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My point wasn't really about what they continue to do but whether you are indirectly encouraging it by investing in them. If I buy shares in Google tomorrow the money doesn't go to Google itself but rather some other participant in the market. These companies aren't using my investment to build new ...

I suppose you could make a distinction between corporations that are just coming to the market to raise capital and established companies where that process has completed. Investing in an IPO is clearly providing capital to encourage a new business (whether good or bad) but buying established stocks...

Presumably you would need to keep it at a minimum temperature to avoid bacteria building up.

Ok. I guess I’m misinformed. That’s what my 88 yo FIL told me. I’ll see what his car can do this afternoon. Hope I survive. My understanding is you are expected to be fully aware of the driving situation and ready to take control at any moment. If your farther in law is buying the car because he is...

It's a rabbit hole I'm not going down.

In my area the upmarket houses all have cheap European hatchbacks in the driveway whilst the social housing has upmarket cars out front. Most of them are leased (I read recently that most Ferraris are leased and most Ferrari owners aren't millionaires). We don't see so many cheap used cars here, the...

My old jeep wrangler ( I don’t really drive it) is kinda a bad “car” (bad mpg, loud, meant for places without roads), I have a feeling the maths around what car to run is completely different in Europe because of high fuel costs, road taxes, insurance costs and low emission zones. These all mean so...

And there is theoretically a substantial correlation between type I diabetes and weight, though it's opposite that of Type II diabetes and weight. Without exogenous insulin a type 1 diabetic will essentially starve to death (if hyperglycemia doesn't kill them first). There's even a, I dunno, "...

conwy wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 30, 2024 7:13 am

So maybe it's "back to the future", and washing by hand makes sense once again.

Not for us, the washing machine is probably the last piece of technology in our house we would give up.

Well, if they have their certifications, IQ isn't necessary. Or at least that was my corporate employment experience. If they don't have the certification, and the IQ drop prevents them from achieving their certification, someone else will get the certification, and the job. Very, very few jobs are...

@riggerjack You seem to be assuming the drop is only going to affect people with a high IQ, I would speculate that the opposite is the case. Certainly if you take the median IQ individual a drop of 10 points is going to leave them unable to handle a lot of modern work.

I think it's increasingly known that many if not most/all autoimmune diseases are various forms of inflammation which in turn cause the associated symptoms (pain in rheumatoid arthritis, etc.), It's true that one can peel the onion indefinitely, arguably all the way back to suboptimal nutrition cho...

What myocarditis, cognitive impairment, and many autoimmune conditions share is inflammation as a driver, with metabolic dysfunction being a possible mechanistic explanation for them. Inflammation is the symptom for a lot of autoimmune diseases, I'm not sure there is any evidence that it is the tri...

It's because rich countries have exported their polluting industries to poorer nations. In terms of CO2 per capita rich countries are far worse offenders if you consider consumption rather than just territorial emissions. My understanding is this effect isn't as large or as long lasting as you migh...

Not really related to knees but the thing that made the biggest difference to me when cycling was measuring my sit bones. For years I had struggled with long distances and I tried many different saddles but they made little difference. I had always assumed good saddles were narrow and didn't think b...

Relatively cheap land/ houses compared to the rest of the country! One of the oldest cities in the U.S.! Unique history (founded by the French)! Lots of free festivals! Lots of free activities! A culture of anti-work! Effectively lawless! Booze! Live like an anarcho-eco-pirate! Dance on the bones o...

I use Syncthing, an open source tool. There are clients for Android, iOS, Windows, macOS and Linux. It seems reliable, I've had no issues.

mountainFrugal wrote: ↑

Mon Feb 26, 2024 2:56 pm

Small pleasures - tea, a bird song, a familiar painting, a warm fire, a comfortable chair, a hot meal, good conversation...

That reminds me of our holidays. We usually hire a cottage near the sea and spend our week walking and eating too many cream teas.

I have to agree with @2B1S, even having a tiny amount of side work seems to bleed into the rest of life. Not having a boss, customers or a business partner is bliss.

Among the Rich, Those With Humbler Origins are Less Sensitive to the Difficulties of the Poor I guess it shouldn't be that surprising. After all these people have by definition progressed through the system without meeting any insurmountable barriers. If you ask them they will tell you they got to ...