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You have not earned the right to be heard in this context. You have not earned the right to direct the attention of others. You have violated the sacred trust placed in you by your…

Lemme tell you about a client who confronted his therapist in 2019 about how using non-clinical political personalities as reference points was eroding the feeling of trust - and a…

A shame because Whisky was more usable and stable than CrossOver for me.

He was one of the first to get the full Swisher treatment

The fact that Recall data and screenshots are only protected at the file system level reinforces the reality that Windows lacks user-centered privacy and security. Microsoft is con…

I expected this question - the answer as it stands is hell no. And who can blame us for being skeptical. But as a taxpayer, I’d be very open to those salaries IF government IT was …

It is a sad state of affairs that the most technologically advanced government in history is incapable of rolling its own in-house tech. Taxpayers deserve better.

This is great stuff, and very useful. Cheers to your success!

To start, a good talk therapist who can help the client learn to face those negative emotions, and to come up with a plan on reducing the escapism (which itself functions like an a…

I've explored these emotions and behaviors with several therapists over the years and have developed a working theory. The type of anxiety you mention stems from accumulated unproc…

Even if all US billionaires’ wealth is confiscated today it will not even pay for 6 months of the 2024 US federal budget. So no, the problem isn’t high individual wealth. The probl…

I have known temporary staff attorneys at large prestigious firms who were paid by the hour to read documents and summarize them for the case team. It’s not a junior associate’s in…

that was a thoughtful essay - why is this post flagged?

it hurts to ride the coattails of opaque achievers

Why don't the insignificant fraction of consumers who have this preference agitate directly with retailers, indirectly via media pressure campaigns, or (God forbid) build their own…

My Model Y LR is roughly the same age (24K miles) and I lost about 8.5% capacity. Pretty sure this is the nature of current lithium battery tech, according to many Tesla owner repo…

Agree with the most of youir premise - but a magnetically aligned and secured pogo-pin interface on the bottom back edge of every MacBook might be superior to inductive charging, w…

Every time we standardize mediating layers of leaky abstractions we are creating novel territory that accrues side-effects. Once there’s enough people working to manage these side …

Sure. Context matters. But what you’re doing is projecting a context that fits an existing narrative which is entangled with your beliefs/preferences while entirely dismissing the …

The fact that you’re speculating about what the author may or may not believe rather than contemplating what he is saying IS the problem.

Without scarcity, there will always be spam. https://messari.io/article/look-to-the-stars-navigating-the-...

That sucks - sorry to hear you are struggling. I’ve also been there most of my life - and it got much worse over time. But if it helps, here’s what I’ve done to get a handle on it …

“During May–November 2021, case and hospitalization rates were highest among persons who were unvaccinated without a previous diagnosis. Before Delta became the predominant variant…

What’s the limiting principle or boundary condition of “equal opportunity”? Is every social institution required to compensate for all external inequalities? If so, how can each in…

Summary: defenestrate the pagans and apostates along with their dangerously corrupting ideas