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·5 lat temu·discuss
Also interesting! I am still unsure though how losing weight is like climbing mount everest without supplemental oxygen. Can you clarify that part?
ekster
·5 lat temu·discuss
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
·5 lat temu·discuss
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
·5 lat temu·discuss
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
·5 lat temu·discuss
Is choosing to eat less really analogous to choosing to be able to breathe without oxygen?
ekster
·5 lat temu·discuss
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
·5 lat temu·discuss
It’s so cool how even when teams of scientists have failed there is a random commenter on HN with the answer.
ekster
·5 lat temu·discuss
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
·5 lat temu·discuss
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
·5 lat temu·discuss
I am surprised it isn’t tied in to US politics somehow.
ekster
·5 lat temu·discuss
Is this an actual conspiracy theory?
ekster
·5 lat temu·discuss
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
·5 lat temu·discuss
I am renouncing for these exact reasons. I am lucky enough not to be rich enough for the exit tax, though.
ekster
·5 lat temu·discuss
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
·5 lat temu·discuss
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
·5 lat temu·discuss
Thats a quite different statement from vcs not being a tool you use. At least how I read it.
ekster
·5 lat temu·discuss
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
·5 lat temu·discuss
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
·5 lat temu·discuss
You could convert it into weird housing and make a mint. Rich people would line up to own a condo there.
ekster
·5 lat temu·discuss
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.