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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 11mo ago
The US is still cowboy country in many ways.
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by almost_usual 11mo ago
Nice work!
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by almost_usual 11mo ago
Actually a lot less than I expected.
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by almost_usual 11mo ago
That’s impressive, how much vert?
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by almost_usual 11mo ago
An 80 year old also completed Badwater ultra (135 mile run in Death Valley in the summer). https://www.npr.org/2025/07/16/nx-s1-5467389/meet-the-oldest...
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by almost_usual 11mo ago
Ultra typically has much more vert, if you don’t strength train or train downhills your quads get destroyed. It gets to the point where you want uphills because the downhills are all pain. It’s also not unusual for ultramarathoners to inclu
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by almost_usual 11mo ago
I ran my first ultra in the past month (55k, 7000ft vert). A year ago I didn’t run at all but I’ve always done strength training. The hardest part is finding time for training. For 100k it’s recommended to put in at least 60 miles per week
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by almost_usual 11mo ago
As long as you’re training responsibly your body adapts and builds a ‘base’ over time. This makes you much more resilient not less.
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by almost_usual 1y ago
This is a drop in the bucket, the Bay Area isn’t going to become Hong Kong anytime soon.
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by almost_usual 1y ago
If it makes me a better engineer and the feedback is valid sure. If they are attacking my personal beliefs or family that is a different matter. I’m not saying it’s OK for everyone. If folks are unable to extract the same value that’s fine,
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by almost_usual 1y ago
If it came from an engineer as respected as Linus, sure. Someone who was average at best with a big ego? No. Context matters here.
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by almost_usual 1y ago
Commute home starts at 4pm on the train, I work while on the train. Get home at 5pm, get dinner ready. Dinner cooked by 6-6:30pm usually done eating shortly after. Wind down starts at 7pm, do some miscellaneous things like dishes etc, take
45.
by almost_usual 1y ago
Nope. I get 8-7.5hrs every night. I’m asleep within 15 minutes, zero screen time.
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by almost_usual 1y ago
I incorporate errands into my schedule. When I walk home from work from the train station I will stop by the local grocery store to pick up anything that is needed. My employer is fine with me working from the train to and from work. I get
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by almost_usual 1y ago
There are plenty of wealthy people who are unhealthy. Wake up at 4:30am and go for a run. You’re already accomplishing more at that point in the day than most wealthy people who are comfortably laying in bed. The hard thing is doing the thi
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by almost_usual 1y ago
The mental toughness, discipline, and higher energy levels that come with exercise are more important to me than physical appearance or living longer, and at this point almost anything else in life. Wake up at 4am, run hill repeats for mile
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by almost_usual 1y ago
Economy is wrecked due to real estate and internal power struggles.
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by almost_usual 1y ago
Arguably USD strength comes from geography.
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by almost_usual 1y ago
Nice, how much do I need to cut to get 33s on it?
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by almost_usual 1y ago
It takes a lot of practice and is a skill in itself. Most interviewers would fail a similar live coding exercise if they interviewed at another company without practice. The goal is to keep yourself grounded and focus on the problem at hand
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by almost_usual 1y ago
Work for a public company and get paid in real equity or start your own company if you want to burn yourself out. Anything less is a monumental waste of time and energy. Looks like you’re a founder based on your profile so you’ve also figur
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by almost_usual 1y ago
Hard to pay for a health care system when the population is incentivized to live absolute unhealthy lives. Encourage not sleeping, advertise and manufacture processed garbage, encourage drinking poison, and most of all encourage working lon
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by almost_usual 1y ago
This is why working for startups is not worth it.
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by almost_usual 1y ago
Alcohol, nicotine / cigarettes, sugar packed junk food. The digital realm of addiction is a new face of the same pattern. Cheap hits to increase pleasure centers in the brain that overall have a detrimental cost to humanity with entire
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by almost_usual 1y ago
Alcohol destroys any diet. I’m amazed how much more energy I have and how much weight I’ve lost being sober.
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by almost_usual 1y ago
Visceral fats leading to diabetes can be present without someone being visibly overweight. Similarly people who appear overweight may have low volumes of visceral fat. Health is hard to determine without analysis and testing.
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by almost_usual 1y ago
Most people I know who are overweight have more of an obsession with beer/alcohol and they make poor food choices when intoxicated. They eat snacks before bed, consume high calorie foods with low nutritional value. Then they feel too t
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by almost_usual 1y ago
One of the easiest ways to lose weight if you drink is sobriety. Alcohol is an even bigger trap.

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