I have an arrhythmia as well and the doc says it’s a normal variant, and I have no symptoms. In any case, I often get alerts that my HR is high, and also get alerts that it is low. It’ll tell me 135 and then not much later 43. My takeaway is that it has a hard time with unusual rhythms... Sometimes I get the feeling…

Germany can be a tricky one to parse out with ethnicity estimates. Given the mixing of the gauls/celts throughout western Europe for millennia it becomes very difficult to build reference populations to clearly delineate “Germany” from “UK” in many ways.

These hanging toiletry bags are great, but it does help to get one with a structured base. I once found myself in a hotel bathroom that lacked any surfaces you could hang the bag from, and the bag itself was so “flopsy” that it kept sliding off the (minimal) horizonal surface that was available. A bag that can also sit…

Nice scare quotes there, here is a summary of Haidt’s actual academic credentials if anyone is curious:

That reminds me, Grandpa would spend five minutes pulling on coat, boots, gloves and hat to walk to the barn. It was about 100 feet to the barn, but it was also western central Minnesota.  He was pretty seriously kitted out when he stepped outside.

Many folks are dismissive of preparedness, until they’re caught unprepared.

It’s the proletarian colors and Cold War concrete design.

Look, just give us all of the Monty Python catalog in the US already, they have had it in other countries since April!

Hey man, the horse didn’t have anything to do with that situation. He just wants a bucket of oats and maybe a carrot or an apple at the end of the day.

Came to the comments; was not disappointed in the manbaby rage. Remember, if it’s not about you, it’s not about you.

Hot take: White vinegar is the vodka of vinegars.

You understand that CDs and DVDs gradually degrade, right...? 

This is EULA’s in a nutshell, honestly. I thought everyone... knew this?

As someone who didn’t party at college but did party in his 20s in the Midwest, I can attest to the coat advice. Find a cheap, but functional coat that isn’t the ugliest thing and bring it with you when you go to parties. There WILL be a time when lugging it around pays off (usually the 1-2 mile walk home because a…

No mention of Zotero, which does the same thing and is much more flexible...

University librarian here. Educational institutions usually won’t give you access to subscribed content that you can access online, as the licenses that we pay exorbitant amounts of money for do not allow for this, even with a library card or account. However, you can walk into just about any college library and access…

I make kombucha and ginger beer at home.  I still have a couple of purchased swing-tops for my own use, but I always keep these for gifts.

Mortgage: Points can be bought from the lender with upfront cash to reduce interest rate. Get a fixed rate. If you don’t plan to be in the house for 5 years, buying might not be a great idea depending on the market.

I’ve been cutting hair for almost 30 years professionally. I’m booked out a minimum of 4 weeks in advance all year and earn well over 6 figures doing so (without staff and without selling products). This article is utter nonsense. For starters, the title is complete clickbait as the final summation of the article…

They might love the dogs, but in the same way they’d love a 50" LCD television with built-in Roku, not in the way a regular person might love another living creature of any sort.