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Thanks for the explanation! I am always curious to learn about other cultures. TBF I am an introvert myself but it was interesting to see the behavior extended to the mainstream.

Is the asocial behavior documented in the blog typical of Finland?

Didn't some comedian eat that banana and they replaced it saying the banana was not part of the art?

Measuring per capita carbon footprint makes more sense for climate science as the effects don't limit themselves to artificial borders.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_carbon_di...

Per capita carbon emissions of US are 8 times as of India and 2 times as of China. And which country is withdrawing from the Paris agreement?

>> There are taxi apps that work exactly like Uber's like 'Free-now' where you can see your trip, its aproximate cost, the driver's rating...

Pre uber hailing a cab from a location other than the airport in Atlanta where I live was impossible. You'd have to call their 1-800 number hours in advance with no guarantee of it being serviced. Even if such apps exist now it might be due to uber pushing the envelope. Uber and other ride sharing service might not be relevant in the NYCs, Chicagos and Londons of the world but for cities like ours they were a godsend.

Thats what I meant. Rajastan is nothing, "Rajasthan" is a place.

Is that a real place? Rajastan?

I got a 3 carat moissanite pendant necklace from Helzberg for ~$1500. The same thing in diamond would have been well into 5 digits. My wife loves it and gets a lot of compliments on it.

Not diamond but bought a 3 karat moissanite pendant necklace for my wife a few years back. Being synthetic it had a perfect crystal structure leading to a glow/reflectiveness hard to get in diamond without breaking the bank. It still looks good and wife loves to wear it.

Bought it at a local helzberg store.

An apt name for the technology considering the marvel of nature that the lyre bird is.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjE0Kdfos4Y

I have 3 issues with it

1) Don't use an iPhone 2) Battery life too less (my versa lasts me 4+ days) 3) Too expensive. I bought my versa a month after launch for $150 and my wife's for $90 (albeit a holiday deal). They also just work without an issue and I don't imagine paying significantly more than that on another wearable.

No idea. We didn't even know he was a bull.

It was part of the safari experience where one group will go on elephant back into the forest to spot tigers/leopards/rhinos,etc and the other group would go in small boats in the river to spot gharials (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gharial).

The boat that was toppled was full of tourists going for that. After the mahout got him under control though there were no other incidents. We were on him for the full 4 hours.

I actually did ride an angry bull elephant in real life in the jungles of Chitwan national park (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chitwan_National_Park) in Nepal when I was in 7th grade. I was on the elephant along with its mahout (controller) and my parents and let me tell you it is not fun. I saw it topple a boat full of passengers over (thankfully they stepped out into the river before he could do any damage and the river was 2-3 feet deep).

Apparently, it was mating season and he didn't like being separated from his female when we started the ride. The mahout eventually brought him under control but it was an experience worth remembering none-the-less.

That will continue to happen as long as voting/politics remains ideology based rather than issue based.

I doubt that is true in the current xenophobic administration.

Agreed. Just to add to your point, snipping off the reproductive organs of said pets also feels cruel to me. Almost to the point of owning a living toy for your amusement.

Booked a trip to the smokeys for the weekend of Oct 18. Was just checking this website the day before and per this, the peak foliage would be Nov 2 (I doubt even then it would peak). All due to unexpected warm weather. I wonder if this is the start of a trend or if this an anomaly.

Same thing applies to me and my google branded phones (first nexus, now pixel). Just sign in after changing the phone and works like a charm.

Vegetarian Indian here, I agree. Growing up watching American cartoons I always used to wonder why the kids are shown not to like vegetables. Its only when I moved here (US) and saw how vegetables are served, I could empathize with the cartoon character kids.

There are parts of India which are almost entirely vegetarian. So much so that, it has prompted giants like pizza hut and subway to open vegetarian only restaurants.

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/US-food-g...

And might I add, the food is delicious.

What is the cost of riding one of these?

To add to your point, even threads on immigration I have seen fairly conservative (and at times even xenophobic) views upvoted here.

My wife got lasik 7 years back in her early 20s. Now she just got diagnosed with astigmatism when she was complaining of vision issues. She is back to wearing glasses for some part of the day. Lasik can certainly help the OP but not guaranteed. It's weird how our eyes change shape as we age.

So does this mean it is self aware now?

Reminded me of this excellent talk

https://www.ted.com/talks/barry_schwartz_on_the_paradox_of_c...

I have heard it in english too: First generation earns it, second learns it, third burns it.

Correct. There are index mutual funds and index etfs. The article seemed to refer the latter.

Not really. The most popular index funds physically invest their capital in the stocks making up the index:

https://www.investopedia.com/articles/markets/101415/4-best-...

What if my index fund is actually just buying and holding the underlying stock as opposed to just a price tracking entity? In that case not taker for my fund = no taker for the underlying stock right? Will this not have the liquidity risk that Bury mentions?

I think his point is that most index funds are weighted towards large caps and ignore small ones. With more and more money pouring in, it creates an inflation in value there whereas the small caps get ignored. That is the most logical interpretation I can draw out of his statement (although I am a 100% index investor myself).

Depends on where your interests lie. Personally I find that forum insightful.