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@Ego I'd say the symptoms are rather typical: 1. Very low fever, or fever-like symptoms (feeling hot or cold for no reason etc.). 2. Low energy, difficulty to concentrate. 3. Throat inflammation - ache, redness. 4. Sometimes, if my initial "offense" was more severe (e.g. I left the gym aft...

I've always gotten sick/cold quite easily. Any kind of prolonged exposure to mildly adverse weather (e.g. chill wind) has a high chance of making me sick for a couple of days - not seriously, but I'll feel worse for a couple of days, my throat will ache etc. Has anyone managed to improve such situat...

Obviously for the price you are not going to have the perks of a Macbook (Style&Design, Sound quality and screen quality) But you will definitely have a more repairable computer, more solid and more future proof. I'm on an eight-year old Macbook Pro, and the thing is basically still good as new...

Popping in to say that you've motivated me to start looking at flats in smaller eastern EU city. The area I'm looking is more expensive, but starting to see livable options for ~60k EUR. I got my flat (38 sqm) in a mid-sized Polish city for $15k EUR :) The complete renovation (incl. new bath, kitch...

I have some experience (through a friend) with pigeons on the balcony. The whole family will shit all over everything on the balcony. Expect layers of shit to accumulate over time. The little ones will make a lot of noise. If you allow them to stay, they will get attached to your balcony as the safe...

@zbigi, I think your post is related to yesterday's blog post: https://earlyretirementextreme.com/lack-of-intrinsic-motivation.html In my case, the problem is basically the opposite - I have plenty of intrinsic motivation, but just not for food growing. So it makes no sense to save small amounts of...

I've recently read the book as well. My personal argument against becoming a self-sufficient (food-wise) permaculturist is that I only spend $150-$200 on food per month anyway, and that includes a fair amount of takeout as well as awesome imported stuff that I can't grow locally (coffee, tea, chocol...

The Japanese smoke more, drink more, and eater fewer fruits and vegetables than we do and they STILL outlive us by ~7 years on average, because they move their bodies sometimes. From what I've read (maybe even on this forum?), there's very strong social pressure in Japan to stay thin. To the point ...

I'm planning on buying Sony XM3. They're cheaper than XM4 since now they're "old", but they still cost an insane 1200 PLN ($320) here in Poland... That's a lot of money for a not-that-repairable gadget. I suspect they might be my largest expense through the whole 2021. They're a necessity ...

I've read an account of a 22 year old who is already contracting at 800 EUR per day in Europe... So, if you can learn quickly, you can get to the nice-paying contracts in a couple of years. Most people don't accomplish that though, probably because they either can't be bothered to work harder than m...

I'm from Poland, but have contracted in UK in the past (lived in London for a while). My understanding of the market is that contracting is for people who are especially in demand (the positions can't be filled with regular employees, whom the companies almost always prefer), i.e. either for people ...

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Tue Sep 29, 2020 4:45 pm

Something like 90%+ of available land is now used to feed humans directly or indirectly.

Do you have a source for this number? It sounds strange given that forests alone cover 30% of Earth's land, and forests are used mostly for fuel and construction materials, not food.

Fair enough. I usually mostly check out when JP goes deep into his mythological analyses... They're fairly handwave'y and, to me, you need to make much stronger arguments than he does to support the claims that those myths carry real hard truths in them. I don't think most people are interested that...

(...) and while their lives may often be far from perfect the little lobsters have the right to criticize their world and whatever predatory practices the world allows, rather than naturalize them with lobster comparisons. I think we're in agreement then. I think Peterson is defending hierarchies l...

Peterson himself said many times that the big drawback of meritocratic society is that those without the comercially-recognized merits may end up destitute. He also said that it's society's duty to take care of them. As for toilet cleaners, even they can improve themselves in many ways, incl. improv...

sure, fix your posture and climb on the hierarchy, but then what? in such ponzi schemes, the ones at the bottom of the pyramid end up dead. individual climbing is not a cure for this. and hierarchies don’t always work out favorably for the group, so *we replace them*. You seem to assume that the on...

> pay the 283E/month fee for it, issue invoices with a 21% VAT on them for each service she provides (which she will have to pay since her company doesn't have to pay it in the US) I don't know your actual situation and I'm not a tax professional by any means, but at least here in Poland, if you hav...

Poker really exposes any hubris you might have - i.e. if you think you're better than you really are and start playing difficult spots or challenging difficult opponents, your inadequacy will be quickly exposes in your win (or, rather, loss) rate. Psychologically, poker at most levels of play is mos...

In my friend's case, his life is full of other interests (largely philosophy and mysticism) and people he spends time with, so yeah, he's not exactly super focused on his poker career. Also, he has two major personality traits, which are terrible if you want to make it in poker, namely lack of disci...

Your poker numbers, both in terms of volume and winnings, look great for someone who has a family and fulltime(ish?) job. I have a friend who's been an online pro (meaning, he exclusively lives off his poker winnings, not that he's some kind of big shot :) for the past 12+ years and his numbers are ...