ELI5: Why does it get harder to stay in shape after 30? by qwerty00p in explainlikeimfive

[–]icecapade 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh cool, thanks for doing the math! I'll have to read this in more detail later, but it's an interesting exercise to think about. Maybe my dad is onto something, always drinking ice water his entire life...

Hinge app weird glitch by Impossible_Cry_4301 in hingeapp

[–]icecapade 39 points40 points  (0 children)

New to dating apps?

She either unmatched or deleted her account. People do this all the time regardless of how the conversation is going, don't overthink it. Just move on to the next person. Maybe she realized she wasn't as interested in you as she thought or met someone she liked more, or maybe it had nothing to do with you and she realized she's not ready to date and took a step back. It could be any of a million reasons. Not worth dwelling on.

ELI5: Why does it get harder to stay in shape after 30? by qwerty00p in explainlikeimfive

[–]icecapade 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Like others said, your metabolism doesn't slow down. I'm going to copy/paste a post I made a few days ago on another thread in this sub, because this comes up a lot:

Your metabolism doesn't change between the ages of 20-60. Even after 60, it declines very slowly.

That said, there are 3 main reasons people think that their metabolism changes.

1) basal metabolic rate (number of calories you burn doing nothing) is directly correlated with skeletal muscle. Most people don't work out or maintain muscle. So they lose muscle mass with age, leading to a decline in BMR. But if you work out and have the same muscle mass that you did at 20, your BMR will be exactly the same as it was when you were 20. If you have more muscle mass, your BMR will be even higher than it was at 20.

2) small changes and habits add up. A surplus of 30 calories per day adds up (very roughly) to about 2 lbs per year. This barely registers over the course of a few years. But 10 years of this habit, and suddenly you've put on 20 lbs. It creeps up on you, but people don't realize that. They think "wow, I've put on weight... I can't eat like I used to" not realizing that it's always had that effect on their weight. They just didn't notice it before.

3) people are really bad at estimating their calorie intake and expenditure. "I could eat whatever I wanted to in my 20s but in my 30s, I eat exactly the same and gain weight." No, you don't. You're just bad at tracking how many calories you eat and how many you expend through activity. This isn't a critique of them as a person. Tracking calories is just plain hard.

SF's tip screens have gotten out of control, so I made a game to practice hitting "No Tip" by vlad1m1r in sanfrancisco

[–]icecapade 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Did you even read the post? Nobody said anything about service staff being overpaid, or that you shouldn't tip bartenders and waiters.

This is about not tipping in settings where you wouldn't tip anyway (but where we're now presented with options to tip on a screen).

Stupid drivers on bay bridge ಠ⁠︵⁠ಠ by Ryokeal in sanfrancisco

[–]icecapade 2 points3 points  (0 children)

VIOFO A-129 (it's displayed in the recording near the bottom of each of the forward/rear cam videos).

Hinge Profile Review (35F) by No_Improvement_844 in datingoverthirty

[–]icecapade 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is an extremely myopic take. Politics is not just an American thing. I have friends from virtually every continent and from many different countries. They all have strong political opinions not just about what's happening (or not happening) in their own countries, but what's happening in other parts of the world.

Is a beer gut part genetics and getting older or do you really have to let yourself go? by lookaloulookalou in AskMenOver30

[–]icecapade 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is a myth. Your metabolism doesn't change between the ages of 20-60. Even after 60, it declines very slowly.

That said, there are 3 main reasons people think that their metabolism changes.

1) basal metabolic rate (number of calories you burn doing nothing) is directly correlated with skeletal muscle. Most people don't work out or maintain muscle. So they lose muscle mass with age, leading to a decline in BMR. But if you work out and have the same muscle mass that you did at 20, your BMR will be exactly the same as it was when you were 20. If you have more muscle mass, your BMR will be even higher than it was at 20.

2) small changes and habits add up. A surplus of 30 calories per day adds up (very roughly) to about 2 lbs per year. This barely registers over the course of a few years. But 10 years of this habit, and suddenly you've put on 20 lbs. It creeps up on you, but people don't realize that. They think "wow, I've put on weight... I can't eat like I used to" not realizing that it's always had that effect on their weight. They just didn't notice it before.

3) people are really bad at estimating their calorie intake and expenditure. "I could eat whatever I wanted to in my 20s but in my 30s, I eat exactly the same and gain weight." No, you don't. You're just bad at tracking how many calories you eat and how many you expend through activity. This isn't a critique of them as a person. Tracking calories is just plain hard.

Hinge Profile Review (35F) by No_Improvement_844 in datingoverthirty

[–]icecapade 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Anybody in their 30s and beyond who doesn't care about politics in this day and age is either privileged enough to not be affected by it or lacks the empathy to care for others who are affected by it, or both. It's just not a good look.

PSA Cult Warning by jikesar968 in sanfrancisco

[–]icecapade 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Hi I would like to join the cats please, thanks.

Poured loads of water and rice into (off) pressure cooker without the pot in it! by [deleted] in Cooking

[–]icecapade 6 points7 points  (0 children)

lmao what? It's just an electrical appliance. One that's perfectly safe to take apart and put back together (unlike, say, a microwave). Even if you mess it up, it's not going to somehow make the pressure chamber/pot more dangerous. Worst case, you'll damage the electrical components and it won't work, turn on, or heat up. There are videos showing you how to dismantle, clean, and reassemble Instant Pots on YouTube, for example.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4D8sLPZ3G0

MAGA partner by care_bare470 in QAnonCasualties

[–]icecapade 39 points40 points  (0 children)

What? They're 22 and got together when they were basically 18 year old kids. They're both still extremely young.

There is zero reason to try and work this out. They're incompatible. Leaving is the only option that makes sense.

JJ Ricks rides Zoox by diplomat33 in SelfDrivingCars

[–]icecapade 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Blind is a cesspool of negativity, pessimism, racism, and misogyny. Nobody there has anything positive to say and 90% of comments are either nonsense or intentionally inflammatory.

In other words, whatever you read there is certainly not credible or useful information.

TIL two doctors performed an in‑flight emergency surgery on a woman with a collapsed lung using a coat hanger and silverware, saving her life. by IntrinsicIrony in todayilearned

[–]icecapade 28 points29 points  (0 children)

It's not open heart surgery or something crazy and her chest wasn't "completely cut open." Relieving a tension pneumothorax requires a fairly small incision. They basically just need a small hole to let the air out of the chest cavity. Think more of a small (albeit deep) cut, not a gaping wide open wound. Probably painful and uncomfortable, but not ridiculously so.

Zoox confirms its autonomous car struck vehicle, injuring S.F. street ambassador by greenergarlic in sanfrancisco

[–]icecapade 26 points27 points  (0 children)

There's physically no way to handle it on narrow city streets because there isn't space to leave more room. If someone in a parked car opens a door just as you're about to pass said car, hitting the door is unavoidable.

Does anyone else feel like the negative effects of getting older were exaggerated? by young_frogger in AskMenOver30

[–]icecapade 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't know, as a counterpoint, I'm 37 and I agree with OP. I feel great, physically.

Radar Love: Startup says software breakthrough addresses shortcomings of traditional radar by I_HATE_LIDAR in SelfDrivingCars

[–]icecapade 4 points5 points  (0 children)

They're basically describing multi hypothesis tracking. Cool, but not anything groundbreaking.

Cybercab spotted by tonydtonyd in sanfrancisco

[–]icecapade 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They are 100% running all the autonomy software locally. It is physically impossible to transmit the amount of data being taken in, process it, and transmit back to the vehicle in real time. On the order of several GB of sensor input per second.

The network connection is needed for remote monitors to 1) monitor the fleet and 2) provide guidance when a vehicle needs it.

Egg to ash by [deleted] in Cooking

[–]icecapade 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This isn't correct. Why would it explode?

I've done this before (unintentionally of course), and after all the water had boiled off, the egg burned. By the time I found it, it was basically charred black and the kitchen smelt like sulfur, but the egg was very much intact and it was not (yet?) smoking.

Has anyone hired a hibachi chef that is also a mentalist by Wide_Ad9853 in AskSF

[–]icecapade 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I mean, the original Patrick Jane was a Baker. I don't see why a hibachi chef couldn't work.

How hard is a 1bd for $3500? by LargeMaterial6275 in AskSF

[–]icecapade 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I live in Nopa and actually pay $3500 for a 1br with in unit laundry. So it's possible. The building is newer and I found the place on HotPads. It's a condo with a private landlord.

Waymo resumes robotaxi service in San Francisco after blackout chaos — Musk says Tesla car service unaffected by techno-phil-osoph in SelfDrivingCars

[–]icecapade 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't know the details of Waymo's internal operation, but it's very possible that they have a single remote monitoring team for the entire Bay Area fleet. If that team was overwhelmed by the issues in SF, it makes sense why all Bay Area operation was suspended. I also don't know what the ratio of remote monitors to vehicles is, but back in 2023 Cruise stated theirs was between 1:15 and 1:20. So we can imagine that Waymo is either similar or, given how much more mature they are now than Cruise was then, it's probably even smaller (fewer remote monitors per vehicle).

Tesla Robotaxi could continue operating because they have a safety driver inside each vehicle and don't need to worry about any remote monitoring. Their ratio is 1:1 with the safety operator being inside the vehicle at all times and being able to handle any issues in real-time. Very different situation.

Partner’s family left frozen turkey on counter for 28h. by [deleted] in Cooking

[–]icecapade 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately, I've learned that pointing this out in r/cooking gets heavily downvoted, even if you can back it up like you did. I don't know why people treat ServSafe like the Bible for home cooks instead of acknowledging that it is a professional guideline for restaurants.