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>> i've noticed that anyone who no longer does that thing is typically quite vocal and negative towards said thing. Well ya? Is that not self-evident? See, there's this thing I enj…

I agree. Also, when viewing/listening remotely, I will record the session -- especially if they're assigning a complex task or series of tasks. This allows me to playback and get t…

Nomenclature aside, they're somewhat predictable in the sense that if the most dangerous rogue waves will typically happen in or near low preasure systems, and especially around st…

For any interested, here[1] is the late Milton Friedman's take on how we might protect against quacks, frauds, and snake-oil salesmen posing as doctors if government didn't step in…

No I don't recommend -- and I am a daily vim user for years. I program mostly in C, sometimes C++. I use i3 on my desktop and tmux when remote/ssh'd into a vm. Inside vim, I use th…

> For a given heat, a well insulated room is as comfortable as a badly insulated one - but with less energy input. A modern computer is as useful (more so) than a Pentium 4, but wi…

To your first question, yes I think it does. Government coercing my decisions is negative ( individually, not necessarily society/humanity ). In the same way, if government policy …

Thanks, great points. I hadn't at all considered replacement of other taxes. That changes the calculus a great deal, I agree.

Right, and I agree to both. This also lowers their standard of living. My question was probably too vague. Maybe more directly, is raising costs across the board as a matter of pol…

>> In many ways, high energy prices are a positive thing for society (in the long run). If you don't mind, I wonder if you might expand on this? For me it seems a bit blithe. For i…

For those interested in some of the history of immunotherapy, and cancer treatments more generally, I recommend Dr Peter Attia's excellent interview[1] with Dr Steven Rosenberg. Dr…

For those interested, here's a discussion hosted by Peter Attia, MD featuring Matt Kaeberlein, Ph.D. Biomarkers of aging and epigenetic clocks[1] Description: The biology of aging,…

Let's be careful not to conflate life expectancy and life span. The former being dominated[1] by improvements in reducing infant mortality and mothers dying during child birth, whi…

For me, it's because I want to gain some perspective, and in this case in particular, without experiencing it first hand. For example, I will often read cancer patient message boar…

> The claim that the U.S. is hellbent on preserving the primacy of the U.S. dollar is largely a myth. Could you elaborate, please? It was my understanding (perhaps mistakenly) that…

Tell that to the U.S. Army.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6I2pcIbyq-0 It was a hoax.