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ngd commented on Adipose tissue retains an epigenetic memory of obesity after weight loss nature.com/articles/s4158... · Posted by u/paulpauper

nradov · 5 months ago

A lot of people blame failure to lose fat on a "slow metabolism" but this is usually incorrect. Have you had an actual resting metabolic rate (RMR) test to quantity your baseline total daily energy expenditure?

Fat adaptation is a real thing. Endurance athletes focused on longer events will target some of their training around that energy system. This is more complex than can really be explained in an online comment but basically you want to do long training sessions below your lactate threshold in a glycogen depleted state.

ngd · 5 months ago

There is also a conflation of a slowing metabolism and low energy availability, which can reduce the amount of energy expended during the day (because you feel tired and do less). It can be quite subtle but when I've done some extended periods in a calorie deficit I start to notice subtle things, like a propensity to sit a bit longer, or to reduce my overall body movements. My resting metabolism is the same (I've had it measured a few times) but my body looks for ways to expend less energy.

ngd commented on Broken legs and ankles heal better if you walk on them within weeks scientificamerican.com/ar... · Posted by u/sohkamyung

criddell · 6 months ago

Great point!

A couple of weeks ago I went over the handlebars on my bicycle and broke my collarbone, needed 5 stitches on my forehead, got a little road rash on my hip, and an avulsion (?) fracture on one finger resulting in mallet finger. I'm 54 and have noticed that I'm healing much more slowly than I remember healing when I was a teenager.

Mostly, things are going smoothly and the only thing I'm really worried about is the mallet finger. I've been told to keep it in a splint for 8 weeks and if I accidentally bend it a little before then any healing will have to start over and I might end up needing surgery for it.

If anybody here has had mallet finger, I'd love to hear how it went for you.

ngd · 6 months ago

Sorry to say I'm in almost an identical seat. I broke my thumb and have a gnarly but closed tuft fracture - after 4 weeks I saw a specialist who said there wasn't much healing or bone growth yet, and so decided to do a more aggressive splinting and lock down the whole thumb for another 4 weeks.

Oddly enough I had a similar injury 10 years prior on a different finger and that healed up in 6 weeks as if nothing ever happened to it.

ngd commented on Sora is here openai.com/index/sora-is-... · Posted by u/toomuchtodo

ngd · 9 months ago

What’s next, Tiagra?

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ngd · a year ago

I'm generally interested if people here think that to a 14-15 year old, do those companies sound tremendously cool and does the premise of their value stir exciting thoughts and motivations? My slightly younger kids don't really what Google, Apple or Facebook/Meta means. If I explained this essay to them, I'd at least say "the iPad", "YouTube", "the Oculus" to make it more relatable.

To my mind, to immediately relate to kids in the UK, I would need to say TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Oculus, iPhone, iPad, and such, and not the company name.

ngd commented on Chris Seaton has died twitter.com/flavorjones/s... · Posted by u/iluzone

ngd · 3 years ago

When I was 15 I had to move high school after the death of my mother. I started to socialise at school and joined the investment club. It was a tough time for me and I desperately wanted to make friends and fit in. I wasn’t really into investing but a young man by the name of Chris Seaton was building their website and I loved computers so I wanted to help. Chris taught me how to program, first HTML websites, then PHP based apps, then C# and VBA native apps. Im pretty sure Chris invented the password manager before it was a thing too.

I spent the next few years at high school and sixth form trying to sit near Chris in lessons and talking to him on MSN Messenger and ICQ incessantly about programming, he taught me a lot and set me on a path to choosing computer science as my degree, I just copied him to be honest.

I’ll miss you Chris

ngd commented on More Casio Watch Mods n-o-d-e.net/watch_mods.ht... · Posted by u/susam

walrus01 · 4 years ago

> I've gone down the rabbit hole with expensive time pieces but they become a burden / obligation rather than a tool

If you want something that looks nice and is a Casio, search "casio edifice" on ebay, used, you can find many good watches under $100.

randomly chosen example

https://www.ebay.com/itm/192205400394?epid=19011028556&hash=...

ngd · 4 years ago

That's a cool recommendation. Thank you!

Like many others on here have noted, there are some really nice Seikos and Casios that look great, keep fantastic time and won't break the bank.

I am not a completely reformed addict though in this regard, as I do have a handful of Seikos and Casios, and recently picked up a Serica 4512 as my dressy / special occasions watch.

One thing I've realised about this world and "collecting" in general is there is nothing wrong with trying things out and refining your collection / process as you learn more about yourself and what you get out of it all.

I've learned that the more traditional expensive time pieces are just more of a headache then I care to bare. A Rolex or Patek sitting in a safe because you're stressed about using it, scratching it or getting robbed just isn't worth it for me personally. No judgement passed on what other people do or don't do with their stuff though! If a Patek in a safe brings you joy, all power to you!

ngd commented on More Casio Watch Mods n-o-d-e.net/watch_mods.ht... · Posted by u/susam

criddell · 4 years ago

If you stop thinking about the Apple Watch as a watch and more as a data collection and display device, maybe dual-wristing would be an option?

It's not that unusual to see people out with a watch on one wrist and a fitness device on the other wrist.

ngd · 4 years ago

I also found that being able to always reach to my wrist for the time has become a habit and when I tried an Apple watch that was scuppered by the off wrist charging so like you say, I treat that right wrist as the "data collection" wrist, which for the last few years has been home to a heart rate and HRV monitor.

ngd commented on More Casio Watch Mods n-o-d-e.net/watch_mods.ht... · Posted by u/susam

ngd · 4 years ago

I've been wearing a Casio F-91W for a number of years now and it really is a joy. It's always there, and it always works.

I've gone down the rabbit hole with expensive time pieces but they become a burden / obligation rather than a tool - especially as the prices of certain pieces in the secondary market have gone so high - so over time I've reverted back to much cheaper watches and find myself getting more joy out of the cheaper & much better value for money brands.

Very occasionally I'll take it off in favour of a dress watch for a special event but otherwise I just wear it all the time, knowing that if it finally fails I'm looking at $10 to replace.

ngd commented on The history of Google messaging apps arstechnica.com/gadgets/2... · Posted by u/TangerineDream

ngd · 4 years ago

There's a screenshot of the Google Buzz "Bullhorn", as we used to call it, which was fun to reminisce about, I'd forgotten about it.

This was a small widget right on www.google.com, you clicked it and could post a tweet (let's call a spade a spade) right from the homepage. I always thought that was a pretty gutsy move.

https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/32.jp...

One of my favorite ideas that was kicked around by Brett Lider during these days was the ability to double like something, and perhaps even let people give as many likes as they wanted! It sounds silly, but if you have a product where you might be able to sneak in a "double like" button I say do it!