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The only way to compare them are to exhaustively enumerate benefits, taxes, costs, and risks of costs beyond the salary number. Comparing these numbers across countries would allow…

Let them solve their own problems, do their own chores far before other parents, let them have much more freedom, and stay out of their way. At age of majority, throw them out in t…

The one when Guy Kawasaki was totally blitz in The Wine Room on Romana St asked me this. I regurgitated some stupid joke a woman told me the day before. Crowdsourcing at its finest…

1. Machines are safer and more targeted, typically requiring a gym. 2. Almost everyone doing weightlifting wastes time and effort because they don't use science, but they do whatev…

Anecdotally, I'm aggressive because I'm French and Irish. ;) Doom and Quake didn't change that. Never was in a fight in school (I was too big and quick for anyone to chance it). Ag…

My (42y) sleep has been terrible since age 19. Sleep phase issues, obstructive sleep apnea, and now not sleeping long enough, possibly related to acid reflux / hiatal hernia. I nee…

Well, consider the Simpsons' comic book guy: high-IQ but essentially unproductive. He represents that smart-weirdo stereotype. In terms of envy and anti-intellectualism, it's conve…

Occam's razor. Inventing conspiracy theories isn't helpful.

Then do your part and practice what you preach, reductionist, Orwellian, economic eugenicist: kill yourself.

I ditched Linode years ago because it just wasn't that great. AWS if I need ephemeral boxes (I used to be an enterprise on-prem AWS consultant), but I run most everything on a home…

Virgin, if they get investment, strategy, and ambition. In Heathrow, they said more than "hello" to and knew so many vendors and regular workers, and even showed me how to find fli…

Btw, an aircraft that may revolutionize the viability of regional and charter flights because of its low capex and opex costs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Celera_500L Mentou…

Yes, it was basic. And self-esteem head-pats don't do much for me except arouse a feeling of being patronized and raise suspicions. All-in-all, this doesn't seem to do the clients …

Another story source (2007): https://www.damninteresting.com/spies-on-the-roof-of-the-wor...

I don't live in the Bay anymore. Maybe you should practice what you preach, brah?

Attention Comrade Students: You must chose the correct major to make the most money in order to give the most taxes to the glorious empire's military-industrial complex! To not do …

TB raised a huge red flag when they said "[I] received one of the highest scores on the quiz they ever saw." I immediately thought: they tell this to everyone, this is some sort of…

Oh hey, it's the pickup artist guy. lol.

The problem is nearly all white-collar people in the SF Bay Area are stingy and blind to the plights of anyone else besides themselves. If this weren't the case, there wouldn't be …

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The car driver doesn't fall far from the factory.

OR6A2 https://www.genenames.org/data/gene-symbol-report/#!/hgnc_id...

< 8% indicates official hipsterdom.

I noticed a large decline in friendliness, and it was one of the reasons why I moved out of California; Chico to the SF Bay Area were basically the same. And, new mail people event…

worldwide 30%, give-or-take https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7091696