Cyril_HN

That's fascinating to see. Anywhere I can see other decks from different places?

> I might get downvoted for saying this, but rich people aren't necessarily smarter than anyone else. They're just richer.

... ish?

Generally speaking, rich people may not be smarter than anyone else but they probably aren't dumber. In other words, they are likely to be making fewer mistakes and taking more favourable risks, even if they aren't particularly any more likely to spot an extraordinary opportunity.

Would this let a complete novice tag and classify words, say, to only highlight verbs? Would that task be easier than typical methods?

I'm sorry, tell me more about the $4000 pair of scissors.

Same here but it's a 5 year relationship. Similar feelings... With a persistent, almost frustrating sense of hope for the future that seems more deeply rooted inside of me than any actual plan to build from zero again.

You're not alone in that experience. Which isn't information that has helped me at all. Except that I at least believe that others have been here and scrambled blindly and made it somehow too, so why not us?

I won't feel like that. I don't feel like that. I have felt like it licenses lesser moral transgressions though. "They got away with that, so I should be able to get away with [thing that is wrong but also considerably more mild]."

That isn't right, but it is a feeling. It's a feeling I dismiss. But, still, if it's a feeling I feel then I imagine it's a feeling others feel and I imagine that not everybody dismisses it either.

Corruption of that kind happens very, very slowly.

I'd suggest:

1. Work on your cardio and your strength. If you don't like weightlifting, that's OK, you don't need to do all the fancy accessory movements (curls, leg extensions, side raises, etc.). However, increasing your strength in the big 5 is huge boon to your life and your longevity: Some kind of deadlift, a squat, bench, Pull-ups, and an overhead press. Strong, fit, and flexible/mobile is the key to feeling young as you age.

2. Don't bother about "building a personal brand" because you probably have no idea what you want to be or who you really are yet. Instead, actively avoid building a bad brand. Be honest, don't overcommit, don't speak ill of others, don't be an unwarranted pessimist (without a solution), etc. You can use that clean slate to build on later. Plenty of people don't ever get clean slates because they pollute their "brand" with what were ultimately throw away jokes, bad moments, etc.

3. Earn money, invest it, and reduce your spending on material things. Learn your taste in clothing by doing it inexpensively (though not too cheaply, don't skimp on decent quality) and when it's locked in, then buy the nice versions. Don't rush to houses and cars. They'll come when you know where you want to be and who you want to be with.

4. Do spend money on experiences. Sure, ocassional nights out, but mostly whatever will make formative memories.

5. Spend time with your family. They won't be too old yet for quality time and they still are likely to have their health, and you're free enough to not have to squeeze them in around kids, work, etc. Get to know them as adults now you're one.

6. Continue to educate yourself (even informally).

7. Do not neglect your health.

8. Seriously, don't neglect your health.

9. Consider therapy or coaching. Yes, you do have things you can work on. No, they may not be illnesses or significant, but why not improve what can be improved?

That's the correct answer.

I have never, ever considered that the use of nails is their ability to bend slightly. Very interesting idea.

I run multiple browsers, especially across multiple devices. I wonder how many FF users do the same and whether that changes the use stats we see.

Never getting COVID is best.

Hybrid immunity is next best (natural + vaccine).

Vaccine is second best for most cohorts, because it comes with fewer side effects and the side effects typically aren't as bad.

Natural immunity is strong, but for most cohorts is more likely to have side effects compared to a vaccine.

Furthermore, the risk of side effects from COVID are lower if you are vaccinated. Therefore, given that breakthrough cases are still possible, I would suggest vaccinating first, then if they get it they get it and at least you get hybrid immunity in an order that is less risky than natural immunity followed by a vaccine.

For children, all of this is murkier. Also, if the likelihood of you catching Covid is low enough, there's absolutely no point getting vaccinated.

That's the issue. With healthcare being so expensive and strained, and especially young and poor (and the young are often poor) people not seeing doctors as often, people are less likely to have a doctor they trust.

Two years unevenly distributed and with decreasing quality of life long before your time is up.

This is the same way I studied philosophy and law. That + immersion (go to bonus lectures if interest, join the academic community if you can) is superior.

In summers I would bathe in cold water until I was blue and then some. My parents said that they used to be worried by it, but they realised I was totally OK. They would keep an eye on me, but if I was out of the bath, pool, or ocean for a couple of minutes I would be right back to warm.

All I remember as a kid is being unusually warm in almost any cold conditions. Even now the cold doesn't bother me much, certainly less than my peers.

I'm sure metabolism isn't everything there, but it probably helps.

That's not the point. The point is that it means a government must resort to violence and it may be unwilling to do so. Whereas if people don't have guns, then the government can be incredibly overpowering without having to step over the threshold of violence, which makes it more likely.

What if you send a photo to an iPhone user that is gets false-positived, aren't you also at risk?

Basically, is it with interacting with Apple users if you are worried about that problem?

Mac up next, I bet.

I believe something like a million kiwis live abroad. It strikes me that one mechanism is:

- Kiwis live and work abroad, sometimes earning much more than they would in NZ.

- Those kiwis buy houses.

And with the pandemic:

- More of those kiwis have decided to buy houses in NZ, because it has been very successful at keeping covid and restrictions minimal so far.

I have had two entirely separate dentists tell me to avoid mouthwash, except as something to cleanse the mouth with quickly after a coke or to freshen my breath.

The first dentist suggested that it may make plaque worse, but they never gave me an explanation.

5 years later a different dentist told me to avoid mouthwash and instead to 'mouthwash' with the fluoride foam from brushing my teeth, before spitting that foam out and then not rinsing with water.

I think people forget that the purpose of performance is one of two things:

1. To perform for its own sake.

2. To drill the specific skill of live performance.

If you don't want to do either of those things, it is not an efficient way to improve. You must perform to hone the skill of performance, but you should not perform to practice other skills.

Caveat: sometimes you can't drill multiple skills together and performance is the only context where you can. However, performing with that in mind is very different to performing generally.

This could be great for their porn business. How many people don't subscribe to OnlyFans because it shows up on their bank statement and it means 'I pay people to make porn'? This could add the degree of plausible deniability needed (for banks, spouses, etc.) to make people much more comfortable.

Once you do it once, you have to do it forever?

Founders are a sub class of solo ventures. Athletes, artists, musicians, actors etc. all are going through the same basic things at the core.

Exactly my thought. Surely, if you're a criminal and you're actually successful, then you want to use open source privacy. Heck, if only to hide your usage with everyone else's right? It's not unusual to have Signal on your phone. It's pretty weird to have Anom or whatever else exists

Oh, wow, that helped highlight my own hypocrisy.

I thought, "Obviously next Friday means 'not this Friday, but the one after.'" But, 'next exit' always means the most immediate exit to me. So I suppose 'next Friday' could reasonably mean the most immediate Friday, too.

Underlining is a common way to indicate links. However, Substack allows the author to decide whether to make links bright blue or merely underlined.

I gotta say, smoking has not been an addiction for me. After a year of smoking, I quit. I realised I literally didn't get enjoyment from it anymore. 6 years later, here I am, having tasted a cigar just to experience it and otherwise having never thought about tobacco or had urges.

I don't think smoking is always addictive. But, given that it is for almost everyone, I'm utterly fascinated why it wasn't for me.

Interestingly, I wouldn't suggest that that has anything (or much) at all to do with "elite" universities.

At St Andrews I didn't find that to be true. At a far less prestigious university, it was true. My cohort largely agrees with that assessment, too.

Yeah, Kitchen Aid is all hand made still AFAIK. So, it should be easy to fix, too.