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I saw the supply chain disruptions coming and made final preparations for it, I saw layoffs coming in my aviation-related job so I updated my resume, took a good severance package, and found a new, remote-based job with significantly higher pay.  And yes, I also significantly re-balanced my portfolio and took advantage of the crash early this year.  In all, I expect about 40% additional income/unrealized gains this year than last.  To me that's more than minimal.

Rationalists that were paying attention get the 1st chance of understanding the implications and making moves (big or small) before a mass of people finally took it seriously in the US.  I'll admit part of it... (read more)

This is interesting, but in my dating experiences I've not come up with any solid conclusions whenever I tried experimentation.  

I see a few issues with the design of this experiment:

• You're the test designer, observer, and one of the subjects.  There's a ton of room for bias.
• The sample size is only 20 dates.
• There are 16 types of personality types if you assume Myers-Briggs is correct.
• People have a wide variety of mental states before going on dates, and various motivations.
• it is impossible to go on a date, act one way, go back in time and date the same woman, while acting differently, and compare the responses.
• The fact that you're going on dates to