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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.

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What kind of indicators of interest are you making, how are you making them, and when are you making them?

1amplemaple
Good question. * on the first date I do lots of flattery, both verbal and tonal * On the second date I may say “I like you” or mention that I am seeking a long term partner if asked * My body language tends to be more boyfriend * I know I want to date someone by the second date. Most women take much longer. I’m uninhibited so my intentions usually show * I overshare about myself (1st and 2nd dates) * I prefer to send longer/higher effort texts than most guys * sometimes I intentionally or unintentionally hide my attraction signals (verbal and body language). My last three relationships all started with that behavior. * I mention qualities I prefer in a long term partner on the first or second date (so stupid in retrospect) * I ask women what they want in a long term partner on the first or second date
1amplemaple
* Meters-Briggs has a junk, so that’s fine. My past romantic partners have consistent big five profile either. Sure there are sources of bias. I can’t control for them. But th 1. No generalizability needed. It just has to work for me and the women I normally date. Who cares if it would work for the “average guy” 2. I have no reason to assume a small effect size. My current positive rate on dates is 20%. Lots of room for improvement. 3. The subjectivity isn’t a problem because I’m the analyst and implementer. I don’t need well defined terms like communicating an academic study. I can reproduce the study from memory whenever I want. Finally, there is no real cost to the study. Currently I’m ambivalent between treatment and control.