Something like that already happened and it might happen again. "Winter is coming" would be an understatement. Like how long did winter last in...
Have you guys heard of this? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_Without_a_Summer That's something to be worried about. We're living in a...
The amount he stuffs in is surreal (assuming it's true). Reminded me of this folk story: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarrare
Every geek and their cat wants to do new shit. See on the "procrastination" thread, the advice I give to my young self (my son). New shit is hard...
They're gay and lame and plain ugly. What's the dubious benefit they offer on a selected number of people? Make you look bad-ass? My standard...
On the other hand as a kid I'd be wandering the forests with no concern whatsoever. Turns out the communist government was doing a good job of...
Ahh, the gadfly. I grew up in the countryside btw. So these gadflies will gather around cattle herds but humans are not on their usual menu so it...
This where I live (Romania, Eastern Europe): [ATTACH] This is where I go in vacation: Crete, Greece. Essentially the same latitude as Florida....
If you Google for "procrastination" you'll get almost exclusively results telling you motivational stories that make 1930s Soviet era Stakhanovism...
Never fastened in my life. I'm trying to figure out how to add more mileage to a refill. I know approximately how much eating various stuff will...
Sorry, don't know what "fleating" is and I can't seem to find a definition for it. On the other hand I know a guy that claims to adhere to the...
Ok, this is the weird$ place on ET, might as well discuss my unusual quirk. I hate eating. Tried Googling for the term but I get completely...
I contracted for 6 months for a hedge fund where I essentially proved that technical analysis is hogwash. The owner had some significant of money...
All the work that is HARD is by definition, hard work :) On a sidenote, some two weeks ago I started learning two new hardcore knowledge domains:...
About 10 years ago I got my first Xiaomi and since then I stuck to them. Occasionally they have the weird bug like battery drains 70% in sleep...
You know the drill :D And I do have a Nigerian account, that's true as well :)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neapolitan_wafer First introduced by the Austrian company "Manner" as "Napolitaner wafers", kit-kats are to this...
Anyone up to making money the old-fashioned way? Establishing a business rather than speculating on scraps (shares) of a business? After 15 years...
I read an article on Hacker News about some US kid (apparently common situation) who was bullied for owning an Android phone (Samsung top of the...
I don't think he says that. Bravery exists but the vast majority of brave men did not survive to tell the story. Sadly it's both in the interest...
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