Reading the responses on this page reminds of the quote
“it is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.” - Upton Sinclair.
Readit Newsrip_netrunner commented on A coder considers the waning days of the craft newyorker.com/magazine/20... · Posted by u/jsomers
rip_netrunner commented on Intermittent fasting more effective than calorie restriction pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3... · Posted by u/mfld
I think for a lot of people (me included), the primary advantage is in ease of measurement.
It's hard to count calories accurately.
It's very easy to look at the clock and determine if it's between 1300-1900 hours
That's Time Restricted Feeding, which is not quite the same as intermittent fasting. An example would be doing a 36 hour fast, twice per week.
rip_netrunner commented on Northlight technology in Alan Wake 2 remedygames.com/article/h... · Posted by u/vblanco
That's technically not true – they've licensed it out to Facepunch to create a sequel to Garry's Mod (which was one of the most popular Source 1 games): https://sbox.facepunch.com/about/. It is the only one we are aware of though.
Probably because it's still incredibly buggy? That's my impression watching some of the videos posted to the counterstrike subreddit.
rip_netrunner commented on Northlight technology in Alan Wake 2 remedygames.com/article/h... · Posted by u/vblanco
This is why sad to see Cyberpunk moving to Unreal, it's a solid engine, it takes advantage of all CPU cores, unlike unreal.
I'll never understand why have stuttering issues because of shader compilation, and most other in-house engines don't have that problem. And why it hasn't been improved yet, and even if they release an update to improve this tomorrow, it will take years to see games take advantage of it.
It's a huge resource sink to develop and manage your own engine (Cryengine in this case). No one wants to buy it because proper documentation, support, and updates for the engine would cost CDPR even more to produce. Making your own engine is only really feasible if you have a unique use-case that the existing engines don't provide (this is what led Bethesda to create the Gamebryo engine back in the day).
Ultimately, it's more efficient from a cost and productivity system 98% of the time to use something off-the-shelf.
Growling Sidewinder is alright, but you have to be aware of the limitations of DCS (the simulator he uses) if you want to take it as representative of modern aerial combat. For one, DCS's flight model is based only on open source data, so a lot of fighter's statistics are based on speculation and extrapolation. Second, DCS doesn't do a lot of EWAR and detection accurately, which is especially important for modern 5th gen fighters. And then of course modern air combat is rarely 1v1 WVR, but it's hard to get a couple hundred people running in a single DCS server so there's no easy way to show off modern larger scale tactics
HypOps channel on youtube has the most detailed strategic simulations I've seen recently. Would love to know if anyone else has channels to share.
rip_netrunner commented on We’re all just temporarily abled blog.jim-nielsen.com/2023... · Posted by u/_xivi
Your comment is being downvoted because it's low quality. It's basically a drive-by hit on SS with no context.
I will upvote it and add some context.
* thefitness.wiki is maintained by Reddit's r/fitness and it's a great resource.
* Parent had to use an archive.org link because thefitness.wiki long ago removed the post he linked to.
* I suspect they removed the post because thefitness.wiki now has a 'Basic Beginner Routine' which is similar to Starting Strength, and tells you this is what you should start with. https://thefitness.wiki/routines/r-fitness-basic-beginner-ro...
* I've done both BBR and SS. I prefer BBR but they're both fine places to start. They both basically have you cycle through the staple compound lifts and if you're not already trained this is the best thing you can do for your body. The health benefits of simply doing each compound lift at least once a week plus eating a ton of protein cannot be overstated, they are life changing.
* I'll editorialize here but I feel both BBR and SS are designed for younger, fitter, more hardcore "beginners" than me, especially SS. I was a 40+, out of shape desk jockey and the cadence at which they want you to increase weight was too much for me. Also with these big lifts you NEED to get the technique right or you WILL hurt yourself.
Read Barbell Prescription by Andy Baker. It's specifically written for 40+ year old lifters.
rip_netrunner commented on We’re all just temporarily abled blog.jim-nielsen.com/2023... · Posted by u/_xivi
I powerlifed for years, with a truly excellent coach for much of that time. For what it was worth, she was Starting Strength certified and a successful international masters competitor. She fixed a subtle problem with my deadlift using nothing but the wrinkles on my T-shirt; my recovery improved dramatically.
At 40, I was stronger than I was as a high school wrestler. I loved lifting. I remember casually picking up a piece of equipment that took two burly guys to lift and jumping down from a pickup with it.
But over the course of several years, I picked up several small but persistent injuries lifting. Two can be worked around. One makes it very hard to squat for more than a few weeks of training. None of the injuries, fortunately, affects me noticeably in daily life. But I'll never wide-grip bench press again, either.
When I was coming to terms with these injuries, I had a long talk with the oldest natty lifters in my gym. The powerlifers were all dealing with various chronic injuries. (Seriously, Rippetoe has published a bit of his medical history. He's a mess of injuries.)
But you know who was still lifting in their 60s and even 70s, injury-free for decades at a stretch? The natty bodybuilders. One of the oldest looked over at me one day, and said, "You know, I don't like the risk/reward on heavy squats. You do them flawlessly for years, and then one day, a group of muscle fibers decides to misfire for a moment when you're under the bar."
So, enjoy Starting Strength, or whatever other beginner program Reddit likes this year. And the two Starting Strength certified coaches I've known were excellent. Good technique is absolutely worth it. But once you've gotten those sweet beginner gains, talk to the old lifters, and think long and hard about where you want to go next. Because nothing is as important as remaining injury-free. And every older powerlifter I met was dealing with chronic injuries.
Once gains get difficult, think about what you really want out of lifting.
I think it's important to point out to people that are hesitant to lift due to the perceived risk of injuring themselves is that lifting has a much lower injury rate than most other activities (with proper coaching and programming).
Citing from Bigger, Leaner, Stronger by Michael Matthews, he points to a review of 20 studies performed by Bond University that found the average injury rates for the following activities:
1. Bodybuilding - 1 / 1000 hours
2. Crossfit, Olympic Weightlifting, Powerlifting - 2-6 / 1000 hours
3. Long Distance Running - 10 / 1000 hours
4. Hi Impact Sports (Hockey, Football, Soccer, Rugby) - 6 - 260 / 1000 hours
I'm personally committed to progressively lifting heavy until I turn 40 at which point it becomes more difficult to add muscle. At that point, I'll look into transitioning into a sustainable program that will let me preserve as much muscle as possible as I age with minimal risk.
This is an important point - I think a lot of us tech people like to think "no it only exists on the internet the govt can't touch it! It's like international waters!", but then you have countries that can completely restrict or shut down the internet. As long as the infrastructure exists in the real world and is controlled by a govt, then the "imaginary online stuff" is still ultimately under their control. Even in "the matrix" someone was still running all those computers and could turn them off if they wanted.
Ah yes, the easy solution is just to ban all the exchanges. That'll do it! And then they'll just have to ban the peer-to-peer decentralized exchanges (dydx, sushiswap, uniswap, xrpl). That might be a little tricky though...
It's just like governments trying to ban torrenting and p2p file sharing. Look at how well THAT went.
This is about the 12th time that India has "banned" cryptocurrencies. Don't believe it...
And yet, the uniformed masses seize upon the news every time as proof that crypto is doomed.
Also, there's really not a substitute to getting out to a place in person. For me at least, it really helped getting out of my smallish Arizona town and moving to Phoenix. There's several reddit threads and apps where you can couch surf, just be honest that you're having a hard time getting your career started and that will open some doors for you.
Once you're there though, get out and meet people. Go to as many professional and special interest meet ups as you can and talk to people saying that you're new to the area and looking for work. Even events like non-fiction book clubs indirectly led me to meeting people that have given me job leads. Research companies in the area on linkedin that interest you and cold call/twitter DM engineers or leads in the company and offer to buy them a cup of coffee and pick their brain. Having this unique interest in their company and bringing a bit of enthusiasm when learning about it goes miles. I honestly believe two weeks in a location is worth two months cold applying online; especially for someone just starting out.
edit: Final thing, have at least one project you're proud of that you can demo and show off to people that you meet. It doesn't have to be perfect, but you have to be able to talk about it with enthusiasm. A web-app. A video of a circuit you made if you're EE. Something that shows you can execute and aren't just someone that's all talk.