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I've paid tuition twice abroad. Once it took days, multiple forex/bank accounts, and had several annoying surprise fees. The second was in BTC and was settled in five minutes, dire…

Of course it's a chemical, but still, no. 2 has only 1% of that, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longest_word_in_English . Yes this has been shared before but I've never seen an actu…

The thought crossed my mind too, but if so then why?

I thought about this too. It appears he may have left December 9th, https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/Turbulent-Thailand/Germany-... , though https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vajiralon…

Nvm, on Telegram X under Privacy and Security you can "Delete Synced Contacts".

Dangerously for privacy, a friend's account keeps getting notifications of when my contacts join because the app must have automatically scraped my contacts from my account to thei…

I've deleted all my contacts in Telegram (settings > contacts) yet still get new "your contact has joined Telegram" messages. Where is Telegram keeping this separate, "central" lis…

Not as bad as Steemit though

> (zeitgeists) don't really end up meaning much personally. Similar story with friends and family who struggled against communism behind the Iron Curtain. Some wish they'd just got…

"Yes, a foreign legionnaire may apply for French citizenship from three years of service. "It is usually granted, subject to have a good way to serve and have proven its willingnes…

This reminds me of a point my physiology instructor worked hard to hammer home in the senior year of my bio degree: do not assign agency to unconscious processes. I forget the rati…

Took the train from NY to Settle. Learned to not do it in coach ever again for anything more than a day's worth of traveling. The seats are comfortable (much better than VIA Rail, …

I was wondering why no one mentioned this. I've bookmarked it to play with more but it seems to address lots of the issues here, at least at first blush.

Thank you for this. I've been meaning to check this out since Burke was interviewed on Hardcore History way back when.

"The reason that the rich were so rich, Vimes reasoned, was because they managed to spend less money. "Take boots, for example. He earned thirty-eight dollars a month plus allowanc…

I have found it helps assuming kindness and sincerity from the other end. When this works, it works well. I was reminded of this thought: "No matter how considerate you are, or how…

It's a feedback loop though, whatever comes next will draw the crowds, which will draw loud voices, which will draw capitalists to form a structure (and career) out of it. There wa…

You're right. In the case of a narcissist or someone looking to argue (or someone very emotionally invested and stirred up), the "broken pop machine" method is better. They try to …

I should add that the tendency of adopting the hero role ("let bygones be bygones, but we need to get this done") isn't ideal since it leaves a power imbalance in its wake. A more …

Yes to the "defect" thought. Learning about Karpman's triangle[0] helped me understand this. In conflict, people flit between three identities: the villain who tries to force their…

You're very welcome. They really helped me. Ayishat Akanbi had a follow-up talk at Sydney's annual "All About Women" conference shortly after,[0] where she added that "intersection…

Also available on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-WimRb2jXs , ironically censored.