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You might find this NYT piece on the winners of the Biggest Loser TV show interesting. Basically, "dieting" as a reduction in calories is a lose-lose game because your basal metabo…

I think it was worse in suburban areas slightly outside of the city, at least on the NJ side. In western Bergen county, I had a bit over 1 inch and had to break out the shovel for …

I actually don't think that's the dead-cat-saying that the parent is referencing. I think that it's this concept http://itskeptic.org/dead-cat-syndrome.html I am also unfamiliar th…

I have many Twilio SMS based personal apps and the application process was annoying but nothing too complicated. The worst was the long approval wait time while my stuff was broken…

I’ve found this explainer by Angela Collier super helpful in understanding the current state of string theory. https://youtu.be/kya_LXa_y1E?si=wjHwG0p3J4HWRKs7 I was a gigantic pop…

If you're specifically looking for the most satiating, I'd recommend a room temperature stick of butter. It's really hard to eat more after a stick of butter.

Regarding #3, do you mean in the United States? That's not generally true. Your health insurance premiums, under normal employer plans, are not tax deductible, but they are paid pr…

That new line in the first paragraph was added _after_ this comment was written.

Hmm, is this author related to the Physics for the Birds YouTube channel? That channel just released a video on the same topic. https://youtu.be/v5ev-RAg7Xs?si=X1LY6Qc_s-HDqI3S

Where would you recommend someone find one of these? Do they expire, or could I get one to cover years worth of travel? Thanks!

I feel like I'm noticing this more and more often in media in general and definitely hacker-news-circulated media. This weird future is straight out of manna - https://marshallbrai…

This is 100% true. I have a chemistry degree that's technically from a liberal arts college and it was super confusing to my immigrant parents how that could happen. Now with the a…

Anthropologically, I think that this isn't super far from what has already happened for humans. Grandmothers specifically had a lot of repsonsibilities and importance and I believe…

:D Thank you! They're no longer babies gratefully so it's a ton of fun. I'm not so sure that it's only possible to build affordable 3 bedroom homes _because those burbs have roads_…

I'm exactly the dad in this scenario and I 100% do not feel like I had an option here. I am pretty frustrated with the house, the space and I don't feel any more safe or higher qua…

Straight outta Manna, the short story by Marshall Brain. https://marshallbrain.com/manna1 > Manna’s job was to manage the store, and it did this in a most interesting way. Think ab…

Do any of these offer family plans? I feel like At these price points, I would really like to sign up everyone in my household. The FAQ pages seem to all imply individual and I don…

This is the first one where I've noticed that they have X amount of days to find another job in the company. I wonder how that works and what percentage of the 100 will actually no…

A link to the iOS App. :-D