mixing g and oz - that's a novel and interesting excuse to avoid the work of weight loss. usually people just blame their thyroid but this bullshit excuse at least has some kind of passable scientific pedantry behind it. i'll have to file that one for later.
there is starting to emerge a small, fringe group of people that believe calories-in-calories-out is a complete myth (or, more specifically, calories-out is a complete unknown given current understanding of metabolic science), which pretty much sends people into apoplectic fits of rage when they hear about it. even if it turns out to be a complete troll, it's great entertainment watching the science develop/debate.
> If I go to the corner shop and get a sandwich I have no idea what's in it and there is no accurate way to estimate.
uh, why not? i'll do it right now for you off the top of my head, which anyone can do after they look them up for a while.
100g of white bread = ~ 250 calories /
2 tbsp of mayo = ~ 200 calories /
4 oz of deli turkey = ~ 100 calories /
1 tbsp mustard = ~ 10 calories /
2 slices (2 oz.) of cheese = ~ 240 calories /
2 slices of tomato = ~ 20 calories /
1 slice of lettuce = ~ 5 calories /
1 bag of chips = ~ 280 calories (probably on the bag)
there. 1105 calories total. is that perfect? no, but is that useful? yes, a whole lot more useful than "it's too hard, so i might as well not do it."
as an aside: this is why people are fat. a sandwich and a bag of chips is insulin-spiking can easily be over 1k calories, and most people would probably guess it's 300 calories, and 'not fattening', whatever that means.
throw in a soda and you've got a recipe (literally) for disaster.
> Does anyone else actually enjoy going to the grocery store or walking to a local place to pick up food?
i enjoy this also.
the problem with food delivery is a lot of the time they forget something, or are out of something, or don't give you enough of something, so you end up going to the store.
and delivered prepared food is always disappointing compared to cooking or going out. it also generates an absurd amount of waste.
the only thing i really get delivered are products i can't buy locally, or without sitting in traffic for an hour.
not only that, but new housework can be invented out of thin air to fit any sized time or money budget/surplus, which is what the entire home improvement / remodeling industry exists for.
1. the project slips while you expect your new hire to work, and they don't deliver.
2. opportunity cost of actually hiring someone good - by the time you've realized you've made a mistake, a good person is off the market.
3. you actually have to pay a bad hire for their time. you can't just not pay them. that's cold hard cash out the door.
4. everyone on the team starts wondering, how the hell did this guy make it through this process? are we being run by idiots?
5. if the hire is remote in another state, you have to register your business with their tax authorities, and deal with that whole payroll rigamarole.
6. also health insurance bullshit.
7. setting up accounts, changing passwords/keys when they get canned.
8. actually firing them is not fun unless you are a total sociopath, or they are actively causing damage by destroying value (which is extremely rare -- most people will just silently not do a fucking thing for weeks on end).
9. worrying about a lawsuit because ironically, people who cause damage like to threaten these things.
this is on top of your already full workload of doing actual, productive things for actual paying customers and good employees.
uh, yes, the system is against me. why do you think they call it a legal defense?
have you ever been in litigation, or received the threat of litigation? it's 100% crystal-fucking-clear from the outset that, yes, the entire system is against you. every single thing that happens in the system drives this point home further. not only that, it is costing you obscene amounts of money at every step. at any point along the way, if you can't pay, you lose. too bad, so sad, pay up sucker.
people commenting on HN are not children, they are fully formed adults with careers, businesses, and life experience, and the judgement and opinions that go along with that. i know for a fact going into a divorce will be a huge battle, uphill, traumatic, extremely expensive, and probably psychologically damaging, so i'm going to reduce that possibility to ZERO through whatever means necessary.
going to court over business matters is bad enough. it'll be a cold day in hell before i go to court over flesh and blood.
some people avoid starting a business because they are afraid of going to court, or the costs, the hours, or risk of bankruptcy; i can't say i blame them at all because it's all true. and i'm certaintly not going to make up some feel-good woowoo malarky about them not believing the world is against you, because it very much is, and if you don't believe that deep down in your soul, you aren't going to survive long, and most people don't. i might not even survive it in the long run.
we buy from a tiny company located literally down the road from the building where the servers get shipped in from the port.
it cost us a considerable amount of money and time finding this vendor, so i consider it a trade secret (and the oem too). fwiw, their website and marketing are atrocious but they deliver product on time every time. i've been in business long enough to know how these things work.
yeah, sure. my entire world view is based on my assumptions, many of which you probably disagree with. what do you want me to do? be you instead of me?