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by tryitnow 8y ago
I don't have the time to read through the article, but I would bet that there are no active controls used. In other words, yes, blood pressure after a sauna bathing session is probably lower, but that is probably true for a variety of
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by tryitnow 8y ago
Congratulations on finding something that works for you and sharing it here. However, it's incredibly common for just about anything to "work" for a three to four months. The key is finding something that is sustainable for
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by tryitnow 8y ago
I've been ambivalent about this for some time, but given my personal experience and observations of others I am tending toward thinking that, yes, we are indeed overthinking this. Eat less calories than you consume on a consistent basi
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by tryitnow 8y ago
CICO doesn't explain the obesity epidemic? I thought it was pretty well-established that society's caloric surplus has risen pretty much in line with increasing obesity. CICO doesn't explain why people are consuming so much
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by tryitnow 8y ago
Really? I think Goodhart's Law applies more to complex systems with many, many actors, like whole economies (which is what Goodhart originally applied it to). I am willing to bet that something like "retention" or "net
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by tryitnow 8y ago
This is an overly simplistic interpretation of human beings. Our life satisfaction is partially dependent on our perceived social status, so increased inequality can indeed weaken quality of life. Comparing quality of life today to quality
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by tryitnow 9y ago
This has boondoggle written all over it; however, I'm glad ridiculously rich people are willing to waste their money on it - it should be a great learning experience for the engineers and other workers involved. It's a likely boon
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by tryitnow 9y ago
Sorry, but I think this not reflective of what actually happened, you are subtly implying this was a suicide when we have zero evidence of it being anything other than a horrific accident. The police are biased because of the political situ
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by tryitnow 9y ago
It's pretty conspiratorial to call the media a "propaganda machine." I don't think it's propagandistic as much as it is opportunistic - Facebook fraud is in the news so now's the time to report on it, it'
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by tryitnow 9y ago
Thank you for posting this honest revelation. I sympathize as I also had similar infatuations with Rand in my teens and Chomsky in my twenties. However, let me also warn you that this path of becoming infatuated with "thinkers" l
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by tryitnow 9y ago
The link you provide is only for the first three quarters of 2017 and the add up to $25.9B. The NYT article indicates Uber's 2017 losses are $4.5B. If their losses amount to 10% of gross bookings that would imply 2017 gross bookings
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by tryitnow 9y ago
Ironically, he has no real "skin in the game" on almost every topic he talks about, which kind of proves the point of this book. It's sad really. If he didn't have such a narcissistic personality and possessed more mode
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by tryitnow 9y ago
With regard to point (2) I'm pretty sure the $50 Turbotax package is not sufficient for business for taxpayers who are self-employed.
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by tryitnow 9y ago
To be clear, Peterson's commentary is not original. M. Scott Peck, the Buddha, and literally 100s of other philosophers and psychologists have shared similar insights. Remarkably, those thinkers managed to share this insight without o
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by tryitnow 9y ago
I agree with the criticism of Pinker's use of data. However, I think his main thesis still stands: humanism and science are winning strategies for human flourishing. I think this his main idea (the benefits of science and humanism) is
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by tryitnow 9y ago
I agree that that would be a more appropriate phrase. However, I can also understand what the author is getting at when they say "computation first", "mathematics second." Here they are using the layperson's notion
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by tryitnow 9y ago
Lol, I'll believe it when I see them execute on this strategy. Utility companies are not known for employing talented innovative thinkers, those people tend to flock to opportunities in other industries. It sounds to me like Salesforc
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by tryitnow 9y ago
Drug use is not a problem in my circle of friends - I have friends who have done LSD, molly, coke, and countless others. They're all productive and mostly well-adjusted. This is mostly a Burning Man, techie set, there are also a fair
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by tryitnow 9y ago
I agree those are good criteria but they tell only half the story. The other commenters metrics are more outcome focused. It's great if you have a lot of VC funding, but if it's not necessarily leading to attractive outcomes for
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by tryitnow 9y ago
If you're in the US then it depends on what state you live in. If he can get into one of the good in-state schools then it may be worth it - based on the social experience alone. Another way to look at is that if you set your son up t
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by tryitnow 9y ago
I've worked in finance for several SaaS companies and you're 100% right. Infrastructure is never the biggest cost, it's sales and marketing and most of that spend is a mystery in terms of attribution, so blended CAC is not te
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by tryitnow 9y ago
This sounds like marketing baloney. I would bet most of that "engineering" headcount is actually just analytical headcount. not a bad thing, but it's not what we used to call engineering. This is part of an ongoing trend to
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by tryitnow 9y ago
It's not just Basic Income, he's got some good ideas on other issues as well: https://www.yang2020.com/policies/ I especially like his idea to downsize the federal workforce, that's a position that is no
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by tryitnow 9y ago
Superficially, this may be the case, but when it comes to land use, entrenched interests tend to win - and those interests are the current homeowners who block new growth. In short, it's a lot easier to not do something than to do it a
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by tryitnow 9y ago
Kudos to Kahneman for owning his mistake. That's the right sort of behavior to model for younger generations of scholars. I aspire to this level of self-awareness, accountability and integrity.
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by tryitnow 9y ago
Not much is going to change. The police can do this because they are represented by a union. And those unions are allied with other unions and together they dominate the Democratic Party. So the Democrats won't do anything about pol
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by tryitnow 9y ago
Not really. It's one of the, if not the top index. A lot of passive investors (myself included) put a large chunk of their investment funds in ETFs and/or index funds that just track the S&P500. Not being included means a m
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by tryitnow 9y ago
To be fair this article doesn't say nuclear energy is safe - rather that it is the safest relative to other sources. You mention Chernobyl and Fukushima - but those only stand out because the effects were concentrated in time and space
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by tryitnow 9y ago
Meh. When it comes to spreadsheet hell, the issues are usually human, not technical. It's getting people away from defaulting to spreadsheets as a data source/destination that is the problem. It's a cultural problem that i
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by tryitnow 9y ago
Lol, really? Tell that to software engineers past the age of 50. Look, every industry has its pros and cons. Sure tech is good for the Burning Man crowd (if you live in the Bay Area or other major American liberal city), but it certainly su

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