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@Jacob/@AH - have you thought about being a guest on Nate Hagens Podcast: The Great Simplification? Yes, @AH thought about it and he even emailed Hagens suggesting that I be a guest. Never heard back. TBH, I don't really follow the podcast (I don't subscribe to any podcasts. Just not a fan of the f...

Its the difference between seeing the Superbowl on TV or seeing it in person in the stadium. Being at Times Square on New Years Eve or seeing the ball drop on TV. VR can bring a facsimile of the experience, but it cannot replace the experience. I've realized that this really depends on one's temper...

The flight sim sounds like fun. I’ve always wanted to fly but I’m afraid of accidents. I think VR is good in that you can crash all you want. The helicopter rigs look really cool. My friend who worked on the sims at NASA says he can fly most combat helicopters now. He doesn’t even have a basic fixe...

https://store.steampowered.com/app/348250/Google_Earth_VR/ is kinda neat. Think google satellite view + street view on steroids. You get hills and depth perception. It's not quite like being there---more like "seeing there"---but it's the next level up from seeing a picture. In terms of na...

Anyone out there have experience with various backup power systems and have any thoughts? I've watched a bunch of youtube videos and whatnot, so I have some information / opinions, but wanted to tap this venerable crowd (not seeing a thread quite on point despite having searched for one) for perhap...

This seems very close to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model_of_hierarchical_complexity ? What's most interesting to me about models with a generator for the next step (also see Bateson's recursive feedback model) is how it at some point becomes impossible to talk or even think about it. While possi...

The more common meaning of "money is on tap", at least outside this forum, is to have accumulated a pile so large your offspring won't spend it for generations. I think the same applies here with the caveat that future generations won't increase their spending level above yours. To put a ...

ETA: To clarify, I think I spend time with a fairly broad range of neurotypes. It's not like I'm only competent at a narrow slice of neurotype, although I'm 100% positive that certain neurotypes require less effort from me than others. For example, I just spent ~30days in close daily connection wit...

If you like HIIT type workouts, the Tapout XT series uses bands. It has an MMA theme, which can feel a bit gimmicky, especially if you had actual training. Just make sure the curtains are drawn! I don't recall if you're a HIIT fan. Personally, my body responds much better to HIIT than traditional 3x...

What is "NT social competence"? A special version of "social competence"? A subset?

Do such heavy bands even exist without doubling or tripling them up?

As an alternative to Force(distance)~distance, you can use chains that are long enough to touch the ground. The more of the chain that is lifted off the ground, the heavier it gets.

Idle isolation (great term) as a retirement lifestyle at any age does seem strange. Even buying into a retirement community resort, while not for me, makes more sense. One of the retirement OGs literally called his magazine The Idler . Most of his book titles are about idling. The quote from the wi...

Some random comments on the freedom-from/to: The human personality is based on innate temperament with a cumulative construct of experiences. These experiences are based on the self and the other, where the "other" are things like culture, work, spouse, ... In the simplest possible terms w...

The key components are just knowing your deck real well and knowing how to play it against all the other major decks. The fact that there is a set of "major decks" suggests that a metagame is in effect. Compare, e.g. to Street Fighter. There's a finite set of characters. You pick 1 or 2 a...

Absolutely fantastic idea. I've never understood why you have to pay 300 bucks for a piece of cardstock when all the text and art written on it is already available online with high quality. Games should be for everyone. Because [rarity] creates variation in the decks of the players. If every card ...

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Tue May 21, 2024 10:02 am

I also have a McDonald's forever cup

Tell me more. My google-fu failed me.

There are no building codes, so the quality of homes and home prices tend to resemble a barbell. There are a lot of poorly crafted small, dry cabins for sub- $100k or high quality, large homes for over $300k, with very little in between. I noticed! The log cabins look like they have no insulation. ...

Well, it's not the cable @#$%@#%@ (replacing it didn't make a difference) I'm going to haul the soundbar over to a neighbor and try a different TV. That should tell me whether it's the TV output or the soundbar input. If it's the input, I'll get the converter. If it's the output, someone else probab...

I didn’t really expect anyone here to be interested in living in Alaska, but as a result of the below post, a forumite bought land directly behind me. Achievement unlocked! I'm almost sure that the ultimate location of ERE City will not be determined by a general vote but grow organically around th...

I think I need a system or some metric/habits to track for a while. What worked for you? I'm married to a couch potato, so I have some suggestions in terms of what might work. First, metrics are great because the main reason diet&exercise efforts don't make a difference is doing too little, not...