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I'm otherwise a lefty but I use computer mice right handed, because when I first started using a computer in elementary school all of the computer labs were set up right handed.

It's based on the sleep tracking data my fitness watch gives me, but also just based on how I rested I feel the next day, since I know there's limitations to the data quality a wat…

Interesting, over the last 18 months or so I've dabbled with both quitting/aggressively cutting back on drinking as well as aggressively cutting back on sweets (some periods where …

One of the shipyards discussed in the article, Marinship, is on Patrick's list.

You can absolutely design trusses to have an attic. They're called "room in attic trusses". I would guess the decline in livable attics in new construction is mostly attributable t…

I believe the post you're replying to is referring to roof trusses (and perhaps floor trusses) which are generally built off-site at a truss plant, but then attached onsite (usuall…

Speed kills. A road where traffic moves at 30mph can be poorly designed and lead to lots of accidents, but so long as those accidents are not a vehicle hitting a pedestrian they're…

I'm all for having the vans snitch on drivers. Delivery drivers are trying to get deliveries done so fast that they're by far the most wreckless drivers on residential streets in m…

Yup. I popped into the Jeep/Ram dealer in Longmont, CO the other day and they had rows upon rows upon rows of 4xe Wranglers parked on their lot. Based on their websites, every othe…

The premium isn't really absurd the way it used to be. Across a number of segments, a 3 yr old used car with 30-50k miles will still bring close to 90% of its original MSRP on the …

I have used Garmin's more consumer focused watches for years (currently have a Venu), and get great battery life too. Not two weeks, but a week is not out of the question. Of cours…

Lumber is not that big of an input to total construction cost.

I didn't see any reference to Colorado in the article besides the title, did I miss something? (I _also_ only clicked because I'm from Colorado...)

This has been Microsoft's MO for decades. Just barely good enough engineering/technology paired with a great sales team.

This is true of all restaurants. In fact, I would expect McDonald's to be a beneficiary of this as consumers replace more expensive options with McDonald's.

Emphasis on "high level". An org of a few hundred people at a big tech company many only have a couple of Individual Contributors making this much money.

I knew they were in trouble when I was catching up on Planet Money recently and they were giving multiple ad slots to a company selling dog treats to help dogs that get anxious dur…

Hard to imagine that the US is not massively over-supplied with office space right now, given that some double digit percentage of workers will never go back to an office. Every of…

Don't forget to bring your 20% off coupon when buying ec2 instances.

A weight set. I browsed Facebook Marketplace for a bit and was able to piece together a set consisting of a power rack, bench, and a couple hundred pounds of free weights for proba…

1. The 10-2 and 10-3 yield curves will generate a false signal, and while growth will be slow, there will be no official recession in 2023. 2. Political prediction markets will giv…

In the US journalists will often use the term 'unresponsive' in similar situations.

This was required reading in my high school english class in South Dakota, 15 or so years ago.

One major problem I see with comparing housing prices to income is that most homebuyers in the US are using leverage (a mortgage) to buy their home, and the last 15 years or so hav…

Not at all! I'm just sharing what I've seen - middle management treats MDs drastically different than NPs and PAs, even in states where the latter have almost the same scope of pra…