chrisfinne

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by chrisfinne 6y ago
That is a clever indicator, although the muscle-car generation is passing on, so less demand. Similar to the Model A/Model T crowd 30 years ago. Another classic indicator is when your cab driver gives you stock tips. But I figure now i
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by chrisfinne 6y ago
Not even close to Bill Russell.
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by chrisfinne 6y ago
I knew someone would know the real answer!
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by chrisfinne 6y ago
I usually think this, but then I'll see some random piece of advice from thousands of years ago, e.g. Seneca, Sun Tzu, Jesus, Plato and it seems very relevant. We've got a lot more bells and whistles these days, but maybe the abse
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by chrisfinne 6y ago
Earthquake
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by chrisfinne 7y ago
I once read that to get the loop out of your head, you have to "finish" the song, i.e. play it to the end, either in your head, sing it or play it on the stereo. Works reasonably well for me.
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by chrisfinne 7y ago
similar to "death by bunny-bites" but I like the additional concept of "secretly undermining"
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by chrisfinne 7y ago
Money is less powerful than it used to be. Technology and global markets have driven tremendous efficiencies. Companies can make more money selling a $300 TV to the poor than a $3,000,000 TV to the rich. Up until around 1900, in the US, the
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by chrisfinne 7y ago
All true, unless you do a low-carb diet. Once your body adjusts (2-3 weeks for me), your hunger feelings are significantly dampened because your blood sugar is always stable. This is why low-carb diets are considered "easier" by m
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by chrisfinne 7y ago
That is a great book review.
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by chrisfinne 7y ago
Thomas Sowell digs into this in his book "Black Rednecks and White Liberals" quote from the book's Wikipedia page: Sowell argues that the black ghetto culture, which is claimed to be "authentic black culture", is ac
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by chrisfinne 7y ago
The Jews identified this problem and the solution thousands of years ago, hence their weekly Sabbath ritual of disconnecting from work/technology and focusing on their family/faith. I've got a growing appreciation for rituals
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by chrisfinne 7y ago
"Money before people," that's the company motto. Engraved on the lobby floor. It just looks more heroic in Latin. -- Veronica Palmer in TV series 'Better off Ted'
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by chrisfinne 7y ago
What? An entrepreneur shot for the moon but didn't make it on the first try? Burn him at the stake for trying.
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by chrisfinne 7y ago
Me too. Hearing his voice at 1x seems weird.
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by chrisfinne 7y ago
f.lux changed my life. Always thought I was just a night person. After decades of late-night coding, f.lux educated me about blue light and allowed me to rejoin the living.
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by chrisfinne 8y ago
I recall those times too, however I switched back to gopher because the web was click-click-crash if you were running windows or on the college unix workstations, it was click-click-hang.
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by chrisfinne 8y ago
https://www.reddit.com/r/keto has 910,000 subscribers who will give you mountains of anecdotal evidence backed up by their lab work and tales of their doctor's astonishment. If you aren't a DIY type, this med
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by chrisfinne 8y ago
You learn on 2, then move to 1 aka slalom as you have far more manuverability. Wakeboards and skurfers (if those are still around) are wider than a slalom ski and don't have both feet facing forward. They are closer to a snowboard. But
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by chrisfinne 8y ago
I grew up waterskiing, so when I moved to the mountains, I thought I'd pick up snow skiing easily. I did o.k., but after a few years I still hadn't gotten that "flow". After a few years of skiing, I tried boarding and go
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by chrisfinne 8y ago
Start on a Blue slop IF the conditions are good, i.e. you can dig your edge into the snow at least an inch. If the conditions are not good, i.e. hard-pack or icy, then put the board away. Trying to learn in poor conditions is counterproduct
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by chrisfinne 8y ago
Wow, that Red Green show is hilarious. Plan to waste the rest of the morning on it.
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by chrisfinne 8y ago
Agreed. I'm sure there were many reasons it died, but my theory is that Google strategically wanted to kill it because the User was in control of the data-sources and the algorithm. Google wanted people to migrate to Google+, News, etc
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by chrisfinne 8y ago
Just talk. Maybe 5 sessions? It basically boiled down to (in his case) "so your heart is beating fast? that's ok. not a big deal." It is always amazing to watch an expert in any field distill a seemingly complex problem into
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by chrisfinne 8y ago
My son was getting them for a couple years and the frequency was increasing. He was missing school. We tried all sorts of techniques that you can google. Finally took him to a clinical psychologist that focuses on them and I was embarrassed
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by chrisfinne 8y ago
"I guess we'll have to send them another blank tape" was a common trick in the 90's.
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by chrisfinne 8y ago
my high school math teacher could - write perfectly on the board while looking at the class - write a complete sentence starting from both ends meeting perfectly in the middle
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by chrisfinne 8y ago
Buy a proper setup, keep the boxes and re-ship to every destination. The purchase costs and the shipping costs would be a legit business expense.
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by chrisfinne 8y ago
I use fakespot.com regularly for Amazon purchases.
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by chrisfinne 8y ago
"There's been a mistake. You've accidentally given me the food that my food eats." -- Ron Swanson

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