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Favorites When I Was Younger:

The Monster at the End of this Book

The Little Red Caboose

Favorites to Read to Kids:

The Hiccupotamus

Dear Zoo

The Sneetches

Mercy Watson to the Rescue

Pete the Cat (I Love My White Shoes or His Four Groovy Buttons)

Favorite Authors: Mo Willems, Sandra Boynton

"Housing should be affordable, except when I sell my house for a million dollars" (https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/housing-should-be-afford...)

My brain went here too. I'm guessing that one box missed the truck (either it was damaged during loading or had a manufacturing defect), so a full shipment is 3 x 3 x 23 x 2000. So my SWAG:

1 box = 3 x 3 x 23 bars

1 pallet = 10 x 10 boxes

1 truck = 20 pallets

I'm not a security expert, but I have an opinion on passkeys: I think we should stick to using them only for 2FA. At least for any site where the security really matters.

In my mind, a passkey authenticates the device, while the password authenticates you, the user. Passkeys let us limit which devices are allowed to connect with our credentials. A hacker in Eastern Europe could steal my login, but if their laptop isn't authorized, it makes an account takeover much harder.

(Side note: This is also why I'm uncomfortable putting TOTP codes and passkeys in the same password manager as the regular login credentials. It effectively defeats the whole purpose, turning multi-factor authentication back into single-factor again.)

I rarely need to convert markdown documents, but sometimes I need to produce a report for a client or a non-technical internal reader.

Have you already tried converting it in Google Docs?

I've landed on a workflow that I like a lot, and have shown to several people on my team. I use Google Drive for Desktop, which maps the G:\ drive to Google Drive. From there, I use VS Code for Markdown editing.

Google Docs now supports Markdown files, so if I need to convert the Markdown file to Word or PDF, I just open it in Docs and download it in the format I need. (Pandoc also works for this, as the author mentions). Converting HTML to Markdown can also be done in Docs: copy and paste the web page text into Google Docs, and download the file as Markdown.

For mobile, I use the DriveSync app to download my notes (Markdown) folder to my phone. Then I use Obsidian to open and edit the files.

Agreed! And to your point, I tried to include a couple of activities with a low barrier of entry in my above post. You could argue that bodyweight-only YouTube workouts have an even lower barrier of entry than running (you don't even need shoes!).

Also, a small nitpick: if someone is starting from zero, I'd argue "effectiveness" probably shouldn't be the goal...it should be finding an activity the person loves and wants to keep doing. From my own experience: For years I hated fitness and avoided it at all costs...until I found a gym with group fitness classes that I fell in love with. From there, losing weight was easy because I was just doing something I loved.

I have a theory that people who want to get in shape but don't know where to start will gravitate towards running, because it's what we all remember doing in grade school gym class.

Running is great, I'm not knocking it at all. But I would also try other activities to see what sticks (hiking, weightlifting, rock climbing, social sports leagues, etc.)

There's also lots of free beginner-friendly workouts on YouTube (where you follow-along with an instructor).

"The morality police [...] were established under president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, [and] began patrols in 2006."

I didn't realize they were formed that recently; I thought it would have been created at the start of the regime.

Yashar Ali (@yashar) on Twitter has been covering these protests extensively. I'm waiting for him to comment on this, but it doesn't appear he's awake yet.

Happiness is a state of mind. You don't find happiness hiding under a rock one day, you have to make it for yourself.

Also, don't get all of your validation from other people, because it can be very inconsistent; instead, get your validation through things you are good at (like hobbies, skills, etc.)

Moneydance, using the technique described here https://youtu.be/eIcsMHL0NJ0 and https://youtu.be/QOtZ6Bwzlf8.

It's a super simple way to use envelope accounting (ala Dave Ramsey), without using actual cash.

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I really like the system described in this video; it's kind of a mix between double-entry and envelope accounting. It's what finally helped me get my budgeting under control. https://youtu.be/eIcsMHL0NJ0

In the video, the guy recommends MoneyDance, but the same system would probably work in GnuCash too.

> This approach is akin to spam and malware filters

I think "spam" is a better analogy than a computer virus.

US News publishes an annual review of diet plans, if you are interested:

https://health.usnews.com/best-diet

If you decide to seek professional help via a diet specialist, be advised that a nutritionist and dietitian are not the same. A dietitian is a licensed medical field; in most states, anyone can call themselves a nutritionist and open a practice.

Good luck with your weight loss journey!

Agreed. The problem is that weighing yourself is easy, but measuring body fat is way harder. Most of the at-home measurement tools are wildly inaccurate; the accurate ones are either expensive or inconvenient.