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I think “for many people” is more like “for a minority of people.” For a few people losing weight is complex. For most people, it’s simple. Eat less. Move more. Saying otherwise is…

I think the world more or less understands that American politics oscillates between periods of conservative control and liberal control. I don’t think the world has forgotten abou…

Mythical man hour describes it this way too right? But yeah I think the incentive structure helps determine outcomes like the one you describe. Maybe a good way to handle having a …

High functioning teams start with high functioning individuals. After that it’s up to the group to not waste effort, not go in the wrong direction too long, avoid toxic behavior, a…

To get people to eat veggies, sure you can ban the production and sale of junk food. I prefer to live in a world where both are available and the preferred solution is education ab…

If you ask Dr Fauci he’ll say let’s save as many lives as we can. Taken alone no one can argue with that. His agenda is to save lives. Obvious. So he will make as strong a case as …

Facts by themselves aren’t political or have an agenda. The decision to present certain facts, the other facts you compare those to, and the manner in which they are presented, how…

Being allowed to return to work or a business you run, being able to pay rent, feed your family, etc. These are positive outcomes of lockdowns being lifted. The danger in looking a…

The market reflects, rightly, that while the situation doesn’t look good for many certain fundamentals haven’t changed drastically YET. For example, infrastructure is still intact,…

The pandemic is being used by both parties to push their agenda. Your pessimism is another persons optimistic outcome.

You should be looking at one woman over those five years. For companies, you are probably looking at multiple developers and if you do only have one opening then even if more than …

Underneath it’s “what’s good for facebook” but on the surface they have to paint it as “what is good for you.” Or they could just say nothing. Which is better?

I disagree that it’s almost impossible to win with what is essentially UI and UX challenges. Part of it is subjective yes but a lot of the field can be measured and ranked in terms…

I mean yeah they have an interest in selling more ear buds. But after having used Bluetooth headphones for a while, going back to wired headphones was pure hell.

When you have an immovable object (can’t fire an employee due to law) up against an unstoppable force (economic pressure to cut jobs) you get actions that try to bend either of the…

Ok but then if one country doesn’t do this then another will. It’s like nuclear weapons. You cannot reverse or stop technology from progressing and you can’t stop governments from …

You really want to go through life thinking you’re competent at something? Honest feedback hurts but it’s how you grow. And if people cared at all about interviewees they’d give so…

Both. I haven’t done any actual tracking but others have. There are studies linked at the bottom of this article: https://www.bulletproof.com/sleep/sleep-hacks/inclined-bed-t... .

Sleep on an incline - use bed risers that raise the head of the bed 4-6 inches. You’ll sleep better.

There's an awesome book by Kamal Ravikant that relates to the idea of self-compassion: https://www.amazon.com/Love-Yourself-Like-Your-Depends-ebook...

I think there's economic theory that relates to this idea: discounted future utility. e.g. $10 is most useful right now, slightly less useful a day from now, and much less useful a…

I'm not a big fan of drinking milk -- it causes digestive issues for me and a lot of other people and doesn't taste great by itself. It would be hard not to question the judgement …

MBTI is a very misunderstood system. People tend to take it too far and in directions it shouldn't go. It's not surprising when it's labeled as meaningless. Here's one example: I'm…

The sites you list (and a lot of discussion on MBTI) take the judgments way too far. That's when a lot of people conclude MBTI is junk -- when they see these conclusions based on t…

Based on my experience interviewing a handful of developer candidates graduating from Howard, not being prepared is the best way I can describe the impression they left. It felt li…