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by sceptical 2y ago
What is a life lived well? It is very personal isn't it. There is no intended result or end goal. No greater meaning. I like my life but others may find it meaningless. The poster asks "Why do I feel the need to only be on a journ
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by sceptical 2y ago
I retired four years ago just before hitting 50 years of age. There is no real purpose and never was. I got my degree, worked in a field I loved. I was good at it, learned and was successful. But there never was any real purpose except pers
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by sceptical 2y ago
At 49 I retired and spent the following years travelling. I did not really see it as a midlife crisis though as it was based on hitting a specific net worth. Now 3 years later I just completed my first marathon. I guess that is text book mi
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by sceptical 2y ago
Similar to your collection of USSR stories, I bet.
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by sceptical 2y ago
But it wishes it already. Israel however has nukes and is backed by the US. Iran wouldn't last 10 minutes.
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by sceptical 2y ago
Quite a bit of wishful thinking here. Who exactly would be able to defeat Israel? Iran? They are cowering in fear right now. Hamas? Hezbollah? Please.
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by sceptical 2y ago
You left out the part: "it was shot down by the Israeli fighter pilots after they did not receive a response to their demands for the aircraft to land"
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by sceptical 2y ago
I don't think that is what Bjørn Lomborg said at all. IIRC he said money would be better spent on mitigating effects of climate change. Since you say things aren't looking great you actually seem to agree with him.
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by sceptical 2y ago
https://edition.cnn.com/world/live-news/lebanon-explosions-h...
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by sceptical 2y ago
"Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah says the group’s leadership was mostly spared during Tuesday’s attack targeting pagers that killed several members in Lebanon as they were using older devices while “new ones were sent elsewhere.”
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by sceptical 2y ago
Some companies do. At my previous company (I have since retired), I would get yearly outsized stock grants to motivate me to stay. I sincerely doubt I could have found matching compensation at another company. I never had any expectation of
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by sceptical 2y ago
The escalation narrative is propaganda. It is intended to sway public opinion and end support for Ukraine. But people seems to forget that Russia invaded Ukraine and Ukraine can and should do whatever they can to defend themselves. There is
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by sceptical 2y ago
Forcing Russia to allocate a large amount of its limited air defences to defend Moscow seems like a good result in itself. It appears to allow Ukraine to attack airfields, fuel storages and other infrastructure inside Russia with good resu
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by sceptical 2y ago
Obviously they disclose this so we don't waste any more ATACMS. How nice of them.
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by sceptical 2y ago
I retired three years ago at the age of 49. I was rather successful as a software engineer and is content with what I achieved. My response to your thoughts. 1) I have not missed work at all for the last three years. Not a single day. I hav
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by sceptical 3y ago
General rule is 100 calories per mile so 2500 calories for a marathon seems reasonable.
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by sceptical 3y ago
And yet you want people to trust your anecdata.
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by sceptical 3y ago
That is not accurate. Israel is seeking to destroy Hamas, not Gaza. Hamas must be utterly destroyed. Unfortunately they hide among the civilians, cowards as they are.
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by sceptical 3y ago
In Denmark Uber was cheaper, more reliable and vastly better than taxies until it was banned by the government to protect the taxi cartel. And it was actually profitable for Uber. I don't have to make up an anecdote about poor taxi ser
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by sceptical 3y ago
Why is 24/7 oncall exploitation? It is hardly unpaid when you are payed > $500,000 a year. Also you should know this upfront when accepting employment.
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by sceptical 3y ago
I like mine but mainly use the health / activity features, such as the daily tracking of movement, calories burned, etc. I use it as my sport watch for running as well and it is comparable to Garmin now. I have disabled pretty much all
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by sceptical 3y ago
It is not over yet. Seems to me that Russia is by far the biggest loser so far and my expectation is that it will get much worse for Russia still.
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by sceptical 3y ago
Article appear to be from 17 November 2021.
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by sceptical 4y ago
There is no trickery. Uber did lose $2.6 billion in the quarter but it also turned cash flow positive and posted $382 million in free cash flow.
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by sceptical 4y ago
Surge pricing is not about profit for Uber. Uber wants to minimize surge pricing as it implies the market place is unbalanced. I.e. not enough drivers. Obviously with demand spikes you cannot magically produce more drivers so surge prici
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by sceptical 5y ago
Nothing weird, just no snacking and avoid sugar. I retired a year ago and decided to try and get into shape. And I wanted it to be a permanent life style change that I hopefully can stick to for a decade or two and also it shouldn't fe
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by sceptical 5y ago
Alcohol will be next. Same arguments apply.
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by sceptical 5y ago
Wokeness is a religion. As such that is fine but why pretend otherwise.
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by sceptical 5y ago
I think it is competition for local talent. I worked for a US tech company in a remote office in a smaller Scandinavian city and at senior levels we got comparable salary/stock compensation. There was a slight adjustment for COL, ~10%
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by sceptical 5y ago
Retired 6 months ago at 50 years old. So far I love it. I do not miss work at all. I have not done any programming since I quit and I have no immediate plans to. I had a lot of other plans for my retirement but from reading advice from othe

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