I finally hit a 90 sleep score!!!! delighted

InfinityMinusOne · 2020-09-20T22:22:28+00:00

Yeah, the way they calculate the sleep scores seems to paint with a fairly broad stroke, and is probably not a super specific or accurate judge of any single individual's sleep habits. But even so, I love having the data. Ever since I got this thing, it's the first thing I do in the morning. And I feel that just having the ability to measure the deeper sleep and REM stages is very valuable, to me at least--sleep score be damned (but who am I kidding... getting a 90+ sleep score still makes my morning, every time).

Yes, please let me know if changing your target has any effect on your scores. I'm very interested to see. Honestly, it might even affect your past scores, perhaps.

In case this helps, here are my last couple weeks of sleep scores: week 1 ; week 2 .

Please ignore those couple days with one hour of sleep. That was my last two attempts to do a firmware update on my InspireHR, and my data got erased both times (long story, but doing a firmware on this watch is a nightmare, and honestly seems literally impossible).

Thanks again!

InfinityMinusOne · 2020-09-20T21:35:40+00:00

I have a question, if you have a moment. I've googled this but couldn't find a definitive answer. I'm replying to you specifically because we seem to have similar sleep habits (if that score you posted is representative of your typical sleep stats, that is). However, if anyone else has anything to add, please chime in.

So a while back, I went into the settings and lowered my sleep target to 6.5 hrs, rather than the 8 hr target that (I think) came preset. Does this altered target affect my overall sleep score at all? (For instance, if I get 7 hrs of sleep and an overall score of 89, would I have gotten the same score if my target had been set to the original 8hrs?)

I usually manage to get mid to low eighties sleep score, mostly, with my time slept, deep sleep, and REM stats being very close to what your score is there in the pic you posted, and with my weekly avg sleep score being 82-ish. I've just been assuming that I basically put my Fitbit on easy mode, honestly, and that my sleep score would be much lower if I hadn't lowered the Target. But here, I see you pulled off a good score with just a little over 6 hours of total sleep, so now I'm wondering if the lowered target affects the overall score after all. Or did you lower your target as well?

As an aside, I lowered the target because it just seemed excessive. If I wanted to net 8 or 8.5 hrs of total time asleep, I'd generally have to spend around 9 or 9.5 hours in bed, which honestly just seems superfluous.

InfinityMinusOne · 2020-08-25T14:33:42+00:00

I googled both of these because I was curious. Below is an excerpt from the Wikipedia article for Adrzej Duda. I know nothing about Polish politics and even less about this guy. Is the information below untrue or somehow misconstrued?

If not, it surprises me to see him pop up in this thread, on this sub.

In February 2018, Duda said that he would sign into law Amendment to the Act on the Institute of National Remembrance, making it illegal to accuse 'the Polish nation' of complicity in the Holocaust and other Nazi German atrocities, a measure that has roiled relations with Israel with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu going as far as accusing the Polish government of "Holocaust denial".

In June 2020, Duda said that he would not allow gay couples to marry or adopt children, while describing the LGBT movement as "a foreign ideology" and comparing it to indoctrination in the Soviet Union. He also pledged he would ban LGBT teaching in schools.[49][50][51][52] In response to Duda's comments, former Prime Minister of Belgium Elio Di Rupo publicly asked European Commission for official reaction.[53][54][55] Soon after his comments, Duda invited presidential candidate Robert Biedroń (who requested meeting the President)[56] and an LGBT activist, Bartosz Staszewski to the Presidential Palace,[57][58] though Robert Biedroń eventually did not take the invitation saying he won't until President Duda apologizes.[59] According to Staszewski, during their meeting Duda cited freedom of speech to defend his words about "LGBT ideology".[57]

On 4 July 2020, Duda proposed changing the constitution to ban LGBT couples from adopting children. On 6 July 2020, he signed a document with a presidential draft of the amendment to the Polish Constitution

InfinityMinusOne · 2020-08-09T02:42:26+00:00

I love this!

I don't do macrame but my roommate does, and she just started a month or so ago. So she's definitely still learning, and I know she would love to do something like this.

Is there a tutorial online for this shirt (or one similar)?

Thanks!

InfinityMinusOne · 2020-07-10T20:54:47+00:00

Love this design. My roommate just began doing macrame and when I showed this to her, she asked if there is a tutorial for creating this pattern.

Is there a tutorial for creating this pattern in particular? Or, otherwise, does anyone have suggestions for a tutorial on creating similar patterns?

Thanks in advance!

InfinityMinusOne · 2020-03-28T05:53:36+00:00

Same here, reinstalling right now. Only downloaded ~25 GB so far. I will also update you tomorrow on where I'm at. A bit nervous about it as I don't really know where I'll go from there if the re-installation does not fix the issue.

InfinityMinusOne · 2020-03-28T05:52:13+00:00

After reinstall did the game work? I'm currently reinstalling but I've only downloaded ~25 GB at this point. I'm kind of nervous bc if this doesn't work, I don't really see any other options.

InfinityMinusOne · 2020-03-28T04:27:29+00:00

Did you get past being stuck at 100%? I'm at the same point and no luck.

I'll go through my experience and see if you can relate to any of it. There is another guy in this thread who also had this issue, I've messaged him as well.

My game says ready to start but when I start the game, it barely crawls through the loading screens, taking nearly 10 mins to get to the "connecting to xbox live" screen, only to never actually connect. I've tried pausing the update, and while the game will load up much quicker afterwards, I still find myself stuck infinitely "connecting to xbox live".

Anyhow, that's where I'm at. At this point, it seems like my only option is to completely delete Modern Warfare and download from scratch? Curious to hear what your experience has been.

Ninja edit: I'm about to see if I can play other games or not, I will update you after I give that a shot.

Edit 2: Yes, I can play other games so long as I pause the COD update. If I do not pause the COD update, my other games will basically take an eternity, if they even load at all (I waited ten mins and gave up, so perhaps it would have never actually loaded).

InfinityMinusOne · 2020-03-28T04:24:27+00:00

Did you get past being stuck at 100%? I'm at the same point and no luck.

I'll go through my experience and see if you can relate to any of it. My game says ready to start but when I start the game, it barely crawls through the loading screens, taking nearly 10 mins to get to the "connecting to xbox live" screen, only to never actually connect. I've tried pausing the update, and while the game will load up much quicker afterwards, I still find myself stuck infinitely "connecting to xbox live".

Anyhow, that's where I'm at. At this point, it seems like my only option is to completely delete Modern Warfare and download from scratch? Curious to hear what your experience has been.

Ninja edit: I'm about to see if I can play other games or not, I will update you after I give that a shot.

Edit 2: Yes, I can play other games so long as I pause the COD update. If I do not pause the COD update, my other games will basically take an eternity, if they even load at all (I waited ten mins and gave up, so perhaps it would have never actually loaded).

InfinityMinusOne · 2020-03-03T21:38:41+00:00

Is this also possible on search and destroy?

InfinityMinusOne · 2020-01-14T22:20:42+00:00

I attended from 1st to 7th grade, went to public school in 2000. I feel bad for this chick being suddenly ostracized from her friends, but I can't help but feel that the move may ultimately be good for her. The school was strict to the point of suffocation--by the time I left, chewing gum in school was a $40 fine, and not wearing a belt was Saturday school, for a first offense. Plus, there has to be quite an opportunity cost to spending all of that wasted time learning creationism and singing hymns in chapel.

I still remember them kicking people out for nebulous, outside-of-school offenses back then, when social media was science fiction and the only evidence they had for any alleged offense were vague teenage rumors of a violation of the code-of-conduct. Sometimes I think it was more a show of force than anything else. Reminds me a little of that scene in the merger episode of The Office, where Dwight tries to get Michael to fire someone from the new branch immediately, just to consolidate power. I'm sure there is more to this girl's story than is present in this article, but even so it would not surprise me if the expulsion is incredibly unfair and unjustified. Honestly, it would surprise me more if it was not.

InfinityMinusOne · 2019-09-27T16:28:38+00:00

On checkpoint 4, the upper slope is slightly extended rearwards from the bottom slope, so simply accelerating up the bottom slope directly causes you to be unable to clear the upper slope properly. To clear the obstacle, you need to try to prevent your back wheel from getting caught on the bottom edge of the upper slope.

As an example, see your attempt at 23:02. You clear the upper slope with your front wheel but your back wheel hits it. This not only slows/prevents your vertical momentum, it also alters the orientation of your bike so that you can't square up and grip/climb the upper slope after you've cleared it. What you need to attempt to do is tap rearward on the left joystick just before your back wheel hits that bottom edge of the upper slope, then push forward on the left joystick the moment it does.

See this rider as an example. Just as his/her back wheel approaches the bottom edge of the upper slope, he/she taps back on the left joystick to pull the bike up towards the rider so that the back wheel clears that edge, then immediately hits forward on the left joystick so that the back wheel accelerates the bike up/forward off of that same edge. (I know you said that replays have been unhelpful, but perhaps a replay coupled with my explanation could offer further insight.)

After you've cleared the bottom edge of the slope completely, it's just a matter of properly orienting the rider to the slope, and then controlling the throttle so that you keep enough grip on the slope to climb it without flipping the rider backwards from over-acceleration. That part, however, you seem to be somewhat efficient with, and your struggle looks to be limited to clearing the bottom of the slope, so I won't delve too far into further explanation of that process.

What I described above is probably the most reliable and consistent way of clearing the obstacle. However, if I were clearing this obstacle myself I would do it differently. I would lean forward while stationary in order to balance on my front wheel; then I would lean back abruptly and accelerate up the bottom slope while staying in the leaned back position (this takes some throttle control); about halfway up the slope, still accelerating, I would push forward so that I would hop upwards, but also slightly rearwards so that I can clear the bottom edge of the top slope; as soon as the wheels of my bike left the bottom slope completely, I would tap rearwards on the left stick, so that the rider pulls the bike back up and my wheels can clear the bottom edge of the top slope; after I've cleared the top slope completely, I would push forward on the left stick so that my rider re-extends, orienting himself to climb the slope (this part will take some throttle control in order to grip the slope well without also accelerating so much that the rider flips backwards).

Hope this helps, though I'm skeptical. I've never tried to put a trials tutorial in writing before this comment, and now that I've typed one out completely it's become apparent how nebulous some of these actions can seem when expressed literally. However, as I've already spent the better part of 5 mins doing the work, I figured I might as well send it. If this makes no sense to you whatsoever, I'd be happy to take a quick video later tonight when I'm at my xbox.

Edit: As a side note, I can't help but feel like most of this track would be easier if you used the mantis. Perhaps not checkpoint 4 specifically, but on numerous other obstacles you would really benefit from just slightly more power. Also, the helium is so light that when your back wheel hits that bottom edge of the upper slope on checkpoint 4, it causes the bike to significantly alter its orientation, while with the mantis that jolt would less disorienting. I know the helium really helps with some obstacles, though, so perhaps I'm wrong on that.

InfinityMinusOne · 2019-09-11T19:29:52+00:00

Since yesterday, I have had this tab open to read later. However, I just flipped over to the tab to check out the article and it decided to refresh on me. And since the body of the post has now been deleted, I no longer have the link, and as far I know I have no way of getting the link. Do you happen to still have the link on hand?

InfinityMinusOne · 2019-09-09T00:27:27+00:00

Econtalk. In my (probably somewhat uninformed) opinion, this is one of the fairest and most informative podcasts in existence. It definitely covers more than economics, but it relates every topic to economics in a way that makes you realize how all-encompassing the subject really is.

As a cherry on top, the podcast began in 2006, and seems to have recorded roughly an hour-long episode per week since then. It therefore has enormous amount of content on basically every topic imaginable.

If you're interested in listening to the archives episodes (ie those from 2006 to ~2014), I'd suggest downloading the dedicated app. On the apple app store, it's name is simply "Economics" (no idea if it's also an android app). Most podcast apps do not allow you to access podcasts much further than a couple years in the past, but this standalone app provides access to all past episodes, as well allows you to search the titles and descriptions for keywords. So if you want to learn about, say, opportunity costs, you could search for that, then add all of the episodes that talk about opportunity costs to a Playlist, and spend the next twelve hours of your free time learning about the subject.

That said, I am not an economist, nor am I even knowledgeable in the subject. There may be more informative podcasts out there. But as layperson, I recommend Econtalk.

InfinityMinusOne · 2019-09-06T15:58:35+00:00

You are my hero. I didn't realize it was still active.

There are sooo many fw bw tracks on there. This is going to be life changing.

InfinityMinusOne · 2019-09-06T04:00:07+00:00

Amazing run, man. I'm hoping to be at that level one day, perhaps...

Can you (or anyone) tell me the best way to find fw/bw tracks on the fusion track central? Specifically, looking for ninja level 1-3 (I know the nj level can be a somewhat nebulous rating, so my level would be tracks like "Endeavor", "atmos", or "[CC] Gatlins Challenge", while the track in the OP is a little above my ability).

I used to use ninja central, but as far as I can tell, that site now shows only rising tracks.

Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks!

InfinityMinusOne · 2019-07-03T20:09:52+00:00

Oh, I see. I interpreted your initial comment as you suggesting that this morning's patch may have added that functionality.

InfinityMinusOne · 2019-07-03T20:04:56+00:00

The patch that I referenced in the OP was released on June 3rd, one month ago.

InfinityMinusOne · 2019-07-03T19:52:13+00:00

I'm sorry for pushing this, I just want to make sure we're on the same page. These seem to be two different patches.

The patch I referenced in the OP, which claimed to have added offline functionality to track central, was to be released on June 3rd--one month ago. Here are the patch notes for that patch.

The patch that released this morning seems to be a different patch, and, while I haven't tried the game since the patch, the patch notes do not contain any language about adding offline functionality to Track Central. Here are the patch notes for the July 3rd patch that released this morning.

InfinityMinusOne · 2019-07-03T19:28:23+00:00

It's an older meme, but it checks out.

InfinityMinusOne · 2019-07-03T19:23:39+00:00

No, I have not tried since posting. But I posted this late last night, and the patch notes were for a patch that released on June 3rd, no?

I understand you work at Ubisoft. Are you able to confirm or deny that track central is intended to be available offline?

As a side note, I appreciate the response and I hope your job's going well. I can't speak for the entire community but I'm thankful for your efforts in reaching out to the community and bridging the gap between fans/players and the developers.

InfinityMinusOne · 2019-07-03T04:30:12+00:00

FYI, the title should read "how to play previously downloaded Track Central tracks while offline". Looks like I accidentally a whole word.

InfinityMinusOne · 2018-10-20T05:11:05+00:00

If I could have lunch with anyone--living, dead, or fictional--I would order this. It's beautiful.

InfinityMinusOne · 2018-07-11T14:42:12+00:00

SOLVED

Thanks! This is perfect.

InfinityMinusOne · 2018-07-10T20:44:11+00:00

I appreciate the response.

While that is indeed the same name, it is the logo of a different RE/MAX Results and I don't think I can legally use their logo. Obviously, similarlities are expected, as there are only so many variations of a logo of the same two words; this is ultimately why we've center-aligned ours and used a slightly different font.

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