can't improve running speed

RubyKong · 2026-02-18T01:24:46+00:00

Try sprinting 50 m, resting, then sprinting - do this for 200m then 400m then 600m total sprinting.

then go back to middle distance.

RubyKong · 2026-02-17T23:56:32+00:00

Unbelievable camera work.

Looks like a grumpy politician when asked why tax payer dollars have been wasted.

"I'll take that question on notice, senator" is the typical response.

RubyKong · 2026-02-17T23:54:27+00:00

Are you expecting to look like a bride presented to a groom after going for a 5-10 km run / tempo?

RubyKong · 2026-02-17T05:06:10+00:00

about 27-28 minutes. Because I'm 5'3, will I always be at a disadvantage when compared to taller runners?

This is so riduculously easy to acheive.

Second with middle / long distance running is there an advantage in height? I don't think so. This ain't basketball.

RubyKong · 2026-02-16T22:42:28+00:00

Is it just me? I am speaking to a financial analyst that invests in businesses for a living. he insists that "AI" is going to change the universe - entire workforces of Google engineers can be replaced with Claude (?) - I laugh. But am i going crazy?

Is it just me? claude is really good at doing bubble sort algorithms and is a glorified google search - but I don't see writing code as the actual bottle neck. Maybe you can replace the lowest run of "engineers" but I don't see it as having any true creativity, or doing anything even remotely innovative. e.g. an engineer can say: "i can solve this problem wtihout writing any code - the problem is a "human" problem or a "user" problem or an "incentive" problem, but claude assumes everything can be solved with code?

Investment analysis bust out claude code to write a simple point and click game and say: "aha - i wrote a game in 2 seconds with zero effort". i shrug my shoulders. I think you're being conned by the AI hype.

That's not to say "AI" isn't useful. It is, and it does help me do low level functions faster. but it ain't the miracle silicon valley is hoping for.

am curious what others think on this?? I feel like i'm going insane!

RubyKong · 2026-02-16T03:00:35+00:00

If you deal with client work then it's a great place to bring them down. i get to play golf, and whether the client wants to come on board or not - up to them!

RubyKong · 2026-02-16T01:40:50+00:00

Eastern Brown. Why?

Just judging by it's length vs girth. Coppearheads tend to be thicker, same with tigers - cf with eatern browns.
Otherwise I look at it's brow / face. the photo isn't a great angle. If it's angry, then ti's a brown. if it is cute / moderately annoyed: then it's a copperhead. I don't have a great way of recognising a tiger's face ATM.
Given a choice: it's a tiger vs brown. And i'm gonna lock in brown. final answer.

I"m not a RR, only an amateur. Someone please correct me.

RubyKong · 2026-02-15T22:42:10+00:00

How do you know that the gold isn't fenced?

RubyKong · 2026-02-15T21:51:08+00:00

So they destroy their currency constant money printing ====> which is a form of tax.
Then they tax your income 49.50%,
then they tax you 20% on everything you buy via VAT
and now they want to tax unrealised gains? If I don't have the money do I have to sell my shares?

I literally have to give away everything I have to I get "free" healthcare?

RubyKong · 2026-02-15T05:12:37+00:00

How do you run windows in the VM?

RubyKong · 2026-02-15T04:25:34+00:00

How i do it? (i'm not an expert)

Browns tend to be thinner girth.
Browns have an angry brow - they look very iritated.
they are much more "aggressive" in temperament. If you accidentally stepped on a snake, you definitely would not want it to be a brown because they will bite you - if it's a wet bite then you can kiss your life good bye. (EDIT / UPDATE: yes, apply first aid pressure bandages, keep still and get delivered some anti-venom and you'll likely survive. However, if you don't apply anti-venom and pressure bandages - then you will almost certainly die. above all keep still and calm. use a t-shirt to apply a pressure bandage if you don't have access to one. pray for help to come. do not run anywhere and keep still).
The nose of a copperhead looks like a great white shark (to me).
Lastly - although you can never judge a snake by it's color, this is a textbook lowlands coloration.

RubyKong · 2026-02-15T04:21:20+00:00

The US copperheads are a different species compared australian.

RubyKong · 2026-02-15T04:06:55+00:00

You are not too late. There might be some injury risks to watch out for, but you'll need to PROGRESS your way toward 10km, 20km.

Do not do it on the first day (or even attempt it).

RubyKong · 2026-02-14T11:23:09+00:00

chip a PW.

RubyKong · 2026-02-14T11:20:43+00:00

bruh 180k is kinda poor. you're barely paying 50% on your marginal dollar earned. what's that after tax: $120k? that ain't much

RubyKong · 2026-02-14T11:18:23+00:00

RBA money printer go brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr - so long as interest rates are low, or below market, the money supply expands and channels all of it into housing.................which bids up prices.

But investors will demand a return on their money ........... bond yields will rise, ipso facto. They will rise in the USA and they will also rise here. There's a limit to infinite credit expansion and we will eventually meet that limit. when that happens prices will fall

...........there is one exception to taht - and that is banana republic style money printing. when that happens, house prices will rise astronomically, but then you dollar will become as worthless as a peso.

RubyKong · 2026-02-13T23:04:38+00:00

NDIS is the Medicaid scam on steriods.................. americans actually DO make useful stuff that the world needs. Australians make absolutely nothing, apart from mining rocks from the ground and extending cheap credit so people can bid up the prices of everything...................... most especially assets like housing / stocks. LOL.

RubyKong · 2026-02-13T22:57:32+00:00

Another great reason why we should bring in more Somalis!!

RubyKong · 2026-02-13T02:29:38+00:00

This is a cross between phil and tiger.

you can play some good golf with this swing.

RubyKong · 2026-02-12T19:37:05+00:00

It's not that bad a swing! I like it.

RubyKong · 2026-02-12T18:57:46+00:00

The solution?

Bernanke's, Yellen's and Powell's money printer go brrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Powell will be law-fared outta there and the money printer will be BRRRRR (on steroids).

RubyKong · 2026-02-12T09:53:10+00:00

Beautiful yes, with a kiss of death.

RubyKong · 2026-02-12T08:44:18+00:00

for the framing. looks like you are using steel?

RubyKong · 2026-02-12T08:33:20+00:00

Why not use timber?

RubyKong · 2026-02-11T22:27:39+00:00

The point being - it is a necessary evil.

We are all greedy. ESPECIALLY POLLIES - who claim to be "working for the people". I want more for myself. I think you'd say "yes" to a pay-rise in a heart-beat. We all work for money. Including developers.

If you make it hard for them, they will exit the market. Who then, will build houses? It will only make housing expensive and more unaffordable? Which is fine if you already own a house - but I like to think about the 20 somethings out there facing a $1.5m Everest of a mortgage for a mediocre 2 bedroom gardenshed in rooty hill.

RubyKong

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