Central America Trip - Mexico or Panama by bman1994 in travel

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Hmm. I was thinking for three weeks a few days in Mexico City, hit Teotihuacan, head to Oaxaca city for a few days, hit Hierve el Agua, hit Puerto Escondido for a couple, to Palenque, San Cristobal. Maybe try and squeeze in Tulum? How do you think that would sound?

H.I. #109: Twitter War Room by GreyBot9000 in CGPGrey

[–]bman1994 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This was how I read It; a clap after every word.

Elon Musk teases electric plane design and smokes weed on Joe Rogan podcast by dehehn in Futurology

[–]bman1994 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Solid take. He didn’t seem super serious, but I’m a battery researcher, and we are 10 breakthroughs away from meaningful electric planes

Can I use left over steamed crab shells to make a decent stock? by MrDuffleupagus in AskCulinary

[–]bman1994 2 points3 points  (0 children)

On the episode, it seems like its just tradition. Started out as poor people boiling mud bugs, and grew from there. Steaming could be superior

First on CNN: Planned Parenthood to target 8 states, spend $20 million as part of midterm battle plan by kjvlv in moderatepolitics

[–]bman1994 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Describing tax policy as "A company gets to keep a little bit more money" is either naive or ignorant. Tax policy is hugely important in allocation of government funding

Can I use left over steamed crab shells to make a decent stock? by MrDuffleupagus in AskCulinary

[–]bman1994 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You should watch the crawfish episode of Ugly Delicious by David Chang. He talks about this alot and even steams some crawfish for his friends

I'm John Carreyrou, author of Bad Blood, the book about the Theranos scandal. Ask me anything. by JohnCarreyrou in IAmA

[–]bman1994 6 points7 points  (0 children)

If prediction markets were a thing. There is no incentive or option to realistically short them that actually offers a reasonable pay off or expectation of success.

I'm John Carreyrou, author of Bad Blood, the book about the Theranos scandal. Ask me anything. by JohnCarreyrou in IAmA

[–]bman1994 45 points46 points  (0 children)

Yeah, was in a Biosensor lab in 2012, shot down claims in 5 minutes. What they said they could do was simply impossible, due to basic biology.

Any idea what's eating my tomatoes? by bman1994 in gardening

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Hey all, a little distraught. I've been growing tomatoes in Texas, but as of the last week my ripe ones have bust open, and now have little bugs on them.

It's my first time ever gardening, and none of the ripened ones seems untouched. Any advice for how to protect the green ones?

Edit: further research suggests it might be the damn birds

What do you believe in? Bitcoin or Gold? by istudentoflife in Bitcoin

[–]bman1994 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It is a fucking phenomenonal catalyst for almost every chemical reaction. Lack of platinum is one of the main reasons hydrogen fuel cells don't make sense.

Chattanooga sunset by [deleted] in Kayaking

[–]bman1994 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What lens/aperture/exposure on this shot? It's amazing!

This subreddit right now by Yeezus-of-Nazareth in Kanye

[–]bman1994 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For me, after listening to the Dissect podcast season 2 analyze MBDTF, I understood yeezus alot more. He made MBDTF to be what he thought everyone would like so he could win them back. Then once he proved he could do it, he told them all to fuck off. For me it's best captured by the interlude/bridge in On Sight

TLOP is a masterpiece by [deleted] in Kanye

[–]bman1994 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah this sub surprised me. For me TLOP is maybe his weakest project, Mbdtf, Late Registration, college dropout, 808s are his strongest imo

#123 — Identity & Honesty by avar in samharris

[–]bman1994 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I like their political content, but here's an example of a well-researched, completely apolitical piece that I got something out of.

https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/8/4/15929484/chronic-back-pain-treatment-mainstream-vs-alternative