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Does a site exist for keeping track of casual wagers with others? 2020-11-28T16:22:09.512Z

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Comment by Liface on The Best Tacit Knowledge Videos on Every Subject · 2024-09-19T11:32:44.750Z · LW · GW

Domain: Language Learning

Link: YouTube Channel

Person: Alexander Arguelles

Background: Polyglot and director of foreign language education at various institutions, known in the community for his rigorous and inventive study methods

Why: He has various videos of him live-studying different languages which give learners direct insight into his methods. 

Comment by Liface on Does a site exist for keeping track of casual wagers with others? · 2020-11-29T04:27:24.911Z · LW · GW

Yeah, I think my ideal site would be some combination of PredictionBook and LongBets. I may code one myself, if I can't find one. 

(...and by code one myself, I mean find a friend to help me, because I'm worthless at coding!)

Comment by Liface on The Hammer and the Mask - A call to action · 2020-04-20T16:59:21.664Z · LW · GW

I have one, and it's far less comfortable.

Besides, buying these sorts of masks new should be left to healthcare workers or ("essential" workers) and those that most need them. The rest of us should wear cloth masks.

Comment by Liface on Is this info on zinc lozenges accurate? · 2019-11-04T21:20:06.902Z · LW · GW
must free of anything ending -ate (except stearate) or -ic acid; free of magnesium except magnesium stearate (it's insoluble)

The only product you link violates this. It contains stearic acid...

edit: Chris explains this here: https://chrismasterjohnphd.com/podcast/2016/12/26/zinc-definitely-fights-colds-youre-probably-using-wrong-kind/#comment-48164

" The stearate isn’t a problem. I was trying to simplify. "

Comment by Liface on A LessWrong Crypto Autopsy · 2018-01-29T07:11:17.277Z · LW · GW

Completely agreed. I even publicly announced on my Facebook when Bitcoin was USD that I was buying 100USD worth, but then once I looked into how to even convert USD to Bitcoin, I said "eh, not worth, even it for some interesting economic experiment".