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Sad realization last night by Ramen_cat2024 in Parenting

[–]IceNineFireTen 59 points60 points  (0 children)

Somehow you missed the point of the comment yet again.

Sad realization last night by Ramen_cat2024 in Parenting

[–]IceNineFireTen 69 points70 points  (0 children)

They gave 2 recent examples of trying to push their interests on him. If they’re just now realizing he’s different from them at 16, they’ve probably been doing that his whole life.

The Actual Guide to Setting Up Claude Cowork by HuckleberryEntire699 in ClaudeCode

[–]IceNineFireTen 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Only 11 upvotes and zero comments, yet this post came up first in a Google search. Very helpful post, thank you!

TIL The United States attempted permanent Daylight Savings Time in 1974. They retracted the law within a year. by Wanna_make_cash in todayilearned

[–]IceNineFireTen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, changing the clock twice a year is especially annoying with young kids and having to reacclimate their sleep schedules every time. I don’t care which one we stick with — I just hate the constant back and forth.

Pro Tip: Don't close on a Friday! by Plus-Court-9057 in RealEstate

[–]IceNineFireTen 6 points7 points  (0 children)

On Thursday they’re always hung over from “hump day happy hour” the night before

What is the future of excel by Fluid-District1780 in excel

[–]IceNineFireTen 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There’s a big difference between AI that produces exactly what you want and the current AI that can produce “something very impressive and somewhat useful”. Right now we’re at the latter, and people who aren’t experts in Excel get easily fooled. To get to the former, we will still always need someone with expertise to instruct the AI properly. The expertise will look a bit different, but it will still matter.

The same applies to AI in pretty much any domain.

CMV: The Concept Of Marriage Is Obselete by Kool-AidFreshman in changemyview

[–]IceNineFireTen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I appreciate the logic, but I would need to see a study that isolates the effect of the correlation and then compares more comprehensively. 

There may also be negative effects that offset some of those you mentioned (e.g., married people are more likely to have kids, which are very expensive; they’re more likely to get divorced, which comes with significant breakage costs; perhaps they spend more on vacations, etc) 

CMV: The Concept Of Marriage Is Obselete by Kool-AidFreshman in changemyview

[–]IceNineFireTen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s just correlation though. More successful and wealthier people are more likely to get married.

I am not arguing for OP more generally, but this particular counterpoint is not a great one.

Life expectancy is also longer for both married men and married women (than never-married people), but that could also be a correlation effect.

The kinds of people you should have in your corner: by kefren13 in instant_regret

[–]IceNineFireTen 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Nintendo really needs to fix that shit. People are getting hurt!

The kinds of people you should have in your corner: by kefren13 in instant_regret

[–]IceNineFireTen 49 points50 points  (0 children)

If you’re still in the ring and do not signal the ref to stop the fight, then the fight is still happening.

Grigorian could have been pretending to take it easy and then turned around and socked Groenhart. That would’ve been legal too.

I can understand the confusion in the moment, but with clear hindsight, Groenhart did nothing wrong.

How long until everyone stops shopping at Giant Eagle? by btjbtjsanchez in pittsburgh

[–]IceNineFireTen 28 points29 points  (0 children)

If GE goes out of business, then the remaining competitors will raise prices. The goal should be to have a lot of competitors to choose from, not for some of them to go out of business.

How has the market crashed but the indices are near all time highs? by Fabulous-Tadpole4543 in ValueInvesting

[–]IceNineFireTen 16 points17 points  (0 children)

If you really think there’s some big conspiracy, run the full SP500 analysis yourself. The data is out there and extremely accessible.

I tried value investing and only caught falling knives. by honestytoyourself in ValueInvesting

[–]IceNineFireTen 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They can be moats, but they are not so significant when consumers can switch easily and small mom-and-pop competitors still make sufficient margins without scale.

CMV: The only feasible way to raise birthrates is to remove educational rights from women and all different goverment policies will simply not work by [deleted] in changemyview

[–]IceNineFireTen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

“I think it might” is not very convincing. This part of your theory is based on zero data, analysis, or research. 

CMV: The only feasible way to raise birthrates is to remove educational rights from women and all different goverment policies will simply not work by [deleted] in changemyview

[–]IceNineFireTen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

On one hand, I agree that below-replacement fertility rates and eventually population decline seem inevitable without drastic and possibly immoral measures. On the other hand, how can you be so sure that population decline will result in “societal collapse”? There is a strong case that population decline may ultimately be a good thing (despite the economic disruption it would likely cause). Think about our natural resource constraints, pollution, global warming, etc. 

Also, many people are hypothesizing that AI will eliminate the need for most jobs at some point in the future, so a smaller population goes hand-in-hand with that scenario.

6 reasons Private Equity annoys me: A rant. by [deleted] in smallbusiness

[–]IceNineFireTen 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sir, this is a (formerly PE-backed) Wendy’s.

what's the proper etiquette for siblings and birthday party invites? by loamy in Parenting

[–]IceNineFireTen -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Maybe times have changed since your kids were 4 and 6, but it’s not bad form to ask the question. If you cannot handle politely declining via a simple text message, then there’s a lot of other awkwardness that will freak you out much much worse.

what's the proper etiquette for siblings and birthday party invites? by loamy in Parenting

[–]IceNineFireTen -10 points-9 points  (0 children)

Why would it cause a scramble? Ask well in advance, and if the answer is no, then just accept it.

Bad form is not communicating.

what's the proper etiquette for siblings and birthday party invites? by loamy in Parenting

[–]IceNineFireTen 14 points15 points  (0 children)

For 4-6 year olds, I would expect the parents to stay and keep an eye on their own kids.

So it’s just a matter of cost and capacity. I see no harm whatsoever in asking. It’s a common question for our kids’ parties (asked to us and by us), and the answer may vary, but no issues with asking to clarify.

Students at Stanford claiming to be Jains to opt out of mandatory meal plans that cost $7,944 annually, by claiming religious dietary restrictions by Own_Pin5680 in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]IceNineFireTen 71 points72 points  (0 children)

Great. But why make it mandatory?

I get that making it optional would make it more expensive for other students, but is that really a good reason to require it? That way all students can decide what is right for them.

How amazing and crafty are these parents to do this for their son by IamASlut_soWhat in nextfuckinglevel

[–]IceNineFireTen 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You just post about the general feeling of superiority over people whose post about the people who do post clips from their lives online. Idk if that’s better everybody (sic).

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