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In 2004, as a senior in high school, I tried enlisting in the Marines (infantry, what was I thinking based on the year). I scored 99 on the ASVAB (finished way earlier than everyon…

What is it with you guys and stallions?

I think he's implying that SpaceX's success is evidence that Musk can possibly deliver on the robotaxis and Optimus forecasts, thus justifying TSLA's multiple. I for one am skeptic…

ex-US index funds.

This may not make you feel better, but I was lonely until maybe age 25. That was the year I graduated and started my first job and made my first two real friends. Before that I sat…

"Users can create their own personalized color combinations with iPhone Pocket and iPhone." You don't think that's innovative?

I use it because it offers a very generous amount of free queries, subsidized by VC money.

I once watched a video of a man holding what looked to be a bicycle battery walking into an elevator. After the doors closed, it seemed to have exploded and burst into flame in his…

Someone once told me that a person who doesn't believe anything will fall for everything. So if we don't know what to believe, do we all join our own conspiracy communities? Like o…

I am a pharmacist who dabbles in web dev. We should easily be replaced because all of our work on checking pill images and drug interactions are actually already automated, or the …

All the "Putin utterly defeats NATO" over and over again thumbnails

Look up Hindustan Times on YouTube and tell me based on thumbnails if they are a reputable news source.

I wasn't really arguing about benefit to society though. I just said the gears of the economy turn on the back of such "distractions". Benefit to society becomes a philosophical ar…

I'd argue that the reason for people to do any sort of productive work is to be able to spend it on such "distractions" (as you put it) like Taylor Swift concerts and sports events…

> Not investing enough in 401k up to the IRS max. This is not always a given. If your income in retirement is much higher than your working years income, you will end up losing on …

Small businesses being bailed out was presumably because of liquidity issues. Being underwater does not cause a liquidity issue.

COVID would be better because the sense of taste is also affected.

But what about dating? The nether regions should be washed in anticipation for certain activities. There are no diminishing returns for that.

In the past two years most of my Google searches were: "______ vs ______", review, and reddit. Sometime in the last two months I noticed myself going straight to ChatGPT, and Gemin…

Every generation uses this. I had a 60-year old coworker who said this to me when she was training me years ago.

I'm a huge proponent of "good enough" in all aspects of my life so I fully agree. A two-year old used flagship phone is good enough. A cheap Thinkpad is good enough. Most clothes a…

As someone who started a fully remote job (sedentary) 1.5 years ago, this worries me a bit. I've been reading that those giant bouncy balls and treadmill desks are a gimmick and th…

> such as that the purchase of those last two social networks, WhatsApp (one billion dollars) and Instagram (19 billion dollars) Makes me doubt the writer's authority

> Christina Marie Chapman pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and conspiracy to launder monetary instruments in a US District Court on Tue…