo 3y ago
> I think it is simply because they are no longer competitive enough to survive without a lot of protectionist measures keeping superior products off the market. That works in the US of course. But it has also killed the export market. T
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by soramimo 3y ago
A bit of a tangent, but do you happen to know if it's possible to purchase cat bonds as a small investor? I had looked into this a few years ago but never quite got to the bottom of it.
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by soramimo 3y ago
Prime example of this is "innovating" away the 3.5mm headphone jack, forcing people to replace perfectly fine $20 headphones with $150 wireless headphones that need to be charged all the time, have frequent connection problems and
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by soramimo 3y ago
FWIW, Derek Lowe writes about this (and seems excited to see the results of the upcoming trial): https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/new-mode-cancer-tr...
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by soramimo 3y ago
German here living on the US. This matches my observation. I believe this is because of enforcement. It seems extremely rare to be fined for using the phone while driving in the US (LA at least), while it's common in Germany.
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by soramimo 3y ago
I have a 2001 BMW 325ci. Upgraded with an aftermarket radio, now it has bluetooth.
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by soramimo 4y ago
> Investigate your family history of cancer. If there are multiple people on one side of the family getting cancer (particularly breast + ovarian + pancreatic, or colon + gastric) then consider getting genetic testing/discuss with a
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by soramimo 4y ago
What are examples of these types of tail risk funds?
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by soramimo 4y ago
Los Angeles resident here. Depending on where you work, there's actually some great options for biking here. For one, there's an awesome bike trail on the beach ranging from Malibu all the way down to Torrance. Occasionally there
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by soramimo 4y ago
I thought about this too and came to the conclusion that home and EV batteries probably have different requirements. For instance, a home battery might have to be more durable (so withstand more charging cycles) but on the flip side can be
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by soramimo 4y ago
I have the same approach as you. Newsletter that I didn't subscribe to? One strike, you're out (unsubscribe and occasionally report as spam). Updates from sites I care about (e.g. bank, HOA, etc) that come more than once a year? C
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by soramimo 4y ago
> Once everyone has been exposed to the antigen a half dozen times and the virus is forced to mutate off of its naive optimum then the disease burden will drop even further. Then we just have another human common cold coronavirus. This i
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by soramimo 4y ago
This actually exists in Germany (Energieausweis or energy certificate), see e.g. https://www.howtogermany.com/pages/energycertificate.html
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by soramimo 4y ago
Thanks for sharing, just ordered.
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by soramimo 4y ago
German here living in CA. My take is as follows (YMMV): - We'll live and work in CA until scrappy financial independence is possible in Germany (ballpark ~3-3.5M net worth). - Once we could comfortably retire in Germany, we'll d
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by soramimo 4y ago
Thank you! Quick follow up question, which abridged edition would you recommend? Also, are there any recent books on the subject that you would recommend?
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by soramimo 4y ago
Interesting. Can you recommend a book or an article on this?
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by soramimo 4y ago
* Health * Spending time with family * Coffee * Biking to work with my ebike on a protected bike lane along a river at 30mi/h * Sunday volleyball on the beach * Bouldering * Technical reading (eg ML books) * Playing pubg with friends e
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by soramimo 5y ago
Thanks, this is useful.
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by soramimo 5y ago
In a similar boat. Out of curiosity, what's your target number? How do you make sure you're not getting stuck in an infinite "just need about 30% more" loop. I'm thinking 3M in invested assets should do. If properly
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by soramimo 5y ago
I own Philips Pro 6105 headphones. While they are nothing special and aren't expensive (~$30), their shape keeps noise levels from airflow low while biking. I've owned them for about 3 years now and they are still going strong.
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by soramimo 5y ago
I generally try to live a decluttered life and minimize the number of "things" to deal with as I value my time above anything else. That said, here are some things I value: - Spotify. At ~$10/month, a great deal that makes li
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by soramimo 5y ago
I'm not sure if the link you provided supports the conclusion that Dan Ariely is "almost completely discredited". That seems overly harsh. Quoting from the tag line, "Renowned psychologist Dan Ariely literally wrote the
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by soramimo 5y ago
This appears to be the case. It's quite intriguing in some sense as the implication is that good marketing does not solely have the effect of making you buy stuff that you don't need, but additionally implants in you the expectati
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by soramimo 5y ago
I recommend the book "How to read a book" on the very subject (summary in [1]). In a nutshell the author argues that the goal of reading is to increase one's understanding . For this the writer needs to have a better underst
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by soramimo 5y ago
True, hopefully that'll motivate the CDU to clean up their act / code of conduct. On the bright side, two of the leading companies in the mRNA vaccine space are based in Germany (BioNTech and CureVac), so there is still some abili
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by soramimo 5y ago
German here as well. In general, I share your pessimism. One thing to point out about VW is that their CEO, Herbert Diess, seems to get it. To name two anecdotal pieces of evidence, Elon had asked him to become CEO of Tesla back in 2015 [1]
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by soramimo 6y ago
Here's the 2011 version of Shiller's lecture on Financial Markets on YouTube, which doesn't have this problem: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8FB14A2200B87185
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by soramimo 7y ago
Do you have a source handy? Would be curious about the context of this.

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