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Charles Darwin's writings in 1838 include an amusing list of pros and cons: CONS OF MARRIAGE — "Conversation of clever men at clubs — Not forced to visit relatives, & to bend in ev…

Interesting a commenter on the video notes the pressure there is equivalent to only 10 meters underwater. Imagine the force 2 miles below

In 2010 I was at my first job out of college and frustrated that iTunes took over such a huge amount of resources on my PC. But I loved the UI look and function and the way it had …

Yes, the dynamics of a 30 years mortgage are what I'm looking for, but turn-key. Because purchasing a property and getting a mortgage is a huge hassle up front and requires tons of…

The saddest part of bank interest is that on top of it lagging inflation, but also gets taxed aggressively making it effectively lag by inflation by an even wider margin! Being a b…

"The best way is always to stop when you are going good and when you know what will happen next. If you do that every day when you are writing a novel you will never be stuck. That…

Some studies show potatoes are the most satiating food, so one theory is eating them makes it more pleasant to stop eating generally and keep calories low (exact opposite of sugar,…

I love Mercury. Their interface is dream, a world apart from TD, Chase, BofA etc. Merucry is online-only so nothing requires a branch, ever. Wires are free and take 1 min to initia…

That's interesting, in the long run I would say I'm that way too, but it'll be toward the end of the meeting after things have been hashed out I'd contribute my new perspective. Or…

I am an INTP and this resonates with me, but is mostly an issue in group settings rather than one on one meetings. In one-on-one first meetings I naturally participate in the back …

I do a watered down version of this and have still seen great results. I try to eat only in a 11-12 hour window each days, which for me means only between 8am-7pm. More energy, les…

Me too. Most blog posts have one pretty simple idea that it takes a ton of reading to figure out what it is. I appreciate the time he put into distilling it. If he were to make it …

I have a whole arsenal of strategies: - Creating a hard deadline, such as booking a meeting to share the work. Then "If you leave it to the last minute, it only takes a minute" can…

I might have answered my own question - perhaps it's when we see corporations speculate and win it adds no value and is gross? But if they actually do come up with a better way to …

Honest question, why is it gross? Fixing up homes is very inefficient and usually done by mom and pops. Why not find an efficient model to do it, just like car manufacturing, chip …

Google Voice is free and will forward SMS's to email, which can then be set up with rules to various other emails. Most banks accept google voice numbers Twilio numbers are a dolla…

There is indeed an American romantic comedy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wedding_Ringer

I'm the same way, keep me away from buffets, cupboards containing sweets, and any newsfeed. One thing I've founds success with was getting a digital Economist subscription (confess…

Just regular sandpaper. I like the paddle idea, that'd have been a more interesting goal and given something to show for the effort.

At summer camp we had joke activities like "sand a log to nothing" and "dig a hole to China". Kids would sign up for these activities and actually sand down the log and dig the poi…

"more social" and "Amazon-free" may also not lend themselves well to bundling together. For me personally I'd love an Amazon-free version of goodreads that was built by someone who…

Mail clients have issues like emails getting "stuck in outbox", it not being clear when new emails have loaded, etc. Also if I use a mail client then my setup is tied to a particul…

Do you prefer the headphone jack to be on the top or bottom of your phone? I just bought a Pixel 5A and it's on top. I'm mildly curious if people have strong preferences and ration…

The dark patterns are so ridiculous I almost get a little enjoyment out of it like playing a game. When you sign up for a domain name it's a mini mission to get past the 5 separate…