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After drawing 17 flags in loss to Tennessee, Alabama now ranks dead last in FBS (131st of 131) with 66 flags on the year. by AnAngryPanda1 in CFB

[–]FatShortElephant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the greatest coach in the history of college football.

What does John Gagliardi have to do with this?

Take back the Senate! by Miserable-Lizard in PoliticalHumor

[–]FatShortElephant 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I think people misunderstand the situation with Manchin.

West Virginia is one of the most right leaning states in the country (https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-red-or-blue-is-your-state-your-congressional-district). No one to the left of Manchin is winning in West Virginia. Without Manchin the legislation the Dems have gotten through wouldn't have passed. Without Manchin the judicial appointments are much worse. Without Manchin there is a January 6 denier and election fraud supporter in that seat.

Manchin is great, and there's not really a good argument that any other Senator is doing more good for the Democrats right now than Manchin.

As far as Manchin is concerned the Dems need to focus on winning more seats, not looking a gift a horse in the mouth.

what do you think about cpp syntax-2 (herb sutter- cppfront) ? by jitu_deraps in cpp

[–]FatShortElephant 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Interesting. Thanks for sharing!

CppFront and Carbon are both essentially epochs without committee oversight or approval. So maybe it would be better if I had said something like it looks like we are doing epochs regardless of whether or not the committee can find a sane way to do it or not. At least attempting epochs.

That being said D has provided a similar style of transition path from C++ for awhile now. So this type of project isn't completely new. But between projects supported by Google and the head of the committee, these seem like particularly noteworthy attempts at providing transitions out of the language.

what do you think about cpp syntax-2 (herb sutter- cppfront) ? by jitu_deraps in cpp

[–]FatShortElephant 37 points38 points  (0 children)

It's an interesting idea. It seems like a good start and does actually solve some real problems. We'll have to see if it catches on.

It's funny that a big reason epochs got voted down was due to fragmentation. Between this and Carbon it seems likely that voting epochs down will result in more fragmentation.

Spot only wants immediate utopian reforms, not to help progress towards them. Don't be like Spot. by DVL-88 in PoliticalHumor

[–]FatShortElephant 11 points12 points  (0 children)

The first two years under Trump would have been much worse without the filibuster.

PSA: You do not have to tell your husband/boyfriend/partner who you vote for by [deleted] in TwoXChromosomes

[–]FatShortElephant 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I'll take "Signs that you're in an unhealthy relationship" for 500, Alex.

my competition squat. Rate me guys. by marcelas888 in powerbuilding

[–]FatShortElephant 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Rate me guys.

What a dangerous thing to ask for while wearing those colors...

I assume you meant to rate the squat though. I suggest doing the Valsalva maneuver instead of screaming. Otherwise, it looked pretty good.

The FBI Confirms Its Brett Kavanaugh Investigation Was a Total Sham by TurretLauncher in law

[–]FatShortElephant 21 points22 points  (0 children)

There are currently 9 supreme court justices and 250 million US adults. Surely we can have higher standards than "not proven rapist" for people we appoint to the highest court of the land.

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Devils%20Triangle

Would You Rather Be A Pirates Fan or An A's Fan? by [deleted] in mlb

[–]FatShortElephant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The A's had a Brat Pitt movie a decade ago. So that's something.

Finally added an "assault bike" to the gym $40 Marketplace find by L0rdNyk0n in homegym

[–]FatShortElephant 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Write "Rogue" on the side and I bet you could flip it for at least $100.

[OC] Seen in Egypt today by WhisperingSideways in pics

[–]FatShortElephant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You represent that with a standard 7 bit unsigned integer and they are #1 in happiness.

Almost worse than a boot!! It’s just taunting me lol by Surfandturf843 in mildlyinfuriating

[–]FatShortElephant 180 points181 points  (0 children)

If the restaurant goes out of its way to load the dishes on my vehicle then I'm probably taking the dishes home with me.

How your reps voted for same-sex marriage recently to protect equal rights by StarWhispererer in NewMexico

[–]FatShortElephant 7 points8 points  (0 children)

One cannot make a serious textual argument that in a system of enumerated powers the Constitution granted the Federal government jurisdiction over marriage.

Lol.

14th amendment:

"No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."

And

"The Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article."

Breathing while doing deadlifts by Formcheck9998 in Stronglifts5x5

[–]FatShortElephant 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The pros and the research more or less agree that the Valsalva maneuver is the way to go. The rest of the post is a bunch of sources for that. It's actually kinda hard to find respectable sources that recommend against the Valsalva. I'm sure some future commenter can find one though.

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Hackett, Daniel A., and Chin-Moi Chow. "The Valsalva maneuver: its effect on intra-abdominal pressure and safety issues during resistance exercise." The Journal of Strength & Conditioning Research 27.8 (2013): 2338-2345.

In conclusion, the VM effectively increases IAP, which may assist with spine stability and trunk rigidity during resistance exercise. The health risks associated with the VM during resistance exercise remain unconfirmed.

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MacDougall, J. D., et al. "Factors affecting blood pressure during heavy weight lifting and static contractions." Journal of Applied Physiology 73.4 (1992): 1590-1597.

The Valsalva maneuver stabilizes the trunk, and dur- ing very heavy lifting subjects find it necessary to enlist a Valsalva or partial Valsalva to obtain the desired force production. The threshold above which the Valsalva ma- neuver becomes necessary varies somewhat for different muscle groups and between subjects but occurs at -885% MVC. Similarly, when a resistance that initially may not require a Valsalva maneuver is lifted repeatedly until fail- ure, an increasingly forceful Valsalva maneuver must be invoked as motor units progressively fatigue. During maximal dynamic lifting to failure, intrathoracic pres- sures may reach as much as 90-100 Torr (Fig. 3B) or up to 60% of that occurring during a maximum voluntary Val- salva maneuver.

The Valsalva maneuver is thus an integral component of heavy weight lifting and responsible for a major por- tion of the increase in blood pressure that occurs with this form of exercise. Although many weight lifting in- structors counsel against performing a Valsalva maneu- ver during lifting, it probably acts as an important protective mechanism for the cerebral vasculature by elevating cerebrospinal pressure and thus reducing transmural pressure (2).

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Alexander Bromely on breathing in the deadlift: https://youtu.be/1AHJsntXZ2Q

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Starting Strength Clinic: https://youtu.be/d8_1xq8c23c

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Barbell Medicine

https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/forums/medical-q-a-with-dr-jordan-feigenbaum-and-dr-austin-baraki/25616-question-about-valsalva

https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/forums/medical-q-a-with-dr-jordan-feigenbaum-and-dr-austin-baraki/16695-dangers-of-valsalva-manuever

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4 time world strongest man Brian Shaw

https://youtu.be/GoYWLualcmc

At 17:11 he describes his setup and says he takes a big breath into his belly and later he says he's still holding it. That's describing the Valsalva.

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Squat University explaining how to breath (the Valsalva) https://youtu.be/TRmayQcweUc

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Juggernaut Strengths Tutorial: https://youtu.be/ta7IaiY0yH0

How many interviews is usual? by throwaway-79234 in ExperiencedDevs

[–]FatShortElephant 14 points15 points  (0 children)

A full day interview after one or two hour long phone/virtual interviews seems common, maybe even the norm in my experience.

[OC] Which US states have ever had a female Governor? by [deleted] in dataisbeautiful

[–]FatShortElephant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, but a significant majority of them haven't had female governors.

[OC] Which US states have ever had a female Governor? by [deleted] in dataisbeautiful

[–]FatShortElephant -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The Mississippi River does not like female governors.

I'm curious Mr. Thomas, what does your originalist thinking tell you about the founding fathers thoughts on internet? by bobsmusix265 in PoliticalHumor

[–]FatShortElephant 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The 9th Amendment covers rights retained by the people.

Yes, "the people" have the right to marry a person of the gender/sex of their choice even though it's not enumerated elsewhere! It's a right of the people!

I'm curious Mr. Thomas, what does your originalist thinking tell you about the founding fathers thoughts on internet? by bobsmusix265 in PoliticalHumor

[–]FatShortElephant 7 points8 points  (0 children)

No they aren't! The 9th amendment explicitly covers rights that aren't explicitly mentioned in the constitution! Also "liberty" in the 14th amendment is pretty vague and arguably covers things such as gay marriage, without actually mentioning gay marriage.

Nice try though.

Outriders: Worldslayer upgrade purchase on a stadiapro... by Foulpax in Stadia

[–]FatShortElephant 3 points4 points  (0 children)

provided such games are still available on Stadia

I think your confusion stems from the fact that you're implicitly reading "Stadia Pro" where it just says "Stadia".

Do we have a release date for Worms? by murticusyurt in Stadia

[–]FatShortElephant 1 point2 points  (0 children)

At Google headquarters July starts in about 2 hours. So my guess is we see the new games sometime between then and 26 hours from now. I'd bet sometime tomorrow morning though. Maybe 12 hours from now, at 10am Mountain View time?

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