tomxtobin

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   by tomxtobin 15y ago

   Google Voice has a bunch of nice features, and integrates very well with Android phones, but I gave up on it after dealing with too many cases of dropped audio during calls. (I have a very low tolerance for any service, free or paid, that
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   by tomxtobin 15y ago

   I'd argue that "the most important thing in the universe" is always an utterly subjective feeling — an "illusion" — whether evoked by thoughts of oneself, one's child, or anything else. The interesting lesson is that the object of one's su
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   by tomxtobin 15y ago

   > I haven't met many happy 60-ish childless couples. I'm admittedly generalizing here from what I've seen and experienced, but I suspect that you haven't met them because the childfree (i.e., those who are childless by choice) tend no
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   by tomxtobin 15y ago

   As a childfree individual, I'm amused by the euphoric claims of parents regarding the improved quality of their lives after having children. All the science seems to point in the opposite direction: http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2009