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As a veteran, it has worked against me.

Next time I apply somewhere I am going to check Cajun or other since we have 'ethnic status'. I am certain we Cajuns aren't well represented in tech.

If you have an actual disability you can alter it.

Why do we need to compare ourselves based on work? When I ask people what they do it's a general question. I am data scientist yet my friends are auto mechanics, in sales, teachers, work in the veterans department at colleges etc... We don't compare ourselves based on our occupation.

These people live in their own bubble.

It is foolish to think people actually want to work more and that we tie our success to working harder and making more money.

I am not super strict with when I eat, make sure I get enough. But I agree that my lifts suffer more if I haven't given myself enough rest or time between workouts - that's a bigger detriment to lifting.

I am in my early 30s. I am wondering if you've been able to do this while making a push for higher weights? I'm currently training to move from 1300 total to a 1500 total. Regarding burning calories I agree, I've felt in myself the calories are more to repair/heal after your workouts.

What benefits are there beside increased energy? I don't have a problem with my energy levels on my current regiment, I could do more exercise to burn more off.

Not sure how to do fasting with exercise.

I follow the Russian Sheiko powerlifting training plan, eating around 4500 calories a day. Not sure how my body would react to skipping entire days without eating. If I miss my second late night snack I wake-up famished.

Sounds like the scenes in the `Dark Forest`.

You were making $500k a year, that isn't normal, regardless of what you tell yourself.

It isn't as interesting as we are lead to believe.

Life will never be fair. That is the status quo of life since the beginning of time, it will never change. Regardless of what you try to do, it will never be fair.

I didn't see women fighting to get into those physically demanding jobs, or demand quotas or any of the other nonsense we see today. It's fashionable to be tech because it is easy work that provides a comfortable lifestyle. Thinking otherwise is foolish.

I can decide these arbitrary standards just as one else can decide their own arbitrary standard just because they don't conform to your standards doesn't mean they are wrong.

Any quota placed on the diversity of race, gender or another divide we can think of is asine, waste of time, and pointless. You can think otherwise, I don't really care, I don't need everyone to like or agree with me. I accept that as a part of life.

Seems to be the same for women here. It was their choice to have children thus leaving their field.

Why do we care that not everyone is offered the same opportunities? Life isn't fair.

Until I see women fighting to take on all the roles men have taken in life, Alaskan commercial fishermen, roughneck oil rig workers, loggers etc... and just not 1 or 2, equal representation throughout I am not concerned with unequal representation in STEM, tech or any of the fashionable areas to be concerned with.

I was accepted to a PhD in both economics and math, yet I had to turn them down due to being a parent of two small children. My wife stays at home with them, thus reducing my salary to a TA wasn't feasible for 4 - 6 years.

Is there a problem with the system when men have to give up opportunities due to having children?

Except there isn't.

With unlimited PTO and flexible schedule, I take way more time-off. Never will I give up my health, time-off for co-workers, they aren't family or friends, they are co-workers, who will replace you if you die tomorrow.

In a world where violence is not allowed money and political clout become the power, but in a world where physical violence is allowed money and political clout will only get you so far.

Money and political clout might appear like non-violent means, but in reality, they breed violence, except those are the top aren't affected.

I've been thinking lately we actually need to implement an acceptable level of violence in society. Using only your body as the weapon, such as animals do in the wild. We've become too soft and engrained to believe money and political clout equals power.

City of a Million Dreams: A History of New Orleans at Year 300 -> Great insight into the history of New Orleans, and how the diverse culture from its beginning has shaped the city we love today.

and

A Confederacy of Dunces -> Hilarious yet well-written book.

We haven't calculated the cost, but we know its up there. Particularly since we make 90% of our meals from scratch. She does all the baking, we share in the cooking and split clean-up.

I am in the process of moving to live 30 minutes from New Orleans and yes I work remote.

Im at a $100k, my wife stays at home with our two school age kids, we live quite comfortably.

David Goggins was (is) a Navy Seal, so he had a strong baseline/foundation.

I am Cajun, and I believe American identities/norms are regional.

Sure if you're microwaving pasta, not sure why you would do that, you don't need Parmigiano-Reggiano, but why subject yourself to poor quality food.

The appropriate knowledge can be acquired in anything if you put in the effort.

I would argue you are correct and those without that knowledge will find themselves in over their head quickly without that knowledge.

Except most software engineers aren't qualified to go into data science.

Kodiak bears are pretty rare to see. Saw one in my 6 years living there. I heard plenty mountain biking, but they don't bother you as you aren't a predator nor their prey.

We are in the same peer group, of early 30s. Luckily, most of my peers don't have this line of thinking, although they do put great deal effort after hours into our line of work - data science / machine learning. They all want influence someone, somewhere - who are they attempting influence, I don't know.

I will admit I also an outlier for my age group. Have been married over a decade had kids in my early 20s without any debt (GI Bill helped here). Probably could have a bigger nest egg saved but traveled quite a bit before and after kids. This has resulted in different goals, and career trajectory than my peers. Both of our children will be out of the house when we are 46.

I 100% agree with you that social media has warped people's views of life. My social media presence is LinkedIn (and I guess here), just a page with one post. None of my hobbies I post about or share online, only through in-person interactions. Nor do I have smart phone, so I don't take pictures to share, thus we discuss what visiting a Nepalese village was like, instead of scanning a bunch of photos. In my opinion this creates a better relationship dynamic. I am sure there are things Im missing out on due to the extra step people need to take to invite me (a phone call) but I gladly trade it for the reduced information overload from a smart phone.