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- Sun Sep 06, 2020 3:45 am
- Forum: Resources & Recommended Reading
- Topic: Frugal Hedonism
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3330
Frugal Hedonism
"A Frugal Hedonist is not sucked in by false convenience, but opts for the more elegant efficiency of a little self-reliance here and there, and a little creativity. Chop up that whopper pumpkin that you grew with a hatchet and make it into enough soup to replace ten takeaway lunches, then han...
- Tue Sep 01, 2020 7:52 am
- Forum: Resources & Recommended Reading
- Topic: Which Nassim Nicholas Taleb Book Do I Read First?
- Replies: 32
- Views: 15144
Re: Which Nassim Nicholas Taleb Book Do I Read First?
Start with his book of aphorisms to get an idea of his humour and how his brain works - then move on through the set as you please. They do sort of 'go in order' but can definitely be read as stand-alone books as well.
- Sat Aug 22, 2020 2:11 am
- Forum: Philosophy and Lifestyle Questions
- Topic: I'm too frugal
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1787
Re: I'm too frugal
I'm quite frugal with most things but realised a couple years ago that computers/phones are not the right thing to be ultra-frugal with. The reason is I use my laptop for many hours each day, and use my phone for many hours as well (if you include listening to podcasts, taking photos of the kids etc...
- Thu Aug 20, 2020 9:21 am
- Forum: Philosophy and Lifestyle Questions
- Topic: Are you Happy?
- Replies: 105
- Views: 17986
Re: Are you Happy?
@ertyu - something relevant I recently came across: https://twitter.com/simonsarris/status/1290642300109033474?s=20 "I drank coffee at cafes every single day for at least 2-3 years. I met tons of people this way, including cafe owners, 4 future roommates, the mayor, my wife, most of my friends,...
- Mon Aug 17, 2020 11:57 am
- Forum: Miscellaneous
- Topic: GPT-3 (OpenAI's newest ginormous pre-trained transformer)
- Replies: 27
- Views: 5169
Re: GPT-3 (OpenAI's newest ginormous pre-trained transformer)
@bostonimproper yeah thanks for pointing that out. Although further down that thread he says: "If you do a custom prompt then start a game it will add onto it before you even do an action. That first addition is what I mean." ...to which someone replies: "Ah, but afterwards does the c...
- Sun Aug 16, 2020 1:27 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous
- Topic: GPT-3 (OpenAI's newest ginormous pre-trained transformer)
- Replies: 27
- Views: 5169
Re: GPT-3 (OpenAI's newest ginormous pre-trained transformer)
I'm pretty sure you can actually already play around with it (or a very recent version) here:bostonimproper wrote: ↑Sat Aug 15, 2020 3:22 pmWhat do you think about GPT-3? What would you do if you got an API key?
https://play.aidungeon.io/
Click 'Play'
Click 'NEW SINGLEPLAYER GAME'
Choose 6)
- Sun Aug 16, 2020 1:09 pm
- Forum: Philosophy and Lifestyle Questions
- Topic: Are you Happy?
- Replies: 105
- Views: 17986
Re: Are you Happy?
I don't think I'm really much happier (maybe a little? - like 8/10 compared to 7/10 before FIRE). Having said that, I think this question is missing something important - but I can't quite put my finger on what exactly. Humans get used to whatever environment they find themselves in, to a large exte...
- Fri Aug 14, 2020 6:51 am
- Forum: ERE Book/Blog/Forum
- Topic: Frank the ERE pug (2003-2020)
- Replies: 26
- Views: 11915
Re: Frank the ERE pug (2003-2020)
Sad to hear.
Canines are far better people than Homo Sapiens.
Canines are far better people than Homo Sapiens.
- Fri Aug 14, 2020 6:37 am
- Forum: Money and Investment Questions
- Topic: Your Kiva experiences
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2753
Re: Your Kiva experiences
Still no repayment issues as of today.guitarplayer wrote: ↑Fri Aug 14, 2020 5:09 amWould anyone be able to share experiences with Kiva in the times of Covid?
There is a total of 44 cents in ''Net currency losses" over the 5 years or so they money has been being lent/repaid.
- Wed Jul 29, 2020 3:43 am
- Forum: Philosophy and Lifestyle Questions
- Topic: Which Lifestyle Problems Can You Not Solve?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 11172
Re: Which Lifestyle Problems Can You Not Solve?
I agree with the premise of your post @Nomad, and have found similar results in my life as well. Some areas that elude me at the point are: - too many interests; find it hard to focus or spend enough time of the big goals I have, due to many competing interests and sources of information that I want...
- Sat Jul 25, 2020 4:05 am
- Forum: Politics, and other eternal disagreements
- Topic: RIP Slate Star Codex
- Replies: 118
- Views: 105761
Re: RIP Slate Star Codex
Yes definitely cause for hope. I assume if he's happy to put back up the old posts he will be posting new material soon enough.
- Fri Jul 10, 2020 3:32 am
- Forum: Money and Investment Questions
- Topic: International Money transfers
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1517
Re: International Money transfers
As others have said, Transferwise.
I can pretty much guarantee it will be the best option overall (considering rate, fees, ease and timing).
I can pretty much guarantee it will be the best option overall (considering rate, fees, ease and timing).
- Fri Jun 26, 2020 10:36 am
- Forum: Money and Investment Questions
- Topic: Investing for Collapse
- Replies: 80
- Views: 21298
Re: Investing for Collapse
I agree with a lot of what has been said in previous comments and many of the directly investing-related ideas have already come up. In addition, I think one of the best investments you can make to hedge against future volatility (of all kinds) is maintaining or acquiring citizenship (or at least re...
- Sat Jun 20, 2020 6:18 am
- Forum: Miscellaneous
- Topic: Hidden Treasure
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2209
Re: Hidden Treasure
Apparently there is now photos of Fenn reviewing the treasure... so I suppose the finder brought it to him somehow. Still a bit suspicious but seems like it may have been a real story - who knows.
- Tue Jun 16, 2020 7:16 am
- Forum: Miscellaneous
- Topic: Hidden Treasure
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2209
Re: Hidden Treasure
I always had a slightly suspicious feeling when I first found out about Fenn's treasure. Now, combined with his announcement that it's been found without any proof, I am withholding judgement on whether there ever was any hidden treasure - until some evidence is forthcoming.
- Thu May 28, 2020 3:40 am
- Forum: Health and Food Questions
- Topic: COVID-19
- Replies: 3436
- Views: 483545
Re: COVID-19
Anyone else wondering if the astronauts on today's launch bring COVID to the ISS? I know they're being really careful, but it wouldn't shock me. That's assuming they clear the tower, of course. I think they have several weeks of quarantine (and probably testing) under their belts, as do the support...
- Sat May 23, 2020 3:43 am
- Forum: Money and Investment Questions
- Topic: Which is/will be worse? The Great Recession or Covid-19 crisis
- Replies: 35
- Views: 4374
Re: Which is/will be worse? The Great Recession or Covid-19 crisis
A more negative assessment from some economist who appears to know what he is talking about. Decade long depression, food riots and climate change shocks all might be heading our way. https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/05/why-the-economy-is-headed-for-a-post-coronavirus-depression-nouriel-roubini...
- Sat May 16, 2020 8:23 am
- Forum: Work & Education
- Topic: Best Productivity Boosting Furniture/Computers/Tactics?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 5633
Re: Best Productivity Boosting Furniture/Computers/Tactics?
I bought a pack of 50 soft (comfortable) earplugs a few years ago and am still working my way through them. They save my ears from being damaged from loud screams from toddlers, and bring down the volume level when the 3 kids are awake and rowdy to a comfortable level for me. I have them on ~50% of ...
- Fri May 08, 2020 11:51 pm
- Forum: Philosophy and Lifestyle Questions
- Topic: Would you ever want to be famous? Conversation on Privacy & Security in an Increasingly Invasive Environment
- Replies: 29
- Views: 3508
- Sat May 02, 2020 4:49 am
- Forum: Philosophy and Lifestyle Questions
- Topic: Would you ever want to be famous? Conversation on Privacy & Security in an Increasingly Invasive Environment
- Replies: 29
- Views: 3508
Re: Would you ever want to be famous? Conversation on Privacy & Security in an Increasingly Invasive Environment
@whitebelt, I think I'll run through those two links you put up and maybe get some of his more moderate books before considering the advanced stuff. Yeah, I've been trying to figure out how to just get a blank search box whenever I open up the Youtube homepage (my only "social media" plat...