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I went on a road trip through Southern NM a couple years ago. Highly recommend stopping at Gila National Forest - it's a certified "dark park", remote enough from sources of light …

IIRC you can use Racket base so long as you define the “atom” function per the book authors

> if housing is far and away the best investment you can possibly make, both in the short, medium, and long-term. citation needed? genuinely curious - are there studies about long-…

While we're talking about funding basic research - how come these independent institutes and government funding agencies don't get equity (warrants, options, whatever) in the entit…

I don't know where you live but it's been decriminalized in plenty of places in the West, so even if it's not fully legalized the worst you face would be a nominal fine, not gettin…

Setting aside the environmental concerns (which are important, and indirectly health-adjacent), are there material health reasons to eat organic? This Mayo Clinic article [0] point…

You can accelerate 5-10 years to 3 months using pay for citizenship schemes. For example Grenada has one where you get citizenship and a passport in return for "donating" $150k USD…

Lenders can and do buy this kind of data to underwrite their borrowers (credit cards, BNPL, student loans, mortgages, etc.). They don't need to get it from credit bureaus. Anyone w…

Don't worry, his newsletter providers are deplatforming him too.[0] [0] https://disrn.com/news/email-provider-suspends-trump-campaig...

In China it's referred to as 中国特色社会主义, which means "socialism with Chinese characteristics"

Look into the TIP[0] skill from dialectical behavior therapy. In particular I've found the cold water triggering a dive response[1] very effective at calming me down when I face ac…

0.6% compounded for 30 years would be barely $1.02M

I don't think 30% is unreasonable, nor would it require them raising that much cash relative to a company of their magnitude or Back of the envelope math: Majority of their portfol…

There are generally many APs for a single ETF or family of ETFs. Historically they have been the ETF desks of large banks[0], more recently marketing making/trading firms have buil…

FYI - Keith's response is in your link; he responded before you wrote this comment

The opening of this article references Hokusai's "Great Wave" woodblock print. There's an easter egg in this print I never noticed, which is that Mount Fuji is nestled in the troug…

What are rituals you've constructed to: deal with situations in your life? create motivation? *derive meaning from the world around you? And why? Couple examples: (1) When I get an…

I interpreted the inclusion of party affiliation in parentheses as indicating this has bipartisan interest

People didn't "panic", but the markets and industry did certainly react to his ideas and behavior - the pharma company he ran (Valeant) tanked and he was ousted as CEO.

No experience myself but you might be interested in this subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/algobetting/

Can someone ELI5 why PiHole is preferable to an in-browser blocker like AdBlock Plus?

Building on this, I think good technical skills will definitely help get you in the door but won't get you that far up the ladder if your ambitions are management/executive track. …

Social skills in a career context are not just getting along well in the office and being able to make small talk in the snack room. It's about creating a strong and deep network, …