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by RikNieu 6y ago
I don't buy sandwiches or most prepared meals exactly because I have no idea what's in there. But stuff like chicken breasts, steak, broccoli, watermelon - those are all pretty standardised calorie-wise. And yep, I weigh my food w
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by RikNieu 6y ago
Yes, exactly! Zero cheating and accurate measurements seem to be paramount. I'm glad for some of the others posters who could take a more lax approach and only eyeball stuff or vaguely count macro, but that didn't work for me at a
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by RikNieu 6y ago
I didn't. I do do IF, I just don't believe it makes a difference with regards to weight-loss. It's all still just about calories. IF is just a hack to help me keep my meals large enough to be satisfying.
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I declared that I've found a way to help me lose weight like I haven't been able to do before. Keeping it off is another story, I'm sure, but that's lifestyle related, not dieting.
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I do some form of intermittent fasting too, I only eat between 12h and 19h, but that's mostly to make sure that my meals still feel substantial enough
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Exactly. And that's where I suspect the "not all calories are equal" thing comes from. I don't trust labels much, especially in my part of the world.
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This is casually referred to as the snake diet. Theravada monks also follow this approach, but not for weight-loss reasons, obviously
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Ha, was waiting for that one, XD I said older because the weight-loss plans I came across usually only referred to case studies where people are in their 20s. And from what I could gather, most people past 35 really start struggling with th
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by RikNieu 6y ago
I'm not flogging products, all the info is in there. I'm just really chuffed that I've finally figured it out and wanted to share with my peers.
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As an older guy I've finally figured out weight-loss(riknieu.com)
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> Lack of control by recognised "authorities" Ding, ding, ding!
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Yeah, it can definitely feel like a time-suck sometimes. What "confluence way" things would you do differently? And how?
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"If this gets my company to stop using them, I will be so happy." What specifically sucks about Jira and Confluence?
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What specifically about JIRA annoys you?
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"...but the rest of our large enterprise requiements remain largely unmet." What are some the unmet requirements?
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Do you have a link to some of the features you'd like to see?
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What issues made you switch back specifically?
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We still have it in South Africa. I prefer it to Coke Zero ect, it tastes more caramelly
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What about Confluence sucks specifically? I share your view but how could it be better?
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Hard in what way?
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What kind of weird and fascinating things happened?
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Almost. Who decides what "almost" is?
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And it's so. So. Expensive.
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by RikNieu 6y ago
I just wish Stripe was available in my small country as a small indie developer who can't spend mountains of cash on Atlas.
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I hope this is in the backlog, because I'm not switching for GitLab for this.
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That's the point of the website. To show how govs an companies use AI to try and classify you are normal or not.
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My attractiveness dropped 2 points when I put my glasses on. Interestingly enough no other metrics were affected by wearing glasses.
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What is "soul travel"?
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by RikNieu 6y ago
Very cool! I'm working on something similar in my sparetime. Good to see there's still interest in this kind of thing
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by RikNieu 6y ago
> I admire him and what he does, yet I know I can not. Of course you can! I'm like you in that I haven't had a successful project yet, but it'll only happen if we keep trying! And like Pieter said in his reply to you, pret

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