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by almost_usual 20d ago
SSRIs not Benzodiazepines. Withdrawals from the later can be life-threatening if you abruptly stop after prolonged use.
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by almost_usual 22d ago
Sleep less and sit more. What a species we’ve become.
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by almost_usual 25d ago
My bar is the Kilian Jornet test. Once a humanoid robot can do everything he’s done within the same time constraints it’s officially over. Until then human is the best at navigating and moving across various terrain.
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by almost_usual 1mo ago
More ego than practical.
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by almost_usual 2mo ago
There’s a psychological factor. Many people believed it wasn’t humanly possible to do a sub 4 minute mile before Bannister accomplished it. Once that was done the flood gates opened and many others broke it in the following months. This is
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by almost_usual 2mo ago
Magnesium Glycinate worked well for me, take it an hour before bed or so. L-Threonate is too expensive, citrate gave me diarrhea. Much more deep sleep with Glycinate, some folks don’t like it because they feel too groggy after waking.
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by almost_usual 3mo ago
Elites who put in a lot of work are world class. You can’t outwork genetics.
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by almost_usual 3mo ago
Some people are naturally talented at things. It’s no different than an average athlete who works extremely hard and an elite athlete who puts in half the work but still outperforms the average.
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by almost_usual 3mo ago
Life is short. If folks want to spend their time in Texas more power to them.
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by almost_usual 4mo ago
I’m an ultra runner, I’ll do 50-60 mpw weeks during peak weeks with strength training. I take 10g creatine, it did wonders for me. More energy and mental sharpness. Strength training is essential for runners to avoid injury at high mileage.
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by almost_usual 4mo ago
I take 10g a day, have for a couple years now. Started mostly because of training but it does wonders in sleep deprived states. 5g would probably be fine without a lot of training ( I train about 10hrs a week). Seems like I need 10g to both
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by almost_usual 4mo ago
I counteract it with Magnesium Glycinate. Works well for me.
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by almost_usual 4mo ago
It’s preposterous, companies are blindly funding slop and the product is fool’s gold.
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by almost_usual 4mo ago
Corporate tech has accelerated into a preposterous trajectory. Burn resources at all costs to appear productive and use proxy metrics to measure success. Fire productive employees to ensure we have resources to fund the proxy metrics. AI sl
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by almost_usual 4mo ago
Chinese property sector crisis (2020–present) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_property_sector_crisis...
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by almost_usual 4mo ago
Junk
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by almost_usual 5mo ago
My mom left the house as a kid. Dad worked and did it all during the week. Definitely felt like this was a rare thing growing up. I did spend time with my mom on the weekend though. As a father I try and balance it out but I definitely don’
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by almost_usual 5mo ago
While consuming about 800 calories.
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by almost_usual 5mo ago
Your body stores roughly 2000 calories in glycogen. They are burning calories but nowhere near the amount a middle pack would be at this pace. So ~2800 calories of carbs with some fat being burned.
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by almost_usual 5mo ago
Some people always want the ‘hack’ or easy way out. It’s unsurprising to me.
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by almost_usual 7mo ago
You have to work on your will to live incrementally.
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by almost_usual 7mo ago
Only if you continue to push yourself while training. What used to be difficult absolutely gets easier in endurance after training.
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by almost_usual 8mo ago
I can’t imagine any other group who would be as calm as NASA astronauts. Maybe SEALs or other special forces. It looks like there are a few astronauts that were SEALs, one returned December 9th from the ISS. https://en.wikipedia.
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by almost_usual 9mo ago
I work/program on CalTrain but that’s pretty common. NYC subway or BART seems a bit more challenging. It’s overall time much better spent than being stuck in a car.
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by almost_usual 9mo ago
It comes down to dopamine and if there was friction involved to get that dopamine.
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by almost_usual 10mo ago
No point in quitting, reduce workload. If leadership needs to manage folks out make them do the work and collect a paycheck while it happens.
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by almost_usual 10mo ago
Anterior mid cingulate cortex (aMCC) has been shown to grow when individuals overcome challenges. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7381101/
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by almost_usual 10mo ago
The US is still cowboy country in many ways.
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by almost_usual 10mo ago
Nice work!
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by almost_usual 10mo ago
Actually a lot less than I expected.

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