pmg102

7 ms·

1.
by pmg102 4mo ago
What does 'prefer' mean here? I would say writing it myself is more enjoyable (in some cases). But I quite understand that I am not paid to enjoy myself. I'd say it's quicker getting AI to do it and reviewing. I believe
2.
by pmg102 5mo ago
That's a shame. I found it interesting and thought-provoking. Maybe over-egged (and over-AI'd) but still worth a look.
3.
by pmg102 5mo ago
https://archive.is/OjGox
4.
by pmg102 6mo ago
The article refers several times to the benefits of the game designer and the coder being the same person. I've often felt that this is the only way to build anything impressive, and in fact I'm amazed that corporations with their
5.
by pmg102 6mo ago
> But the thing is? Falling doesn't have to be dangerous Every time you use a question mark in place of a comma? A kitten dies.
6.
by pmg102 7mo ago
A phrase also beloved of Adam Curtis, along with starting new sentences with conjunctions. "But this was a fantasy." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1bX3F7uTrg
7.
by pmg102 9mo ago
With an em-dash for extra points!
8.
by pmg102 11mo ago
The biggest challenge with pensions is convincing people in their 20s to invest in high risk/high return investments. This is usually the right strategy because of the long time horizon of several decades until they will need to crysta
9.
by pmg102 11mo ago
You're giving a 15% growth rate with zero volatility? That isn't going to teach many important lessons. How about offering a range of rates with volatility increasing as rate increases. Then they can think about the benefit of gua
10.
by pmg102 1y ago
I decided to go for Yoto over Tonie because it explicitly encourages "Make Your Own" cards which you can put any MP3 files of your own or RSS links to podcast.
11.
by pmg102 1y ago
That was true for COVID but be careful not to overgeneralise. People also have historically warned about many things, with many of them never coming true. In fact, that is probably the reason that people unfortunately have learned not to li
12.
by pmg102 1y ago
People seem to be taking it as given that "someone else preparing the food for you" == "the food is more likely to lead to weight gain". Why should that be? Is it not possible to order healthy food in? If not this would
13.
by pmg102 2y ago
Nice work. Tip: you're missing an 'l' from Frequenty Asked Questions
14.
by pmg102 2y ago
Is it not just a question of what you're optimising for? Excluding the outliers (the lazy, incompetent, or geniuses), most can choose what to optimise for: - free time, low stress, calm life - fulfillment through delivering funct
15.
by pmg102 2y ago
I like that you list "100% AI-free" as a selling point!
16.
by pmg102 2y ago
Original https://theconversation.com/stigma-against-benefits-has-made...
17.
by pmg102 3y ago
> Unlike many in his scene, Saunders was not a leftist. He had no time for welfarism or state ownership, which he dismissed as inefficient, yet he also rejected rampant capitalism, which he saw as fundamentally unfair. Not sure TFA suppo
18.
by pmg102 3y ago
(2020)
19.
by pmg102 3y ago
And yet so many people "can afford" £300 pcm but "couldn't afford" a yearly unexpected maintenance bill of £2000. Even though the latter is half the cost. It's inability to financially plan over more than a mon
20.
by pmg102 3y ago
You're missing the point that the freedom from and freedom to may be weighted differently for each individual. For instance I lose almost nothing by not having the freedom to carry a weapon (UK) as I have no desire to do so, while gain
21.
by pmg102 3y ago
There's no obligation to buy a new one. Keep your existing cars on the road or replace them with other low mileage used ones. I bet repair costs on used are less than depreciatiom + finance costs on new, and there's pleasure to be
22.
by pmg102 3y ago
Feels pretty legit though. My freedom-from is impacted by other people's freedom-to: by curtailing their freedom, mine is expanded. Sure they won't like it - but I don't like it the other way round either.
23.
by pmg102 3y ago
I believe it's called Deprivation of Assets if they catch you doing that and they won't play along. Even if you suddenly start buying sports cars you never used to. Pretty Orwellian if you ask me, but then if you want other people
24.
by pmg102 3y ago
You have a duplicate word in your prompt ``` If you you are asked ```
25.
by pmg102 3y ago
The low rates was true. But not the 30 year term. Most mortgages in the UK are fixed for 2-5 years so people are much more exposed to fluctuations in interest rates than in the US.
26.
by pmg102 3y ago
> At the end of your life, your children get to use your housing wealth for their own housing would that this were true. In the UK at least, that wealth is often needed to pay for end-of-life care. The government will only pay for care o
27.
by pmg102 3y ago
"What is the point of feeling emotion X" is a category error. Emotions aren't selected intellectually for their chosen outcome, they are felt.
28.
by pmg102 3y ago
Are you genuinely arguing that people in 2023 are poorer than they were in 1950? This would be astonishing if true wouldn't it? Hasn't GDP tripled or something since then? I think it's more likely to be expectation inflation.
29.
by pmg102 3y ago
I'm seeing TFA
30.
by pmg102 3y ago
Maybe don't talk incessantly about yourself. But I think being open about your thoughts, feelings, fears and hopes is attractive. What do you mean by "reactive" here?

More ›