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- Comment on What age gap is too big of an age gap if someone's in their early 30's? 6 days ago:
Every kid in my high school knew the “half your age plus 7” rule for bounding are gaps:
Age of younger person in the relationship = (Age of older person in the relationship / 2) + 7
So if you are 30 then you can date from 22 to 46. Science!
Though, really, beyond your mid-20s I think you can date as old as you like. As long as everyone is consenting, open, and honest, then have fun.
- Comment on The Biogeography of Lions 1 week ago:
There are a couple, but they don’t roam very far.
- Comment on what are the grievances with the "male loneliness epidemic"? 1 week ago:
Yep. Robert Putnam’s book “Bowling Alone” turns 25 this year, and it’s as relevant as ever.
- Comment on 🏹🏹🏹 1 week ago:
Nah, wood is expensive with the tariffs and all. That’s just the new range staffer holding the target.
- Comment on Pandering to conservative Americans 1 week ago:
That is an amazing little ad hoc study!
- Comment on Pandering to conservative Americans 1 week ago:
That’s Austin 3:16
- Comment on Horrible kerning 1 week ago:
It’s better, but still horrible in its own special way.
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- Comment on Pandering to conservative Americans 1 week ago:
Black and gray flags are used by the US military on some uniforms. Civilians also sometimes display them as “no quarter” flags, meaning the person displaying it will show no mercy to any perceived enemies. For both of these reasons the right-wing nationalist crowd likes them.
- Comment on Pandering to conservative Americans 1 week ago:
iPhones are actually designed in the US. My point is that the phrase is almost certainly a lie in this case.
- Comment on Pandering to conservative Americans 1 week ago:
Another commented mentioned this is from a US distributor that repackages Baofeng products.
But to be honest, there are so many Baofeng/BTech radios for sale on the internet I was never confident about which were legit and which were knock-offs. I just went for it and hoped for the best. They seem to work fine, at least so far.
- Comment on Pandering to conservative Americans 1 week ago:
Yeah. I have seen the monochromatic flag referred to as a “no quarter” flag, and initially wondered if that was the intent. Or maybe they just wanted to minimize colors to reduce printing costs.
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- Comment on off to learn themrodynamics and statistcial mechanics 3 weeks ago:
That was glorious!
- Comment on Is it worth selling on eBay in 2025? 3 weeks ago:
It depends what you are selling. It has to be an item valuable enough to make the shipping hassle and seller’s fees worthwhile. Search for the thing you want to sell, and then hit the Completed Listings filter. That will show you what it has been selling for.
I use eBay to but/sell used bicycle parts and miscellaneous outdoor gear. Also sometimes used clothing if it’s niche or higher-end. Getting screwed by other users is very rare in my experience.
Craigslist is still sometimes useful, though it isn’t active like it used to be. It’s best for things you just want gone: post them in the free section and leave them out on the curb.
- Comment on How did you decide what you generally wanted to do with your life? 5 weeks ago:
I started with basic goals:
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I want to make enough money that I don’t have to worry about money. Not like “annual tropical vacations” kind of money, but “if my car is stolen tomorrow I can buy a new one without having to worry about covering other expenses” money.
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Do work that is creative and technical.
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Do work that somehow benefits society.
When I got to university I pulled up the list of majors and started highlighting ones that sounded interesting and would likely fit those goals. I ended up going into engineering. And after bouncing around in industry, for a few years, I found a niche that fits me well.
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- Comment on How did you decide what you generally wanted to do with your life? 5 weeks ago:
I’ll third.
- Comment on I try to spice it up with some VB Macros but it's still ultimately just a spreadsheet. 5 weeks ago:
Depending on the field, later in your career you can often skip the spreadsheets and get away with just saying, “That looks close enough,.” If you have enough seniority people will assume you know what you’re talking about.
- Comment on Why is so hard for musicians to have a good living and be famous? 1 month ago:
To add all the other good comments here…
As a recording artist, it’s nearly impossible to stand out unless you have a marketing machine behind you. That means a record label that can promote your work, get your songs placed on radio stations and streaming platforms, and (in the old days) manufacture and sell physical media through many different retailers.
As a touring performer, you also need a large crew of people working for you: booking venues, marketing your shows, ticketing, managing the logistics of set-up/tear-down/transportation, operating lights and sound during the show, etc.
In both of these scenarios, the musician is only one small cog in a large machine. And there are enough good musicians in the world that they are treated as largely interchangeable.
- Comment on Is WW3 more likely to accelerate or slow down anthropogenic climate change? 1 month ago:
NCD is leaking
- Comment on If we replace most plastic with a non plastic alternative and would that really be better? 2 months ago:
often a really good option from a functional POV
This right here. Electronic devices are full of plastics because they are often the best, or only, way to make those devices function and remain safe. You’re not going to make a car that meets any modern crash safety standard without plastic materials. Your not going to replace medical tubing with paper or cloth. Etc., etc.
The world can certainly use less plastic, and should use less. But eliminating it completely will require either (a) developing some novel new replacement material, or (b) giving up a lot of useful things humans have developed in the past century.
- Comment on Do people confuse your nationality? 2 months ago:
Texans will appreciate that you refer to them as Texans rather then American.
- Comment on Why is it okay for shit to go down the drain but not food? 3 months ago:
It depends on your plumbing. If your sink’s waste pipe is large enough, and has enough slope, and you put enough water down the drain to wash all the solids through the pipe, then you can certainly put food down the sink drain.
- Comment on The USA spends $15k/student annually which is 30% higher than the global median. Why do U.S. schools have "fundraisers" where kids are incentivized to sell stuff to people? 3 months ago:
I think that goes to my point about simple comparisons being difficult. Norway has a high GDP relative to its size, so 4% might be more than enough for their situation. You also have to account for things like the labor cost of teachers, which varies by country.
- Comment on The USA spends $15k/student annually which is 30% higher than the global median. Why do U.S. schools have "fundraisers" where kids are incentivized to sell stuff to people? 3 months ago:
Comparing things like this between countries is not straightforward. For example, Australia spends $14.1k per student while New Zealand spends $8.6k. That’s about 5.2% of GDP for both countries. From those numbers, would we conclude that Australia is overpaying, or New Zealand is underpaying, or that the two countries are comparable?
https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/education-spending-by-country
- Comment on Beachfront property 4 months ago:
Careful, that’s how that one evil boyfriend in Scott Pilgrim died.
- Comment on As a US citizen who was born in the UK, how risky is it to leave and reenter the US right now? 4 months ago:
it’s the first I’ve heard of maybe a US citizen being deported.
It’s been happening for years. From the Washington Post:
The U.S. government does not release data on how often ICE wrongfully detains or deports U.S. citizens. But investigations by media outlets, research institutes and oversight agencies have revealed that ICE has arrested, detained, deported and issued detainers — requests to local jails to hold a person in custody — for thousands of citizens since the agency was created in 2003. One 2011 study estimated that roughly 1 to 1.5 percent of deportees are U.S. citizens.
- Comment on kawaiiiiiii 4 months ago:
Okay all you generative AI image hobbyists, let’s see Legolas with big, shiny eyes!
- Comment on [deleted] 4 months ago:
Rebel Without a Cause
Requiem for a Dream
Revenge of the Nerds
