jstogdill

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by jstogdill 14y ago
For the record, I think pies are awesome too. Now that I eat them so rarely, I think so even more.
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by jstogdill 14y ago
I've read it and found myself nodding a lot while I dug through it. However, I felt like his points were scattered and, what am I trying to say here, a bit instinctual. I found myself instinctively agreeing but thought that his points were
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by jstogdill 14y ago
You aren't the first to mention that, and it's a good point. But I am not just day dreaming when I'm not looking at my phone or whatever. I spend a lot more time with people these days, and I'm loathe to pick the damned thing up when I'm wi
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by jstogdill 14y ago
Wow. Cool story. I assume you've seen the PBS special "Alone in the Wilderness"
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by jstogdill 14y ago
True. Those are good points. I'll just say the piece isn't really about paleo diet so I didn't make any effort to justify it there. I only mentioned it because my lifestyle choices wrt food got me thinking along parallel lines for my techno
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by jstogdill 14y ago
Yep. Great experiment. My thinking was also influenced by a book I read a few years ago. Better Off by Eric Brende published without irony, if I remember correctly, by MIT Press.
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by jstogdill 14y ago
I think the question of balance is difficult if you really believe in addiction. For people that aren't addicted, moderation / balance is a great strategy. If behavior crosses into addiction the moderation strategy is much less realistic. T
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by jstogdill 14y ago
I wrote that piece a few months ago when I was taking time off. Now that I'm back at work (I work for O'Reilly Media's Radar group) it's like being an alcoholic working behind a bar. I'm having a much harder time with it. I try to do interm