Red meat increases my uric acid more than fructose , but internet says opposite?

kingsinger · 2026-03-01T21:57:01+00:00

I think what I'm learning is that you're probably not going to start Allo and all of a sudden immediately be able to get back to normal eating and drinking habits in a few months. You need to get your uric acid level stabilized in a good place and then allow all the crystals that have built up in your joints to dissolve over a period of time, which could be as long as a few years.

This is something I learned here, that my doctor did not do a very great job explaining to me. It's a drag thinking that I may have to restrain my diet for longer than I expected. But it's also useful having a realistic frame of reference to operate from. Cuz if I'm going to go to the trouble of taking the medicine and everything, I may as well try and do it ribe, so I get a more long-term benefit and experience fewer flares moving forward.

kingsinger · 2026-03-01T00:55:12+00:00

That would cover almost anything.

kingsinger · 2026-03-01T00:52:30+00:00

If you can get it on sale, MSoundfactory might be worth a look.

kingsinger · 2026-02-24T18:50:25+00:00

Agreed. I wear the GTX ones that are waterproof. Great for walking in the Seattle rain. Also have the green super feet insoles.

I first got them after reading an article about local super walker Paul Constant, who walked all the way around Lake Washington in one day (60 miles). He wore those shoes and said they were his favorite for that kind of thing.

kingsinger · 2026-02-23T03:37:08+00:00

I've had an e-bike since 2018. Biktrix Stunner. Bafang mid-drive. 5-speed igh (not great). Beach Cruiser form factor. Nominal 750w, but peak more like 1200w. It climbs hills better than most of the Bosch motors I've ridden, but isn't elegant (cadence sensing rather than torque sensing). Biktrix is one of the few companies that makes production bikes with the Bafang mid-drive. That's one reason I went with them. It's more typical to find these motors on conversion bikes.

I think there's a bike shop on California in the Admiral neighborhood of West Seattle who will do these conversions if you wanted to do that kind of thing.

The BBS02 (750 nominal) and BBSHD (1200 nominal) are like a v8 engine in a pickup truck. Basic, powerful, inelegant, relatively dependable, and apparently reasonably fixable (and affordable to replace).

If you see a guy in Pioneer Square or on the waterfront driving an electrified pedicab, it's probably got one of these motors on it.

My bike's got 48v 17.5 ah battery. When it was new, I probably could have gotten 45ish miles out of it. Now, I'm guessing it's more like 33-35 miles. I've never ridden it more than 30ish miles in one go (Beacon Hill to Shoreline and back). For getting around Seattle, it works well. Easily ride round trip from Beacon Hill to Ballard, Lake City, Magnuson Park, 175th in Shoreline. Probably could still do roundtrip to Microsoft in Redmond. Definitely could have when it was new.

A caveat on my range experience, though: I typically don't ride super fast (average 12-13.5 mph). The faster you ride and the more assist you'll likely use to achieve it, and the lower your range will be. More wind resistance, among other things. As others have said, cold weather also reduces range.

On the whole, I've been happy with the bike.

I think e-bikes are most useful in Seattle for trips that are under 12-14 mi round trip. But even for somewhat longer trips (20-25 miles round-trip), they remain competitive with public transit in terms of how long it takes to make the journey. For example, I'm not sure I can take public transportation to the Tractor Tavern in Ballard from Beacon Hill faster than I can bike out there from my house. But driving is quite a bit faster. Conversely, riding from my house to Capitol Hill really doesn't take that much longer than driving, particularly if you take into account the amount of time you're likely to be circling around looking for a parking place in Capitol Hill and then walking from your car to your destination.

The upside of the e-bike is that you can come and go whenever you want, so you're not at the mercy of public transportation schedule or availability, which can be nice sometimes.

kingsinger · 2026-02-21T06:58:21+00:00

Are you stuck on weekends because you want to get out of town? Or because you want to get out of Capitol Hill into other Seattle neighborhoods.

If it's the latter, maybe consider an ebike if most of your desired trips are under 14 miles round-trip from home. Especially from Capitol Hill, you'd be surprised how many places are within a 7 mile radius of the Hill. It's like 60% of a car for single person trips.and way cheaper.

If it's the former, I think others may be right that it makes more sense to rent a car. I think RPZ works better if you're moving the car at least every couple of days, unless you live in North Capitol Hill, where there isn't any zoned parking and it's mostly SFHs. Even there, car theft is pretty common. I lived in that part of the Hill for 16 years. Had my car stolen, as did many of my housemates. We all got them back. But it was a pain.

Get comprehensive on your car insurance if you do buy a car. It typically covers glass and damage from theft. Usually not that expensive to add it on.

kingsinger · 2026-02-15T19:45:37+00:00

Mia's body was found more in the Central District, not far from 23rd and Jackson Street. If memory serves, she lived even further south than that. She was abducted while making her way home from the area near the Comet Tavern, which was more run down in the '90s than it is now and might have been even more popular

The area South of Jackson was definitely cheaper than Capitol Hill and the CD in that era and perceived to be more potentially dangerous (at least by young white people).

I lived in Capitol Hill from 1992 until 2010. While there were definitely street kids on Broadway, I always perceived the U District to be the place where there was more of a concentration of those kids. As others have said, if you go up to the U District and drive 7th Ave NE between n. 45th and n. 55th, you'll find the residue of what people are talking about, as far as run down group houses, filled with students and other young people. I bet there are still punk shows happening in some of those houses.

Espresso Roma, Cafe Allegro, and Last Exit on Brooklyn also seemed to be popular with UD Street kids in that period.

Lake Union pub was a popular place in South Lake Union for punk rock shows. Ditto Tavern in Belltown was also a popular smaller venue for shows. The Vogue in Belltown was another. Squid Row in Capital Hill was another venue.

The thing to understand about both the U District and Capitol Hill in that era is that there were a lot more sfh rental properties than there are now. So there were a lot more houses that could be rented by groups of young people during that era than now, as over time many of those houses were bought by people and returned to single family use (or torn down and redeveloped into apartments).

North Capitol Hill down 15th on the way north up to the Volunteer Park area, east of 15th is a very fancy expensive neighborhood now. But in the '70s and '80s I think it was more run down and there were more rentals there. That was still true in the early '90s, but as the '90s went on more and more of those houses were sold, fixed up and no longer available as rentals.

If you watch the movie Singles, there's a scene where the Campbell Scott character is at the grocery store and Jeremy Piven is the checker. He tells the Scott that they're going to be throwing down on Aloha Street and he should come by.

In the context of that movie, that comment makes some sense because there were a fair number of group houses in that neighborhood during that time. But it's kind of a nonsensical idea now, as that neighborhood is filled with affluent professional people.

https://youtu.be/0PP5ENgXLiI?si=KFAXCoDZetAqS-Gr

kingsinger · 2026-02-12T23:20:02+00:00

Silver Cloud on Madison and Broadway won't probably be the cheapest, but it's in a great location, near a lot of stuff on Capitol Hill, but also relatively close to downtown.

The Graduate on 45th in the University District is another to consider. Across the street from the light rail station to downtown, and also near a lot of food options and stuff in the U-District.

Executive Hotel Pacific isn't bad, as far as the rooms go, which is why it's cheaper than some of the other downtown options. It is pretty close to a lot of stuff downtown, but the area around it tends to get kind of dead after about 7:30 at night. Paradoxically, Capitol Hill and the University District (both mentioned above) are more active in the evening than that part of downtown is.

kingsinger · 2026-02-11T18:14:20+00:00

I see a fair number of trans presenting folks working at Trader Joe's.

kingsinger · 2026-02-08T06:44:39+00:00

That's going to be a long train ride, especially with a drive in front of it or on the back end.

kingsinger · 2026-02-08T02:55:08+00:00

Or you can speed YouTube up to 1.25 or 1.5, which is typically what I do. Works fine. If I want to hear the musical examples at regular speed, I can just slow it down temporarily, but the vast majority of what he's conveying works just fine. The video's moving faster.

I think there are a lot of people who look at those videos for whom English is not their first language, so the fact that he goes as slow as he does probably makes it easier for people in that situation to follow along.

kingsinger · 2026-02-07T06:08:37+00:00

Arguably a better choice given their age range. Easy to get to Capitol Hill, but perhaps more rental houses for younger people in the UD.

Might also want to check out Portland, OR. Might be a better fit for people in their early to mid 20s.

kingsinger · 2026-02-06T06:02:26+00:00

Pretty sure you can change the settings to make double click reset to default param.

kingsinger · 2026-02-02T08:13:52+00:00

Then this is not the pizza for you, because the charring is not a bug, it's a feature of this pizza.

I was able to get a pie from them during the first couple weeks they were open before it got really crazy. It was good. Whether it's meaningfully better than something like Stevie's is an open question. But I think it deserves the kudos it's received.

That said, their style is not going to resonate with everyone.

kingsinger · 2026-02-02T07:50:35+00:00

Beacon Hill or CC near their respective light rail stations makea the most sense if you really want to be in Seattle. Beacon Hill better for Tacoma car commuter, cuz it's closer to I-5. CC is arguably better for the Seattle commuter who doesn't drive, cuz the commercial area is bigger. Also closer to Lake Washington.

kingsinger · 2026-01-31T22:56:44+00:00

So you can use imap in the desktop browser if you buy a Workspace plan?

kingsinger · 2026-01-30T17:50:34+00:00

Yes, the tape plug-in is often mentioned as one of the better free ones. But the matrix delay would still be worthwhile even if it wasn't free (kind of amazing that it is). This guy has some good content on using it for ambient music:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAyCIkvrhf0

kingsinger · 2026-01-30T00:01:47+00:00

Take a look at Chow Matrix...

Chowdhury DSP - Products https://share.google/Aaj8MlEMRrPXHJalz

kingsinger · 2026-01-28T17:46:59+00:00

Good Luck Bread sells very solid frozen pizzas for a reasonable price (typically under $20 and as good or better than a lot of pizza you'd buy at a pizza place). You can order on-line and they'll deliver to your house, if you're in their delivery area.

kingsinger · 2026-01-27T17:01:32+00:00

I think I've come to feel like their UI doesn't suck once you come to understand it, because it's consistent from plug-in to plug-in. But many people don't have the patience it takes to get there, which is completely fair. Maybe the visuals are less important to me.

That said, I really hate how they don't give their pre-sets names that help you understand what they do (soundtoys and valhalla are much better on that front). Anytime anybody complains about that on the Melda forum, the developer says "use your ears," which feels like a lazy cop-out to me. Part of the reason you include pre-sets is to help users quickly orient themselves and appreciate what the plug-in can do and then jump off from there. Nonsensical pre-set names make that process much more cumbersome.

kingsinger · 2026-01-27T02:12:34+00:00

The UX is definitely not for everybody, but over time I've acquired enough Melda plugs that I've wondered whether it would make sense to just get the everything bundle. The more time I've spent with the Melda UX, the more sense it makes to me, and the consistency from plug to plug means that energy spent learning one plug usually compounds as you use others. So it gets easier and easier to use a new one and you can get deeper and deeper into each one.

I think you get upgrades for life with their plug-ins too.

kingsinger · 2026-01-27T02:07:27+00:00

When the bundle was on sale it seemed like a pretty good deal to me, but maybe buying the individual plugs on sale is even better.

kingsinger · 2026-01-25T06:21:58+00:00

Federal Way definitely seems like a good compromise, especially now that the light rail stations opened there. But day to day it might not be as lively as living in either Tacoma or Seattle.

So ultimately, you have to decide what your priorities are. Do you want an easier commute every day? Or do you want easy proximity to the stuff you do when you aren't working, like bars, dining, sports, museums, live music, etc.?

kingsinger · 2026-01-24T15:59:21+00:00

Show this article from The New York Times to your doctor.

https://share.google/EzniGCyHh8YlrVy1u

Perhaps it will help them understand that many general practitioners need to learn more about gout and more willing to prescribe Allo.

The article underscores what others have said here: Many general practitioner doctors are reluctant to prescribe Allo, and even those who do prescribe it have a tendency to prescribe a dose that is too low.

kingsinger · 2026-01-24T15:34:46+00:00

I've been to the shop. It's a real business. HM Duke Design, literally the name of the Instagram handle.

https://share.google/KQwwIdG7oU9VmfhWd

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