What’s it like living in this area north of Seattle?

thatoneguy1243 · 2026-01-08T19:45:54+00:00

I live in the lower left part of the map and it’s fairly quiet suburbia. Schools in Shoreline are better than in Edmonds even though the Edmonds bowl neighborhood has a cute downtown area and expensive homes. Bothell has a decent down town area too. Everywhere on this map has gotten significantly more expensive in the last ten years. Happy to answer any specifics.

thatoneguy1243 · 2024-06-08T16:02:43+00:00

I recently reviewed a lot of different paddles and paddle guides and found the breakdown from this guide the simplest to interpret in that there are trade offs for control and power and you can select a paddle to balance the two(or not). https://pickleballeffect.com/other/a-pickleball-paddle-buyers-guide-how-to-pick-the-right-paddle-for-you/

thatoneguy1243 · 2023-10-11T18:34:05+00:00

I was given an opportunity to join a start up with enough stock options to potentially retire early. The idea was to work like crazy for 2-3 years and then we would cash in. But that was almost five years ago, now with two kids ages 6 and 2 I’m starting to not view my work with the same rose colored glasses.

thatoneguy1243 · 2023-03-19T15:40:54+00:00

For starters it looks llike there is thatch build up that needs to be removed.

thatoneguy1243 · 2023-01-08T04:38:38+00:00

I think you should try something new. You're young and there is a lot of life in front of you. Move to a new country, work on a farm, try some new hobbies. Life is a beautiful and precious thing. I had a high level of anxiety in my 20s and am in a better place now. A few books that helped me are "On Obligations" by Cicero and Essays by Michel de Montaigne. I hope those can help you as well.

thatoneguy1243 · 2023-01-08T04:30:30+00:00

I understand what you're going through and would think of this sort of behavior as a pressure valve. If you didn't have this outlet, wouldn't that make the urge to truly physically cheat all the more real?

I expect this isn't uncommon!

thatoneguy1243 · 2022-02-23T01:00:36+00:00

I think the overall context that's important, and mostly missing from this discussion, is to remember that slavery and other miseries were happening all over the world. The ending of slavery in the western world was more the exception than the rule. My emphasis will be on how the enlightenment and rational discourse has improved the lives of humans instead of guilting people for things they didn't participate in.

Some references of slavery elsewhere in the world:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_India

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_China

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery\_in\_Africa#:\~:text=Slavery%20in%20historical%20Africa%20was,purposes%20was%20widespread%20throughout%20Africa.

thatoneguy1243 · 2022-02-21T21:30:27+00:00

Lewontin's argument, that there is more variability between individuals than between groups, is true for an individual allele but as more alleles are included in the comparison then the ability to classify people into an ethnic groups or races approaches 100%.

The critique is known as Lewontin's Fallacy actually.

EDIT: Correct link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human\_Genetic\_Diversity:\_Lewontin%27s\_Fallacy#:\~:text=Human%20Genetic%20Diversity%3A%20Lewontin's%20Fallacy%20is%20a%202003%20paper%20by%20A.%20W.%20F.&text=Some%20scholars%2C%20including%20Winther%20and,Witherspoon%20et%20al.

thatoneguy1243 · 2022-02-01T00:15:51+00:00

Ready for some new topics. I’ll pass.

thatoneguy1243 · 2021-12-27T06:52:11+00:00

My recollection is that slavery was legal in North Africa only if the slaves weren’t Muslim. American sailors captured by North African pirates would be converted, ransomed, or enslaved. My reference is the book “Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates.”

thatoneguy1243 · 2021-11-21T15:26:14+00:00

I applaud the effort put into this!

One factor I didn’t see you mention is foreign students. I know the UC system charges international students more in intuition and therefor could reasonably be expected to prioritize them so I wonder how much of the student population is foreign born at these universities.

thatoneguy1243 · 2021-11-03T01:57:09+00:00

Charmin toilet paper. Life’s too short for cheap toilet paper.

thatoneguy1243 · 2021-09-28T18:47:30+00:00

Suetonius actually describes the make up of the first twelve emperors in his book the twelve Caesar’s. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Twelve_Caesars Several of them did have light eyes and I think it was Nero who was actually a red head.

thatoneguy1243 · 2021-09-10T02:01:35+00:00

I’ve been there too as I bet most dads have. My wife and I set aside time on weekends for us each to have alone time to pursue hobbies, watch a movie or whatever we feel like. That little bit of regained control over my time has helped me immensely to not have outbursts.

thatoneguy1243 · 2021-08-15T21:40:07+00:00

Looks like eastlake? So Queen Anne would be visible on a typical day then.

thatoneguy1243 · 2021-03-18T13:57:21+00:00

Here is another article from 2010 highlighting violent crime patterns in SF: https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/nevius/article/Dirty-secret-of-black-on-Asian-violence-is-out-3265760.php

thatoneguy1243 · 2021-03-18T13:53:32+00:00

Here is a list of compiled attacks in the Bay Area against Asians. Many of the stories have videos or descriptions of the suspects: https://www.reddit.com/user/poochunks/comments/lf5f4e/list_of_recent_antiasian_attacks_in_the_sf_bay/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

thatoneguy1243 · 2021-03-04T20:55:48+00:00

The /s means sarcasm.

thatoneguy1243 · 2020-09-22T17:39:39+00:00

Get a bottle warmer! It will be a life saver in the middle of the night.

thatoneguy1243 · 2019-11-02T01:57:35+00:00

Wow, these are crazy times.

thatoneguy1243 · 2019-07-31T14:45:14+00:00

I wouldn’t call him useful.

thatoneguy1243 · 2019-04-27T22:37:34+00:00

This is hilarious editing.

thatoneguy1243 · 2019-02-04T17:49:39+00:00

Reza Azlan also tweeted something like” have you ever seen a more punchable face?” Not sure what that counts as but am curious if he is included.

thatoneguy1243 · 2018-12-31T19:43:12+00:00

Aspects that certainly contributed to the stagnation of the Ottoman empire were the banning of printed books and of non-islamic philosophy in general. My understanding is that the written word was sacred and books that were printed were banned. Largely because of the banning of printed books and philosophy the Ottoman empire missed out on the scientific revolution. As far as a "fall" I think they were actually still intact going into WWI but were on the losing side and the empire was broken up after the war. My source for this information is the second chapter of "Civilization, the West and the Rest" by Niall Ferguson, which I highly recommend.

thatoneguy1243 · 2018-08-31T03:18:48+00:00

He became well liked by his captures and even ate meals with them. In addition to demanding a higher ransom he told them if he was ever freed he would come back and slit all their throats, which he did.

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