jonathanjaeger

I feel like a Hackeroni gets cooked in a pot with some bolognese

Yup, I always do one story when I'm strapped for time just to keep it going on days I can't do exercises.

My boss stopped learning Spanish on Duolingo when he lost his streak. It's a powerful motivator even if it's not a "true streak" due to streak freezes and such. My streak is at 1436 and if I lost it, I wouldn't stop Duolingo because I actually like it to learn, but the streak does make me happier, haha. I think I've had 2 days in the last few years of streak freezes due to 1 day forgetting and 1 day the site not saving my exercise. Ah well, I still like my streak even if it's not 100% pure!

Ah sorry, don't remember who was the original tweeter before the quote tweet.

Don't have that for you, but I found one difference cited on Twitter: https://twitter.com/notjessewalker/status/154034207000234803...

I'm not defending the current system, but the predatory tactics of a decade+ ago changed dramatically under Obama and there are other steps currently being taken to prevent overly aggressive marketing tactics. University of Phoenix, for example, completely changed their marketing habits (among others afraid of getting sued/losing accreditation).

My boss got me on CookUnity and I use it because the taste/variety is good enough and I'd rather spend my time on my hobbies. Re: portion size, you just have to know what to pick to get your money's worth.

The calorie counts looked way off in the past, and my boss actually contacted them about it. I still don't believe most of the calorie counts and breakdown of macros.

I heard their service went downhill for some people but I've never had any issues, and a long time ago got a deserved refund for something.

I always get alerts before the cutoff time, so you could "skip" that week rather than message customer service. I'm not saying the author's gripe isn't real, it is, but they've at least always been clear with my orders.

No way Stripe will go public via SPAC.

Deaths from the current year can take a while to be finalized, and Decembers can be one of the deadliest months. If the U.S. hits 500k excess deaths this year, that's still a 20-25% hike on our normal death rate (2.7M give or take). Seems like Sweden will surpass past years in the end, perhaps by a similar percentage.

I live in the East Village and sure you can see the occasional rooftop gathering or neighbor having a 5-10-person get-together, but except for some anecdotes about 'underground parties,' nightlife is quite shutdown except for outdoor (and minimal) indoor dining that closes early. No one I know has been to an 'underground party' and we are the types to go out to bars/dance places on weekends outside of Covid.

So I went through the whole Duolingo tree for Portuguese and thought it was high quality and got me good a foundation. As others noted, there is no substitute for actual conversation/interaction with native speakers, and I wish I started that sooner. I also second the recommendation of using something like Anki or Quizlet for vocabulary practice. I only noted that it's good to have a base before starting with professional teachers because if you're budget isn't unlimited, you might not get the bang for your buck having teachers walk you through the most basic stuff like hello/how are you/how much does that cost/etc. that you can get with Duoloingo/Rosetta Stone or similar programs. But if you want to start off with Italki and lessons on day 1 with native speakers, it certainly won't hurt!

I do daily 30-60 minute conversations with native Brazilian speakers on Italki. That can add up in price quickly, but I would recommend at least 1-2 lessons per week to start after getting the basics down on something like Duolingo/Rosetta Stone. It was a world of difference between year 1 only using Duolingo/YouTube etc. and actually having Brazilian teachers correct my grammar, pronunciation, and add vocabulary for very context-specific situations that came up in conversations. Not to mention slang, idioms, etc.

Yes I agree with you there. There are a whole host of blue collar crimes that have too high a penalty as well. I'm not saying don't change the sentences. Just noting the difference. I personally tried to convince multiple people that insider trading should be illegal and prosecuted (example of white collar crime that is hard to pinpoint someone who suffers directly). Between libertarian-minded people and very left-wing people, it's hard to convince some people I know that want to eliminate prisons (left) or regulations (libertarians), that we should be handing out penalties for certain things, let alone stiffer penalties. Prosecute fraud? I'm with you on that!

While this is a fair point (due to the difference in money), there is something to be said about the trauma imposed on people who are witness to a bank robbery, not to mention the potential lives hurt/lost if things go sour. I'm not saying in your above example that the 27mo and 10yr sentences should be shorter or longer, I'm just noting that there are reasons the two aren't equal.

I was a Mad Magazine collector as a kid and my dad still subscribes to this day to keep the tradition going. I have fond memories of going to their NYC headquarters as a kid and having various comics/editors sign my Mad merch.

They just have the normal sauces from the menus on the site, but if you call the restaurants directly they can add special sauces per your request.

There were some bull markets within the Great Depression, so like then, maybe the green days aren't here forever and we'll test new lows.. but for some reason I feel like it'll be bad but we'll be more resilient than the Great Depression (eternal optimist!).

When I got Lyme as a teenager I was very lucky to notice a bulls-eye pattern (which not everyone gets) and quickly get treatment, with no complications after. I wonder if this new drug, or any future drugs, that work for the 20% of the people that doxycycline doesn't help, will also help people who figured out they had Lyme very late after being infected.

Italki Italki Italki, nothing has been better for that. I use my flashcards I made on Quizlet, listen to videos/podcasts, re-practice Duolingo, etc., but 3-6 hours per week talking to native Speakers on Italki (or any equivalent service) will work wonders.

I use Duolingo for Portuguese and I would highly recommend sticking as much to desktop as possible, given that it requires you to work more at the exercises than on mobile. Better for ingraining concepts in your head.

Duolingo, along with other resources, gave me a great foundation for when I added Italki and started talking to Brazilians in Portuguese for 30-60 chunks of time. I probably should have started Italki ("out loud" conversations sooner), but Duolingo's Portuguese tree definitely gave me a great start on vocab and all the different grammar types (subjunctive in Portuguese is intense!).

I've picked up learning Portuguese and it's really fun. Choose a language you're interested in and start on Duolingo (sometimes doing the reverse tree can be an interesting challenge as well when you're done with the standard one). Create a Google doc with words and phrases and then automatically make flashcards with them on Quizlet, and then you can learn while on public transport or otherwise need to kill time. When you feel ready, hire some native speakers on Italki to converse with you and help with your conversational skills (or use HelloTalk for free as a language exchange). Download podcasts in that language, consume videos on YouTube, and watch the occasional Netflix show if it's available in the language you chose. Visit the country as often as you can/want!

Luckily a couple biotech companies like Scynexis and Cidara Therapeutics are working on some novel anti-fungals (currently in stage 3 trials). Hopefully one or both make it through successfully and are approved by the FDA as cases rise.

Did you ever think that maybe drivers are flaking more now because Uber realizes as a company they eventually need to to make money, and therefore they need to cut how much drivers get, and now drivers are picky over what rides they take, and it has nothing to do with Travis?

Costco online costs about $35-$40 PER YEAR for finasteride and it comes in just as bland a packaging as anyone else would send. I can't speak to the other products Hims sells. Hims is cheaper than CVS for generic finasteride but is 10x more expensive than Costco online.

What many fail to realize is that Facebook employees who approve/disapprove of ads are not high up and also do so at a very fast pace. They follow the guidelines and are humans, thus subject to some subjectivity. Any advertiser who has done a lot of advertising on Facebook knows that one day an ad can get approved and the next day a duplicate ad is not. The decision was overturned in Warren's case. This is just making FB out to be much more nefarious than they probably are (in this particular scenario).

Because that wouldn't cover the loss in revenue. $1 per year and non-targeted ads doesn't equate to $50B+ in revenue growing 20-40% per year. Also, advertisers come to FB because they can be ROI positive with the targeted ads. Most advertisers don't want to run non-targeted ads because they would be ROI negative.

What do you use for good prepared meals for $9/meal? My boss loves CookUnity but that's more like $12 per meal.

I go to cheap grocery stores all the time. You said to find comparable stuff for a quarter of the price. I can't get a high quality meal of the same caloric value for $2.50, that's what I was getting at.

I buy the family size of Blue Apron for myself (12 meals at $8.99 per serving). There is no food in NYC of any considerable size/quality/taste that is a quarter of that price for that amount of calories. Ramen noodles and tuna maybe..

They recently added meals that take 20-30min rather than 30-55min and it has made a world of difference, not to mention they expanded the menu. I also find some of the meals tastier because they're simpler rather than using too many ingredients. I still get the occasional bland one, but they have improved.

As a company I wouldn't invest in them. The amount they spend on advertising (e.g. really pricey podcast advertising) with a high churn rate is concerning.