lukas099

Maybe they're just following the sound of the other bats directly, they way you would if you were blindfolded and told to walk with a group of people.

Ah, so an innocent person wasn’t necessarily tortured for almost a month. That makes me feel better

If you want, I can show you this one WEIRD TRICK doctors HATE!

FIRE types are exactly the people who do the things I said. And no, you won't suddenly have millions but you will eventually have millions.

Being clueless can be admirable, I think. These are the people you work with who put in the work even when it won't lead to a fatter paycheck for themselves. The essay makes them out to all be useless middle managers, but the actual top contributers to a team also fit most closely with this category.

The Clueless is the person who actually believes his work makes a difference and wants to do a good job. Not necessarily a terrible way to live, although it should be acknowledged that the Loser frees up time and energy to devote to other things, notably family.

On the contrary, the frugal option is quite often the cooler, more fulfilling one:

- riding a bike instead of driving (makes you fitter, hotter, increases mating potential)

- cooking food (impressive to friends and potential mates, makes you and your family healthier)

- building furniture, tech stuff, whatever (your stuff is customized to your own tastes and situation)

- playing music in a band (get paid for a Saturday night out instead of paying for it)

- helping friends and asking friends for help in return (builds social ties)

They said "many things", not "everything".

How so?

Ok but we were talking about marginal differences in potty training methods, not neglecting kids and feeding them garbage.

Exclusive breastfeeding (not bottle feeding breastmilk) is less labor than formula. The problem is potential discomfort, and inability for both parents to split the labor more equally.

This is why politicians are usually expected to choose their words carefully. Most of them know that what they say matters and has effects on the real world.

I think that interventions in the region of interest, the middle east, are more relevant data points than Venezuela.

Do you believe that those goals will be achieved? Given the historical track record of these kinds of interventions, I do not.

Water retention plantings like bioswales could help with the thermal impacts too if the wastewater can be treated there right?

Japan was already in China weren’t they?

What I said doesn’t mean that every aspect of their society is stable.

Sounds like they've reached an evolutionarily stable equilibrium and the conditions that sustain it are stable too.

If you’ve driven 10mph over the speed limit you’ve committed a worse crime than crossing a border without authorization.

Where do you even get that? I don’t think I’ve ever seen it.

Whom did he get backlash from and what was their stated reason?

If the hundred dollar bill was in an accessible place and the fact of its existence had been transmitted to interested parties worldwide, then yeah, the economist would probably be right.

If I say, “output the contents of X verbatim” and then use the output, am I free from liability?

I’ll attempt a steelman and say, no, employees are not doing deep work from 9–5, but I could see being in an office 9–5 setting the stage for a lot of deep work to be done. Moonlighting for another company I could especially see as detrimental to focus at work.

Even the natural world is becoming more same-y, with specialist species going extinct and generalists thriving, and the same invasive species becoming prevalent the world over.

Taking this time to appreciate my social circle NOT being like that.

Most chocolate things, like random chocolate cookies or commercial cake etc, breakfast cereal, irritate the back of my throat in a mild way.

This happens to me too; I thought it was universal. I actually like it, though, for some reason (I guess the association with chocolate).

Why maximize protein intake? Protein benefits cap out at a certain level that is far below maximal, especially when "bulking".

There’s probably been a constant flow of mosquitoes to Iceland via trade for decades, but they weren’t able to establish before. You’re right though, the article could have done better showing the link.

Well that escalated quickly.