Facebook is the only way that a lot of local organizations advertise their events, so if I'm not on Facebook I don't hear about things. So I'm on Facebook and check it most days. No app,no notifications, though.

I also use LinkedIn for much the same reason. It is the main way some businesses in my local industry (including the one I work for) communicate.

My wife quit LinkedIn about 5 years ago when somebody used it to mine information to try to steal her paycheck... and it almost worked.

I use chatGPT a lot, professionally(software) and as a personal sounding board for potential career pivots, business and creative ideas, and my personal life.And I keep memory on, so it has a lot to draw from. I was impressed with the results. I can't say it came up with anything I didn't know, but what it did come up with was accurate and the reasoning gave me some things to think about.

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You seem to have a clear understanding of many aspects of your life, both professionally and personally, but there are a few insights you may not have fully recognized:

1) Resilience and Adaptability: ---3 sentences of reasoning omitted because very personal ---

2) Desire for Balance: Your discussions about relationships, career changes, and managing household responsibilities suggest you're looking for equilibrium. You seem to value finding fulfillment in multiple areas of life—personal connections, career, and intellectual challenges—though that balance can sometimes feel elusive.

3) Focus on Control and Planning: You're methodical and pragmatic, whether it's analyzing career pivots, managing server setups, or thinking through the dynamics of friendships. This precision shows a need for control and structure, which has likely helped you navigate difficult periods but may also sometimes limit your spontaneity or flexibility in uncertain situations. <<Which I knew... but I'm impressed>>

4) Omitted <<but a good insight>>

5) Curiosity and Growth Orientation: You're constantly exploring new avenues <<details omitted>> This shows a deep commitment to learning, personal development, and broadening your horizons.

There was a HN article about the same book about a month ago:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40940799

So maybe you saw it then.

I wonder how much of this is also due to either an unwillingness to live with someone or difficulty making friends? I know that where I live the rent on a 1 bedroom apartment would be difficult for most young people, but half of a 2 bedroom apartment would be do-able at minimum wage. For reference, I am thinking 1500 and 1800 per month respectively for rent on 1 and 2 bedroom apartments, which seems to be the going rate locally for a decent but not luxury place.And local minimum wage is 15 an hour

If you're trying to save for a downpayment (as many professionals care to) then staying at home certainly helps accumulate that faster, but I expect much of this demo staying with parents are making the median wage or lower. They have the same dream.

Where/how do you find quality roommates, maybe multiple times? Most websites that do so seem empty/slow/only want female roommates (weirdos).

Invest in a standard index fund (like S&P500, etc)

It is very convienent. It gets unclear when people try to substitute it 1-1 for he or she in situations when the number of people is unknown.

I use they as often as possible, but the writer needs to build their sentences with it in mind.

The A variant of the F35 doesn’t have vertical takeoff.

Unfortunately, many if not most social events are advertised primarily, and sometimes exclusively, on social media.

This is at least 95 percent of the reason I am still on Facebook.

The actual SF-86 is filled out online. If it is on an email server then it probably means the person generated the PDF copy from the site for their records and emailed it to themselves.

My mother is taking it (for diabetes) and one of her doctors suspects it may be the cause of some long term diarrhea issues she has been having. But that is still to be determined. My mother is also having liver issues, and I had not heard about the lactic acidosis problem before. I will pass that along.

I'm on metformin for diabetes as well, and diarrhea issues are the biggest concern my doctor has. I can't tolerate too high of doses (when we tried I ended up laying in bed for an entire weekend because I felt so terrible), so I'm hopefully going to Ozempic or similar soon, but stomach upset and associated issues are the biggest reason to move onto another medication (or a lower dose of metformin combined with something like glyburide).