ekster | 4 years ago | on: Once an Addict, Always an Addict?
Also interesting! I am still unsure though how losing weight is like climbing mount everest without supplemental oxygen. Can you clarify that part?
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ekster | 4 years ago | on: Once an Addict, Always an Addict?
Ok interesting, but I still wonder if that’s really analogous to choosing to eat less food?
That the person who did it has their own Wikipedia page makes me think it is probably harder.
ekster | 4 years ago | on: Once an Addict, Always an Addict?
If you are happy as you are and don’t want to lose weight, why would you be eating less in the first place much less running into psychological problems preventing you from doing so?
If the part I don’t understand is that there is no such thing as being overweight and happy, and people who feel that way have psychological defects, then it’s not that I don’t understand your point but I do disagree.
ekster | 4 years ago | on: Once an Addict, Always an Addict?
Honestly I am doing quite well by following those simple practices. But creating wealth out of nothing is surely more difficult than eating less of what you already have access to.
Anyway, the point was that being ok with being obese because you are happiest eating a lot doesn’t make eating less any more complicated. It’s just choosing to do something different, which everyone is free to do.
ekster | 4 years ago | on: Once an Addict, Always an Addict?
Is choosing to eat less really analogous to choosing to be able to breathe without oxygen?
ekster | 4 years ago | on: Once an Addict, Always an Addict?
Some people preferring being obese because they are happy about eating lots of food isn’t really a counterargument to the fact that losing weight is as simple as eating less.
ekster | 4 years ago | on: A street snack that has baffled botanists
It’s so cool how even when teams of scientists have failed there is a random commenter on HN with the answer.
ekster | 4 years ago | on: 94% of English adults have Covid antibodies, ONS data shows
Portland has a lot of problems compared to the last time I was there five years ago, but it's not in quarantine lockdown or anything like that.
ekster | 4 years ago | on: 94% of English adults have Covid antibodies, ONS data shows
Isn’t that what is happening? I was just in the US for a couple weeks (Portland, OR) and rules were minimal and optional everywhere. Not the kind of thing that would drive mental health issues, as best I could tell.
ekster | 4 years ago | on: Giraffes are as socially complex as elephants
I am surprised it isn’t tied in to US politics somehow.
ekster | 4 years ago | on: Giraffes are as socially complex as elephants
Is this an actual conspiracy theory?
ekster | 4 years ago | on: A Bit Overcomplicated
Ben Eater’s YouTube videos are a great crash course on how computers work, and will make this kind of stuff (and much more) way more obvious if you watch.
ekster | 4 years ago | on: Wealthy people are renouncing American citizenship
I am renouncing for these exact reasons. I am lucky enough not to be rich enough for the exit tax, though.
ekster | 4 years ago | on: Kanye West’s Quest for Perfection
He seems like a genius but he has also stated that he is mentally ill. This article seems to mythologize the mental illness parts in a really off-putting way.
ekster | 4 years ago | on: Satan should chair your meetings: A literature lover’s guide to office politics
I would like to attend a meeting organized by Satan from Master & Margarita. Everyone’s wishes are simultaneously realized and all hell breaks loose.
ekster | 4 years ago | on: New in Git: switch and restore
Thats a quite different statement from vcs not being a tool you use. At least how I read it.
ekster | 4 years ago | on: I built a business that lets me live on the beach full time
Just in time for lots of jobs to go fully remote so you can do this without lots of complicated or risky steps. I hope lots of people try it!
ekster | 4 years ago | on: New in Git: switch and restore
Would you use an accountant who doesn’t think it’s important to know how to file documents, or that their file cabinets are even a tool of the trade?
ekster | 4 years ago | on: Big tech companies are at war with employees over remote work
You could convert it into weird housing and make a mint. Rich people would line up to own a condo there.
ekster | 4 years ago | on: Big tech companies are at war with employees over remote work
I left a C level position over going back into the office even 2 days a week. There were plenty of options to go to an all remote company - I had three offers before choosing where I would go. There are just a ton of permanently remote jobs out there at the moment.
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