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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Don't forget to turn purple and remove your arms⁩ ⁨⁨18⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago⁩:

  I used for a bit a tiny pillow under my lower back to ease back pain. It has to be the right size, otherwise it makes it worse

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨psycho killer⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t disagree, except in the Epstein case the problem is not (only) that there are a bunch of pedophiles. I would say that the problem is that there is a broad, rich, influential network of pedophiles, that could be easily dismantled if the Epstein files were properly investigated. The magnitude of the event makes it all the more revolting.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨In this essay...⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I think you are missing some properties of successors (uniqueness and s(n) different than any m<= n)

  That would avoid “branching” of two different successors to n and loops in which a successor is a smaller number than n

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Shiny!!!!⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Love this community because it sends me back to Wikipedia at least once a day to expand my world view. Thanks 💚

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨From breadwinners to bystanders: The death spiral of the American working man⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  He is not calling it out. He odd establishing it

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨From breadwinners to bystanders: The death spiral of the American working man⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, a very superficial take. Even if we want to look at it from the perspective of male and female employment, there are so many topics that haven’t been breached. Then the whole discussion of the economic value that is being lost. It is a problem to replace a 100k job by a 50k job, but if the two salaries were equivalent would it still be a problem? Or is the problem that tech work also generate profits but care works doesn’t? So many ways to look at the matter without sexism making it “oh so sad, poor men”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨From breadwinners to bystanders: The death spiral of the American working man⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  While the topic sounds serious, the author should really pay a bit of attention in being a bit less sexist… the while article is a “poor men” kind of deal, with little in depth discussion… he even writes that it’s natural (even for him) to assume cats work being done by women…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We need a Thomas the Tank Engine horror game⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Blaine!

  In the Dark Tower series, there is indeed a horror train. Great section

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨For people who relocated: when did you realize you want to live in the new place long-term & why?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I hopped around in Europe with no problem: applied online to jobs, as soon as i got a job found a place. If you are young with little commitments and there is no bureaucracy hindering you, relocating is super easy. Nowadays, with a family with young kids, relocating is much more of a commitment. Luckily we really like it here, so we are not planning a new move any time soon.

  Brief timeline:

  • did my bachelor in my hometown
  • did a 6 months student transfer
  • decided I didn’t want to go back, applied for a new university outside the EU (no visa needed for students)
  • found two internships during my master in two different EU countries (no visa needed, unpaid so no tax hurdles)
  • found a phd position in a new EU country (no visa needed, moved with two suitcases and an easyjet plain ticket)
  • moved to US for a temporary position (this was actually bureaucratically demanding, the move took 8 months between getting the job and being there)
  • moved back to EU without a job prospect, found a temp job in a country I had already visited (no visa problems)
  • moved again for a fixed position (last move, with a kid, took some 3 months to plan out)
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨1919 (correctly)⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I always love small misconceptions about technology that didn’t exist yet. In this case: no chance of silencing or turning off the device. Cracks me up!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨1919 (correctly)⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ll apologize first: Sorry, kind internet stranger, you walked right in one of my pet peeves. (Now I feel morally justified in starting my rant with a level of emotional involvement that is totally and admittedly unjustified)

  WOMEN’S POCKETS ARE A F****ING JOKE! Have you ever tried putting anything more that the glimmering sparkle of a summer night in a woman pants pocket? It either falls right off or tries to stab the kidney once the poor girl sits down. Usually both.

  Because pants need to be stupidly skinny and form fitting, not made for comfort or for carrying anything!

  My toddler’s pockets (2 years old) are bigger than mine!

  /end rant, feel free to ring me up for extra rants on the subject

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Should my character be 21-23?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Took me way too long to notice this is a shitpost 🤦‍♀️

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This Plastic Mr. Fantastic⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I avoid so many things lately because of packaging!

  My biggest pet peeve at the moment is milk. There are so many dairy farmers nearby, all single use plastic containers :( while the same companies would have yogurt in glass jars that they ask back from the consumer and reuse. Why the difference?!

  I barely shop at normal supermarkets anymore, and I’m glad I’m able to eat the cost increase (~10% overall).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pet rent⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I looked into it, and the law is fuzzy, because it states that you are allowed to have “small animals” but it never defines what a small animal is

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Which career to pursue?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  will keep me going for a long time along with the money

  This depends entirely on you. I chose my path in life thinking “what can I do today and still be passionate to do tomorrow?” And here I am, some 15 years later, still liking my everyday tasks.

  Some comments: not many writers have an income stream out of their work. Many have a little extra at the end of the month, most have their name on a book and that’s it. The Steven King/Rowling/… are few and far between.

  A degree in Physics opens many doors if you do it seriously: physics research and coding being the two main one, but not only.

  All comments we can give are local to us, your location and the society around you really influences the options. Talk to your seniors and professors and anyone willing to answer your questions about the job market. Think outside of the box but look at the data around you before jumping ship.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cooking 😋⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I found a plastic handle for the mandoline. If you mess up, the handle gets cut but your fingers survive unscathed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cooking 😋⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  A second hand mandoline a game changer in that regard! Chopping/slicing/cutting evenly suddenly to a fraction of the time. Would drivel recommend (second hand because first hand are stupidly expensive if you rent good quality)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cooking 😋⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I didn’t know the half of that, and I was mildly happier for it :(

  Usually Chinese garlic is also a different plant than European garlic. You can notice it by the fact that the roots of the garlic fall off in a neat chunk for Chinese garlic but stay attached for European garlic.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cooking 😋⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It makes the onions fry quicker in oil!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can you think of any now?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I went into a deep dive on the matter. Many countries have food pyramids, but they look potentially very different. For a laugh, look up the Italian one, with pizza and pasta at the base! I nowadays refer to the Harvard food pyramid, seems fairly legit to me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can you think of any now?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Teacher here. Now we get taught that the main mechanism for learning is attention, usually triggered by a combo of motivation and diversity (as opposed to monotonicity). So you should hit a variety of teaching styles not because different students react better to some of them but because it triggers their attention and motivation mechanisms. We also get taught that switching too much tires the students out, so we should pick some 3 types of activities and rotate between them, tending to reduce the traditional lecture style.

  Oh man, I could go on an in infinite rant about all this… but well, this is the recent theory.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can you think of any now?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Interesting, because I saw a looot of Europeans being very emotionally involved in the topic!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can you think of any now?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh, thanks! That makes so much more sense!

  On a tangential note, I find hilarious which songs my toddler picks up and which ones are immediately forgotten. Somehow APT and Hey Jude are the shit, most of everything else doesn’t stick. Wonder why…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can you think of any now?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Absolutely. Mainly a problem of conservation of raw milk.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can you think of any now?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I now refer to the […hsph.harvard.edu/healthy-eating-pyramid/](Harvard food pyramid)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can you think of any now?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  In our timeline, after two nuclear bombs were dropped, a coup almost happened that would have blocked the surrender of Japan. Would it have been different without the bombs?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨LOOK AT THIS NERD⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Title should be: Look at this, nerd.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Get that bread⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Isn’t bread bad for birds? But cereal seeds would definitely be appreciated

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Who the fuck needs an x axis anyway⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Bad graph, they couldn’t decide if the X axis was the birth year of the kids or the year of the test but they give the same information since it’s always 8-year-old kids being tested. Anyways, they wrote the year of the test first and second the year of birth.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fatherhood⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  And somehow they made Andor in the mix. I’m no big Star Wars fan, but both seasons were absurdly good. And political. And not so subtle.