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I've been replying to you but I think my account has been $hadow0anned.

Everybody who thinks this believes in some replay of the 19th-20th centuries - personally I do not buy it because I think computation is qualitatively different to mechanization. M…

I feel this too. The biggest tech upgrades I've experienced recently are - The Coway Washlet, no barbaric use of toilet paper. The Japanese Yutanpo or hot water bottle, lasts 50% l…

I think you have a point. I tried many times to go to the gym, eat well, sometimes temporarily succeeding. After moving out of my parent's house I lost 12kg in less than a year. I …

Habits are hard to break but I've also found it surprisingly easy to manipulate yourself by putting an annoying obstacle in the way. For getting work on time I can't snooze-beat th…

I have had this experience. Still don't understand the fascination - maybe I had inferior quality bubble tea.

The US has its issues but nothing to complain about in comparison to Mexico or Brazil. 50,000 murders a year - that's a low intensity war.

Even elite University education in STEM is a terrible investment. All the people boostering it are recipients of multiple selection filters or from different age cohorts and really…

But the word 'Capitalism' did not exist in Smith's day!

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Quibble - this comes from Smith. It's not specifically a Marxist complaint - just one popular with them.

Like leveling up in an RPG!

Horseshoe Theory is not true. Your supporting link says it has no substance - it's a simple meme that is wrong. This subject annoys me because I am convinced that not only does the…

It is true and no argument is required - just observation of history. If you examine the history of political philosophy of Liberalism you shall see immediately that Republicans an…

I use the keep warm feature on my instant pot as an alternative to a microwave. I'm not paranoid about microwaves - I just don't like constantly cleaning them.

People are definitely reluctant to retract that bit of gospel and it's not a good look. IIRC Flynn himself was circumspect and the memory is uncertain but I thought he pointed to t…

Atsushi Horiba seems to think this is rubbish. Does he have a point?

Those don't seem to fit the application I'm thinking of but thanks for trying. I sometimes carry a notepad and pen, but I thought something might exist - electronic - but with the …

Think this is one of the universals. It's not that we're good at it - it's that there exist other cultures worse still.

I hope you're not an American.

Look up Myron Ferguson's 'Drywall' book - it's the bible on it.

I would like to quickly make notes throughout the day and it occurred to me glasses with a HUD (heads up display) or other AR feature would be idea when coupled with a flexible blu…

But you're borrowers! The basic policy of every political faction used to be an extremist position. Free markets were a radical idea (the Kings and Queens of Europe favoured mercan…

I can't believe this is still a middle class meme, some ideas die hard. Universities have been sliding downhill for a long time and they know why because they operate the nightclub…