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by maxcan 9y ago
To be honest, its not a great article. I'll try to find a better one.
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by maxcan 9y ago
Serious question - have you ever done any weightlifting, specifically whole body functional movements like deadlifts, to address your back pain? http://spartascience.com/blog-post/strength/deadlifts-can-cu... Note
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by maxcan 9y ago
I know that was the cause. I'm lamenting that the rail system has been unable to deploy PTC because of the cost, which, as a nonprofessional, seems astronomical for what should be a simple system. Remember, I was initially referring t
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by maxcan 9y ago
> On the bad side, this risk culture destroys large scale innovation, and even safety in the long run. So true. Its an issue in General Aviation where there has been huge progress in safety devices (electronic cockpit gauges, airbag sea
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by maxcan 9y ago
Fair point, I guess I was referring more to this comment: > I don't think the majority understands what safety means in mass transportation. And inferring that you meant that rail understands safety, generally, better than any other
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by maxcan 9y ago
You think the rail industry understands what safety means? Trains have literally one degree of freedom in their controls - speed up and slow down. In spite of the simplicity we still see high fatality train crashes with regularity. Some h
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by maxcan 9y ago
This is the same "aviation industry" which, domestically, has had a perfect safety record since around 2009? Not near perfect, not 99%, but literally zero fatalities? Also, as a pilot, I can tell you that the Tesla Autopilot func
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by maxcan 9y ago
I'm a private pilot (general aviation, single engine cessna's). For the most part, our discipline is orders of magnitude higher than all but the best drivers. Airline pilots are orders of magnitude better than us. You are absol
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Scott Alexander on Establishing Norms Around Free Speech – Not First Amendment(slatestarcodex.com)
1 points by maxcan 9y ago|0 comments
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by maxcan 9y ago
Simply maintaining muscle mass requires a considerable amount of calories. Our bodies evolved to function with the least calories possible. So, if you aren't using your muscles often, the body will catabolize muscle to save energy.
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by maxcan 9y ago
Lots of good advice here regarding diet and meal tracking with MyFitnessPal. One thing I'd like to add which doesn't get nearly enough attention is _periodization_. If you go on an extended caloric deficit your body will adapt an
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by maxcan 10y ago
tl;dr people who are able and willing to work more demanding schedules will earn more than those who aren't and that correlates with gender and having children. in other news, the sky is blue, housing in S.F. sucks, and computers are u
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by maxcan 10y ago
> Can't do that in Cessna 172 either. But yeah, Cessna 182 probably. sure, but the parent was asking about a DA40 vs 182
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by maxcan 10y ago
Faster, far more intelligently designed with better ergonomics and UX, can glide forever on a dead engine. The problem is two words: useful load. Good luck putting four adults with bags in a DA40
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by maxcan 10y ago
Whats really cool is the "word math" that these enable.. equations like QUEEN - KING = DUCHESS - DUKE https://blog.acolyer.org/2016/04/21/the-amazing-power-of-wor...
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by maxcan 10y ago
To be honest, I got a bit bored of pure strength training a few years ago and moved to crossfit. Since then my lifts have almost doubled and my form has improved too. I think you're doing the absolute right thing with climbing. Its n
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by maxcan 10y ago
Sorry to hear about your back, glad that you're gonna heal. One note about 55-70 year olds powerlifting vs body building is that they tend to be a lagging indicator since people don't usually start late in life. Also, in the 80s
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by maxcan 10y ago
They're excellent. Also, much more of a full body, compound movement than people realize.
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by maxcan 10y ago
Second thought - many of the problems faced by modern society could be solved if everybody spent a few hours a week under a heavy barbell or picking one up.
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by maxcan 10y ago
Many of the comments here seem to be focussing on increasing grip strength but that misses something the article could have delved into more. Grip strength is strongly correlated with health and longevity, but its not directly causal - sim
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by maxcan 10y ago
It has it, but the feature is a bit hidden. Use your email-to-kindle email address and send a PDF with "convert" as the subject line.
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by maxcan 10y ago
The Singapore HOTA law works like that. It's opt-out and if you opt out you lose priority
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by maxcan 10y ago
A cascade to react comparison might be helpful in understanding what you're doing here.
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by maxcan 10y ago
OP here, what I had in mind was simple propagation where only functions marked impure could call impure functions. While I maintain that in the abstract, one could design a language around that feature without incurring a huge amount of co
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by maxcan 10y ago
Fair point. The tour was amazing. AOPA set it up as part of the Bremmerton (sp?) fly in. Coming from the software world, seeing the efficiency and precision of the floor was unreal.
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by maxcan 10y ago
They got the largest military aircraft contract ever? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_F-35_Lightning... In all seriousness, I've done a floor tour of the boeing factory, its really an incredible plac
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by maxcan 10y ago
> I'm libertarian and a pilot - and I like the FAA Me too. For every frustration about what they've done to the costs of things in GA, and those are valid, their accomplishments in general are incredible.
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by maxcan 10y ago
What wasn't mentioned directly was that since 2009, US passenger airlines have had a perfect record of zero fatalities, which is mind blowing.
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The Silent Anniversary: Fifteen Years Since Our Last Major Crash(askthepilot.com)
272 points by maxcan 10y ago|163 comments
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The Age of Aerospace (Discovery Video Series)(theageofaerospace.com)
1 points by maxcan 10y ago|0 comments

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