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Our bodies self-correct to maintain a constant calorie expenditure. Marathoners and lean-mean bush people were found to burn as many calories daily as a middle aged woman from Chicago. Takeaway: eat less if you want to lose weight.
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jimmyvalmer commented on Scientist busts myths about how humans burn calories science.org/content/artic... · Posted by u/sohkamyung
jimmyvalmer commented on Ask HN: Why doesn't HN alert users in some manner to new replies? · Posted by u/warrenm
Both can be true. We can hate the things that addict us and still be uncontrollably driven to them.
If I could guaranteed overpower all my subconscious drives by choice I'd take that opportunity in a heartbeat.
You can hate the guilt, but you can't hate the pleasure -- that wouldn't make any sense.
jimmyvalmer commented on Ask HN: Why doesn't HN alert users in some manner to new replies? · Posted by u/warrenm
Lots of sour grapes rationalizing.
Every deprived addict, from the grounded Minecraft player to the imprisoned dope fiend, will tell you the deprivation was good for him, but as soon he's given a shot at another fix, he'll instantly take it.
I hate Slack's always-on nature. That I keep using it should tell me how I really feel about it.
jimmyvalmer commented on Ask HN: Why doesn't HN alert users in some manner to new replies? · Posted by u/warrenm
Automatic plug whenever I see this asked: nnhackernews.
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You know that sentence. So many articles have that sentence. The one where it veers off course to talk about the (usually uninteresting) person who found the thing the article is ostensibly and nominally about. Am I alone in being perfectly happy reading about science for the duration of an article, and not particularly caring about the scientist and what breed of dog he has etc.?
You can train yourself to skim for maximal extraction per minute. I burned through the article in about 3-4 minutes. I tend to get bogged down by my software developer's close-reading instincts.