davidvarela_us

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   by davidvarela_us 4y ago

   Isn't this just the anthropic principle[0]? e.g. "conditions that are observed in the universe must allow the observer to exist" [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropic_principle
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   by davidvarela_us 4y ago

   - mostly science based strength: Jeff Nippard, The Bioneer - athletic movements/ injury prevention: overtimeathletes, AthleanX - mobility: Tom Merrick, GuerillaZen - overall health: FoundMyFitness (highly recommended)
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   by davidvarela_us 4y ago

   Thanks for sharing this. I'm a huge nerd when it comes to optimizing training programs. This seems like it could be as big of a hack as Zone 2 training [0] was when I discovered it. It is amazing how little we know about our bodies giv
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   by davidvarela_us 4y ago

   Any exercise is better than no exercise. But in my experience, bodyweight training will not put you anywhere near the ballpark of size/strength that a good weight training program can. I say this because I see a lot of impressive looki
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   by davidvarela_us 4y ago

   There is a technique known as "cheat reps" in strength training. The idea is to recruit more/stronger muscles to cover the concentric motion and to isolate the muscle you are training in the eccentric. It is an excellent tool
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   by davidvarela_us 4y ago

   I strongly disagree. Weight training is one of the best gifts you can give your body. It keeps you healthy and event prevents injury if done correctly. What you did wrong was not weight training but following an unbalanced training regimen.
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   by davidvarela_us 4y ago

   And the comment section is filled with people saying that these changes are not so bad. I fear our fate is that of the boiling frog as the general population still appears overwhelmingly apathetic to global warming.
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   by davidvarela_us 4y ago

   I was just going to ask about gravity. TIL that gravity travels at the speed of light. Thanks!
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   by davidvarela_us 4y ago

   few things inspire confidence like companies putting their literal money where their mouth is
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    by davidvarela_us 4y ago

    I disagree with that conclusion. Humans are surprisingly efficient at minimizing calories spent on exercise. Exercise is great to optimize other systems in the body, but it shouldn't be used as the primary method of losing weight. Calo
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    Elegant six-page proof reveals the emergence of random structure(quantamagazine.org)

    589 points by davidvarela_us 4y ago|166 comments
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    by davidvarela_us 4y ago

    No kidding. When I was heavily contributing to Julia's Pkg (which uses roughly the same model for modules as NPM, at least in terms of the file system), our test suite would run roughly an order of magnitude slower on Windows. This was