11-7-2018 Health Insurance Update
Lead Engineer- Michael Kirk:
I do not like doing non article updates, but this is urgent. Many people need to choose health insurance and the marketplace just opened.
The study is not done, but I wanted to share an early conclusion what seems like a unanimous decision thus far- Also with the urgency of the season.
Warning- Buy the lowest cost health insurance plan, always
Buy high deductible plans, always. Even if you are planning on hitting your deductible. Here is a sample of the data,
This study is not done, there is more data to be collected and analyzed. All 89 pages of Blue Cross Blue Shield Certificate were read. We have 20 different inputs per plan, family vs individual, copays, coinsurance, specialists, and more.
But for now, it seems like a very safe bet, to pick the lowest premium insurance. That is, if your current healthcare system accepts it. After 89 pages of BCBS, you don’t want to be Out-Of-Network unless its urgent or emergency care. That’s enough for now. Lowest cost insurance, always.
When it is complete, I will release urgently.
Busboy- The Dishwasher That Sets Your Dinner Table
It worked, we built a dishwasher that sets the dinner table.
See our live showing – Click Here
Thank you
Efficiency has hundreds of people visiting a day. This is why I do gigantic studies. Thank you for sharing with your friends!
Calories Per Dollar of 3 Minute Meals, and 3 year update on Biphasic Sleep
Lead Engineer- Michael Kirk:
This is the last week before I take on some math/data heavier articles. Thus far we’ve had intern articles + my favorite industrial engineering tool. Notably, I’ve been following that new process since, the time saving has been noticeable daily.
2 Articles this week, to make up for last week’s missed article. On a related note-
Often when conducting a study, we collect data for days, then after math and making conclusions we have new ideas of what to study next. This could be finding that frozen burritos are a top deal, trying them, and wanting to see if Costco has frozen burritos cheaper than Walmart. Expect as our knowledge base grows over the next few years, studies will get more detailed and conclusions more beneficial than ever. –And on a separate note, if you see something wrong Speak Up–
The video of our Dishwasher that sets your dinner table will be coming out next week. Thank you to everyone who watched the live show.
Also, special thanks to Jillian and Shay for having a fantastic conversation at a wedding and donating to get interns to work more hours!
3 Minute Meals Calories Per Dollar
This was supposed to be released last week, but wanted to verify a few items, especially since we are going to give them recommendations. Find our Intern Josh’s final study-
3 Minute Meals Calories and Protein Per Dollar – Click Here
Admittedly this has me eating an inappropriate amount of Ramen.
Going on 3 Years of Biphasic Sleep- How To Guide
Dr. Mandy Kirk and myself have been successfully doing Biphasic sleep for almost 3 years. Saving us 1700 hours since starting.
There is a reason I have time to study Efficiency Is Everything, build a Dishwasher that sets your dinnertable, sew my own clothes, work on a finance app, and start a nonprofit. 2 extra hours a day are incredible.
3 Years Of Biphasic Sleep, Tips To Save Time And Never Go Back – Click Here
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3 Years of Sustained Biphasic Sleep – 2000 Hours Saved
Lead Engineer- Michael Kirk:
“I could never go back”
I’ve heard this phrase from multiple people who have changed to biphasic sleep.
6 hours at night, and a 20 minute nap saves 12 hours a week. This is life changing.
The Schedule
Sleep for 6 hours.
Take a 20 minute nap.
That’s it.
What this functionally looks like: From 12am until 6am, we sleep. After work, we nap for 20 minutes aiming sometime in the hours of ~4-6pm.
3 Years Of Lessons Learned
You don’t need to sleep for 20 minutes. Even 5 minutes of sleep will feel like 2 hours and you will be refreshed. Set an alarm, don’t move or open your eyes.
You don’t need to be perfect. Sicknesses or a physical/tiring day are good reasons to ‘feed your body’ with additional sleep. Sleeping in 7 hours on the weekend feels like traditional 9 hour sleep-in. Even indulging is better with biphasic sleep.
While your body will respond better to a regular sleep schedule, we have found that biphasic sleep is freeing. Life becomes more flexible when you are awake 2 more hours than everyone else.
Some odd places we napped- During wedding receptions, and no one noticed. We trade off nap times during car rides. But otherwise, its almost always in our bed.
While its highly suggested the first 3 weeks you stay strict despite the massive amount of pain it takes to change schedules- you will not need to be this rigid. And serious warning, the first 3 weeks are brutal.
Dr. Mandy Kirk, before starting Move To Success PT was working 10 hour days at the hospital. She’d come home at 8pm, eat dinner, nap for 20 minutes, and join us for our 2hr/wk workout at 9:15pm, and putting up 180lb 3×5 squats. Then we’d video game or watch youtube an hour later before going to bed. This made her life livable.
The Results
Notable people in history did this routine, only further convincing us this is a good idea.
Since starting this, Efficiency Is Everything has over 1 million views, featured on Business Insider, Gizmodo, blah, there are tons more, you know Efficiency.
Also, successfully built a dishwasher that sets your dinnertable, started a non profit, sewed new styles, still working out, all while still spending hours gaming everyday with my Livia. I find it difficult to talk about my personal accomplishments, but I attribute much of it to biphasic sleep.
3 Minutes Of Effort, Calories and Protein Per Dollar
Lead Engineer- Michael Kirk:
This is Intern Josh’s study. When offered to write the article, he chose to study more restaurants Calories Per Dollar. His thirst for grinding excel data is unmatched.
Process- Low Effort Meals
Our cutoff was ~3 minutes or less of effort. This was Credit to Sam K. for the specific recommendation “ready” or “heat and eat”.
Metrics for qualifications:
- Under 3 minutes of preparation- Boiling Water or Heating an Oven met this criteria
- Real life college student meal test- This determines what is a ‘meal’ vs a ‘snack’
The goal was to disqualify empty carbs like poptarts and drinking oil.
The Data
Click Column Names to Sort
| Item | Calories Per Dollar | Protein Per Dollar | Cost If Eaten All Year | Calories Per Protein | Before Tax Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nissin Souper Meal Chicken Flavor | 2240 | 48.0 | $326 | 47 | 0.25 |
| Maruchan Ramen Chicken Flavor | 2111 | 44.4 | $346 | 48 | 0.18 |
| Maruchan Spicy Chicken | 944 | 22.2 | $773 | 43 | 0.54 |
| Tina’s Red Hot Beef Burrito | 895 | 23.7 | $816 | 38 | 0.38 |
| Patio Beef & Bean Burrito | 840 | 20.0 | $869 | 42 | 0.5 |
| Classic Corndogs | 699 | 14.0 | $1,045 | 50 | 4.58 |
| Great Value Pepperoni Pizza | 629 | 25.2 | $1,160 | 25 | 2.78 |
| Pow Mac & Cheese | 614 | 33.9 | $1,188 | 18 | 1.18 |
| Toaster Strudel Strawberry | 558 | 6.2 | $1,308 | 90 | 3.87 |
| Campbell’s Cream Of Mushroom Soup | 550 | 10.0 | $1,327 | 55 | 0.5 |
| Drive Thru Jumbo Cheeseburger (Pierre) | 539 | 20.8 | $1,354 | 26 | 1.54 |
| Chef Boyardee | 523 | 20.5 | $1,397 | 26 | 0.88 |
| Tina’s Red Hot Beef Burrito With Salsa Con Queso | 492 | 16.4 | $1,483 | 30 | 1.28 |
| Tinas Beef And Bean Burrito With Salsa Con Queso | 492 | 16.4 | $1,483 | 30 | 1.28 |
| Great Value Sausage Egg &Cheese Buscuit | 487 | 15.4 | $1,498 | 32 | 3.12 |
| Pizza Rolls Pepperoni Pizza | 469 | 13.4 | $1,557 | 35 | 8.96 |
| Shells & Cheese Gluten Free | 451 | 10.7 | $1,619 | 42 | 2.24 |
| Wild Mike’s Ultimate Pizza | 446 | 26.5 | $1,637 | 17 | 5.74 |
| Eggo Cinnamon Toast | 439 | 7.6 | $1,661 | 58 | 1.98 |
| Tina’s Smothered Burrito | 438 | 13.3 | $1,669 | 33 | 1.28 |
| Banquet Sweet And Sour Chicken | 438 | 11.5 | $1,669 | 38 | 0.96 |
| Great Value Spaghetti Rings | 435 | 12.9 | $1,676 | 34 | 0.62 |
| Lipton Extra Noodle Soup | 407 | 15.3 | $1,795 | 27 | 1.18 |
| Hot Pockets Pepperoni Pizza | 397 | 12.0 | $1,840 | 33 | 9.98 |
| SpaghettiOs | 388 | 9.2 | $1,883 | 42 | 0.98 |
| Banquet Swedish Meatballs | 385 | 16.7 | $1,894 | 23 | 0.96 |
| Great Value Mac& Cheese | 324 | 14.4 | $2,250 | 23 | 1.88 |
| Hot Pockets Bacon Egg Chese | 320 | 12.0 | $2,281 | 27 | 5 |
| Kid Cuisine Mini Corn Dog | 282 | 6.9 | $2,592 | 41 | 1.74 |
| Michelina’s Lasagna | 276 | 13.3 | $2,650 | 21 | 0.98 |
| Mambo Italian Pepperoni Meatball Pizza | 268 | 10.9 | $2,728 | 25 | 5.98 |
| El Charrito Chicken Taquitos | 258 | 11.6 | $2,832 | 22 | 3.88 |
| Great Value Meatlovers Lasagna | 255 | 13.3 | $2,859 | 19 | 1.88 |
| Cinnamon Toast Crunch Bites | 252 | 4.2 | $2,897 | 60 | 5 |
| Microwave Rice Pasta & Cheddar | 246 | 6.4 | $2,971 | 38 | 4.68 |
| Bagel Bites Cheese And Pepperoni | 238 | 7.9 | $3,067 | 30 | 3.97 |
| Cole’S Salty Pretzel Middles | 237 | 8.4 | $3,080 | 28 | 3.27 |
| 505 Cheese Chicken Chalona | 231 | 9.9 | $3,158 | 23 | 2.12 |
| Tina’s Loaded Burrito | 227 | 9.6 | $3,212 | 24 | 1.98 |
| Tai Pei Sweet And Sour | 226 | 9.1 | $3,231 | 25 | 2.08 |
| Kellogs Egg Breakfast Sandwich | 217 | 8.9 | $3,359 | 25 | 9.94 |
| Zatarains Chicken Alfredo | 209 | 9.0 | $3,493 | 23 | 2.44 |
| White Castle Hamburgers | 209 | 9.3 | $3,497 | 23 | 3.88 |
| Digiorno Cheese Stuffed Pepperoni | 208 | 10.1 | $3,504 | 21 | 7.44 |
| Prego 3 Cheese Alfredo | 191 | 6.7 | $3,828 | 28 | 1.94 |
| Kahiki | 188 | 6.7 | $3,884 | 28 | 2.82 |
| Jimmy Dean Breakfast Bowl Meatlovers | 187 | 9.8 | $3,904 | 19 | 2.46 |
| Great Value Orange Chicken | 186 | 6.4 | $3,921 | 29 | 1.88 |
| Idahon Cheddar Broccoli Potato Soup | 177 | 3.8 | $4,119 | 47 | 1.58 |
| Compleats Chicken Alfredo | 177 | 8.1 | $4,130 | 22 | 1.98 |
| Jimmy Dean Breakfast Bowl Sausage | 169 | 8.1 | $4,310 | 21 | 2.48 |
| Weight Watchers Traditional Lasagna With Meat Sauce | 165 | 8.0 | $4,424 | 21 | 2 |
| Barilla Sausage And Tomato Rotini | 165 | 7.0 | $4,424 | 24 | 2 |
| Campbell’s Creamy Broccoli | 160 | 2.0 | $4,563 | 80 | 1 |
| Compleats Chicken Alfredo | 158 | 7.6 | $4,612 | 21 | 2.78 |
| Smart Ones | 155 | 7.0 | $4,710 | 22 | 2 |
| Compleats Salisbury Steak | 152 | 7.1 | $4,818 | 21 | 1.98 |
| Velveeta Cheese Bowl Bacon Mac And Cheese | 149 | 7.0 | $4,895 | 21 | 2.28 |
| Great Value Chicken Noodle Soup | 145 | 10.1 | $5,037 | 14 | 1.38 |
| Campbell’s Beef And Barley Soup | 135 | 5.1 | $5,402 | 27 | 1.48 |
| Lean Cuisine, Sesame Chicken | 132 | 4.8 | $5,530 | 28 | 2.5 |
| Kraft Mac And Cheese With Chicken And Beef Meatballs | 129 | 5.4 | $5,637 | 24 | 2.78 |
| Evol Truffle Parmesan | 129 | 4.3 | $5,645 | 30 | 3.48 |
| Campbell’s Santa Fe Chicken | 128 | 6.4 | $5,725 | 20 | 2.98 |
| Atkins, Orange Chicken | 125 | 8.2 | $5,840 | 15 | 3.28 |
| Amy Kale Bake | 124 | 4.7 | $5,886 | 27 | 3.87 |
| Lean Cuisine, Orange Chicken | 124 | 5.6 | $5,887 | 22 | 2.5 |
| Sonoma Flat Bread Pepperoni Pizza | 123 | 4.9 | $5,913 | 25 | 6.48 |
| Atkins, Chicken Margherita | 122 | 8.5 | $5,986 | 14 | 3.28 |
| Amy’s Chinese Noodles & Veggies | 122 | 3.6 | $5,992 | 34 | 3.94 |
| Sam’s Burrito Bowl Beef Barbacoa | 121 | 5.0 | $6,038 | 24 | 3.97 |
| Classic Meat Loaf | 120 | 6.0 | $6,083 | 20 | 2.5 |
| Sam’s Ramen With Chicken | 108 | 5.7 | $6,785 | 19 | 9.48 |
| Sweet Eart Breakfast Burrito | 104 | 6.1 | $6,998 | 17 | 2.78 |
| Atkin Sausage Scramble | 104 | 6.1 | $7,042 | 17 | 3.28 |
| Powerbowl, Pork Bowl | 98 | 5.7 | $7,472 | 17 | 3.48 |
| Powerbowl, Chicken Sausage & Barley | 98 | 4.6 | $7,472 | 21 | 3.48 |
| Beef & Broccoli | 94 | 7.4 | $7,743 | 13 | 2.97 |
| Coconut Shrimp Tempura | 92 | 2.7 | $7,930 | 34 | 5.54 |
| Atkin Beet Merlot | 91 | 6.1 | $7,981 | 15 | 3.28 |
| Kung Pao Chicken | 91 | 7.1 | $8,030 | 13 | 2.97 |
| Atkins Chicken & Broccoli | 88 | 7.6 | $8,257 | 12 | 3.28 |
| Spicy Crab Roll | 87 | 3.2 | $8,425 | 27 | 5.54 |
| Chana Masala | 84 | 3.0 | $8,672 | 28 | 2.97 |
| Beetnik Shepherds Pie | 70 | 3.6 | $10,429 | 19 | 5 |
| Shrimp Alfredo | 48 | 2.0 | $15,148 | 24 | 4.98 |
Conclusions
Ramen really does crush the competition. And yes, Lots of Sodium. This is data, use it to benefit you. This could mean supplementing life with an occasional Ramen snack when you are exhausted. This also could mean not using the entire packet. Or, you don’t believe that sodium is terrible and this is the most dangerous article we’ve released since Caffeine Per Dollar.
Frozen burritos, Frozen Corndogs, and Frozen Pizza topped the list. Keep an eye on the price, as some brands are expensive. Lowest cost items are easily 2x better Calories Per Dollar than most brands.
We aim to eat meals around 700 Calories Per Dollar, ~40g Protein Per Dollar, and include many top nutrient per dollar items.
Since this discovery, Ramen has been consumed fairly often. Bonus that we add 1 egg into the boiling Ramen water while the noodles are being added. Eggs are fantastic Protein Per Dollar.
Time Saving Study, Live Dishwasher Show, and Efficiency Baby.
New Article is at bottom, I personally saved 3 minutes per day, 18 hrs per year.
Live Show Friday- A Dishwasher that cleans and sets the dinner table
I’ve been building a Dishwasher. It also sets the table.
To me and my Mechanical Engineer’s surprise, it works AND it can get Mac and Cheese clean.
Friday we are having a live showing in-front of an audience at 9PM, expect technical difficulties and delays, but there should be a link on the homepage.
More Efficiency Articles!
I am amazed. Multiple people have (attempted) to support Efficiency Is Everything. Enough was raised to have an intern work for a week. (Except my payment processor flopped and canceled the transactions, can we switch to Bitcoin yet?)
The Wikipedia format is working! So far we have raised 130 of our 5000 goal to hire more interns to study Life Industrial Engineering.
Accurate Data
The data Efficiency Is Everything collects is first hand.
The math Efficiency Is Everything uses is valid.
And if there is ever an error, let me know. The data is vetted and if you would like to see how something was calculated, visit the raw excel file. There are ways we standardized the chaos of life. The premier way to enjoy Efficiency Is Everything is to read the excel file, however we provide the conclusions in the article.
As a transparent FYI, this is about the Caloric content in our already recommended Pinto Beans. The USDA calorie value exceeds what is listed on the company provided Great Value package by 30%. The conclusion of the article is the same, but none-the-less, we do not consider 30% an acceptable variation. The next food study will use USDA info and company package info.
Data needs to be the highest quality, the rest is just math.
In the future, you will see me ask people to ‘Speak Up’ if you see something. Good data is a core principle of Engineering, and this will be enforced. Further, we will be documenting any Incidences where bad data was found and linking to them on a Data page. Remember, Speak Up if you see bad data.
Efficient Babies
And….You arent supposed to tell people for 3 months, but we couldn’t contain our excitement. Mrs. Efficiency is pregnant! Efficient Children is coming.
Time Savings With Process Flow Chart
The long overdue article about the core tool of Industrial Engineering, save time with:
Cellphone Talk/Text/4G Data Per Dollar, Business Insider, and Growing!
First, phenomenal news for the future of Efficiency Is Everything.
We have received our first donation.
Steven Crane has singlehandedly renewed hope, this has profound implications for Efficiency Is Everything. This means there is demand, Capitalism has spoken, and I am excited that this format will keep everything free always.
And this also means more interns and more Efficiency.
I cannot explain excitement through text, but know that I’m believing in the future again.
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Cellphone Talk, Text, 4G Data Per Dollar
Our Intern Donald’s masterpiece, solving a problem that everyone has to deal with.
Find out if you are overspending on your phone plan with his massive study. Click Here
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Other news, Efficiency Is Everything was featured on Business Insider as the go-to resource to lowering your food bills. Click Here
And wow! You have definitely been visiting Efficiency Is Everything and telling your friends. In the last week traffic is up 2x!
If you would like more articles, consider supporting Efficiency Is Everything with a donation. We will use this to pay Engineering Interns to conduct studies that will solve problems that benefit Everyone.
Bonus: At $100, we offer the opportunity to have a meeting to hear about your life and we will study how Industrial Engineering can optimize it.
The New Efficiency Is Everything
Want the data now? Skip to the ending, every restaurant and fast food place, Calories Per Dollar and Protein Per Dollar.
Efficiency is Everything is back, expect Industrial Engineering applied to your life.
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Efficiency- Michael Kirk:
Hello and if you are reading this, thank you for being the reason I run Efficiency Is Everything.
~10 months ago I took a break from Efficiency Is Everything, and admittedly I’m back for now.
I have always had a dream to ‘make an app’.
Now- I’ve made apps, Efficiency Is Everything had a few android apps, and I have some web apps for studying your own Calories Per Dollar and Fun Per Dollar. They kinda sucked, needing a bit of instruction, or having a quirk that needed to be mentioned.
But this idea was different. This was my ‘After’ Efficiency idea. This was going to be my hail mary. This is when you take all 3 decades of your life, and throw that experience into making something ‘perfect’.
In this process I have changed, and while it has been a personal thing, it has far reaching consequences. In 1 paragraph-
I’ve realized that between my new programming skills and my incredible Dr. Mandy Kirk, we are likely going to be lifetime 10%ers. This gives us great responsibilities as well. How can I use my resources, time and money, to solve the greatest problems?
- Should I put my resources into a finance-tech app with the goal of using profit to finance more Efficiency Is Everything studies and our non-profit Kids In Kitchens?
- Should I limit Efficiency Is Everything to having 1 Engineer working 1,600 hours a year and put all time resources into this?
My decision to allocate resources to Efficiency Is Everything studies and articles is to grow this idea of Life Industrial Engineering.
Everything Free
Everything, including our cookbook is free. The goal is to have everyone use Industrial Engineering principles and significant time and money in their life. We really do eat for $20 a week per person.
These ideas are good for everyone.
We need to Capitalism Efficiency
Unfortunate reality is that Capitalism doesnt like that I’m running Efficiency Is Everything at a loss. If you don’t profit, you die. Profit and growth feed itself like the profitable capitalistic machines around us.
If we can successfully Capitalism Efficiency, there will be unbelievable studies we can accomplish. Imagine the discoveries studying Industrial Engineering Life with millions of dollars of revenue.
However, information needs to be free. No restricting data in paid books for petty profits, reiterating- The goal is to grow Life Industrial Engineering.
Our New Format – Wikipedia Model
We raise money for Engineering Interns.
We are looking to raise 5,000 dollars, to get an intern to work 12 hours a week for 28 weeks.
And interns don’t know better, so they work surprisingly hard.
We would like You to consider donating to hire more Engineering Interns and fund more studies.
Intern Accomplishments
Our Efficiency Is Everything Team has created the complete repository of Fast Food and Restaurants Calories Per Dollar. A study that took the entire summer every Monday-Thursday from 5:30pm to 8:30pm, these minds worked.
These interns learned that seemingly simple problems had complexities that they HAD to solve with math. And not to get off-topic, but I have successfully built a dinner table that washes and sets the dishes. During design phase, we witnessed their Jetson’s fantasy crashing down with a mechanical engineering realities. It was cute. Everyone learned.
To our benefit, interns Josh and Donald had one final project. To solve their own Life problem. Expect to see Josh’s conclusions on, Lazy Food Calories Per Dollar. And Donald’s incredibly useful Cellphone Talk, Text, and 4G Data Per Dollar which will be released next week.
Check out their masterpiece, featuring work from other interns over the years particularly, Matt and Haley.
Click here for the complete Restaurant Per Dollar List, Or Google your favorite restaurant- X Calories Per Dollar.
More Life Studies
Help us raise 5,000 dollars, to get an intern to work 12 hours a week for 28 weeks.
Bonus: At $100, we provide the opportunity to meet and hear about your life and conduct a study that can optimize it for everyone’s benefit.
Fund Life Industrial Engineering
Support the study of more Life Industrial Engineering and share. Teach others that Life Industrial Engineering exists.
Announcement: We have a new Shortlink, goeie.co
Efficiency Is Coming Back
Hello,
Its been a while, and I have missed you.
I took time off to program my own ‘world-changing-startup-app’ and yes, things are changing.
However, I couldn’t possibly get Efficiency out of my life. The ideas, the problems, emails, all have been exciting to think about. There are problems to solve, and I’m ready to study.
But first, interns. For 15$/hr, interns will do pretty much anything. They have been busy all summer collecting data.
We will be releasing the Calories Per Dollar and Protein Per Dollar of every fast food and restaurant. Google Calories per dollar and a restaurant, we will have data on it. Our goal: the ultimate food tool and more. This is all of them, and if your favorite restaurant has more than 50 locations let me know.
But please- reminder, Nutrients Per Dollar is how we eat. All of those restaurants are expensive.
This was a crowd pleaser, and I’ve admittedly used the data. Interns have been an incredible experience. They come in pretty useless but they leave thinking. I’m impressed with what these kids accomplished and I’m excited to share it.
Each of the interns had a final project of their choice, they did really good.
So… Timeline
October… 3rd. Dates are good.
What to Expect
Time savings studies. Cosmetic Optimizations- everyone has a morning routine.
Cell Phone Talk Per Dollar, Text Per Dollar, 3G Per Dollar 4G/LTE Per Dollar. I was unhappy Tmobile lied about their UNLIMINTED plan. Fighting back with math.
Interesting food discoveries from the last 7 months.
A new drive to creating objective data that applies to human life and its optimization. (And now we have interns!)
And I had hinted things are changing… Personally I’ve gotten new programming abilities doing full stack react native javascript and laravel php. I fell in love with programming, and I decided to automate ~15% of day job. My coworkers have literally laughed. And… I’m prototyping a dinnertable dishwasher that cleans and sets itself. So yeah, if you want website features or efficiency apps, let me know.
Get hype, Efficiency is coming back 10-3-18, 10am Eastern.
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Btw, new email provider because there are over 2000 subscribers. If a few people could shoot me a message to confirm they received this and it looked okay, I’d appreciate it. There is a possibility your email was lost, check with your friends to see if they received this as well.
Update on 2017 and last article for a while
Wanted a update for Efficiency Enthusiasts on whats up.
I can’t do weekly articles, and I’m taking a break for the start of 2018.
I love efficiency, I think about applying Lean Principles every day. I don’t like low quality studies. While I put almost 20 hours a week into various aspects of conducting studies and collecting massive amounts of food data, I want bigger studies that change the world.
My next steps are to finish one last article for 2017, a mashup of unreleased articles that combined will be of significant value.
After that, I’m taking on some personal projects, programming an App, Starting a charity where I’ll be giving a slowcooker with an easy delicious 3$ meal to children, and………… eventually…. thinking about what major study you can benefit from.
Look forward to the article coming up, I wont release it until its incredibly useful.
First Cooking Show, 3 Recipe Videos + Survey Results
The responses from the survey were not as clear cut as I expected. I wanted to share responses and our first cooking show this week. After this week, I don’t expect to have any ‘offtopic’ topics until 2018 when I do a year recap. This topic jumps around, but I wanted to consolidate any ‘fluff’ into one topic, so I don’t need to release anything but engineering for the rest of the year.
tl;dr- Protein Per Second 9-27-17 Due Date. New website ‘Sections’ to come.
First Cooking Show
Heads Up- First Video and we packed in tons of tips. Goal was to teach how to take any food and turn it into a delicious low cost recipe.
Watch myself and Misses Efficiency cook an Efficient Meal here.
Recipes
Here are some low cost recipes we make on a daily basis, Facebook style-
Thai Fried Rice(Official Recipe)- Miss Efficiency’s Favorite, Better Than Thai Food
Beef Casserole – Make Enough Food For All Week
Survey Results
Thank you to everyone who filled out the survey.
>Almost everyone wants to save Money, and almost everyone wants to save Time. I’ll keep at both, but whatever is shared more gets more articles.
>Most people don’t want to see more Restaurant Per Dollar, “Except X, you should do X Per Dollar”
It seems that everyone has a favorite restaurant that they studied, but they don’t care for most restaurants. My plan is to release these articles in combination with weekly articles.
>Keep the format similar, Problem, Process, Math, Simple Conclusion
>Biphasic Sleep seems to be a huge hit. I have friends that made the change, I’ll get their tips too.
>Most people want to try out some crazy topics, but I’ll do my best to stay grounded.
>Keeping at weekly articles, but I will aim to have larger topics covered on a monthly basis. For those that want daily tips, check out our Facebook for Efficiency Memes.
Requested topics- Streamline Digital Actions, hardware and software Efficiency, Finance, happiness/state of mind, early retirement, travel, and multi-dimensional analysis. In addition, I’ve received feedback that people want more nutrition and time studies.
“Sections”
People have approached me in sharing their Efficiency, and as long as they are data driven, I think they’d be a fantastic addition to the site. That with weekly articles, I’m needed to categorize the website.
Thinking categories- Newest/All Articles, Sleep, Food Optimization, Restaurant Per Dollar, Time Savings, Money Savings
I’m trying to stay away from lifehacks/life pro tips, but I will save time and money by any means necessary… so expect a section for it.
Monetizing Efficiency Is Everything
I had multiple people ask to give me money. Someone said I should be pushing my books harder, another asked to start a Patron.
I might do that in the future, I started this website to share my findings. My Engineering job pays for this website, and I am fascinated running it.
This year I spent 10,000 dollars and countless hours trying to get the word out. I’m an engineer, and I want to focus on finding engineering solutions to problems. I can spend that money and time on engineering problems if you can help get the word out by sharing.
Teaching Efficiency> Monetizing This Website
Misses Efficiency And More Personality
There were specific requests for more personality and more Misses Efficiency.
I want to focus on the math, data, and engineering. However the nature of ‘Engineering Daily Life’ intersects with lifestyle, there are parts of Efficiency that meld with Vacations, Hobbies, Exercise, and How We Spend Time(Leisure). Mandy, Misses Efficiency will be featured in future YouTube videos and the occasional guest post. Glad to see you liked her too.
Instead of dedicating a week to personal interests, here is a paragraph that I hope is sufficient-
I’m fascinated in quantum mechanics, the closest thing we have to a scientific approach to understanding the meaning of life, the universe, and everything. I’m a Catholic, Stoic, Libertarian Anarcho Capitalist, Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency owner. I’m fascinated by creativity/aesthetics/philosophy, as it is something unique to our species- yet mathematical principles like the golden ratio and logic are hugely influential on what “looks good”. I’m currently thinking of a way to make Business Casual ‘cool’, including finding a way to add blue to my hair without looking like a rebellious teenager. I always have something in my head, so I’ve started writing on bracelets to remind myself to think of problems. Recently I’m trying to figure out how to treat ‘Fun’ if its nonlinear. Outside of that, we are PC gamers, Netflix watchers, play rec league football, we like camping, having friends over, and attending parties.
Hope that is good enough, if you wanted to know something more specific, let me know.
Want to help?
I had a few offers from Engineers that wanted to contribute to the website. I’m interested, but I have an absurdly high standard of what I consider acceptable research, data, and math. I haven’t had the chance to think through how to take crowdsourced studies and turn that into an article. I’ll make a reminder bracelet and think about it this week 🙂