wavegeek

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by wavegeek 12y ago
I have gained about 15 pounds of muscle in 3 years from lifting. To put on muscle you need to have the protein intake and carbohydrate and protein intake timing is also important. One good thing about muscle is that it can burn fat quite ha
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by wavegeek 12y ago
Calories = calories is all you need to know. Unless * You care about your productivity or health, in which case getting sufficient balanced nutrition is important. * You care about body composition eg going on a diet is liable to lose you l
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by wavegeek 12y ago
You might find it also makes their stats look better ie % African American employees. Don't be evil.* *Unless it's profitable.
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by wavegeek 12y ago
For goodness sake the paperclip maker is an example . The point is that unless you specify the goals very carefully, you may get what you asked for, not what you wanted.
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by wavegeek 12y ago
It's worth reading the book just to understand in some small way the experience of Malcolm X and people like him. His father was murdered (probably by the police & because he was becoming politically active) and then his mother was
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by wavegeek 12y ago
The link is pretty weak evidence. > “We all speed, yet months and months usually pass between us seeing a crash,” This is a stupid argument. Do you really want to be in a crash every few months? Roughly the average person has a 1% lifeti
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by wavegeek 12y ago
> absolutely When a vendor uses superlatives like "absolutely" in answer to a capability question, they are lying. This also applies to politicians. If the answer is "yes", they will say "yes" or "yes,
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by wavegeek 12y ago
> awful when you have to maintain low-quality legacy code When is it not awful to maintain low-quality legacy code?
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by wavegeek 12y ago
Correct. I have done scrutineering in Australian elections. It is fun as you get the local results before anyone else. Also you see the comments people write on the papers Eg Youse bastards r al liers!
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> And it's not just tech. It also applies to countries. Look at the increasing resources that go to people who produce little or nothing of value to others eg lawyers, lobbyists, politicians, financial engineers, LBO operators etc.
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I suspect this may be derived from the book "Daily Rituals" which analysed a number of eminent people. I did an analysis from the book and my conclusions were: I divided the people in the book "Daily Rituals" into eminen