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Things you're allowed to do (2020)

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Re: Things you're allowed to do (2020)

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Post by hnbad »

issung wrote: post #24

> Dissect a cadaver That was certainly an interesting link to follow.

The professor who ran the course has left a comment on that article linking to this web page: https://www.landhortnursery.org/biology-courses.html

> The BIO848NV Cadaver Dissection class will no longer be a fee-based course. It will be converted into a for-credit class, to be offered Fall 2024.

Given that his comment is apparently only a month old and he defended offering this fee-based course because it helped preparing cadavers for other for-credit classes, it seems this change happened within the past month. I wonder what motivated this change given the tone of his comment.

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Post by donatj »

> Repair your stuff, or get it repaired - Clothes

I know some people bark about the non-technical stuff on HN, but a post about darning changed my life. When I get a hole in my jeans these days I will actually fix them rather than just buy a new pair. It’s frankly saved me thousands of dollars and is pretty relaxing and satisfying to do.

Took some digging, it’s apparently not up anymore

https://web.archive.org/web/20190321220452/https://dieworkwe...

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Post by esquivalience »

hnbad wrote: post #115
Cthulhu_ wrote: post #105

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Or alternatively: it's only a crime if you get caught. A really big and normalized one is tax evasion in the form of paying for items or services in cash without administration. Most if not all people you can hire for jobs around the house - gardeners, cleaners, handimen, plumbers, construction, painting, etc - will take cash instead of going on record. The challenge there is that this takes trust, because you take a…

A good lawyer will rarely outright tell you something is a crime or not. An accountant may tell you not to do something because it's illegal. A lawyer will instead focus on how good a case could be made against you and what the tradeoff would look like.

Strongly disagree on this. Where I am, a lawyer will tell you squarely if something is criminal. If the facts or law are unclear, they may advise about the balance of risk that creates, but the conclusion (if x, therefore crime) will be clear.

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Post by BSVogler »

rob74 wrote: post #70
dudul wrote: post #10

I'm probably a weirdo, but the "write in books" is a massive no no for me. I can't imagine writing in a book (unless it's a total turd, but I assume we're talking about good, insightful books). I do take notes, but always on separate sheets that I keep in the book. Just no way I'll write on the book itself.

Interesting, I thought people would get more worked up over the "park illegally and let yourself think of the fine as a parking fee", especially with the "don’t break rules that matter" addition - there is usually a good reason why parking is illegal, and following only "rules that matter" is a slippery slope. So what if you are blocking a lane of traffic, it's just for a few minutes? Or that bike lane, no one ever u…

Yeah, when parking is not allowed somewhere it is always for a reason. As a European I am using my bicycle to move around the city and the amount of times I got into dangerous situations because people park wherever they like was too high. I started reporting the violations to the police because I am sick of this antisocial behaviour.

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Post by astura »

>Buy goods/services from your friends It’s not weird unless you make it weird

No, but it might change the nature of the relationship, which is a risk. If the goods/services don't work out then you risk ruining the friendship. Appreciating the risks involved is important.

Re: Things you're allowed to do (2020)

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Post by astura »

jiggawatts wrote: post #86
slyall wrote: post #56

I don't see this on the list but "Do things by yourself" is one I'd add. Lots of people seem to have a thing against Going to the Movies, Eating at a restaurant or attending an event/concert/museum without a friend/partner. Trust me it's not unusual and everybody is not staring at you.

For me the weird thing is that I couldn't imagine myself eating alone at a restaurant (and basically never did)... until I had to travel for work. Suddenly, eating at restaurants by myself was mandatory, and it was perfectly fine and normal. Nothing to be scared of. Now I can eat by myself wherever, whenever, no issues. It's strange how being forced to do something can make you change your perspective so completely.

I mean... It's definitely not mandatory, like at all, when I travel alone for work I usually get takeout. The only time I'll ever eat at the restaurant is at the bar and only if I'm also getting several drinks.

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Post by kawhah »

shmde wrote: post #117
makapuf wrote: post #101

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Definitely travel, just be responsible of your Carbon impact please.

I have a connection on LinkedIn who works in a leadership position in Microsoft who had recently written a post about why she doesn't send "thank you" email because she wants to save the world by reducing their carbon footprint by reducing the number of emails sent. I am a liberal at heart but I really wanted to comment "Shut up, please shut up, I am begging you to shut up." I want to say the same to you.

It seems odd to treat the suggestion that unnecessary emails cause excessive carbon emisions and the suggestion that unnecessary air travel causes excessive carbon emissions as the same or similar.

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Post by extraduder_ire »

causality0 wrote: post #106

A number of these are astonishingly difficult to do. For example, I spent forever trying to find someone willing to repair my leather couch and couldn't. Write on a post-it note affixed to a greeting card rather than on the greeting card itself, so the recipient can throw away the post-it and reuse your card I...what? Why are you giving cards to someone who'd throw away the note? Stop giving meaningless cards. Let th…

> You can try this but I've had at least one service (Xbox Live) manage to miraculously get my new card information without me giving it to them. Cancelling the card will cancel any service but just letting it expire and getting a new card with the same number and different expiration date might not.

Depending on where you are, companies can get updated payment information from your financial institution. I use revolut virtual/disposable cards for many things for this reason. I think privacy.com is the US equivalent.

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Post by rcxdude »

bjornasm wrote: post #95
kqr wrote: post #83

A big one for me is just a plain - Ask questions. You get so much information, so many services and favours, and access to so many things if you are willing to put yourself in a potentially uncomfortable position of asking. I thought that when I ask questions that make me uncomfortable I would regret most of them, but it turns out I only regret like one out of every 30 uncomfortable questions I ask. I strive to ask m…

Counter argument: it sounds exhausting to have a friend constantly want to make you their insurer.

I also don't really see the point. Insurance is for risks that will wipe you out. Insuring things for levels you (and therefore likely your friends) can afford is basically just a stochastic wealth transfer to whoever is better at estimating risks.

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Post by kawhah »

atleastoptimal wrote: post #45

50% made irrelevant by ChatGPT

Have you tried to get ChatGPT to answer questions about factual topics at a level of junior grad student/hobbyist independent researcher?

It will generally tell you those things which are known to someone who has neither done detailed research, nor gained specific insights into that topic. (Together with made-up stuff.)

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