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@zbigi - One explanation I've seen is along the lines of "when get home tired after a long day as a surgeon, I just want to go home and shoot some warships". Inconceivable as it may be, some people just play to have fun and have zero interest in practicing to get better. (And somehow they don't care ...

@Ego - Also see https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/feb/14/us-military-recruiting-video-games-targeting-teenagers ...

Personally I've never seen any such recruitment efforts, but I stopped playing FPS games 30 years ago after getting my ass handed to me by a bunch of 12yos. The shame!

Of ...

BMS Progress report.

I managed to get VoiceAttack so-so working, which is not an easy thing to do with an old/underpowered microphone (HTC Vive is 10+ years?) and a non-American accent. I better never lose both hands to a freak accident or some kind of nerve disease. Technically it should be ...

I wonder why my VO2 max according to my FitBit is almost as good as yours for age/gender?


An direct VO2max measures the difference between fresh air delivered by mask and how much oxygen is left in the air one breathes out (the VO2) while slowly increasing effort to the point of total collapse ...

Interesting. I hadn't thought of optimizing them as mutually exclusive. It makes sense. If one can get the skeletal and joint benefits from weight training and get the Vo2 max benefits from a bike, that would definitely be best.


Dude, HIIT! Especially on the Tabatha protocol. Also see the ...

The only spreadsheets I still maintain are essentially a "balance sheet" that updates my NW in real time and an "income statement" that updates my capital income from various sources (mostly dividends), also in real time. The balance sheet contains no history but does make projections of future NW ...

In my mind this comes down to managing risks.


Well, there's that ... some sports/activities are inherently more dangerous than others in terms of accidents. Also, some sports allow more "stupid" than others. I dealt with elbow pain for a couple of years because "karate me" figured that I could ...

You might enjoy this report: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4348610/

I agree although both can be done in a low impact way e.g. interval running, fast swimming etc


High impact or load bearing exercise/activities lead to higher bone density which is a very desirable kind of capital in older people or in anyone really. Reserve the low impact preference for those ...

I really want to learn this (says the guy who has green beans from his land and a small batch roaster just sitting there....)


1) Put beans on dry pan. Apply any heat you want.
2) Use a lid because some beans will jump when the heat cracks the shell.
3) For an even roast on all sides of all ...

I think that the open question when it comes to functional fitness might be to what extent should you be doing more of the same when younger in order to be doing at least some of the same when older. For example, even if you detest running as an activity, should you be doing it at 40, because you ...

That's pretty hard core stuff when I envision myself in the 75-80 range. I'd been thinking mostly kinder, gentler things that could be as simple as being able to enjoy a day of fishing with enough success and enthusiasm that I'd want to tell my fishing buddies about it. Or even read a good book ...

This is of course an invitation to an eternal debate about effects of taxation - but - people who have $250k will not just stop investing that money because now they have to pay higher taxes. As long as taxes are below 100%, investing will bring them income, so it will make sense (it will be ...

How does the remaining $195,000 break down? It seems to me that many/most ERE folk could do better investing in their own small businesses or ventures.


Very ballpark (for the average business but not weird ones like e.g. banks, youtube channels,...), figure that out of the revenue(*),
1/3 goes ...

We also enjoy 0% tax on dividends on the same bracket conditions.

On the other hand, US persons pay significantly more for education, health care, health insurance, senior care, legal services, ... than people in similarly developed countries despite not getting a better level of service. Lower ...

emotional one who likes attention here: no.


I'm not sure I understand what you mean? I also don't think I was being particularly clear in what I said---I rewrote it a couple of times.

My framework is that there is an economy "other people's attention". Some people (e.g. emotional extroverts ...

11 Things I Hate About AI

Can't say I disagree with any of these. To me, the most salient point is the one about how skipping the hard parts of learning isn't a feature; it's a bug.


I read it but as a fun exercise, I substituted in the following subset of words where appropriate: ("asking ...

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My property taxes and insurance are ~ 1J annually.

Ours too. So we live on DW's 1J.

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Yes, I grok that this is your pedagogical philosophy. I just don't know if I believe that it is valid. For example, I'm pretty sure that if a WL6-plus has the rare time available to build a rake and an atomic clock from scratch, track and improve every possible health metric, travel to 3 different ...