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- Wed May 08, 2024 3:26 am
- Forum: Work & Education
- Topic: Physics experiments for 4-8 yo
- Replies: 12
- Views: 602
Re: Physics experiments for 4-8 yo
I remember loving a DIY motor activity similar to this one as a kid: https://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/st ... down-motor
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 11:02 am
- Forum: ERE Journals
- Topic: bostonimproper's journal
- Replies: 435
- Views: 126282
Re: bostonimproper's journal
Thanks all for your musings on recognition and status. Feel free to continue the conversation. For now, a journal update: Filial piety I had a call with my mother the other day. She’s a real estate agent, has been one for decades. There was a recent NAR settlement that’s likely to change the game bi...
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 9:46 am
- Forum: Health and Food Questions
- Topic: What doesn't kill you might make you dumber?
- Replies: 54
- Views: 4744
Re: What doesn't kill you might make you dumber?
My brother has been experiencing long COVID symptoms for about 4 years at this point. He is currently on a plant based whole food (anti-inflammatory) diet to try and manage it. His take has been the diet has helped him feel healthier generally, but in ways that are distinct from the effects of long ...
- Sun Mar 10, 2024 10:35 am
- Forum: ERE Journals
- Topic: A Journey of Mindfulness--the Remaking of Life in Midstream.
- Replies: 1413
- Views: 308991
Re: A Journey of Mindfulness--the Remaking of Life in Midstream.
Your post about your dad reminds me of my mother-in-law. She’s in her late 70’s and has had food issues her whole life (as in, very picky eating, no spices, only a few “safe” foods), and her diet at this point has winnowed down to sweet baked goods and yogurt drinks. She’s also showing early signs o...
- Fri Mar 08, 2024 10:51 am
- Forum: ERE Journals
- Topic: bostonimproper's journal
- Replies: 435
- Views: 126282
Re: bostonimproper's journal
Milestone unlocked: we’ve hit a “leanFIRE” net worth for our household. It’s lower than I feel comfortable walking away with since it would involve spending less than we do now, but it is in the manageable range. My “real number” is probably unnecessarily high in the context of this forum. Also a la...
- Wed Feb 28, 2024 7:52 pm
- Forum: ERE Journals
- Topic: bostonimproper's journal
- Replies: 435
- Views: 126282
Re: bostonimproper's journal
@Chris @7w5 I appreciate the insightful posts. Thinking about it some more, I realize it’s less envy and more like competitiveness I feel (as my spouse can attest, I am a very poor sport). As someone who definitely believes that it’s a shame when people waste their time and talents going all in on g...
- Mon Feb 26, 2024 9:10 pm
- Forum: ERE Journals
- Topic: bostonimproper's journal
- Replies: 435
- Views: 126282
Re: bostonimproper's journal
Thanks all, I appreciate the well wishes and sympathy. Here’s hoping our toddler figures out sleeping through the night sometime soon. 🤞 Am I secretly a Type A careerist? So obviously I’ve been applying for jobs lately which means I’ve been spending more time on LinkedIn. I’ll see updates from forme...
- Mon Feb 26, 2024 8:33 pm
- Forum: ERE Journals
- Topic: Western Red Cedar's Journal
- Replies: 547
- Views: 166513
Re: Western Red Cedar's Journal
Beautiful pictures! Happy travels!
- Fri Feb 16, 2024 9:36 am
- Forum: Emergent Renaissance Ecology
- Topic: Future of Artificial Intelligence
- Replies: 131
- Views: 59558
Re: Future of Artificial Intelligence
Jesus Christ, it must be $$$$$ to train and run Sora. For reference, estimates for cost to run GPT-4 were on the order of $1MM/day. And OpenAI only made like $200MM in revenue last year. And none of that factors in any of their other expenses like staff, data cleaning, development infrastructure, et...
- Fri Feb 16, 2024 8:59 am
- Forum: Work & Education
- Topic: Skill-based vs network-based work sourcing
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1544
Re: Skill-based vs network-based work sourcing
I broke into product based on my network (some professor I had worked with’s PhD advisor was hiring for his startup). Otherwise nobody was taking a chance on me. So at least in my case I found networking really can help with career pivots. Most jobs I’ve had though I applied from job boards. I do th...
- Thu Feb 01, 2024 8:19 pm
- Forum: ERE Journals
- Topic: bostonimproper's journal
- Replies: 435
- Views: 126282
Re: bostonimproper's journal
Muddling through I’m not thriving right now. I’m not spiraling either. Just muddling through. My daily schedule is split between parenting and work. Toddler wakes up at 6:00. I feed them, play with them, do a few chores together, and put them down for their morning nap around 9:00. Then I work unti...
- Sun Dec 31, 2023 3:48 pm
- Forum: ERE Journals
- Topic: What I Spend
- Replies: 918
- Views: 202588
Re: What I Spend
For what it’s worth, my husband and I found estate planning to be fairly easy. The biggest decisions were mostly around the who (power of attorney, trustee, etc) rather than the what. I know you said you’re not looking to chase small money, but if you’re willing to do churning based on ROI, I’d also...
- Wed Dec 20, 2023 5:33 pm
- Forum: Friends, Family, Relationships, and Community Questions
- Topic: Tips for toddlers?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2087
Re: Tips for toddlers?
I’m surprised by the number of suggestions to potty train. Is this a generational thing? I’ve always assumed that would be a thing we’d do. I’ve heard of kids not taking well to it or having accidents, but not of parents not attempting it during toddlerhood.
- Wed Dec 20, 2023 10:34 am
- Forum: Friends, Family, Relationships, and Community Questions
- Topic: Tips for toddlers?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2087
Tips for toddlers?
As baby nears the one year mark, I’m starting to think about what it means to take care of a toddler. So for those who’ve raised little people to pre-school age, I ask you: - Any tips for “successful” toddler raising? - What things, if you could go back, would you do differently? - What memories fro...
- Fri Dec 15, 2023 4:02 am
- Forum: ERE Journals
- Topic: Giskard's Journal - slingin code to reach FI
- Replies: 205
- Views: 91899
Re: Giskard's Journal - slingin code to reach FI
Honestly the top signals seem kind of obvious? Like Elon Musk going on SNL, “to the moon.” It’s not exactly subtle. At the very least, you can follow some VC’s and when they start pumping their bags, you’ll know they’re looking for exit liquidity. Or when Vitalik sells his coins to donate you’ll kno...
- Thu Dec 07, 2023 11:46 am
- Forum: Emergent Renaissance Ecology
- Topic: Future of Artificial Intelligence
- Replies: 131
- Views: 59558
Re: Future of Artificial Intelligence
Apparently Bard is using Gemini as of yesterday. Played around with it a bit, I continue to be pretty unimpressed.
- Wed Dec 06, 2023 10:34 pm
- Forum: Friends, Family, Relationships, and Community Questions
- Topic: Marriage: how to maintain it
- Replies: 54
- Views: 13748
Re: Marriage: how to maintain it
It’s not about being right and it’s not about contributing equally. It’s about working as a team to make sure both your cups are full. Sometimes that means leaning in and doing more, sometimes that means saying hey my cup is empty and not martyring yourself. Don’t let things fester for the sake of m...
- Tue Dec 05, 2023 9:41 pm
- Forum: ERE Journals
- Topic: bostonimproper's journal
- Replies: 435
- Views: 126282
Re: bostonimproper's journal
Thinking through what I want from 2024: Parenting Young toddler, here we come. Husband is still going to do the SAHP thing. We’ll probably do part time daycare when toddler is closer to 2.5 for the socialization and to get the year of endless sick days out of the way, so we’re looking at another yea...
- Tue Dec 05, 2023 8:00 pm
- Forum: ERE Journals
- Topic: Giskard's Journal - slingin code to reach FI
- Replies: 205
- Views: 91899
Re: Giskard's Journal - slingin code to reach FI
I'm honestly flummoxed by how on-point the four year cycle seems to be. Not that I’m complaining.
- Tue Nov 28, 2023 3:08 pm
- Forum: ERE Journals
- Topic: bostonimproper's journal
- Replies: 435
- Views: 126282
Re: bostonimproper's journal
I’m angry and unproductive at work right now and the job search is going poorly so I’m going to grade myself on my goals for 2023 because why not. Parenting First 6-8 weeks, just survive. Take kiddo out for at least 1 hour a day, regardless of weather. Easy mode: sit and read on our back porch while...