FrankoDelMar

Admittedly I did this today.

That way, not having money would then be considered a virtue! Problem solved.

Yep, yet I constantly have to be told by others that despite my deciding against more expensive schools and deciding to study computer science in lieu of a pet passion in art knowing full well that my immigrant parents wouldn’t support me, my outcome is due largely more to luck rather than to hard work and risk aversion.

sugar

It’s basically a cultural analogue to a Starbucks frappe, or Dunkin Coolata, an extremely sugary drink that’s heavily marketed towards kids.

> Makes me think transit as we know it wouldn't even work if everyone got one of these things or an ebike and took up so much extra space as a result.

I’ve been wondered something like this too when I see people bring their scooters into a restaurant, the gym or other indoor spaces. I get that you don’t want it stolen but it would untenable if everyone did it.

> If you've ever tried to play a game on the iPhone/doing something else CPU/GPU heavy while outside in the sun on a hot day

good excuse to put down the phone and enjoy the sun :)

As someone that prefers the number pad, I've never seen this mentioned: the enter key is extremely accessible from my (right) mouse hand, it's on the bottom right of the keyboard -- I can't miss it. In a TKL, I would have to pass over the arrow keys on my way to the return carriage key.

I generally disagree. Ideally, sportsmanship is be about appreciating the limits of human abilities. In that sense, the line between competition amongst others and oneself is blurred. Is it so hard to believe that people can compete against each other and also be supportive at the same time? It reminds me of the moon landing and the shared feeling that we, as humans achieved it, not necessarily just the US in its arms face against the Soviets.

Agreed. This thread confuses me because I get the impression that cycling is the _only_ form of exercise many bicycling enthusiasts are willing to engage in. I can understand if someone is a professional or aspiring professional and wants to train during the "off-season", but for Pete's sake, does it not get boring after three or four hours? It reminds me a lot of long distance runners and the treadmill. Like, what's the problem with doing arm exercises, strength training or HIIT? I have a lot of respect for endurance athletes, but to fixate on a single exercise seems to require a degree of obsessiveness.

Maybe, though I’ve had a group of high school aged kids larger than me threaten to kick my small dog, and I was genuinely confused how to act. On the one hand, I didn’t want my dog to get hurt. On the other hand, I wanted to confront them even though it would have been a losing battle and a threat to my dog’s safety. If I was alone I would have acted differently. But so would they.

> My personal and unproven theory is that most school staff are bullies/cowards themselves

There’s some wisdom here. What I’ve heard before is that teachers enjoy the feeling of school popularity and the power that comes from it. Perhaps the fact that teachers in Japan also engage in bullying validates this theory.

Personally, the cameras would dissuade me from fighting the bully back or fighting for someone else under the threat of punishment. Bullying in school and the “real world” could be solved by reporting to an authority, but real character development comes from learning to confront one’s aggressor.

None, wooden cutting boards don’t house bacteria for long. Plastic cutting boards also ruins knives.

A history of colonization which resulted in a resistance to central authority, the Articles of Confederation and states rights, the list goes on.

You may be interested -- Karhu is from Finland and makes minimally branded sneakers

I think there are multiple sides to this. Some people legitimately do not care whether or not they wear branding or at least prefer to be assured of reliability of the clothing fit and quality. This approach isn't necessarily more expensive either. Something from Nike, Adias, UnderArmor sold at a discount, say at Nordstrom Rack, is superior in quality to the destined-for-landfill clothing of H&M and Primark.

I don't like branding either. For normal cotton wear, it's largely Uniqlo peppered with more unique pieces from minimally branded designers. For sportswear I tend to purchase from Lululemon because it's high quality and minimally branded. However, I understand it would be much cheaper to buy a bunch of discount Nike, Adias, or New Balance clothing. So I don't necessarily associate overt branding with disposable wealth per-se and I would say it depends on the brand and the context the clothing is being worn (but maybe that's only because of my understanding of brand differences). I would assume someone wearing all Lululemon to be more wealthy than someone wearing all Adidas even though it's less branding.

That said, certain designer brands serve only to be a status symbol like Gucci, LV, Supreme, Kenzo, Bathing Ape, Off-White, Balenziaga..the list goes on. Hell, at least if someone is driving a Mercedes or BMW they're getting a well built car, there's almost no excuse to pay more than $50 for a T-shirt just because it's from Fendi or Maison Kitsune.

As we pointed out in other comments, sneakers are an exception and it's almost impossible to find decent sneakers without branding and this probably has to do with the economies of scale.

I will develop self driving basketball shoes by tomorrow, I pinky promise.

Not OP, but I used to use a decent pair of wired, in-ear headphones with the male Lightning to female 3.5mm adaptor since I found wireless headphone quality during that time to be subpar up until the airpod pros came out. I still had a lot of issues with this configuration however as the adapter was flimsy and would break frequently, and since the DAC was now placed in the adapter itself, the audio quality was noticeably worse than in the previous 3.5mm models. But even with good bluetooth headphones, bluetooth just doesn’t have enough bandwidth to listen to music at high fidelity.

I read that somewhere as well, but I can’t find any reputable sources.

I believe he is highlighting how Scientology is more of a grift than an actual religion. I would be more concerned, all else equal, if a Scientologist was President than if said President was American Protestant or Catholic.

edit: It could also have to do with Scientology’s history of child sex abuse

I have personally seen multiple health insurance plans offer a free Fitbit upon enrollment in their targeted coaching programs. They find the highest cost patients, typically with cardiovascular or diabetes risk, and use the data from a Fitbit, a bluetooth connected blood pressure monitor, glucose monitor, to identify who is at greatest risk and target them for "coaching," which tends to be a form of outsourced telehealth.

I would imagine they accept the cash and never let it touch their books. $10-15,000 isn't much money to hide.

I want to add that even if the US produced more oil, we currently don't have enough industrial refining capacity for the type of crude that we produce to meet our demand, so we would still need to rely on foreign imports.

https://www.api.org/news-policy-and-issues/blog/2018/06/14/w....

If you subscribe to this idea you may enjoy Schopenhauer's "On the Suffering of the World"

Maybe a better example is to refer to the marginal effects on mortality caused by vehicle pollution, whereby simply by driving the vehicle causes harm to others, without necessitating a direct consequence of the behavior itself (such in the case of a crash). If say, one in every 10,000 trips resulted in a crash, it would be a bit absurd to say each trip I drive results in 1/10000 of a crash, whereas emitted pollutants is discrete and measurable.

I can agree that I'm most likely experiencing selection bias here.

I agree that these gig-businesses cannot be relied on for emergencies, but within the 4 hours did you consider simultaneously using another delivery service? I would imagine that if you had access to Instacart, you would have access to other services like Uber delivery, Postmates, etc. Not to necessarily lay the blame on you because I probably don't fully comprehend the details of the situation, but I feel like if I relied on third parties so heavily to augment my own disability and had the price elasticity to pay an extra $50 tip, I would have many other contingency plans for events like these. If I can't get any help within 4 hours for a pet, how could I be expected to get help for myself or someone else close to me?

Relevant SouthPark reference

https://southpark.cc.com/video-clips/m31v1z/south-park-it-s-...

Excuse me if this may sounds harsh or uncharitable, but my experience with American elementary school teachers has led me to believe that many, if not most, elementary school teachers are generally rigid in their way of teaching (my way is the right way, there is no other way), and refuse to address nuance, perhaps from their own ignorance, their patronization of children, or both. While we absolutely need and should support high quality elementary school teachers, the assumption I've developed is that most elementary school teachers are highly juvenile themselves, and are there partially due to their own lack of executive functioning, considering that elementary school is more similar to a day care than an actual educational facility.

I recall talking to an elementary school teacher who insisted that the only way to comprehend whether a number was even was to determine if the least significant digit was 0 or 2 and I was met with hostility when I mentioned that while that may be easier for the child to understand within a base-10 world, if even the educator can't understand why an even number is more accurately described as a number which when divided by 2 has a remainder of 0 then I should be very concerned about the state of education.