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@Suo If one of your chief complaints is the noise of a generator (totally understandable), then it's worth knowing that there are sound-dampening options. There are commercial products (expensive but easy, and still probably much cheaper than the PV system) and there are lots of DIY options for &quo...

@AxelHeyst Hmm...I see. Well I will be very interested in hearing what you and others manage to figure out, because I think I myself might have a touch of what you are describing. Regarding the discussion of spinning up a project for motivation to address the issue, Mitch Hedberg had the one-liner: ...

My bolding: A possibly better way to phrase my original question might have been "how to identify and avoid ways of slowing down the process of self-actualization, so that the system isn't inhibited from progressing at a healthy natural rate?" Put another way, "In which ways am I unk...

My main focus lately has been looking into "programs" to improve muscle. The first priority is muscle strength with the second priority to increase muscle mass. I'm now looking into ways to do movements like dead lifts and squats under load. Two quick questions for you: 1) Have you experi...

There might be non-monetary benefits to doing something like this. My SO has done some blood donation in the last couple years. She did it just to do something nice (so, no money), but did get an unexpected benefit out of it: the company that collects the donation runs a quick test on your blood to ...

Maybe it's just for me, but I think there is a certain pleasure in maintaining the things one uses and a lack of maintenance is a sign that one has extended their scope too far. These are the kinds of questions I eventually reached when trying to actually have a web of goals and not just arbitrary ...

The danger of trying to go fast is in not actually achieving unconscious competence at certain skills and thus winding up in a situation of dragging along several WLs worth of conscious competence. AKA not actually transcending precious levels but finding yourself spinning plates at multiple WLs an...

That said, I really appreciate you brining up this topic! I have been thinking a lot about how my ethics are not reflected by investing the way I do. For instance, I vehemently oppose the practices of our biggest meat producers and factory farming companies, yet I invest in them by virtue of buying...

Progressing up the ERE Wheaton Levels may move a person from consumerism to post-consumerism, but it doesn't move a person away from capitalism. At least, not for the vast majority of people here--probably the opposite. Just like having learned to walk doesn't move people away from using their legs...

The table is based on more than a decade of observing what could be called the main road from consumerism to post-consumerism in hundreds of journals and interactions. There are other roads, such as growing up like this already, but these are less common. The table is therefore not normative . You ...

Has the economy collapsed? If we have had a step function decline in IQ is there some kind of system response that we can readily observe? [...] When I don’t really know the laws that govern a system I start by injecting a step function into the input and I measure the output. Historically there ha...

Also, in the short span of years since the onset of the Covid epidemic, the potential to be realized through human/AI collaboration has emerged as MUCH greater than 3 to 10 IQ points, at least in terms of efficiency. For example, I could cut the time to write a paper assigned on any given topic at ...

It remains unclear how permanent this effect is ... insofar it actually is an effect. Regardless, it's definitely worth paying attention to. One of the few risks of ERE is losing intellectual capacity. ERE does require the ability to think. Indeed, it also remains unclear whether this problem accum...

FYI - Just checked my library. The book is pretty popular (Bay Area, CA) and has a fairly deep wait-list to get a physical copy. (I was able to instantly download the audiobook through Hoopla, though). YMMV.

This was reinforced when spending time a lot of time in the desert with rationed water. Nose breathing reduces the amount of water loss. Yes! I do feel like I am less dehydrated after runs than I used to be. I imagine it doesn't matter much for <1 hr, but for long duration endurance runs, there mig...

[This thread seems to be where most people on the forum are talking about it, so I'm posting it here, and I'll make a tie-in to athletic performance.] Regarding nasal breathing... Very early on in the pandemic period e.g. late 2019-early 2020, I came across the topic of nasal breathing. Specifically...

For a chic look crossed with DIY, you could make the box in the style of a Japanese andon floor lamp...throw a couple of LEDs inside and add kumiko panel inserts so that the HEPAs look like rice paper. (Do they pass light or are they too thick?)

The figure 5 I was referring to was, as Anesau has linked, from this paper (PDF link) I'm still not fully understanding how the literature supports the benefits of omega 3s to the extent that William Harris is claiming. I realize medical statistics is not my specialty S'all good. I'm certainly not a...

I'll admit to having been a bit unfairly suspicious of William Harris at the start given the replication crisis & his findings seeming to make much stronger claims than others', but after digging deeper it looks like most of the literature agrees with the direction he's moving. I totally unders...

Google Scholar is your friend, here. With respect to omega-3 fatty acids and (cardiovascular) health, I would start with the publications of William Harris . For context of the importance of omega 3's in the diet (and how much/what kind you might want to consume), a wonderful place to start might be...