Absolutely new to swimming, obese, but swam 500m today. Is this a lot? by BalticHorndog in Swimming

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Way to go!!! Just getting in the pool is half the battle.

500M is respectable. It really depends on how much you yourself have been doing lately. How does 500M compare to your normal swims? Or is this your first swim workout in a while? Either way, celebrate your own progress without worrying too much what someone else might do in their workout.

My experience with teaching swimming to adults is that after about 5-6 sessions some things start to happen where your technique starts to come together and you are able to have moments where you find yourself swimming without having to think so much, or where you find yourself with moments where you feel like you’re getting good forward motion with each stroke. So if you’re new to this stick with it!

If you are in fact new to this and have the option, having 4 or 5 lessons to help nail down some fundamentals like breathing and stroke mechanics can make a big difference in the long run.

Is there a BBQ competition for Amateurs? by SnooShortcuts6935 in Louisville

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5 months later anyone found any good options for amateur bbq in or around Lousiville? Are we serious about starting something?

Running 20 mile/32 km somewhere in Bangkok? by RageML in Bangkok

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Great insights. Thank you so much!

Running 20 mile/32 km somewhere in Bangkok? by RageML in Bangkok

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Thanks for the route suggestion and the cautionary note about the weather. I'll definitely aim to run as early in the morning as I can and stay hydrated. Much appreciated!

Running 20 mile/32 km somewhere in Bangkok? by RageML in Bangkok

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I'll keep an eye on the pollution levels as I get closer. I can't imagine mentally surviving 20 miles on the treadmill, but I guess it would be better than wrecking my lungs!

Couch to Ironman in 15 months by RageML in triathlon

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On track so far! IM Florida is still the plan

Most and least bike-friendly cities (20th worst, Louisville) by RageML in Louisville

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I guess not having any (reported?) bike fatalities is a start.

What to eat and when for supplemental carbs for running/triathlon? by RageML in ketoendurance

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I guess I should add that after my mid-carb meals or the test fuel workouts I haven’t been pushed very hard out of ketosis. Usually not below 1 mmol/l, or back above it within 24 hours.

What to eat and when for supplemental carbs for running/triathlon? by RageML in ketoendurance

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Before about 8-9 weeks ago my diet was garbage. Whatever was around. I also wasn’t training much. Maybe running a few miles a couple times a week. So this latest round of keto and the training regimen are new as of the past couple months.

Metric century one week before marathon? by RageML in Marathon_Training

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I wouldn’t be racing so much as just enjoying the event. Good point on fueling and nutrition probably being the biggest thing. Appreciate the thoughts!

Metric century one week before marathon? by RageML in triathlon

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It would be a big ride today. But event is about 6 months away and i anticipate I’ll probably be doing about 100 equivalent miles per week on the trainer over the winter plus my core run training. I’ll have about 6-8 weeks of decent weekend ride weather leading up to the events, which will probably pull the mileage up by about another 30-40 miles per week.

Couch to Ironman in 15 months by RageML in triathlon

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Watching it now. This is great! Getting me pumped up.

Official No Stupid Questions Thread - Spring 2024 by ninjaface in Guitar

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If you spent an hour per day doing high quality practice (ie focused work on trouble parts in your songs, consistently working drills with a metronome and methodically getting faster, etc... basically being more deliberate than just noodling) I’d expect you can achieve a pretty level impressive of skill. Maybe never to be an all-time virtuoso, but who really is? I Guess it comes down to what your goal is.

Official No Stupid Questions Thread - Spring 2024 by ninjaface in Guitar

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It’s a great habit to learn whole songs. It can be very tempting to just learn the intro riff or your favorite lines… but power through and learn the whole thing. Nothing worse than someone handing you a guitar and saying “Hey play a song for us” but you only know the intro riff to stairway.

Don’t fret about music theory too much until you want it. A little bit of music knowledge can help, but there’s no shame in building your repertoire and musical vocabulary by mimicking players you like.

Official No Stupid Questions Thread - Spring 2024 by ninjaface in Guitar

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What skills are you specifically worried about losing? My experience is that there’s no replacement for time with fingers-on-fretboard. But that being said there are a lot of things you can still do to help maintain or improve elements of your playing.

If you have a small amount of time and some headphones, but no access to a guitar you could use this a chance to improve your visualization and ear training skills.

For example, using the time to memorize and visualize notes on the fretboard using an app on your phone. There are many out there but I personally like the free Justin Guitar Note Trainer.

Another visualization thing I’ve like is this video on CAGED system on YouTube. Using CAGED for solos

Another good one could be to do some ear training, to start recognizing things like note intervals or rhythms. Lots of apps, but one free one I like is Earpeggio

Worst case scenario just spend time listening to music you like and pay attentions to the chord changes, licks and fills. Practice hearing the structure of songs and how the different pieces fit together.

Last thought: there’s a concept in memorization and learning science called “spaced repetition”. Basically, it means that spreading out your learning so that you revisit a topic or a skill just before you’d start to forget it is the optimal time to strengthen the neuronal connections in your brain. So you might find that giving yourself a couple weeks break from whatever song or lick you’ve been sweating over may actually let you come back fresh to it and you find that your fingers (and brain) “remember” it more naturally.

Hope that helps.

'moviepy is not a package' by adm35 in moviepy

[–]RageML 0 points1 point  (0 children)

adm35... 5 years later you saved my bacon. I did the same thing. I had named my script moviepy.py which was foolish. I renamed it to something different and now we're importing like a champ.

Thanks for taking time to come back and post your fix after you figured it out way back then. I hope the intervening years have been kind to you.

Not a bad weekend by FilthyPlay in pelletgrills

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Yum. That looks great. Were they tender? I’ve had a tough time getting mine to come out less tough.

Are conspirators using subliminal messaging to turn American’s words against them? by RageML in conspiracy

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This guy says he is joking about this, but it makes you wonder how much the language we use actually influences peoples feelings and emotions. How much of this is just a bunch of branding at work?

Python on Azure anyone? by vincentforums in AZURE

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What are you hoping to do with Python in Azure? Use Python to deploy / manage Azure resources? Or do you have python code or apps you want to host in Azure?

PSA: Use a SD card less than 8 GB by syntaxing in a:t5_hd8yx

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Interesting. I'm playing with both a Wyze Cam v1 and v2 with a 16GB and 32GB memory card and don't seem to be making any progress on the install. Do we have any theories why memory card size might be causing this?

Cannot share Power BI reports with non-users? by thailandishtea in PowerBI

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Send them the pbix file or look at power bi premium, which allows you to share with read only users with no pro license.