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PART 1: Building the Structure 20240520 - 1. Building Foundations Foundation vs Footing Footing comprises of slab, rebar which are made of brickwork, masonry or concrete. Footing is part of foundation. Foundation types comprise piles, caissons, footings, piers, the lateral supports, and anchors. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/basic-differences-among-foundation-footing-g-k/ My home is with crawlspace foundation(p 26, Strip and stump footing system ) and permanent wood foundation wall(p 34, cladding) Finally find the reason of the drainage water outside of my house! It's water controlling for Permanent Wood Foundations(PWFs)! (p48) Don't really like PWFs, although it works. 20240531 - 2. Framing Floors, Walls, and Ceilings Most of the "code" and "tip" are based on common sense. The key is too keep everything upright, and make sure the loading is spread across large area to avoid damage the bearing parts. AGI can easily allow users to build their 3D house in co...

20240623 - Introduction: A Grandmother’s Prayer The limit of human's lifespan didn't change much in the past 500 years, although science and technology exploded. That's normal. Any great change is not linear. Will this change happen in the next 30 to 50 years? Part I: What We Know (The Past) 20240624 - Chapter 1. ‘Viva Primordium’ Sirtuins, mTOR, AMPK. When will they be available on market? Why is low-protein diets good? 20240626 - Chapter 2. The Demented Pianist Information Theory of Ageing. Is it correct? I think so. This book is good. Definitely worth reading. If it has 0.1% of probability to be correct. Much more precise instruments are needed to monitor the DNA changes at molecular level. Powerful AI computers are needed to emulate and analyze them! 20240707 - Chapter 3. The Blind Epidemic I think ageing is not a virus, but a clip of our gene, which appeared from the very beginning of lives. It helps us to evolve faster. It's not virus being passed down to offsprin...

20240525 - Prologue: The hand you are dealt face down 20240608 - Infidelity This book is one level higher than "The Game". How to build healthy relationship in spite of the restriction of biological restriction of males? Based on game theory, female needs commitment from male to breed children, and male doesn't want that. Male want to take advantage of the disadvantage of female. The conflicts are inevitable. "Self-deprecation is still self-worship. It's the flip side of the same coin. It's still about self." "Remember that humor is a wall. It's a form of denial, just the same as repression, rationalization, globalization, and minimization." p85 Any time you overreact to something - by shutting down, losing your temper, sulking, feeling hopeless, freaking out, disassociating, or any of numerous other dysfunctional behaviors - it's typically because an old would has been triggered. p89 Our intelligence come from our past experience, whic...