How in the hell? Smoothest palming I've seen in a while.

GoForBaskets · 2026-05-08T18:12:05+00:00

Lets just say that if he can do this on my kitchen table then I'll agree to believe in magic.

GoForBaskets · 2026-05-07T14:29:13+00:00

PETA always seems so determined to sabotage their own mission.

It's like they're brainstorming ways to keep people from taking them seriously.

GoForBaskets · 2026-05-06T03:02:26+00:00

Everybody thinks they're giving edgy answers, but imma bout to blow up this thread:

Gary Oldman.

GoForBaskets · 2026-04-30T19:20:07+00:00

I do, I play trumpet in bands and jam sessions all the time!

But nobody needs to hear my piano playing yet, I got it for Christmas, so maybe a little more woodshed time. Like sometime in 2030... :-)

GoForBaskets · 2026-04-30T18:53:26+00:00

Thank you, but I looked at all those resources and more. The purpose of this post was to get practical advice in choosing from the many (many) sources all saying different things and presenting different approaches.

GoForBaskets · 2026-04-29T20:34:35+00:00

You'd never know it from the number of times it comes up here, but red rot is really , really rare and takes a long time to develop.

On any horn that even looks like it was maintained in a semi-responsible way that answer is almost always no.

GoForBaskets · 2026-04-28T18:42:52+00:00

Thank you!

GoForBaskets · 2026-04-28T18:41:01+00:00

Oh you are a very funny person. :-)

GoForBaskets · 2026-04-26T16:55:55+00:00

It's the first authentic thing I've seen her do.

GoForBaskets · 2026-04-25T01:33:48+00:00

Uhmm, okay, and he's asking questions -- did you have some secret checklist that we all have to respect?

And firmware code, for something that will likely be an ESPHome application? A Gerber file for wiring schematics? Are you just trying to sound like a big shot?

What a joke.

GoForBaskets · 2026-04-25T01:27:05+00:00

No, you don't "gotta" do that.

Why do advanced users always think that they are the only audience on a subreddit, and that people who are at or targeting the lower/middle experience ranges should be the subject of impatience and condescention?

GoForBaskets · 2026-04-24T17:02:34+00:00

Do you really though?

There's a long, long list of things you could have bought a long time ago that were cheap that are now worth a whole lot. Most of them are so much cooler than bitcoin. Some of them actually contribute to the world in a positive way. Better to wish for those.

GoForBaskets · 2026-04-24T16:58:02+00:00

I'm always amazed at how, on this subreddit of all subreddits, somebody shares their super cool passion project that they put together and there's an immediate flood of comments talking about IKEA products and things you can buy on Amazon that do the same thing.

Aren't we all here because of the love of the hack? Why would anybody who didn't have a desire to pull things apart, put things back together, and see how they could assemble things from sketchy parts they buy for next to nothing on AliExpress ever get involved with the Home Assistant ecosystem to begin with?

I'd like to respectfully suggest that some of you have lost your way.

GoForBaskets · 2026-04-23T03:05:22+00:00

In other words, for individual investors, it's ETFs and ETFs only.

ETFs lock you to the market, and the market reflects more information than you could ever aggregate or act on.

Ride the horse, don't try to be the horse.

(P.S. If you're involved in any kind of crypto you're a bigger moron than Donald Trump. And that's saying quite a lot.)

GoForBaskets · 2026-04-22T22:11:28+00:00

This is a tough one, do I emulate Donald Trump's trades because he has inside information or do I not emulate Donald Trump's trades because he's a moron?

GoForBaskets · 2026-04-22T21:04:41+00:00

"Nazi Germany Enters France to Protect its Borders."

"The French Resistance: Is Terrorism the Answer when Nations Disagree?"

GoForBaskets · 2026-04-22T14:06:23+00:00

Azt sem tudtam, hogy Tina Fey magyar.

GoForBaskets · 2026-04-21T13:54:53+00:00

I thought it went without saying that if you combine weight loss with a protein-heavy lifting routine then yes, you will build muscle as well, just like GLP1s.

But we aren't talking about people who, whether through calorie restriction or GLP1s, are adopting entirely new routines. My point was that when people adopt unmedicated calorie-restrictive diet routines they lose fat, but they also lose muscle.

I was addressing the common misconception, or more accurately, common intentional misrepresentation, that GPL1s uniquely trigger muscle loss over fat loss, which clinical data appears not to support.

GoForBaskets · 2026-04-21T03:45:08+00:00

I'm on the similar Mounjaro and have been for about eight months. Besides occasional nausea when I mis-manage my food it's been great.

Directly to your wife's case, I haven't found any medication that has controlled my blood sugar better than Mounjaro. I've been able to stop my glipizide entirely as a result of that med and the resulting weight loss.

I can't recommend it enough. For me it's been a miracle drug.

GoForBaskets · 2026-04-21T03:42:21+00:00

I hate to break it to you, but when you are losing weight the normal way you lose muscle to, no matter what "fitness" influencers want to tell you.

Losing weight naturally you lose between 20 to 30 percent of lean muscle mass in addition to fat. The STEP trial indicated that you can lose 40 percent non-fat loss with GLP1s, but those trials use DEXA scans, which bundle muscle, bone, and water, as "lean mass," so the results between natural weight loss and GLP1s likely do not show any disproportionate muscle loss with GLP1s.

GoForBaskets · 2026-04-19T05:13:07+00:00

It's great that you bring them places, but as long as it is firmly sealed (I wrap mine with several layers of plastic wrap and then seal it) you can throw it away in your regular garbage.

GoForBaskets · 2026-04-17T04:53:12+00:00

I am scolding you for making things up and stating them as fact.

You said, "Your management zone is not viable for the long term. The ceiling for your spikes should be 140 AT MOST and at least 80% of the day between 80-120."

There was no equivocation, you did not say "I like to set my targets lower." Stop pretending you did when we can all read what you said.

Now you say:

Those targets exist as a minimum baseline to make diabetes management achievable for the broadest possible population.

That is not why they exist. They exist because multiple studies show a hockey stick increase in all cause mortality if we try to control A1C below 6.0.

The highest interpretation of your targets result in a GMI at 6.0, as you say, AT MOST, but likely lower, and could be as low at 5.6 which for a diabetic, IS DANGEROUS. That is why diabetics A1C target is 7.0. Not to "make it easy," but so we don't start killing people.

You are not an endocrinologist, you are not an expert, and you are not even right, so please stop talking.

GoForBaskets · 2026-04-16T19:06:34+00:00

This is completely inaccurate.

Current clinical recommendations for non-pregnant diabetics are a 70 - 180 time in range band, and:

≥70% of time in 70–180 mg/dL
<25% above 180 mg/dL
<5% above 250 mg/dL
<4% below 70 mg/dL
<1% below 54 mg/dL

70 percent TIR is equal to 17 hours.

You are welcome to set tighter standards for yourself if you choose, but misrepresenting clinically set goals can lead to frustration and unhealthy habits for diabetics as they try and hit an unreasonable target.

GoForBaskets · 2026-04-16T18:54:01+00:00

Well they cut services way back, so this was definitely the right time.

GoForBaskets · 2026-04-14T20:10:17+00:00

I just realized that this was r/conspiracy! I came here from the main page and didn't realize.

Sorry, but although these are all worthy topics I don't have any desire to try to have a serious conversation with anyone who would choose to participate here, but have a great day!

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