littlexsparkee

So many books that could've been an article. I try to save myself time by checking Goodreads but it's not always clear as I'm more critical than the average person. Reading a preview in…

how are you going to compare cars with no fixed location premium with housing? also utilization is totally different - cars sit ~95% of the time, housing can be nearly round the clock if you work at h…

I get to feeling this way when I look at pictures of neighborhoods that have been leveled for the car and what it's done to the civic fabric - e.g. historic black neighborhoods in Oakland, eminen…

you have to deal with selection bias - those are presumably very different groups of people selecting into the type of environment they favor at some level, albeit aconstrained by affordability

Did you do a ton of research to make those picks? These days I just do broad market ETFs, don't trust myself to beat the market.

You don't need millions - if things go modestly well and you have a high savings rate, you can get out in 5-10 and draw enough to cover modest means. I do agree that people eying passive income m…

Same - I wasn't sure where I'd stop (always been a minimalist anyways, savings rate above 2/3) but ran into a health issue so seeing what the future holds: taking another crack at the &…

I love terere - note you will get less caffeine and antioxidants from cold brewing.

Fun fact - erythroxylum vaccinifolium makes for a potent aphrodisiac.

It's not about stopping change, it's about a blithe, uncaring attitude about how it affects other people, along with empty assurances of UBI and abundance that we are unlikely to see / …

I applied there but the gamified, urgent dynamic of the shopping experience rubs me the wrong way, it's stacked against the user

I've found the taste of Monk Fruit to be preferable.

I'm just listing negatives that parent missed, don't put words in my mouth

- Callous disregard of lost jobs, disinformation, mental health issues / deaths, IP theft, environmental cost, skill atrophy - Barely gave 1% of compute (on oldest chips) to safety team after pro…

the loom hurt English weavers (flat wages for 50 years) and decimated India's textile trade. also, Rust Belt deindustrialization.

It's one thing when a bill on technology is misunderstood by regulators and insiders provide context on unintended consequences, another when checks are written such that the voice of polluting i…

If nearly everyone is already covering subsistence needs directly or via assistance (SNAP, food banks), why would UBI cause inflation? the only thing changing is who buys it

How are those the same? You're comparing exclusively star athletes and the general public - many of whom might have jobs in fields not of their choosing, be underpaid, doing grunt work, etc. It&#…

What a world it would be if people were more open to introspecting, figuring out their motivations, and changing their behavior accordingly. So many people living in reaction to societal influences, n…

Fun leaving to deal with a health issue that starts that timer before you can even get to the prepping and interviewing needed to land a job

They're different questions but I wouldn't put the onus on the respondent because it's ambiguous, perhaps tactically so, since it's gauche to ask the latter, at least as stated. Th…

I feel like asking 'what brought you to <city>?' is a framing that doesn't box them in so much, they can respond with non-work interests or volunteer about what they do if they wa…

That explains the origin but the auction took place in the 2020s - seems like there was enough time to realize it could be a mistake https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Helium_…

Hmm if you'd submitted them in past it's strange to see 0 count. I see all of mine there. https://sfpl.bibliocommons.com/user_profile/me/notification_... shows: &g…

The point for the lay reader is that the pollution has reached extremely remote places, so the stuff is absolutely pervasive and/or the method of travel should concern us.