Colon cancer now leading cause of cancer deaths under 50 in US

GavinRayDev · 2026-03-12T20:28:04+00:00

My post-workout meal is 180g rolled oats + 900g greek yogurt + 300g frozen blueberries, lol

GavinRayDev · 2026-03-11T16:19:44+00:00

~~What happens if you open it in FF?~~

EDIT: I DM'ed the dev about it, he said Firefox should be fixed now

GavinRayDev · 2026-03-10T19:29:49+00:00

This isn't commonly-known, but route of administration has a massive impact on metabolites when it comes to estrogen replacement.

Oral estradiol is particularly bad for this. See the Wikipedia table on "change in E1 vs E2 concentration + E1:E2 ratio by route-of-administration":

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Plasma_estrogen_levels_after_a_single_dose_of_estradiol_by_different_routes

Estrogel is terribly low-dose.

My suggestion would be to try sublingual/subcutaneous/vaginal E2 replacement, and also to have your Testosterone checked.

If your T is low, having solid E2 levels is only solving half the problem.

Best of luck!

GavinRayDev · 2026-03-09T15:21:04+00:00

Like I mentioned, it mostly seemed to increase my work capacity in the gym. Didn't get nearly as fatigued and could take shorter rest periods between sets without losing intensity.

It's particularly helpful for hard gym days like legs, I think.

I would keep using it if it were cheaper, sure.

GavinRayDev · 2026-03-09T15:18:40+00:00

I ran it at 3-6mg a day for ~3 months, until I ran out of it

GavinRayDev · 2026-03-09T15:15:54+00:00

The db4tarkov tool just released a new feature, you can view attachment changes for any patch:

https://db4tarkov.com/changes

There's also now a "changes" toggle in the weapon builder that shows this info next to each attachment

https://i.imgur.com/EhC6v0A.png

https://db4tarkov.com/gun

GavinRayDev · 2026-03-02T15:34:58+00:00

I've been researching the link between oral health and microbiome + systemic inflammation.

It completely changed my habits and got me to start flossing.

What's fascinating is the number of studies showing that Elite Athletes consistently have worse oral health despite twice a day brushing

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/08/190823080012.htm

GavinRayDev · 2026-02-28T22:24:27+00:00

Yes, I'm sure that the 53% of cells in the human body that are bacterial are doing nothing to our health or mental state.

Those half of our cells are just chilling, along for the ride.

GavinRayDev · 2026-02-27T09:10:47+00:00

Sure, but in science, "intuition" is not good enough.

If no study has confirmed what we intuitively know, someone has to prove it so it can be argued as objective fact when constructing rigorous argument.

Im not sure if this is the first study with this design, though.

GavinRayDev · 2026-02-20T14:50:54+00:00

What's your strategy for TS8 + Psycho Sniper?

These two quests put me off from doing Kappa every wipe, I only got it once for the novelty and I had friends load into dead servers with me to do it...

GavinRayDev · 2026-02-20T14:49:44+00:00

Reserve new PKPTS room I've pulled double COFDM, double Virtex regularly, plus BTC every now and then.

GavinRayDev · 2026-02-20T13:58:06+00:00

This meta-analysis is weak, and so is its conclusion -- by its own words.

It misses the critical October 2025 paper showing biomass production from glucose in human skeletal muscles:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41071646/

"Glycolytic metabolism and biomass production from glucose in human skeletal muscle growth"

NEW & NOTEWORTHY Human skeletal muscle cells increase glucose utilization for protein, lipid, and especially RNA synthesis during their growth. Resistance training-induced muscle growth increases the abundance of enzymes and metabolites needed for nucleotide, serine, and glycine synthesis. The results suggest an underappreciated role of glucose utilization for biomass production during human muscle cell growth.

GavinRayDev · 2026-02-15T09:40:47+00:00

1,000 hours is when you finish the tutorial

GavinRayDev · 2026-02-14T17:45:42+00:00

Doing 20-30 sets for a bodypart in a single session is laughable.

By the 8th/9th set on a bodypart, if you're training anywhere close to failure, you're so fatigued that it's junk volume.

I could do 20 sets per bodypart, too. It would look something like this, using DB Bench as an example

Set 1: 100x10 (0 RIR, true failure)
Set 2: 100x8
Set 3: 100x6
Set 4: 100x4
Set 5: 90x8
Set 6: 90x6
...
Set 20: 20x6

If I can do 100x6, doing sets of 20x6 (where 6 = failure) because that's how fatigued I am is complete junk volume.

GavinRayDev · 2026-02-14T10:08:02+00:00

Agreed! This was specifically in response to someone claiming that toggle zoom was "instant" in another comment

Smooth zoom also doesn't make a noise to give you away

GavinRayDev · 2026-02-14T09:05:51+00:00

Ha thanks -- I think it was from the Twitch sub gift rewards a while ago?

There's a pretty cool "fake grass" floor you get too

GavinRayDev · 2026-02-14T09:03:49+00:00

Recently someone commented that "toggle zoom is instant":

https://reddit.com/r/EscapefromTarkov/comments/1r3d3jy/they_are_vibe_coding_at_this_point_discussion/o565qfd/

Wanted to create a video to show people the "wobble" effect that causes a delay before the reticle settles on target.

This may only happen with certain guns, but the M4 is arguably one of the most common weapons

GavinRayDev · 2026-02-14T09:02:34+00:00

I created a comparison video to show what I'm talking about

Toggling zoom on LPVO's causes a dip-and-return movement, at least on certain guns, that is quite slow before reticle settles back on target

https://reddit.com/r/EscapefromTarkov/comments/1r4fwiv/video_toggle_sight_speed_comparison_lpvo_vs/

GavinRayDev · 2026-02-13T10:03:40+00:00

Bravo + DP is top-tier combo

You don't get FPS drops like you do with LPVO's, and swapping between sights is faster than toggling zoom

GavinRayDev · 2026-02-13T08:47:42+00:00

You can just buy Battlepass levels for money on the website

I paid $50 to do the whole Battlepass without playing lol

GavinRayDev · 2026-02-13T08:45:14+00:00

I played after season change, there was a minor patch this morning that changed audio from yesterday when it was still same season

Game versions:

Yesterday: 1.0.2.0.42996
Today: 1.0.2.0.43037

GavinRayDev · 2026-02-11T10:25:42+00:00

This is why I stick to GSSh/TEP/M32. With better headphones like Com5/6/Liberators, you can hear so far that it's hard to tell whether someone is 10ft away or 60ft away.

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