GatorD42

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by GatorD42 2y ago
The Cada cars definitely look good, the Amg one and Alfa Romeo f1 car are licensed too. Has anyone here actually built them? The interiors seem to be all black parts which could be a headache to get the right piece. Technic sets have good i
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by GatorD42 4y ago
Is it just teens? It seems like everyone is less happy and more anxious these days. I wonder what the stats look like for adults.
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by GatorD42 4y ago
Athletes are not training less at higher intensities overall. The dominant paradigm is polarized training - huge amounts of low intensity with small amounts of high intensity mixed in. https://www.outsideonline.com/health&#x
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by GatorD42 4y ago
The article states no long term negative effects have been found, compared to positive short term findings. There’s been a wide range of child-rearing practices across cultures and history, including infanticide. Probably no culture has got
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by GatorD42 4y ago
That collection doesn’t include the largest denomination, the 100 quintillion pengö note that Hungary issued. That was during worst hyperinflation ever recorded and my family lived through it, so I collected some of notes, including a 5 pe
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by GatorD42 5y ago
I’m really curious how close this translation is to the original. I’ve read Lem in multiple languages (not Polish) and found huge differences seemingly based on making his wordplay “work” in the translated language.
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by GatorD42 5y ago
I think circadian lighting will take off soon - something like Phillips Hue but cheaper, simpler, and much brighter bulbs (for simulating daylight). Set and forget for bright morning / day and dim amber at night with simple physical co
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by GatorD42 5y ago
This is confusing, generally a blinking yellow when going straight means slow down but you have right of way. A blinking left yellow would be different from a normal blinking yellow.
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by GatorD42 5y ago
The color guides seem similar to the IQAir AirVisual Pro and Apple’s weather app. Like the article mentions this is likely to be inside and most useful for alerting when cooking has caused significant particle emissions, that’s what I use m
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by GatorD42 5y ago
Excel is 100x better than any alternative I’ve used (it’s been a while since I used an open source version though). Any savings would be offset by loss of productivity if it’s a spreadsheet heavy workflow. MS software is good, I don’t know
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by GatorD42 5y ago
Gwern had the ultimate take down of the sunk cost fallacy. https://www.gwern.net/Sunk-cost Outside of specific (usually government) projects, I tend to think of it as the sunk cost fallacy fallacy.
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by GatorD42 5y ago
The first scenario seems much more plausible and genuinely worrying.
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by GatorD42 5y ago
Wouldn’t the most likely attack be an angry (ex) spouse with physical access to a target’s phone placing images on it (and uploading to iCloud)? I haven’t seen this seemingly likely scenario discussed much.
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Getting Serious About Ventilation(medium.com)
3 points by GatorD42 6y ago|0 comments
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by GatorD42 7y ago
Koenigsegg claims that because of modern catalytic converters and improved cold starting process for their engine, there are virtually no particulate emissions: https://www.koenigsegg.com/gemera/tiny-friendly-giant-engi
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by GatorD42 8y ago
I've wondered the same thing. I assume it means time in bed, otherwise the recommendation would need a disclaimer about sleep efficiency and time in bed vs actual sleep. Some people are able to get by with around 6 hours of sleep, I&#x
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by GatorD42 8y ago
People make cost-safety trade offs all the time, the probabilities are so low that they may not explicitly think of them as such. Have you ever driven a long distance instead of flying? If so you sacrificed safety for price / convenien
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by GatorD42 8y ago
Some libertarians (such as myself) generally believe corporations already have strong incentives to make non-defective products. Some products that compromise safety for cost provide consumers low cost options they would otherwise not have.
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by GatorD42 8y ago
Available on Amazon and I would assume supplements aisle of drug stores. Dose for OCD seems to be up to 2400 mg.
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by GatorD42 8y ago
N-Acetyl Cysteine, available OTC, supposedly helps with intrusive thoughts, I take it and haven't noticed a large difference but I'm not aware of any adverse effects. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles&
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by GatorD42 8y ago
Pointing out people in blue zones are consistently active even if they don't run marathons or go to the gym is a very weak argument against marathons and exercise. Instead of the tortured analogy the author could have tried looking at
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by GatorD42 8y ago
I think your analogy does you no favors. Nicotine as a stimulant does provide some benefits, and studies have shown increased smoking rates among those with ADHD and schizophrenia, psbly bc of some therapeutic effect from nicotine. The nico
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by GatorD42 8y ago
Reasoning backwards, if menthol cigarettes were illegal, would anyone support making them legal? I’m libertarian-ish esp with respect to drugs but I think this makes sense. At some point this harm reduction strategies will go too far but it
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by GatorD42 8y ago
Fresh Red Delicious from a local farm can be good. The ones in cafeterias or cheap supermarkets are beyond terrible. My point is that good versions of traditional varieties can be very good, even though they are less sweet.
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by GatorD42 8y ago
The Honeycrisp is fine, but I don't love the trend of Apple varieties that taste like jolly ranchers (super sweet and crisp - see also Pink Lady or Jazz). Old fashioned apple varieties like Macintosh and even Red Delicious can be great
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by GatorD42 8y ago
I switched to Dvorak about ten years ago then switched back about five years ago. I switched back because I use swipe text input on phones which works much better (only?) with QWERTY, and swipe text became and still is very important for me
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by GatorD42 8y ago
So if a faster shoe came along (Vapor Fly 5%) that didn’t use a plate, that would be okay? But if people preferred the Vapor Fly 4% over the faster shoe, they couldn’t use it because of the plate? . . . The patent application Ross Tucker ci
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by GatorD42 8y ago
I’m not sure I agree with these examples and I’m not big on architecture criticism like this. I think it’s important not to overvalue a building based on how it looks - 99.9% of your time will be spent inside the building, .1% or less will
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by GatorD42 8y ago
If you think the plate is such a qualitative difference you may have fallen for Nike's marketing. The vapor fly 4% is very lightweight with an excellent cushioning to weight ratio thanks partly to Nike's new zoomx foam (which poss
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by GatorD42 8y ago
The aggressive opinion on regulating these shoes seems over the top to me, the next best shoes, the relatively unheralded Nike Streak, provided a 3% performance improvement, and more runners achieved a personal best with those shoes. And im

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