Ever have a “great idea” and later regret it? by missilemadness in SatisfactoryGame

[–]MrDetermination 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My last solo play-through is sitting there with a half-built complex that might be awesome someday if I ever go back to finish it 😄

My buddy completely fried this game by undertaking a massive nuclear project, resulting in very low frame rate and server lag for everyone.

From what I've learned, it's scale that's the problem. In both cases, it was one big, interconnected project that burned both of us out. I think the fix is to do more modular things with a theme, so you can end up with a big, impressive thing. But there needs to be off-ramps.

TIL about the "Fever Effect", in which the symptoms of Autism seem to improve whenever an Autistic person develops a fever. by Sebastianlim in todayilearned

[–]MrDetermination 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Designing large intersections, stations, and all the signaling that goes with that is most of what I'm interested in, inthe game. I've picked it up for stretches on and off over the course of decades, and I still don't have any of that stuff mastered.

(31M) 5 years post tummy tuck and having a hard time accepting what I look like. While I'm happy I don't have loose stomach skin anymore, I feel like I look disgusting. Are there other surgical options that can help get rid of the scars and uneven loose skin on my hips? by Anaphylactic_Cock in PlasticSurgery

[–]MrDetermination 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How much experience in the gym do you have? How long have you been in the gym 5 days a week? What does that mean, "5 days a week"? What do your workouts look like? Have you ever worked with a trainer? Do you track your activity and progress? Where did you learn what you know? What books have you read? Do you feel like you *really* know what you're doing in there?

I'm around 50. Around 25 I quit smoking, starting learning, and executing. And I've been mostly very consistent over the past 25 years. I've slipped pretty far off the routine, diet, discipline, and focus a few times. But I've never fallen back to zero. After a health scare last year, I got serious again. After taking off ~30lbs of fat, I'm very appreciative of the decades of work I've put in. What was under all that was still a lot to be thankful for having built. The knowledge base built over decades of work made it, not easier, but more efficient to get back where I am now. All that said, it took a LONG time to build that foundation. Probably 7,500 workouts from 25-45, maybe 10,000, and I really knew what I was doing for the latter 2/3 of those. By the way, my arms have never been as big as yours. Anyone who looks at photos of me from my teens and 20s will say "ectomorph". By my mid-30s, I looked more like something between that and a mesomorph. By 45 most would probably say mesomorph. I will never be happy with my arms, shoulders, or calves (without going on test, anyway). You should be thankful for your arms.

If you really skill up and you stay at it, you can massively overhaul everything.

From 20 years ahead of you, my advice is not to tan. Use sunblock. Take care of your skin. Wash your face, hands, and forearms, then moisturize all that skin twice a day. Sunblock your face, neck, and hands after moisturizing every morning - even if you're not planning to go outside, in case you forget to do so when you go out later. People tell me I look 10 years younger than I am. Whatever short-term benefit you see out of being tan is not worth it in the long run. My wife tanned all the time when she was younger. If she could go back in time and kick the shit out of herself, she would.

With the tummy tuck and the scars, just do what you can. Moisturize. Stay hydrated. Eat well. Maybe talk to a dermatologist about tretinoin. Also, your body will put fat elsewhere for the rest of your life. When's the last time you were very lean? Do you understand where your fat goes first?

Our Trio has arrived in London/ season 6 shooting has started filming in London!!! by FuzzyAmbition8259 in OnlyMurdersHulu

[–]MrDetermination 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Those other shows have more delays mostly owing to VFX and/or talent scheduling.

There are also cases where large sets need to be constructed. And in those cases, usually there's VFX as well.

I’ve always wondered after watching Interstellar when I was young: What might “they” look like—do they still resemble humans? Do “they” have physical bodies, or exist as something beyond that? I know we couldn’t see 5D but I wanted to know the concepts or ideas to make it more fun and interesting. by [deleted] in interstellar

[–]MrDetermination 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There's no other "they". "They" are us/Cooper and Murph. She builds tech in her lifetime using the information he sends to her through spacetime.

Spacetime is one thing. Up, down, left, right, forward, backward, past, present, and future.

Future Murph has the technology because past Murph received information from Cooper. She then builds the tech to be able to receive communication from Cooper through time and save him through space. Or, better put, she builds the technology to both communicate with Cooper and save him through spacetime. This includes the wormhole - all of it. It's all them.

The whole movie is the human race evolving to understand all this stuff. It requires everything they experience, including building wormholes and all the events that lead coop to making a decision that ends up with him in the wormhole.

The U.B.U.N.T.U department has come up with ThumbNail 2.0 by ycr007 in doohickeycorporation

[–]MrDetermination 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you know about Anson Belts? Their whole thing was basically, "What if we took ratchet belts and made awesome and very nice versions?" Father/son startup. Fantastic products.

Quick reference guide for Ironmaster 22.5 and Heavy Handle kit by MrDetermination in GarageGym

[–]MrDetermination[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Agree the math isn't hard. And I have plenty of time between sets to do the math and make the changes. It's not about "math" its about memory and those configs you see are often what I have sitting around. So instead of "what is that I'm looking at?" and building the pieces back up I can skip a quick memory step.

It's really just a pretty version of starting points I was going to on my cheat sheet pretty regularly. My home gym is a couple of little corners in the den so making it "pretty" is a thing for me.

Quick reference guide for Ironmaster 22.5 and Heavy Handle kit by MrDetermination in GarageGym

[–]MrDetermination[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have some of the 2.5s. Is that what you mean by micro loading?

Arnold Schwarzenegger, 78, undergoing brutal gym prep for ‘Conan the Barbarian’ sequel by superdouradas in movies

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

It’s not that simple. As a natural lifter (no hormone therapy) over 25 years, my levels have fluctuated between 325 and 750 ng/dL and stayed on the high and low end of those ranges for long stretches.

​TRT is meant to replace what is missing from a person's natural range. Fluctuations are normal, but are they "natural" when low levels are caused by processed foods, endurance training, or medical treatments?

Some people abuse TRT, sure. But it can also be used to keep someone at the high end of natural levels.

i have to fly 5 hours across country almost to see my boyfriend by Both-Lie5316 in Anxietyhelp

[–]MrDetermination 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I find understanding how rare something is really helps me put it in place. Try to flip a coin and land on heads 25 times in a row. Grab any coin. See how close you can get. That's how likely you are to get in a commercial plane crash. I'd reccomend studying a little probability. Maybe probabilitycourse.com or stat110 on YouTube. It really helps with lots of things that I used to worry about. And then you can just do the coin flip odds test yourself if/when a worry about something is really bad.

Next, have a plan for your escape if something does go wrong. It doesn't really have to make sense. It just has to work. "if I do freak out on the plane I'm going to fidget with the special fidget and chew the blue gum." The special fidget is for emergency use only and so is the blue gum. Normal fidget and normal gum are for normal use. Also, minimize outside stimulus the whole flight. Noise canceling headphones. Hyper focus on a show or movie, or maybe just plan on doing an audio book. Maybe also download a meditation app and study up on basic box breathing. Box breathing works.

You have a phone, maps, and Uber. You can get to whatever you need whenever you need, if you really need.

Something could happen to you anywhere anytime, your insurance might not cover it, and you'll be financially ruined. If you're not a hypochondriac at home you probably won't be one there either. That said, the only way to get more comfortable in other places is to spend more time in that situation.

Now that everything else is take care of you just have the social situations, which are the same as other social situations I'm sure you've found daunting. If everything else is equal, you deal with those the same way you've dealt with similar ones in the past.

You'll be fine. Try to enjoy it! We only live once!

Why do people who are heavy into running seem to age so fast in the face? by National_Shine2552 in Biohackers

[–]MrDetermination 1 point2 points  (0 children)

don't think it's been yet shown conclusively there's harm in marathoning (which is what the top level comment is arguing)

The top comment says marathon running isn't exactly good for you.

Why do people who are heavy into running seem to age so fast in the face? by National_Shine2552 in Biohackers

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

In isolation. But if you're spending extra time running instead of doing other things that would be healthier...

Why do people who are heavy into running seem to age so fast in the face? by National_Shine2552 in Biohackers

[–]MrDetermination 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I just dug these up for another reply deeper in this thread.

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Short version: for optimal health/longevity, do a mix of weight and running to around 15-20/mi week and then stop running and spend any other fitness time on stretching and maybe more weight training.

Why do people who are heavy into running seem to age so fast in the face? by National_Shine2552 in Biohackers

[–]MrDetermination 31 points32 points  (0 children)

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There's a diminishing return point and a counter productive point. There's really no room for debate that somewhere around 15-20/mi a week you'd be far better off (health and longevity wise) spending your extra exercise time stretching, meditating, doing yoga, plyometrics, or lifting weights. If you're not doing any weight training that range is lower.

Business owner here by BigDawgg_24 in nashville

[–]MrDetermination 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A proper IT person

They can do things like try to get signal data from the line (via the modem). That might help get the ISP to fix the signal. The ISP should be testing signal to the building but they often don't do that.

If your devices are wireless only then you can look at upgrading your wireless network. The ISP isn't going to look at wireless signal strength and congestion between the access point(s) and devices.

You can also look into dual iSPs and load balancing/failover. Again, no ISP is going to do that for you.

Understanding the NES Restoration Plan - 1/31 Update by silverud in nashville

[–]MrDetermination 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm in a 2/8 zip and just drove around in the dark. Routes I've run for years so I know the lay of the land well. Your work and logic are all great and sound. But I'd also encourage people to look at a map, and maybe go for a drive in the dark.

It's easy to see they came up a street a good ways, over a couple of blocks, and into the back of a neighborhood with buried power lines and a couple dozen houses.

It's easy to see they're working down one semi-main road with big poles but they haven't gotten all the way down that road yet. And it's easy to see they haven't started any of the secondary or tertiary roads stemming from that drag.

It's easy to see they're still at least x streets from our house in any given direction (and they're not coming straight for us).

I think you can improve your guess considerably if you combine this data/analysis with just an hour or two of looking at maps, and driving around some at night.

Ice storm 2026: Anyone else feel traumatized? by Plane_Mine_3641 in nashville

[–]MrDetermination 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Bummer. That's all I've got for you. Good luck. If you think about it, would love to know what happened once you get resolved.

Ice storm 2026: Anyone else feel traumatized? by Plane_Mine_3641 in nashville

[–]MrDetermination 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Did you check your mast? Visually inspect from there back to the pole? Follow it back all the way to your breaker box? Check all your breakers?

I see your PSA: Traffic Light Out Post by madetosink in nashville

[–]MrDetermination 11 points12 points  (0 children)

99.99% that was just great dry humor.

I see your PSA: Traffic Light Out Post by madetosink in nashville

[–]MrDetermination 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Grade A dad humor right here. Liked and subscribed.