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- Wed Apr 25, 2018 2:25 pm
- Forum: Resources & Recommended Reading
- Topic: Long Now's Manual for Civilization
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2459
Re: Long Now's Manual for Civilization
We will be publishing the list in the coming months once we have the suggestions narrowed down by our members and supporters. We have reached about 1400 nominations but will need four to five thousand to have enough to winnow it down to the very best 3000 books. So… If you were stranded on an islan...
- Tue Apr 24, 2018 12:39 am
- Forum: ERE Community
- Topic: Meetup in Bielefeld, Germany
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1891
Re: Meetup in Bielefeld, Germany
Haha - almost. At least you were right in terms of similar latitudes. For clarification, here's a map. By central, I meant it is roughly in the middle between Amsterdam and Berlin, Hamburg and Frankfurt: https://preview.ibb.co/mqXtGx/Bielefeld.jpg Also, there are cheaper busses from all over Europe ...
- Mon Apr 23, 2018 2:41 pm
- Forum: ERE Community
- Topic: Meetup in Bielefeld, Germany
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1891
Meetup in Bielefeld, Germany
A friend of mine recently coined Bielefeld as small Berlin of the West (as in West Germany). While that might be somewhat of an overstatement, Bielefeld should be - big enough to be accessible, - small enough to be a little more inexpensive than bigger alternatives and - central enough to be reachab...
- Thu Apr 12, 2018 12:45 pm
- Forum: Work & Education
- Topic: UC Berkeley now offers Data Science / Python course for free
- Replies: 20
- Views: 5351
UC Berkeley now offers Data Science / Python course for free
As quite a few of you are interested in data and analytics, I'll just leave this here:
Article about the course and the course.
Article about the course and the course.
- Mon Mar 05, 2018 12:50 pm
- Forum: Philosophy and Lifestyle Questions
- Topic: How to maintain continuous improvement while not burning out?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1616
Re: How to maintain continuous improvement while not burning out?
1) Make a list of your 15 most important goals. To spare you the counting, you currently have 13, excluding your joker card of "everything else that is already postponed to retirement". 13 is fine. Why? You will see in step 2 ;) 2) Cut off the bottom 10 (they can come later or become a pri...
- Mon Mar 05, 2018 12:14 pm
- Forum: ERE Journals
- Topic: akratic's ERE journal
- Replies: 657
- Views: 169643
Re: akratic's ERE journal
Thank you very much for sharing! Awesome and elaborate post as ususal. Congrats on the newborn! Right off the bat, I see at least three aspects: 1) Lack of healthy moderation 2) Lack of structure (daily schedule with balance) 3) Lack of a relatable group of people ("I spent the last 21 days str...
- Tue Feb 13, 2018 3:31 pm
- Forum: Philosophy and Lifestyle Questions
- Topic: Eliminating Facebook from our lives?
- Replies: 91
- Views: 24132
Re: Eliminating Facebook from our lives?
Other ways to create barriers is to block the website through ad blockers, your provider or else. Whatever the barrier, it makes sense to create roadblocks that give you time to reconsider your action when you (or rather your roadblocks make you) catch yourself red-handed on your way to the social m...
- Tue Feb 13, 2018 3:09 pm
- Forum: Philosophy and Lifestyle Questions
- Topic: Travelhack-List
- Replies: 18
- Views: 5677
Re: Travelhack-List
Just to add to my last post: I just stumbled upon this madfientist podcast with Brad and Alexi from Travel Miles 101 . It might be interesting to some with sufficient time and fun to work out travel hacks. Travel Miles 101 also offers a free course . I haven't tried it myself, just wanted to share a...
- Tue Feb 13, 2018 3:02 pm
- Forum: ERE Journals
- Topic: SWB's path to financial independence
- Replies: 423
- Views: 113295
Re: SWB's path to financial independence
I used to focus on building career capital , but if you know your specific goal, you can probably find a more narrow path that is more relevant to your aspirations. From skimming your pros and cons I would say the new offer is not a good personal match (not your hot area, doubt over mid-/long-term s...
- Mon Feb 12, 2018 8:39 am
- Forum: Philosophy and Lifestyle Questions
- Topic: Eliminating Facebook from our lives?
- Replies: 91
- Views: 24132
Re: Eliminating Facebook from our lives?
Inside the Center for Humane Technology: Tech creators push back
Is anyone still actively using (and getting lost on) facebook?
Is anyone still actively using (and getting lost on) facebook?
- Mon Feb 12, 2018 8:32 am
- Forum: Health and Food Questions
- Topic: Entering Ketosis
- Replies: 85
- Views: 20424
Re: Entering Ketosis
I am not sure. I thought I got Jacob's metaphor (and the pun) but I am not sure I got 7W's argument. Jacob's metaphor: I projected the metaphor on the vegetarians/vegans vs. carnist debate. Just like BRUTE dropping a carnist argument and suddenly vegetarians/vegans rise up (very broadly speaking). (...
- Sun Feb 11, 2018 4:31 pm
- Forum: Health and Food Questions
- Topic: Entering Ketosis
- Replies: 85
- Views: 20424
Re: Entering Ketosis
"Animal products, both meat and dairy, in general require more resources and cause higher emissions than plant-based alternatives."
From the UNEP report "Assessing the Environmental Impacts of Consumption and Production".
Sorry, back to Ketosis.
From the UNEP report "Assessing the Environmental Impacts of Consumption and Production".
Sorry, back to Ketosis.
- Sun Feb 11, 2018 4:26 pm
- Forum: Philosophy and Lifestyle Questions
- Topic: Travelhack-List
- Replies: 18
- Views: 5677
- Sat Feb 10, 2018 12:48 pm
- Forum: Money and Investment Questions
- Topic: SWR milestone record - Most important factors? / Recap of the progress towards ERE
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2303
Re: SWR milestone record - Most important factors? / Recap of the progress towards ERE
So, not surprisingly, reducing expenses initially has the highest impact and the importance of non-investment income is gradually replaced by investment income, with the caveat that input factors that you can control beat those that you can control less.
- Sat Feb 10, 2018 12:32 pm
- Forum: Philosophy and Lifestyle Questions
- Topic: How to turn "high savings rate" into a daily habit
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1905
Re: How to turn "high savings rate" into a daily habit
@jacob: Unfortunately, that doesn't really apply to me, as I am not a big spender on "miscellaneous stuff" anyway. But that makes me realize that my problem lies in the bigger recurring expenses as Gilberto points out. @7W: That approach sounds very ymoyl'esque. It would be nice to have a ...
- Sat Feb 10, 2018 12:08 pm
- Forum: Philosophy and Lifestyle Questions
- Topic: Travelhack-List
- Replies: 18
- Views: 5677
Re: Travelhack-List
Do geo-arbitrage: check what products and services are cheaper at your destination and plan for it (1.5 dollar haircuts in Thailand are not that shabby, actually). This includes the process from getting there to getting back, starting with, but not limited to, where to exchange your currency and end...
- Fri Feb 09, 2018 3:26 pm
- Forum: Money and Investment Questions
- Topic: SWR milestone record
- Replies: 318
- Views: 251228
Re: SWR milestone record
I am amazed by your guys' progress and don't want to hijack the thread - but what's your secret sauce to lowering the SWR?
- Fri Feb 09, 2018 3:23 pm
- Forum: Money and Investment Questions
- Topic: SWR milestone record - Most important factors? / Recap of the progress towards ERE
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2303
SWR milestone record - Most important factors? / Recap of the progress towards ERE
The SWR milestone record thread started on Fri, 27 Jul 2012. The mutual understanding of the save withdrawal rate (SWR) should be something like: Average monthly expenses * 12 / FI Assets = SWR I am in awe by you fellow ERE-ers' progress! True, the market has increased by about +100% since mid 2012 ...
- Fri Feb 09, 2018 2:54 pm
- Forum: Philosophy and Lifestyle Questions
- Topic: How to turn "high savings rate" into a daily habit
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1905
How to turn "high savings rate" into a daily habit
I am currently extreme-izing my daily habits by setting up a weekly schedule with daily tasks (extreme-izing both the goals and the tracking). Early financial independence ranks high in my overall web of goals. And as such, the monthly savings rate trailing twelve months is one of my personal KPIs I...
- Sat Jan 27, 2018 4:23 pm
- Forum: Money and Investment Questions
- Topic: Bitcoin on the rise
- Replies: 661
- Views: 153680
Re: Bitcoin on the rise
Does anyone here have an opinion on CFTC's raw financial data on CBOE? http://www.cftc.gov/files/dea/cotarchives/2018/options/financial_lof011618.htm Both leveraged funds and other reportables are shorting bitcoin as of January 16th. Does anyone have an idea what the bitcoin players behind "Oth...