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This is mentioned as an afterthought but struck me as strange . Migrant workers commuting from South Africa? The article even mentions their wage at $30/h.
Personally, I'm a Basketball coach for 8-12 yo kids twice a week. I wish I could devote more resources towards it, since it truly is the most rewarding experience I have on a day-to-day basis, but a man's gotta pay the bills.
This is especially true in a mobile browser. The website is incredibly slow and borderline unusable on a mobile phone.
I also read the manifesto after watching manhunt and its concepts deeply resonated with me. And to think how much deeper technology is ingrained into our society today compared to when he wrote it.
This sentence pretty much summarizes the sad state of the US tertiary education system.
During the lock-down I read somewhere that caffeine's half-life in your body is 6 hours. I'd always needed an hour at least to fall asleep at night but I never attributed it to caffeine. So I figured I'd quit coffee for a to see what the effects were.
I can't even begin to tell how big of an effect quitting caffeine had: I routinely fall asleep within 15 minutes of going to bed, I sleep better and longer, I have more energy and one espresso after lunch is enough to stay focused and alert until midnight.
You can, you just have to reset your tolerance for it.
The flat earth debunking channels, on the other hand ...