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throwaway285524 | 3 years ago | on: Kitchens in the World, by Income per Month

That, in turn, sounds weird to me. I could easily afford not to cook, it doesn't have anything to do with money, and I definitely don't consider it a hobby either - I don't enjoy it particularly.

Making my own food allows me to eat exactly what I want, in the right amount, made from the right ingredients. It's also more healthy. If you want to get all abstract about it, it's also about keeping a culture of food alive that I grew up with.

I suspect your experience as a digital nomand isn't quite representative, and it probably also has a lot to do with where you're from originally...

throwaway285524 | 6 years ago | on: What happens when scientists admit error

It's great that she did the right thing and had the paper retracted, but this is still terrible on so many levels.

Maybe with a strong effect for every single subject a little more skepticism would have been warranted in the first place? Some manual spot checking if possible, or using a minimal independent implementation of the analysis code?

Who knows if she'd gotten her grant, her assistant professorship without the publication of this incorrect finding. Who knows who didn't get any of that because they were a bit too careful in their work.