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Sears, despite their bumblings, had a half-baked solution to this. At some of them, you'd pick the product on a showroom floor, grab a ticket (like for a meat counter), then, at a waiting area by the entrance, you'd have your fridge/washer/air conditioner wheeled out to your car.

Thanks! And now that I think about it, I'm looking less at the psychology of religion, but more so the psychology of virtue/morals.

I highly recommend adding a browser extension to block out likes and other crap. Personally, I use Stay Productive for Firefox

(disclaimer: I am not the creator of the extension)

https://github.com/antitoine/stay-productive

If this follows Lenovo's pricing strategy, price will go down ~6 months after release.

Besides the Kuri, what else that is currently on the market the closest equivalent to an Alexa on wheels?

I see the confusion. Based on Maslow's hierarchy (pyramid) of needs, one needs to start at the bottom (physiological) and build up from there like a foundation. Because factors, both internal and external to ones lives, erode at access to basic needs, ones life loses stability, hence the "hollowing" out part. A better metaphor would be turning Maslow's hierarchy/pyramid instead into a tower.

(in retrospect this wasn't one of my best thoughts)

To further your analogy, it sometimes feels that the Maslow's hierarchy of needs is "hollowed out" at the bottom of the pyramid, and to keep the hollowing out disguised, companies and advertisers divert attention to the top of the pyramid i.e. "look how everything's awesome! Take your complimentary beer".

Based on your perspective, what can the company do to either prevent hitting the iceberg, or minimizing the iceberg damage as much as possible?

Technically the HP division for oscilloscopes and ee equipment still lives on via Siglent/Agilent/whatever name they're calling it now.

Does anybody know why their test instruments division was spun off in the 90's? Was it to cut down on bureaucracy, or to "reinvent" the company for the digital age, or something else?

Anecdotal note (I'm in my early twenties)

What personally amazes me is how many people treat their social profiles with the same rigor and attention as a large PR conglomerate. Everything photo took dozens of takes, every post rewritten to maximize the number of keywords. Personal Branding has taken the 'social' out of social media a la Black Mirror (nosedive).

By support yourself do you mean economically? For endeavors like this

1. Save beforehand: Save six months of living expenses. Estimate cost of technology validation, and multiply that by three

2. There's no same in working part-time as a barrista or waiter/waitress.

Why philosophy? Additionally, some notable ceo's (Peter Thiel, Sergio Marchionne) also pursued philosophy degrees. Are philosophy degrees prevalent in c-suite exectives, and if so, why?

If that's the case, what is a non STEM bachelors degree that you would recommend for 'freaks'?

First, realize you're comparing yourself to other people. I do it too, most people do it at some point. You are not alone. Sht like this takes time. No one is immune to feelings of inadequacy, just look at the recent suicides of Kate Spade and other people we deem successful.

1. Comparing yourself to other people is a losers game. You will always* find someone else who is smarter/wealthier/beautiful than you, and on the other end you will always find someone who is worse off than you. You are enough.

2. Practice compassion. I keep a "good things" jar on my desk. When something good happens, I write it on a post-it note and put it in the jar.

3. Track what matters in your life. What matters to me, and what probably matters to you, is maintaing health and learning a little each day. Break out a spreadsheet and learn how to be observant to your body. I recommend https://www.trackinghappiness.com/ as a start (I am not affiliated with the site).

4. As previous commenters mentioned, like-it-or-not luck plays a large play in life. However, that doesn't mean you can prepare yourself for when luck or opportunities arise. Based on your handle, you got an internship at Amazon. That didn't happen out of the blue. You had to network, practice coding, and build your skills to get it.

This is a hard thing. Don't be like me and beat yourself up over it because a complete 180 hasn't happened this week. Giving yourself time, combined with discipline, can lead you to the next step. I don't know what that next step is, but go find it.

Depression can ravage a person regardless of socioeconomic class. While wealthier people may afford better treatment, the affects are still there. Kate Spade is the most recent example that comes to mind.

If anybody else is looking for a more academic approach to investigating kinks, porn, and other subjects on sexuality, I recommend delving into Porn Studies:

https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rprn20

Yes, I have a proper moleskine journal as well as a spreadsheet to keep track of my mood/work hours in 15 minute increments.

Why do I have an actual journal?

- to keep track of my mood/depression, and to try to improve it. I used to journal every day, however that proved tedious and not as helpful, so now I write when I feel the need to (about once per week)

- Ideas can hit you at any time, and I personally find its easier to sketch diagrams as opposed to typing on a smartphone. Exception: voice memos, which I've dabbled in - it's a physical book that, unless someone stole, I know is mine that I can call my own.

Tips on starting a diary/journal (your mileage may vary)

- journal: moleskine, Lechtturm1917 are my personal favorites.

- keep first two pages blank for a table of contents. You don't have to content every page, just important ones you want to refer back to

- I don't use a bullet journal format, but it's something other people really like

Conclusion:

In Edmund Morris' bio of Theodore Roosevelt, he mentioned that TR's journals were written as if he knew other people will read them. When I'm writing, I make a conscious effort to have that mindset because it keeps me accountable for writing the truth, and writing down my entire thought process.

meta: this was a long write

What success metrics do you use?

Lately a lot of the new student "luxury" housing near in my former college town have atrocious quality. Super-thin spitboard doors that one can break with one kick, little noise dampening, leather couches that are cracked/brittle after a year of use.

Like with car brands, you can get a Rolls Royce i.e. "real" luxury, or the simulation of luxury i.e. an Infiniti or Buick. Not to say those other types of luxury aren't bad, however it's important to make the distinction.

It's amazing how tightly our brains can hold onto other peoples' expectations for you.

For the longest time, I couldn't get over my ex. Last time I blocked her out of my life, she was doing these cool internships and immediatly had a "bounce back" relationship and people cheering her career on.

Years after blocking her out of all forms of communication, and my brain still concocts this idealized, super-successful version of her that I had to triumph over like some twisted video game.

It may look similar to the Peter Theil / Gawker debacle i.e. one party attempts to drown the other in red tape, proxy "wars" through shell companies.

This touches on something I've been grappling with. How does one measure/quantify effort? From personal experience, keeping track of hours spent on a project isn't ideal as it encourages inefficiency.

One of the things with limited success is writing down a tally every time I push myself.

Do an extra set of crunches? Tally. Read through two extra research papers? Tally.

Does anybody else have suggestions for quantifying effort?

I'm curious to see if the number of companies a person starts has any notable impact. Older entrepreneurs in theory have had multiple endeavors, and failed multiple times, so they either get lucky, or learn from their mistakes.

I'd hate to see CR go. While it's not the be-all end-all, they've been fairly transparent about their testing methods and experiments.

In order to stay away from ads, I wonder if they can do something like give free copies to coffee shops that younger people frequent to attract a different demographic.

While you are correct in that technology like Hyperloops can solve the following issue, public infrastrucute, like the housing problem, is a political and social problem too. Take Chicago, for example. Musk and Emmanual talked about a Hyperloop between O'Hare airport and downtown. How is that going to benefit the average inter-city commuter?

I've tried doing this. It may be OK for some fields like software, where the cost to entry for materials is low. However, for someone like me who wants to do mechanical and bioengineering, there still is a huge cost for equipment (CNC machines, upkeep, IACUC protocols and a certified lab for some animal testing). While maker spaces have started to address some of these issues, it is still somewhat difficult to keep profitable. It's one thing to learn from a virtual electronics testing tutorial; it's another to physically use the equipment and get exposed to the nuanced details of learning.

Disclaimer: Annecdotal answer, your mileage may vary.

If it's a bigger decision. I assign two decisions to the flip of a coin. The actual outcome doesn't matter. Instead, pay attention to your reaction to the coin flip.

+1 as well. To piggy-back, I highly recommend EventBrite as well.

Along with AvE

EEvBlog (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2DjFE7Xf11URZqWBigcVOQ) - Dave Jones does a great off-the-cuff channel on electrical engineering

This is Dan Bell (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjU-Cwjfqbo2hMRItlXwnnQ) - Urban Exploration without trying to make it seem overly edgy.

Regular Car Reviews (https://www.youtube.com/user/RegularCars) - Car reviews. Disclaimer: some dirty humor.