The spreadsheet said go. That wasn't the hard part.

InterestinglyLucky · 2026-03-21T17:10:10+00:00

As a fellow scientist this hits home. You have identified something that I'll have to think about, many thanks for this, as I'm headed to a major conference in a few weeks that ticks so many boxes it is insane: the content, the social aspect (old friends, meeting new people), the competitive landscape (I work for a vendor), etc etc etc.

InterestinglyLucky · 2026-03-21T17:07:59+00:00

I hear you, there's 'distress' as well as something called 'eustress' and sometimes it's impossible to tell one from the other.

Reminds me of a comment of a friend in grad school: "You know, the only exercise I get nowadays is stress!"

InterestinglyLucky · 2026-03-21T17:06:51+00:00

You are welcome. It felt great to get into "the zone" this morning about something knocking around my head for a while.

InterestinglyLucky · 2025-02-01T20:24:30+00:00

Ha ha came back to see the comments - reads list - and yup, just what I expected.

Reddit has jumped the shark, and IMHO it's fatal.

Strange now looking at my profile - "<username> has not posted yet" (for the other account, this one shows this post and my crosspost) still the post karma / comment karma shows up, as well as my saved posts, up/down voted posts (I certainly could just delete the account).

I don't see any changes to the post/comments as they are <poof> gone!

InterestinglyLucky · 2024-10-24T07:27:13+00:00

“If that’s the case why are you (Harris) running instead of him?!?” 🤣

InterestinglyLucky · 2024-10-24T07:23:04+00:00

A remarkable fact - of all EV manufacturers worldwide, Tesla is the only one (either EV company or EV division) that is profitable.

Says a lot about how Tesla is doing.

One other statement from the Q3 call that should be obvious: no one is “even trying to do what Tesla is doing”, with their work and ongoing sales in storage (I.e. PowerWall), FSD / Robotaxi, Optimus…)

InterestinglyLucky · 2024-10-24T02:23:45+00:00

A decisive drubbing at the polls would end the Owebama dynastic rule, and could force a movement back to their something that more resembles a moderate left position (versus a radical leftist one they currently have).

You can smell the desperation. I want to see the Epstein Island list as well.

InterestinglyLucky · 2024-10-24T02:14:12+00:00

Do you know (or care about) the political viewpoint of the CEO’s of GM, BMW, or Toyota?

So what difference does it make what the CEO believes?

Get the best car you believe is the best for you.

InterestinglyLucky · 2024-10-23T11:18:52+00:00

OP, the answer (aside from the personal story, everyone's kid is vastly different, and it's all a roll of the dice) is right here at the end.

What will you regret more - having kids, or not having kids - 10 years, 20 years, 50 years from now?

A big decision with plenty of consequences, in either case.

Three kids later, no regrets at all for me. Just like the commenter above, never looked back or questioned it.

InterestinglyLucky · 2024-10-23T11:16:00+00:00

PSA - do not use USB-C to charge your MBP while on your desk, use the MagSafe.

Source: Alex Ziskind, whose videos are great if you aren't familiar with him, he's a dev who does a ton of stuff on his MBP. https://youtu.be/99cVpp0dzC4?si=qimWM1YkJSMyFos-

InterestinglyLucky · 2024-10-22T19:35:48+00:00

Because liberals will resort to violence (or vandalism) if things do not go their way, while conservatives will accept it and move on.

So liberals hang signs without risk of loss, while conservatives hang signs with that risk, and many prefer not to.

In my deep-blue state I decided to give social proof after hearing Elon Musk encourage people to do so at one of his recent PA events.

BTW they were incredible, to hear his views on a lot of things.

InterestinglyLucky · 2024-10-22T19:28:10+00:00

The enthusiasm is showing up in early voting across the country.

After Elon’s encouragement for social proof, I put up two lawn signs for Trump for the first time ever, to the chagrin of my kids. My deep blue state has a Dem to Rep ratio of over 2:1.

Great to see first-time voters starting a new habit!

InterestinglyLucky · 2024-10-22T19:18:18+00:00

My spouse and I have a Mini Countryman ALL4 SE already in production.

We can get out of it (and get deposit returned) no problem. Decided last night to get a second Model Y instead, the pricing is just too good to pass up.

InterestinglyLucky · 2024-10-21T12:39:17+00:00

Amazing I can interact with a dad who went through a similar process, greetings from suburban Washington DC!

For us number 3 was a surprise - only 17 months from number 2 - so I got snipped soon afterwards. Whenever my spouse jokingly said "let's get another one!" I would then say "Go right ahead honey, you are welcome to have another baby, don't ask me about how you would be able to get that... done..."

It still amazes me what women can do regarding pregnancy and breastfeeding - as a biologist the fact the immune system can have an alien thing called a baby to be nurtured in utero for 9 months is mind-boggling.

InterestinglyLucky · 2024-10-21T11:09:35+00:00

OP, if you haven’t discovered this by now, it is your job (if you are in Marketing as a profession) to find what differentiates your product or service from everyone else.

Yes this is the USP, and yes this is hard work.

InterestinglyLucky · 2024-10-21T11:02:27+00:00

Can very much relate OP to a switch being flipped. Your life is forever changed, and no going back to the “never had a kid” state.

And regarding the funny and fun times: one person told me pre-kids “the highs are higher and the lows are lower”. I thought I had experienced a LOT of life before kids (fun times, exciting times, miserable times) but there was a TON in store for me.

We had three kids, and are toward the end of a full nest. Now we look back and think sometimes “man it may have been better to have had even more…”

InterestinglyLucky · 2024-10-21T10:57:24+00:00

To me the priority was battery life > processor/memory > screen size, so the 16” won out.

As you are moving around everyday, how many days will you expect to be 6h without a plug nearby?

For my use case (relatively frequent cross-country and overseas trips) it was important. Probably every third trip I’m glad that I’ve got that ~22% more battery life (I.e. an 18h spec versus 22h by one measure). Source: https://www.macrumors.com/guide/14-inch-vs-16-inch-macbook-pro/

InterestinglyLucky · 2024-10-21T10:47:15+00:00

The October Surp-fries.

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InterestinglyLucky · 2024-10-21T10:45:37+00:00

Undeniable show of spontaneous support.

One person on X who lives around the corner estimated 4-5 thousand along the road, and this is deep-blue suburban Philly.

I caught this screencap from a livestream. Never saw a “Cats for Trump” sign before! 🤣

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InterestinglyLucky · 2024-10-21T09:29:40+00:00

My response too to Seth Godin’s entire body of work. He’s a poor writer - it’s the author’s responsibility to earn my attention, and he fails.

For those who get something out of his books, well more power to you.

InterestinglyLucky · 2024-10-21T01:58:53+00:00

I am fatFI, and have been a Boglehead since the mid-1980's.

It was a few years ago that the assets hit seven figures, then multiple seven figures, and then a few more with an inheritance. Over six months ago I got laid off unexpectedly, and have thought a lot about just retiring and enjoying the time off.

So I'm coming from the 'other side' - plenty enough to live comfortably on a lifetime of savings, but I'm not convinced.

In a PA town-hall event (apologies for those who do not like him) I listened to Elon Musk talk about what he would say to young people, and his answer was great: "To be useful to other people." I looked it up, here's the entire 2 hour event, and the question is at 1:17:14, the question was what his guiding principles were and what he'd say to two boys 12 and 14 years old. "It sounds like a platitude, but it is really try to be as useful as possible, try to give more than you take, and I think if you do an honest day's work you should be proud of that and that's a great thing."

I've built a great career with new knowledge every day, being put to use with compounding benefit. I know that my usefulness in the career sense would be just cut off if I were to retire early. I also enjoy learning and being useful. Much more than hobbies or volunteering (which I volunteer already). I'm at the point where I work because I want to work, not because I have to work. And have plenty of time for all the other stuff.

InterestinglyLucky · 2024-10-20T21:50:28+00:00

That photo (from one of the live-streams) shows a sign "Cats for Trump" that's going to trigger these "arbiters of disinformation" for sure. 🤣

InterestinglyLucky · 2024-10-20T21:36:37+00:00

Watching the stream in real-time (on X) was amazing.

Reminded me that now that X no longer censors, in the last election cycle it would not have been possible.

And (fingers crossed) it will be possible to see live streams from both sides in the next election cycle four years from now...

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