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whats the dns setup?

Please provide references for the term "scary" and "not for the uninitiated."

Spider plants are great cover for a compost bucket with composting worms in case you are getting into composting.

I like Next.js

"wear a helmet until you are comfortable with whatever wheels you are riding" sounds like a formula for "die on a bike once you've hit the dunning kruger effect"

Rent is still less than 1/3 of post tax income most places if you have a high paying tech job. Also you can always downsize on stuff to save on floorspace.

This both oversimplifies the experiences of people who have been through economic cycles before (some of them are shocked too), and underestimates the power of the human imaginatio…

Followers of Krashen know that it's sensible input that results in language acquisition. Duolingo gamifies the frequency of sensible input. Therefore Duolingo will work if frequent…

A deliberate practice environment has four elements: 1) Repeat exposure (aka volume of attempts) 2) Valid environment (a win is a win and a loss is a loss) 3) Timely feedback (you …

The Anti Cramer portfolio is not a sufficient contrarian approach, because the Cramer portfolio also underperforms similar to a random walk. Put another way, the opposite of a rand…

I think the bias against Leetcode is not specific enough. My bias against leetcode: stop screening at leetcode easy/medium. Screen instead at Hard/Extra hard.

Credit scores are part of the marketing scheme to make people think they need mortgages. Slight exaggeration but not far from the truth.

Companies value people who can apply the scientific method (experimental design, data gathering, data analysis, etc). They hire people who have acquired this specific knowledge oft…

This create market driven dynamics in which degrees basically are tailor made for industry. This approach disincentivizes pure research for scientific purposes.

I tried Keto and all I got out of it was weight loss in year one, followed by plateauing, and then weight gain, and then a nice update from my dentist that I had borderline high bl…

This post is missing the key detail: is this person taking risks with 'the house's money' (high net worth, can generate passive income) or not? The answer is probably yes having sp…

I think progress would be to use terms like 'mild' and 'addiction' in different sentences.

I think people like myself have throwaway accounts for this purpose. For example, I use this account to say things I think might end up with negative karma. However, right now this…

No, it is as the author argues the effect of stories with clearly defined antagonists and protagonists.

Agreed on that one can interpret the author's stance as bigoted because there is a cultivated myth here which is sentimental and all about how stories pre printing press were all a…

Are we talking continental or analytic philosophers?

Judge makes age-ist joke? See page 8 from the court ruling: "Begin with Insta, as those in the know — viz., our children — refer to it"

No, the pay/expense ratio is not good at a global level. The odds of making it to an 'early' retirement at age 60 at 50k per year and saving 20k are very low. The odds at 150k savi…

Based on these comments I believe everyone here is talking about the resiliency of the tech job market. I'm talking about the resiliency of the job market in the US, and the job ma…

This article is an ingenious version of 'all our investments were too early' defense.