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Anyone have a link without a paywall?

Nit: should this be 3 years since?

> It really creeps up on one over the years, and I think I can best express it as I don’t have a favorite colour any longer.

This is such a beautiful way to express it. Thanks for sharing.

An under-appreciated side to buying the more expensive option is that the daily experience of use is that much better. Not only are you saving money in the long run but you’re also enjoying it.

Thanks so much for the detail. That sounds amazing. I’m surprised this is my first time hearing about the tech, do you have a particular pad you like to use or are the standard Amazon offerings good?

What do you use it for? I’ve never heard of a far infrared variant, what’s the benefit of the that?

I'd highly recommend reading Everything in Its Place by Dan Charnas - he examines the methods and strategies employed by top chefs to produce high-quality dishes efficiently under time constraints and applies the teachings to aid the modern knowledge worker

https://amzn.to/3WTRymO

For anyone exploring the idea of getting laser eye surgery i wrote about my experience. I got LASIK and it was the best thing I ever did. https://seanbolton.dev/2022/02/04/my-lasik-experience/

Any brand in particular you like?

Awesome, thanks for the reply!

From a legal perspective do Crypto transfers over 10k have to be reported too?

I've realized that vitamin D is super important to my overall happiness, I now supplement with D3 and get outside for at least 30 mins in the middle of the day.

Additionally I have invested in a small home gym setup (bench, adjustable dumbbells, and a yoga mat) and followed Matt Might's least-resistance philosophy approach to muscle building [1].

[1] https://matt.might.net/articles/hacking-strength/

I've used Atlassian's Status Page a lot and it has all the main features you'd expect from such a service.

https://www.atlassian.com/software/statuspage

I highly recommend the documentary American Factory which highlights similar culture clashes in a windshield factory in Ohio.

Trailer: https://youtu.be/m36QeKOJ2Fc

I'll drink two cups of black coffee per day. V60 with bleached papers, ethiopian beans ground medium-fine with my Baratza grinder. I do 20g coffee to 300g water.

iOS 15 added something like what you are describing called Scheduled Summary. Notifications are snoozed and delivered at set times throughout the day (twice per day is the default). I believe there is also an API for developers of messaging apps to allow notification privilege escalation.

Here's a summary:

- I wear an oura ring which has made me aware of the negative impact things like alcohol and sporadic schedules have on sleep quality.

- I don't bring my phone into my room. This removes all distractions, and means I get out of bed as soon as I woke up instead of endlessly scrolling. If I wake up in the middle of the night I am not tempted to go on HN or reddit.

- I invested heavily in my bed. I got an eight sleep which is temperature controlled. I love a cool bed and eight makes this happen all night every night. I also bought nice bedding and sheets for the first time in my life.

- I take a magnesium suppliment (the science is not very strong on this but I've found it helps).

- Finally I have a wind down hour before bed, I start with a shower, do some stretching and then some reading, this calms my mind before bedtime

Do you track your sleep using a wearable devise such as an Oura ring, Fitbit or Apple Watch? I was suffering from very similar fatigue issues last year and found that although I was spending sufficient time in bed I was not achieving good sleep quality. I managed to address these problems and I've never felt better. Happy to share what worked for me if that is of interest to you.

This video is excellent, thanks for sharing!

Both gold and Bitcoin are stores of value with high production costs, Bitcoin gets a lot of heat for its electricity consumption but I haven’t seen anyone ask the same for gold.

Does anyone know how much energy the global gold mining industry uses?

Are PPV fights discounted if you have Fightpass?

If anyone enjoyed this piece there's a great book called "A Piece of the Action" by Joe Nocera which details the origins of the credit card and discount brokerage industries. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AYIDT74/

That makes a lot of sense, their logistics operation is massive!

Off topic but I'm curious why Walmart employs futures traders?

Oh cool, I wasn’t aware of the PBS documentary, I’ll definitely check it out. Thank you!

I've had this book recommended to me so many times, I might try and tackle it over the Christmas break.

Yes, it's an ambitious list, Caro is my priority for 2020 so I don't mind spending a large portion of the year on his books. Are there any other books you'd recommend?

I'm hoping to tackle this list in 2020, I've been wanting to read Caro's LBJ series for a while now.

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Robert Caro - Lyndon B. Johnson series & The Power Broker

S.C Gwynne - Empire of the Summer Moon

Nassim Nicholas Taleb - Black Swan & Antifragile

Graham Hancock - America Before

Jared Diamond - Guns, Germs and Steel

Safi Bahcall - Loonshots

I totally misread the question, my bad!