tomcar288

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by tomcar288 1y ago
actually, i'm now noticing it may be cheaper for me to buy used skis than to rent them. buying used i can get it cheaper than even renting just once or twice
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by tomcar288 1y ago
you could get a wood burning stove heater. as long as you have enough trees to be sustainable, burning firewood is a great way to go. and with the clean burning filters they have now a days, you'll much much better off than from the
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by tomcar288 1y ago
I think a lot of people are taking it as a precise prescription. Rather, I think it's the main idea that counts: you can downsize and reduce your expenses by quite a bit. I think this will become ever more important going into the fu
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by tomcar288 1y ago
i agree. but i think most people are worried about second order effects (the impact of supply chains on the whole economy) rather than whether or not you can buy 3$ shoes on temu.
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by tomcar288 1y ago
i grow a couple hundred pounds of tomatoes in my backyard every year. I'd happily sell some to my neighbors.
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by tomcar288 1y ago
the question is which shelves. Not ALL shelves. only 13% of our stuff comes from China. they might run out of toys and electric shavers but there will still be a lot left to buy.
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by tomcar288 1y ago
let's not forget, "In 2024, China supplied approximately 13.4% of the total goods imported by the United States, with a total value of $438.9 billion. " ' And those are heavily concentrated in certain industries like bas
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by tomcar288 2y ago
if everyone's expecting a market crash and prepared for it (that means it should already be priced in), how can there still end up being a crash? seems counter intuitive.
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by tomcar288 2y ago
Wait until you hear how many people pass away as a result of eating cheeseburgers! Only somewhat kidding here. The number of people that die from heart disease and stroke and diabetes is far far greater than plane crashes or car crashes. M
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by tomcar288 2y ago
if you use a more reasonable calculation of inflation and calculate real GDP according to that, you'll see we've been in recession almost half of the years for the last 25 years. Personally I prefer to use the US case shiller hous
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by tomcar288 2y ago
It's good to see more studies come on this but it's not exactly news. Researchers have known for quite some time now that there's an entire constellation of diseases (diabetes, stroke, certain cancers, fatty liver disease, h
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by tomcar288 2y ago
We may be entering a future where there's simply less demand for SE talent. I mean, there's already a vast oversupply of SE talent. What about looking into other job functions such as Product/project management or other car
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by tomcar288 2y ago
when people's entire livehoods are threatened, you're going to see some defensive reactions.
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by tomcar288 2y ago
based on the analysis above, I'd say they're far from delivering on that slogan.
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by tomcar288 2y ago
what good is it if you have a ton of gadgets and iphones all over the place but no place to live? I'd take a home with a bed over all the gadgets in the world, if i could only choose 1. it's a fact that the housing standard of li
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by tomcar288 2y ago
that plus, the CPI is completely messed up. Housing accounts for easily half of people's spending these days, especially the younger generation. So, here's how you calculate standard of living: Nominal GDP per capita / Case s
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by tomcar288 2y ago
i'm no expert on this but i thought the military buys a bunch of stuff from them because there's no other choice, right? and all those airlines, their only other choice is airbus. the industry simply doesnt compete enough, no?
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by tomcar288 2y ago
fiber supplements may well help that and more but if you want to get all the benefits, eat actual real food. Well informed researchers will tell you there's a lot of research that shows those supplements aren't nearly as helpful
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by tomcar288 2y ago
it sounds super sensible since metabsolic syndrome diseases people go to a doctor for are mostly preventable. But, these days I think most companies have sufficient layoffs to where the employees don't last long enough for it to matter
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by tomcar288 2y ago
Well, as an experienced gardener I can tell you that growing perfect broccoli and cualiflower is very challenging, growing leafy greens is not. if you have a desent sized garden and are constantly growing stuff in it, you will almost always
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by tomcar288 2y ago
We don't need to have a system where there are only 2 terrible choices. if the federal government wasn't so large but rather a looser organization such as the EU, then each state would be a sovereign entity and the presidency woul
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by tomcar288 2y ago
if you're concerned about getting enough micronutrients, I did create a tool that helps me discover the foods that are highest in any particular vitamin or mineral or combination thereof and normalizes the data to 200 calorie servings
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by tomcar288 2y ago
Vitamin C is also one of the most abundant vitamins. there's a ton of vegetables and fruit that are very high in vit C (you can check my nutrient finder: https://kale.world/c ) . Rather than jumping straight to supp
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by tomcar288 2y ago
with regards to who you follow in nutritional circles, just beware that there's a lot of social media content out there by people who are really good at business (seo, social media content gen, etc) but haven't read much nutrition
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by tomcar288 2y ago
that might be true for completely passive income. but, how about growing a fruit tree. An apple tree for example can produce 200 lbs of apples per year about 500$ a year and all you have to do is pick them off the tree and water them if yo
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by tomcar288 2y ago
ok, so we have a loooottt of time to do that. for now, i think humanity already has waaaayyyy tooo many problems to deal with before we need to worry about that.
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by tomcar288 2y ago
I admit, this is very impressive: "AI models performing at PhD-level on some tasks" but it remains to be seen as to whether all this intelligence actually leads to greater productivity and whether that "productivity" eve
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by tomcar288 2y ago
why do you like spaceflight? i don't see that as addressing any major human needs
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by tomcar288 2y ago
>> has eventually revitalised the desolate site into a thriving, lush forest. That's an understatement. every hard core gardener knows organic matter is the key to wonderful soil which is the key to wonderful produce. We want a
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by tomcar288 2y ago
Yes, Most people don't know why. But nutritional researchers like Micheal Gregor (he and his team have read over 20,000 research papers! just for one book - how not to die) know why. The problem is all the people who get the most vie

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