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Same. I would look at that every time I was in the bathroom and wonder how they died. Did they suffocate from toxic gasses while exploring a cave? Maybe it was more gruesome like falling into a hot spring and getting boiled to death...

It would bother me forever.

> The feds doing this for airfare was the best thing to happen for consumers shopping for flights.

They need to redo it for airfare, because the airlines have figured out how to workaround it by splitting out things that used to be included (seat assignment, baggage, etc). Some airlines now have sliding rates for bags and so you have to know the exact flight to get the price for checked or carry-on bags. Even if it's split out from the total, all of those *potential* fees should be available up-front as well.

It's really a treatise on good leadership and management from the perspective of a showrunner.

There are a bunch of great quotes, but this bit from 4th Law (Make decisions early and often) really hit home for me:

> But you know what "nice people" and "good bosses" actually do? They rip off the Band-Aid early, make the case for their decision, hear out any remaining arguments to a reasonable degree, then shut down the discussion and send everyone off to get on with their work.

Even worse than making the wrong decision is not making a decision at all, that's true in any leadership position.

Other sources I've seen are blaming the dramatic heat during the summer of 2019. It "scrambled the broader marine ecosystem" causing die-offs and migrations for many species of fish. Snow Crabs are primarily deep water scavengers so they had plenty of food that year, but have struggled since.

The senior architects and principle engineers at my company have started scheduling focus hours as well as office hours for people to drop in and ask questions.

They were getting stretched pretty thin by being invited to design meetings for multiple different teams, and the office hours have been a great way to combat that burden. People drop in, ask some design questions and leave. Since there are usually multiple people waiting to ask questions it keeps the discussion short and focused instead of filling up a 30-60 minute meeting just because that's what was scheduled. It also lets the architect decide to schedule a focused design session if it's needed instead of letting others fill their calendars.

> The bipolar-level manic highs and depression/lows are very real.

I've had to be very careful about NOT using those terms when talking to doctors and psychiatrists. As a layperson that description seems to fit, but it causes huge red flags for medical professionals and they freak out, resulting unnecessary tests and evaluations for my kid.

The key term for the "manic" phase after the meds wear off is "Rebound Effect". Also when the dose is too high the generally accepted term is "zombie mode" or "zombie-like". Calling it an "overdose" will really cause people to freak the fuck out.

It's changed a few times over the years because of insurance, but right now it's Focalin XR and 5mg Ritalin as needed up to 2 times a day.

As the parent of a child with ADHD that is medicated, it seems completely plausible that it could cause depression. When my kid has had too high a dosage (or accidentally takes a double dose) she's like a zombie, completely flat affect, and very little motivation. It's like it drains her life away.

Part of the problem is that it's very difficult to get the right dosage for any given day because diet, metabolism, and hormones seem to have a big impact on how effective it is. We've found it's better to go with a lower-dose extended release, and then let her self-medicate with 5mg regular tablets as needed. This works great now because she's a fairly responsible teenager (when medicated), but it was really hard when she was younger.

According to a coworker that had worked at IBM for a couple decades it was a great place to work until sometime in the mid 2000s. It was like they suddenly noticed how shitty Oracle was and decided that was the business model they needed to follow. Labeling older employees as "dinobabies" is a perfect example.

> Baseline demographic, lifestyle, and dietary data from the UK Biobank were used

This data is from the UK where coffee is still significantly less popular than tea. Would be interesting to see the mortality risk of coffee vs tea drinkers though.

> you can break the trip up into "daytime travel", stay in a city like Chicago for a few days, and then "overnight" to the next city

My limited experience with Amtrak in the West or Midwest is that it's impossible to reliably plan like this. Amtrak is renting access to rails owned by freight carriers and constantly gets delayed or blocked by freight trains with higher priority.

Their "schedule" is an absolute best-case scenario that never actually happens. The trains usually arrive somewhere between 2-8 hours after the scheduled time, and occasionally it just doesn't show until the next day. They have an app that's supposed to give the "accurate" arrival time is often wildly off as well.

Yeah, the headline could easily be flipped with the subheading and most people's reaction would be drastically different.

Overall I think a single-payer system is for the best. Having healthcare tied to your job creates another anchor to keep people tied to large, stable companies instead of taking risks with startups or small businesses.

The main downside is that companies have started doing tiered healthcare costs based on things like smoking or health indicators. Having income tax based on your weight or smoking status is probably a non-starter, so it removes some of the incentives for people to make good choices (and reduce healthcare costs).