it doesn't matter if it's accurate, it matters if it's precise, and consistent. kind of like the scale you stand on, or weigh your food with.
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there is starting to emerge a small, fringe group of people that believe calories-in-calories-out is a complete myth (or, more specifically, calories-out is a complete unknown given current understanding of metabolic science), which pretty much sends people into apoplectic fits of rage when they hear about it. even if it turns out to be a complete troll, it's great entertainment watching the science develop/debate.
in fact, you probably couldn't even pay me to use it.
uh, why not? i'll do it right now for you off the top of my head, which anyone can do after they look them up for a while.
100g of white bread = ~ 250 calories / 2 tbsp of mayo = ~ 200 calories / 4 oz of deli turkey = ~ 100 calories / 1 tbsp mustard = ~ 10 calories / 2 slices (2 oz.) of cheese = ~ 240 calories / 2 slices of tomato = ~ 20 calories / 1 slice of lettuce = ~ 5 calories / 1 bag of chips = ~ 280 calories (probably on the bag)
there. 1105 calories total. is that perfect? no, but is that useful? yes, a whole lot more useful than "it's too hard, so i might as well not do it."
as an aside: this is why people are fat. a sandwich and a bag of chips is insulin-spiking can easily be over 1k calories, and most people would probably guess it's 300 calories, and 'not fattening', whatever that means.
throw in a soda and you've got a recipe (literally) for disaster.
i see no real point in trying to convince them otherwise, since... you know, they don't live here.
i enjoy this also.
the problem with food delivery is a lot of the time they forget something, or are out of something, or don't give you enough of something, so you end up going to the store.
and delivered prepared food is always disappointing compared to cooking or going out. it also generates an absurd amount of waste.
the only thing i really get delivered are products i can't buy locally, or without sitting in traffic for an hour.
there is a similar heuristic in place, but of course, the top 3 UC's is the same for everyone (berkeley, LA, SD)
http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/freshman/califor...
2. opportunity cost of actually hiring someone good - by the time you've realized you've made a mistake, a good person is off the market.
3. you actually have to pay a bad hire for their time. you can't just not pay them. that's cold hard cash out the door.
4. everyone on the team starts wondering, how the hell did this guy make it through this process? are we being run by idiots?
5. if the hire is remote in another state, you have to register your business with their tax authorities, and deal with that whole payroll rigamarole.
6. also health insurance bullshit.
7. setting up accounts, changing passwords/keys when they get canned.
8. actually firing them is not fun unless you are a total sociopath, or they are actively causing damage by destroying value (which is extremely rare -- most people will just silently not do a fucking thing for weeks on end).
9. worrying about a lawsuit because ironically, people who cause damage like to threaten these things.
this is on top of your already full workload of doing actual, productive things for actual paying customers and good employees.
have you ever been in litigation, or received the threat of litigation? it's 100% crystal-fucking-clear from the outset that, yes, the entire system is against you. every single thing that happens in the system drives this point home further. not only that, it is costing you obscene amounts of money at every step. at any point along the way, if you can't pay, you lose. too bad, so sad, pay up sucker.
people commenting on HN are not children, they are fully formed adults with careers, businesses, and life experience, and the judgement and opinions that go along with that. i know for a fact going into a divorce will be a huge battle, uphill, traumatic, extremely expensive, and probably psychologically damaging, so i'm going to reduce that possibility to ZERO through whatever means necessary.
going to court over business matters is bad enough. it'll be a cold day in hell before i go to court over flesh and blood.
some people avoid starting a business because they are afraid of going to court, or the costs, the hours, or risk of bankruptcy; i can't say i blame them at all because it's all true. and i'm certaintly not going to make up some feel-good woowoo malarky about them not believing the world is against you, because it very much is, and if you don't believe that deep down in your soul, you aren't going to survive long, and most people don't. i might not even survive it in the long run.
it cost us a considerable amount of money and time finding this vendor, so i consider it a trade secret (and the oem too). fwiw, their website and marketing are atrocious but they deliver product on time every time. i've been in business long enough to know how these things work.
also, tongue in cheek "did you just assume my gender?"
http://nymag.com/news/features/gay-divorce-2013-3/index1.htm...
this is why it will never get fixed. every story, no matter how bad, is met with disbelief.
i, for one, am never getting married, precisely because i DO believe all these stories, and in fact i extrapolate there to be many more, far worse stories, that never get told. people don't like recounting these experiences, even anonymously.
this isn't a judgment on marriage; it's a judgment on me. i couldn't deal with a divorce and having my assets stripped from me.
thank you OP for joining the growing chorus of voices speaking out against how truly awful this entire racket is.
fwiw, nobody in this space really gives a shit about you unless you're spending $50k or more, and realistically $250k or more on an ongoing basis. you're better off going to fry's or buying from a used gear vendor if you want small quantities.
no, because developers still produce code with bugs.