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I read everything put in front of me when I bought my car. Boy was the finance guy pissed, cause it took me like an hour, and he makes his living upselling add-ons and stuff. I'm a…

Well recent studies have actually found that women have a different catabolism than men. Women also switch to catabolism while they still have glycogen remaining in their muscles, …

Men generally have the potential to be stronger than women, yes, but in general men are only stronger than women and larger than women, neither of which is particularly meaningful …

I'm sorry you feel that way. Regardless of your feelings on the matter, the claim that women beat men occasionally because of a small sample size is chauvinistic, regardless of whe…

There's actually very substantial differences in the metabolism inside of muscles for men and women. Nobody realized this because literally every study that created baselines for w…

Yeah, exactly. I like to have it relatively cold at night, so with forced air I set the heat to come on about 15-20 minutes before I want to get out of bed, and turn off 15 minutes…

Based on the views you have espoused here, I would not call you a leftist commie. It sounds like freedom of speech is your number 1 concern, which would be in character for someone…

I live in a house with steam heat. Steam systems often get converted to hot water, but in general I have a few observations related to radiated heat. 1) Steam and other radiant sys…

I used to be annoyed by red light cameras because they triggered on "safe" infractions, like right turns on red. Over the past few years I've changed my mind, because I've almost b…

I wouldn't be surprised if the actual reason was they are capturing extra sales from people who bought something, liked it a lot, and then bought another to give to their kids or f…

Pass them on to their employees, and also society as a whole.

The new engine is more powerful, and at high angles of attack the nacelles also generate lift. The added power, along with the greater displacement from the center of lift/drag cau…

I think that the author is mistaking the fact that trimming the plane forward means that more force is required to pull back on the yoke for the plane actively pushing the yoke for…

On top of that, it's absurd that someone can add my phone number to their advertising platform to get my name. Unlike email addresses, phone numbers are rather finite, and the numb…

I've never been hit, but I also always have lights on my bike, I've completely covered my bike with retroreflective tape, and I live on the West Side. I used to ride my bike to my …

The fact that you'd need to even own a car to get to your job is a massive barrier for people with low incomes. The fact that we are spending money building roads that we could be …

I assumed the failure in the simulator was an MCAS failure, but I'm not sure. I think that the MCAS system pauses for 5 seconds every time you hit the trim button, so it kinda seem…

The thing that was the most chilling to me was the fact that the last item on the memory checklist is to try and prevent the trim wheel from moving using physical force. At that po…

I'd highly recommend anyone who wants to see what an MCAS runaway looks like and the steps needed to correct it watch the following video by Mentour Pilot.[1] He's a 737 pilot for …

I think a year is usually a cutoff for sentencing rules. For instance, in many places if you serve less than a year you are places in jail, rather than prison. (It is distinctly be…

Still does. I grew up near Oak Brook, IL, which used to have the corporate hq of McDonalds, and still has Hamburger University. I believe every franchisee is required to attend Ham…

The nice thing about outdoor gear is that the repairs don't have to be very aesthetic. I repair my own camping gear using my grandmother's old signer sewing machine. It's maybe 100…

Publishing total income is way different than publishing all your financial information. There is information in people's finances that should be 100% private. What if an employer …

That article misrepresents what the Illinois tax credit is. It only applies to the portion of the income tax that the employer pays. Basically the state law allows employers who cr…

Meaning donations, who gave them, etc? I'm a nonprofit fundraising professional, and I could probably talk about all the reasons why that is a horrible idea for 2-3 hours straight …