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Something has always bugged me about DoorDash. It just seems so wasteful. What does it take to get a chicken sandwich, fries, and a drink to my door? I've never pinpointed the wast…

Cool! I'll play with it more... when I'm not at work. Suggestion: more keyboard shortcuts: find/replace, delete line to name a few. Eventually you could allow customization and/or …

Haha! I had a similar reaction when I started reading Taleb. You might checkout Antifragile, which offers a more positive view of randomness. It's easy to get a dire impression fro…

I don't even try to summarize Taleb anymore. I used to try, then I kept hearing Taleb's voice in my head calling me an imbecile.

I'm not usually a nut for accessibility, but you make a good point. Using semantic HTML tags and a few other basic best practices (e.g. alt/title attributes, sufficient color contr…

I get that, but they want to collect your email to improve marketing. If the product is strong enough it may not matter. Practically speaking, I think getting user signup info is p…

I think this really varies from person to person. I re-read maybe 5% of books, and I tend to get a lot out of re-reading. Nassim Taleb said something like "if it's not worth re-rea…

In the month it will take me to finish reading Storm of Swords, I will watch ~10 movies. Plus, I'm reading Storm of Swords, which needs no additional support from readers to be dis…

The greater the edge, the more you can bet on one occurrence. Easier to understand if you look at binary events: double your bet with a win, lose your bet with a loss.

I agree with previous reply. Don't squander your potential because you think it's too late. I empathize; I had a related experience. After failing at my first career out of school,…

Should media coverage accurately reflect what we die from? I don't think so. Cause of death is not the only reason to be interested in terrorism, homicide, and suicide. These chart…

Broadcast radio automation.

The emphasis on the word "narrative" is a little odd to me. In the book "The Everything Store", Brad Stone, the author, describes an awkward encounter with Bezos: one of the first …

You don't need to be ashamed of your addiction history. Personally, I wouldn't be touting it unnecessarily either though--in most cases it's not their business. There are several o…

That's true. I misread the chart anyway, so it isn't necessarily saying anything about debt levels.

Yes, I see that now. Not nearly so dire--but still bad.

Federal debt and surface temperature charts are telling because they include 20+ year projections periods--and of course those projections are dire (and bullshit). It's clear the s…

Fret not. I was a naive emphatic workaholic my first two years out of college--working as an investment banking analyst. It's taken me ten years to figure out that I wasn't honest …

Wow, that comment took a real turn at the mention of heroin--haha. Good for you, no bs. I have no doubt it will be a long-term struggle, but stay on the path. I can only relate wit…

Honesty and self-awareness. I'll take those over naive emphatic workaholism.

Yes, and "don't hurt people". Worse, I don't even think those are sufficient as guiding principles. In the real world many ethical situations are not best solved by being nice or r…

I'm not a subscriber of WSJ, so I can only read the first paragraph. Based on the headline and the first paragraph, I don't see the problem. Wouldn't WeWork have to lease the space…

I remember hearing one of the founders talking about users trading stocks. He explained their data shows people get better at trading stocks with more experience. I can't remember …

For soapmaking the efficiency difference between palm oil and coconut oil is practically the same. If you are talking about oil production efficiency, I don't know.

Not offended. It's true. I don't care enough to make a change. This is partly because I use such a small amount of palm oil--maybe 200lbs annually--so my impact is minimal. Defores…