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But it's not "nothing to show for it" if you use the subscriptions... people pay money to go to a movie, go out to dinner, go to the gym, etc. When you leave each of those venues, …

How do you consider this flattering? "If their interaction with the Catholic students seemed like an expression of bigotry toward white people, some of their most vile language is …

Check his profile :) https://www.lessboring.com/

Please do not be discouraged. You can't always beat dumb luck, but you can certainly fight it. Also, there's a saying: "you make your own luck". It sounds glib, but there's some tr…

If there is anything at all that you can do to automate parts of the unpleasant tasks that I have to do, I try to do that. Sometimes it takes quite a bit of thought to figure out a…

cityzen - your email address is not in your profile. I do have some questions for you. My email address is in my profile.

nope, it tastes awful to me.

According to this site, average health insurance cost for family coverage is almost $20K/y - http://www.ncsl.org/research/health/health-insurance-premium... So it really depends on…

It may be tough for people to give advice, because I think your options are going to vary a lot, depending on where you live. The first thing I'd recommend, though, is that you kee…

"especially as you mature and people aren't always getting on your nerves so much" I found that as I got older, people got on my nerves more ! The first few times people did someth…

Regarding "freedom of will": I quit my job when I accumulated about $500K in net worth. (Needless to say, I did not live in SV. However, my rent was about $1200/mo.) The day after …

Are you aware of intersex people? This is why the editors of Nature are correct in saying the proposal has no foundation in science: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intersex How do p…

There are different ways of doing this, though. E.g. some law firms will pay off student loan debt as long as you're working for them: https://www.usnews.com/education/best-graduat…

I think the book is worth reading. His inspiration for writing 4HWW was his experience running a supplement business, which he later sold - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Ferris…

Ricardo Semler is an example which comes to mind: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricardo_Semler

When looking at someone like Dr Seuss who kept trying after numerous failures, you also have to consider that there's an opportunity cost to doing what he did. Note: his story "And…

> In 1971, Terry Ellis, the co-founder of Chrysalis Records, paid him a flat $1,500 fee for the three paintings which would comprise the album’s artwork It is too bad he didn't neg…

Here's a summary of one of Stampfer's papers: https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/press-releases/higher-cons... > The health effects of specific types of fats depended on what people…

> Eggs - full with cholesterol and choline, illegal to advertise them as healthy or safe in the US This pdf from the USDA says "Eggs are among the most nutritious foods on earth an…

Okay, I suppose it is possible that Krauss does "research" as opposed to research. This is what the article says about it: "The [meta-]analysis, overseen by Ronald M. Krauss, direc…

Here's a 2010 Scientific American article, "Carbs against Cardio: More Evidence that Refined Carbohydrates, not Fats, Threaten the Heart": https://www.scientificamerican.com/articl…

I'd be curious how your panels compare to mine Do you have a link to your before/after panels? I'd be curious to see this, and also be interested in your before/after diet.

I had a login at a game website called Shakes & Fidget years ago. The site itself is low-consequence. I wouldn't care if someone hacked my login. Another example is when I'm just t…

Oh yeah, I did see that Candy Japan post. I had forgotten. Thanks!