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But regarding torture, in the 70's Christian/Roman era themed movie were commonly shown on TV. As a child I concluded that every man eventually gets tortured. While we were watching a particularly brutal scene I asked my dad if he was ever tortured and didn't believe him when he said "no". But if TV weren't enough, we had a crucifix in every room and I found the normalization and ubiquity of depictions of torture depressing and confusing, leaving me convinced I was born on the wrong planet.
Why is there any radioactive material produced by a fusion reactor ?
Anecdotally, there are environmental situations where animals can significantly increase life-expectancy but at the expense of delayed sexual maturity.
It would be interesting, but of course not conclusive, to see if these children experience puberty later and if they also live longer. Perhaps some neglect has some benefit.
But in reality, thin with ~10% body fat equates to enough calories for 20+ days for most people. What I lacked was metabolic flexibility and that's what I gained after praticing TRE (10:30AM - 5:30PM M-F) for the past months. A few times a month I go 24hours with just 100 calories from a Keto coffee drink and feel fantastic. And I am actually gaining weight / muscle mass for the first time in a decade.
I wish I had started doing this sooner. Being able to skip meals and being free from the leash of food feels like a super power.
We learned all sorts of confusing and depraved ideas that made it nearly impossible to concentrate during the non-religious classes. At least that was my experience. It's arguable that these schools should be attended by no one, let alone be publicly funded.
Well from my experience it isn't settling for an older man.
When I was in my 30's and making $100K+ I tried on-line dating and was pleased at how many desirable women responded to my profile. Assuming that would always be the case, I decided to focus on my career and postpone getting into a serious relationship.
At 47 I decided to "settle down" and resume on-line dating. With a target age range of 34 to 40 since I would like to have children. I am millionaire, tall, good looking, muscular, high-income, etc. But the only responses I received are from women 50+. Not sure how this ends for me but at the moment I feel a sense dread.
A smart friend told me that a score of 800 is all it took to "pass the SAT". He said you could get into the best colleges with that score as long as your grades were good, etc. So we put no effort into studying for the exam. We regretfully, conflated the combined score with the individual section scores.
We also had another misconception that college was a waste of time. A place where rich kids go to join a frat and burn their family's money.
The irony is that this occurred at a private "prep" high school. In my late 20's I finally realized that "prep" was short for "college preparatory school".
The above was 30 years ago. Perhaps with social media and the internet it is unlikely any student would be this misinformed.
I can understand that such an accusation may be slanderous under civil law. But the criminal law seems to only apply to that specific phrase, not the accusation.
Does anyone understand how such a seemingly unconstitutional law could get passed ?
Just be able to justify your action and communicate your decisions clearly. You'll start earning respect and that alone will reduce your stress levels. Standing up for yourself is hard to do at any age and "learned helplessness" is a concern if you don't push yourself.
As someone who has been drunk on testosterone most of their life, I can testify it is a powerful and fun drug. Perhaps if research was framed in terms of hormonal differences rather than sex differences it wouldn't be as intrinsically controversial.
Climate change progress, like the catalytic converter, will be 1% innovation and 99% legislation. If you care about this problem please vote. Voting is arguably the most important action you can take.
If you were a VC or a prospective employee deciding between many companies wouldn't the "idea" be the first filter you use ?
I had heard some US sellers get a trademark from a foreign country since the process is often faster and they can then enroll in Brand Registry sooner. But does anyone know if you register with a non-US trademark, can you then still sell that brand in Amazon's US market ? Or is it only the region/country that issued the trademark ?
The above statement is just too convenient and practically superstitious.
AI is data hungry. That implies that there are so many past incidences of corruption you can generate large training data sets. So perhaps even a random guess would be too efficient since it is right more often than not.
100 million people in the US have diabetes or pre-diabetes according to the CDC.[1] Diabetes costs $14,000/yr(?) and people are getting it at an earlier age and living longer. Of all the threats to the US, this one is particularly insidious.
There is also the concern that big pharma (along with big-sugar/corn) has too much influence over congress. The U.S. is the only country besides NZ to allow direct to consumer drug advertisement. That fact alone makes me lose faith in the government. Is it prudent to give more power and money to our government when they appear to be complicit and bereft of root cause solutions to address the rising cost ? Bloomberg, as NYC's mayor, seemed like the only politician who was willing to pass unpopular and extreme legislation by way of banning or limiting certain foods.
[1] https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2017/p0718-diabetes-repor...
Then when climate change appeared to accelerate, I assumed that it must because we are removing our carbon sinks and that deforestation is likely the more dominant cause than our +3% additional emissions.
Earlier this week, I revisited the above figure and according to Scientific American: "the world’s volcanoes, both on land and undersea, generate about 200 million tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) annually, while our automotive and industrial activities cause some 24 billion tons of CO2 emissions every year worldwide." [1]
At 3% I can see how a climate change skeptic might feel this issue is alarmist. But if it is 12,000% I don't see how anyone could honestly be skeptical that global warming isn't being caused by humans.
It is mind boggling that two authoritative sources could differ by 3000X. Any clarifying comments are appreciated.
[0] https://books.google.com/books?id=_CWlKRYLbIwC&pg=PA268&lpg=... https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/earthtalks-volcan... [1] https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/earthtalks-volcan...
Be careful indulging thoughts of revenge. They will subside with time, but then decades later you find yourself in a dark place again and all those re-enforced feelings will bubble up again.
Thoughts of revenge are detrimental to success. You aren't guaranteed to be successful no matter how hard you try, but you certainly can't be successful if you ruminate on revenge.
Please if you own a gun, then find a friend with a safe and give it to them. Liquidate all your cryptocurrency so you don't hire a hitman. Don't let this brief period destroy your entire future.
There are people whose children were murdered in front of them by a Nazi soldier and never got "violent revenge" and went on to live fulfilling honorable lives. Is your injustice anywhere near as bad ? Please find the strength to find a way to get through this without resorting to violence.
I'd also agree with you if I were moving to NV to avoid taxes. But that is not the reason as I explained in my post.
I just received a ~$1Million offer to purchase the IP of my tech company. My company is a Delaware C-Corp operating in California. The acquiring company is in Nevada and I'd relocate immediately so I can work as a part time consultant.I am currently a CA resident and it seems unlikely that I could avoid paying CA income taxes on the proceeds just by getting a Nevada drivers license and renting...
It takes mental effort to not think about the imbalance. It wears you down. It is the most likely reason I would leave the Bay Area even though I can afford the rent.
In contrast as a teenager I worked the register at a convenience store in NYC for less than minimum wage selling cigarettes and lottery tickets to the poorest people in the city. At the time "convenience store clerk" was the most deadly job in the US and I really thought I wouldn't live to be an adult. There was also an 11 year old boy who was employed at that store for 25% of minimum wage (not a typo). The boy worked from 5AM to 7PM on Saturdays and was kept in the basement where he used a razor blade to prep magazines and newspapers that didn't sell.
If you had given any of us a chance to work on a yacht, cross the Atlantic, and leave with a few $Ks in savings, we would have taken it even if the survival rate was 50%. And especially if people would still be writing about our deaths years later. Even now, I doubt the death of a convenience store clerk would make the local news.