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Yeah, and for a lot of earners in high tax states, the effective interest rate you pay is essentially almost half off thanks to the mortgage interest tax deduction. If your margina…

I'm of two minds here. On one hand, I absolutely agree that you should try to focus on maximizing the positive aspects of your life rather than overly focus on beating down the neg…

Agree that people should not do active investing, although the solution would be passive investing (index funds), which allow you to focus on friends & family without missing out o…

Hi! I find myself cycling between hobbies. I'll pick up guitar and get into it for a short while, then be totally bored. Then I'll pick up hobby electronics and watch youtube video…

Reading these comments make me feel sad about the state of Hacker News. As with any large public forum, it's turning into an anti intellectual space where takes like "economics is …

Not really, no. You're both correct that I offer no substantive arguments against austrian economics, ABC theory, or their critique of central banks. I'm not a professional economi…

Fair - I did not give any arguments, just my personal experience as someone that was really deep into that subculture. I'm also not an economist, so I would defer to the profession…

I would recommend against Human Action. It's "Austrian" school economics, which is considered heterodox, and it's something that's understandable by a layman but generally not be c…

Any good sources for news about the virus? Reading NY times is a bit much for me. Reddit and the media are a bit sensationalized. But at the same time, WHO/CDC only has basic info …

For what it's worth, CBT was hugely helpful for me. I read The Feeling Good Handbook (kind of the CBT bible, a new edition of Feeling Good). CBT is definitely a tool that you want …

Guitar playing (justinguitar.com)! Swing dancing (or other types, look up classes in your area)! Writing (journal, or essays, look up writing nights on meetup)! Weightlifting (r/fi…

Designing Data Intensive Applications is not exactly what you're looking for, but it touches on some API topics and is a genuinely great technical read for application programmers.…

Such a good book, recommend it to any software engineer. Does anyone know of other books like this? That teach theory with good pedagogy?

Completely agree, fantastic book. Does anyone know of any similarly wonderful technical books?