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> The number of spoken words uttered by the average person fell by 28% between 2005 and 2019 This effect started well before Airods and even smart phones became ubiquitous. The air…

So then the person who uses public information is actually the bigger fool than someone who uses no information whatsoever and just picks a side of the bet. If insiders know that a…

Isn't there a 50% chance you are betting on the "insider" side of it?

I work with an Oracle database like this. In the old days, there was a 30 character limit on column names, so you end up with conventions like no vowels. The limit no longer exists…

The map includes the course route, mile markers, gel stations, T and Rail stations. It could be helpful for a runner planning out the route or a spectator navigating the course.

https://www.lawruk.com/ - Main Site. I have maintained this domain for about 25 years when I first learned HTML back in college. https://aldi-prices.lawruk.com/ - A more reecent gr…

Our plugin hybrid has both a gas side on the left and electric side on the right. The electric side on the right is helpful in the US to allow parking curbside and charging the veh…

Here is an web app that tracks the grocery prices of my shopping at Aldi. It is meant to track grocery price inflation over time. It is obviously limited and incomplete since it is…

If you look at the chart at the bottom comparing Dec 99 to today.... > during the internet bubble of 1998-2000, the p/e ratios were much higher That is true, the current players ar…

Thanks. Updated link to the home page. Didn't realize my SPA generated Urls don't work. Sigh.

I have been haphazardly tracking my grocery prices at Aldi since 2022. My lowest price was $1.12 per dozen in Nov 2023, my highest was $5.97 in Feb 2025. Last recorded price in Sep…

Here is my personal project that tracks my Aldi grocery prices of products over time. My rule for the project is, all code must be done by the Copilot agent within VSCode. I did ha…

If you include local governments, then the education spending percentage gets higher, but still nothing close to healthcare.

π-thon is finally here

This sets up the other quote from the movie: Michael Burry: “I may be early but I’m not wrong”. Investor guy: “It’s the same thing! It's the same thing, Mike!”

From the Big Short: Lawrence Fields: "Actually, no one can see a bubble. That's what makes it a bubble." Michael Burry: "That's dumb, Lawrence. There are always markers."

This appears to be the OP / Workleap's editor config. https://github.com/workleap/wl-dotnet-codingstandards/blob/m...

Fiber is also beneficial for the "good" gut bacteria, as it feeds on fiber. Fiber also binds to your LDL "bad" cholesterol in the digestive system and helps to eliminate it.

Great job. The website is well done, too. I had a streak of about 400+ days several years ago which I ended the day after a marathon. Today I take off when I am sick or the day aft…

> The point is to force landowners to develop their land. The point is to ensure landowners don't sit on land. If taxes go up on your vacation home that you spend two weeks a year …

> land value tax is a regressive tax on middle class homeowner Not if you make the tax progressive. The first 200K could be tax free, for example. Primary residences pay a lower % …

I have a notebook that I bring on vacations or weekend trips to jot down occasional bouts of inspiration. A few of those pages contain designs of pet projects that may or may not g…

> building something revenue-generating "a pound saved is a pound earned"

So does this law apply to other confidentiality protections like attorney client privilege, or just the confessional seal? If you confess to a lawyer, does the lawyer have to repor…

The McDonalds price increases definitely seemed to far outpace the CPI. https://www.visualcapitalist.com/charted-mcdonalds-price-inf... https://www.bls.gov/data/inflation_calculato…