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itpwang commented on How well do cars do in crash tests they're not optimized for?   danluu.com/car-safety/... · Posted by u/weinzierl
Merrill · 5 years ago
>For a long time, adult NHSTA and IIHS tests used a 1970s 50%-ile male dummy, which is 5'9" and 171lbs. ... >For reference, in 2019, the average weight of a U.S. adult male was 198 lbs and the average weight of a U.S. adult female was 171 lbs.

So the average mass of the American male has increased 15% in 50 years! No data on whether he is taller, but I'd bet the BMI has gone up.

itpwang · 5 years ago
Referencing the same line, I remember seeing another article on HN somewhat recently about the downside to taking averages of a human to fit specs since the "average"(mathematical mean of measurements) human never existed in reality. Something about fitting pilots to a cockpit?
itpwang commented on Ask HN: How are you preparing yourself for a recession?    · Posted by u/samrohn
mr_tristan · 6 years ago
I was just going to say "I'm just getting off my ass and tightening up my financial habits".

For those of you like me, who like spreadsheets but don't know exactly where to start, I can recommend Tiller Money: https://tillerhq.com. Sometimes the best place to start is just "knowing where you stand". But there's lots of great tools for personal finance. Pick one and hop to it.

But there's no secret magic there, and I'm not even sure I'm doing anything different now that I shouldn't have already been doing 2 years ago. I may not have spent so much money... but that's a me problem not the "result of a recession" problem.

itpwang · 6 years ago
Much thanks for the Tiller recommendation.

I was initially using Mint for a bit, but got turned off due to their sketchy login authentication and business model (selling data).

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