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Interesting that you picked one from the “B” words..

My kids watch streamers on YouTube and the common replacement is “frick”. It’s said so often that they started using it saying things like “what the frick!?” so I had to explain to…

This story reminds me of how the original owners of the Highland Mint (they make the coin for the Super Bowl coin toss) were swindled out of their company. https://www.coinbooks.or…

Would you say the same thing if we're talking about caffeine? I know many productive members of society that spend all day drinking coffee. They would even suffer actual withdrawal…

I found that with the pens/oil I have no self restraint. It's just too convenient and easy to take a quick puff anytime I would feel stressed, bored, etc. Whenever I get an oil car…

It looks like where you went wrong was replying with a screenshot of your calendar. That and the likely passive aggressive text accompanying it was probably a red flag for Jacob. T…

I listened to an interesting podcast about how the first every Duty Free shop was started in Shannon airport. https://www.npr.org/2018/05/18/612441091/a-look-at-where-tho...

I actually enjoy my commute. About 30-35 minutes each way. Gives me time to listen to a podcast and mentally separate my work and home lives.

This is an excellent analogy. I've been struggling to understand why I feel like I'm one of the minority that (like OP) isn't really in love with WFH. You just described my motivat…

Why would you find it hard to believe Joe Rogan has an actual registered nurse RN working for him? Not like he can't afford one. My wife currently works as a nurse at a hospital. S…

I learned this when I dated a law student while in college. They teach an entire class to the first year students dedicated to presenting the facts of the case, the way lawyers do …

Great reply. I agree that the writing in the post is excellent. While we're giving constructive feedback I'd add this sentence: > I cover tech here in Brazil for +10 years and run …

Well you no longer have to pay the lamplighter, milkman, weekly blockbuster rentals, etc.

Post says "battery prices" so I assume that is for the material costs only. I expect labor costs to be a significant adder. It seems replacing an EV's battery would be similar in s…

That is cute. Like a story I heard about a kid that thought WTF stood for "Wow, that's funny".

Commercial real estate. A lot of contracts will be up for renewal / renegotiation in the next 6-18 months. Many companies will take the opportunity to downsize their physical footp…

I don't believe they're saying that the nuclear plant can't provide the base load, it's that the California government won't commit to buying the base load from the nuclear plant.

Living "paycheck to paycheck" implies that if you miss a single paycheck (due to losing you job) then you'll no longer be able to make ends meet. If you have any savings or emergen…

If you have an emergency fund then you aren't living paycheck to paycheck. You could miss a paycheck and pay rent / eat using savings.

The reason is that we don't know what the next rate will be. So if you bought in April you are guaranteed the 7.12% and then 9.6% return, versus buying in May you will get 9.6% for…

I'm guessing they mean the climate will be nicer due to global warming. I've actually been thinking of buying property there in case my current home in the southeast ends up under …

I recently saw a good talk about this point. Preventing the Collapse of Civilization. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSRHeXYDLko

This whole situation reminds me of the Spanish-American war. At the time Spain was thought to be a great world power, but in reality their ships were old and in disrepair, so much …

This reminds me of how ignorant most adults & teachers were back then about the internet. When I was in 10th grade (~1995) my high school had a new class called "U.S. History with …

You are correct that IF works because you eat less calories, there's no real magic there. The key though is that it is mentally easier than other diets to actually eat less calorie…