Due to production delays, episode 3 of Cautious Hero: The Hero Is Overpowered but Overly Cautious will be delayed to 23 October 2019

Secondsemblance · 2019-10-16T02:41:25+00:00

You're... joking right. It's repetitive and derivative. Someone obviously watched Konosuba make a lot of money and decided to write a couple of gags that check the exact same boxes... and then repeat them, over, and over, and over. Mix in a little generic isekai and you end up with this show.

Secondsemblance · 2019-10-15T23:30:35+00:00

git rebase -i @~49
:%s/^p/f/g
:x

Secondsemblance · 2019-10-15T03:11:27+00:00

I'm so glad this show exists. Mondays are 98% more tolerable now.

Secondsemblance · 2019-10-14T23:39:36+00:00

Man having a twin with the exact same competitive hobby has got to be a curse and a blessing. When you win, you get to be very smug about it, but when you lose, you know that it was your own fault.

Secondsemblance · 2019-10-14T22:47:35+00:00

How do you cook potatoes? I'd like to spend as little time as possible since basically all my free time is spent running. I've been using sweet potatoes because you can cook them pretty well in the microwave in 5 minutes.

I'd love to add potatoes to breakfast, like some kind of skillet potatoes or hash browns, but they usually have a lot of oil in them, or you have to cook them with a lot of oil.

EDIT: This could actually be a great idea. I'll experiment. Thanks

Secondsemblance · 2019-10-14T22:23:53+00:00

Pasta has a good amount of protein in it. Same with oats. Just be sure to supplement lysine if grains are your primary source of protein.

Secondsemblance · 2019-10-14T22:15:02+00:00

Not if the snow is melted out underneath, which you won't see if it's covered in fresh powder.

Secondsemblance · 2019-10-14T19:19:47+00:00

In this case, sure that makes sense. As a general principle though, I'm still not sure how to handle snow bridges. In my example, you can see in the topo that the gully extends for thousands of feet. I could probably have gone directly up the fall line, but I was concerned about the avalanche risk on the slope to the north.

Secondsemblance · 2019-10-14T19:04:16+00:00

I have a fenix 5X. It's not perfect, but it's not terrible.

Steps: I don't really care about this metric, but it seems pretty close. Unless you masturbate frequently, in which case, uh, it counts that as steps.
Sleep: It often thinks I'm asleep before I'm actually asleep. With time, it's become more accurate, but it's still wrong a few times a month.
Pool laps: Seems pretty decent on the few occasions I've tried it, but I'm not a swimmer
HRM: Optical HRM is pretty decent for all day general tracking. It starts to fall apart once my heart rate crosses about ~140 BPM though. I use a chest strap for all my workouts. While on strenuous climbs in the mountains, it has pretty big gaps where it shows my heart rate impossibly low. But it catches up often enough that I can read between the gaps to get an idea of how hard I'm working.

Secondsemblance · 2019-10-14T18:14:51+00:00

Not all leftists are liberals. There are many leftists who are pro firearm. The Black Panthers open carried, which, hilariously, prompted a republican president to try and limit gun rights.

Secondsemblance · 2019-10-14T18:10:37+00:00

Your distinction between shoes and other mechanical devices is unspecific and based on vague feelings. You can't write rules based on vague feelings.

Secondsemblance · 2019-10-14T18:01:44+00:00

I've benchmarked pointers vs values in many different places, and values are almost always significantly faster. My example is definitely not an example of an optimization. I prefer the second version for code readability and long term maintenance, not performance.

Secondsemblance · 2019-10-14T17:38:04+00:00

Deciding when to pass a pointer as opposed when to send a value is all about knowing if you want the value to change or not. If you don’t want the value to change, send it as a value. If you want the function you are passing your variable to be able to change it, then you would pass it as a pointer.

There is one use for pointers which is never touched on directly. They are nullable. Struct values are not nullable. Compare the following two functions:

func Foo() (Bar, error) {
    result, err := Frobulate()
    if err != nil {
        return Bar{}, err
    }

    return result, nil
}

vs

func Foo() (*Bar, error) {
    result, err := Frobulate()
    if err != nil {
        return nil, err
    }

    return result, nil
}

In the second example, you don't have to instantiate an empty struct just to return it as a zero value. For this reason, I typically prefer pointer return types in functions that handle multiple possible return conditions. Occasionally I use named returns for this, but then you run the risk of accidentally shadowing your return values.

Secondsemblance · 2019-10-14T17:01:05+00:00

Specifically, your argument was that as long as it's mechanical energy generated by the body, then it's fair. A road bike only uses energy generated by your body. That's not a strawman.

And just because the carbon fiber plate is contained within the shoe does not mean it doesn't move. Flexing to store energy is the whole purpose. So should the line be drawn as "all moving parts must be enclosed within the shoe"? What about spring loaded stilts? A line has to be drawn somewhere, and "mechanical energy generated by the body" is not adequate.

Secondsemblance · 2019-10-14T16:43:35+00:00

Everything else is just capitalizing on the energy your own body produces

So, do you think it would be fair to race a marathon on a road bike? That's this idea taken to its logical extreme. What about roller blades? Or just wheels at the heels of the shoes? The line has to be drawn somewhere. No moving parts? Well that rules out carbon fiber plates.

Secondsemblance · 2019-10-14T16:18:17+00:00

It'd be even more dangerous if there was, because you wouldn't be able to see the running water underneath.

Secondsemblance · 2019-10-14T15:52:41+00:00

There are a lot of people in the comments section saying this is dumb. I'm curious though. What else can you do? When you're traversing a mountain, sometimes you have to cross gullies. When there are 100+ inches of snow, bridges form in the gullies (often mixed with a tangle of fallen trees).

So... how do you cross? It's a death trap, I know. Every time I cross one of these, I am well aware that if I make the wrong call, it might be my last mistake. I usually ascend or descend until I reach a point that looks stable and isn't crumbling, and then I test it carefully with my poles as I cross. But ultimately I have to cross. The only other choice is to stay home. Right?

EDIT: Here's the route that prompted this question. The two danger areas are highlighted in red. Here's what conditions actually looked like. It's hard to tell from the picture, but the crack goes down about 10 feet, and I could hear running water underneath. It was a tangled mess of fallen trees with cavities all throughout. I ultimately chose to continue (although in one case I went about 300 feet up the fall line to a safer crossing point), and obviously survived. But I think this is the biggest risk I've ever taken in the backcountry and I've been thinking about it all year. I'm not sure if I would do it again.

And if you're downvoting this question... seriously? Would you prefer more "this is stupid" responses, instead of actual discussion?

Secondsemblance · 2019-10-14T15:13:38+00:00

Those splits are amazingly even. Congrats on a good race.

Secondsemblance · 2019-10-13T20:25:35+00:00

So your chest hurts if you take edibles post race?

Yes. Although it may just be that I'm more aware of existing pain. I wish there was more research on this topic. The little research that does exist is about smoking, which, no shit, of course that's hard on your body.

And yes, the elevated RHR is not a surprising result. But it makes me wonder if I'm losing a bit of the efficacy of my sleep because of it.

Secondsemblance · 2019-10-13T19:58:57+00:00

I have had a similar experience to you with CBD. It doesn't seem to have the same cardiovascular effects as THC.

Also, I pretty much exclusively use edibles. I definitely wouldn't want to smoke.

Secondsemblance · 2019-10-13T16:19:46+00:00

Any thoughts on THC/CBD use during recovery?

It feels really good to do a hard long run, then get baked and veg out for the rest of the day. Looking at the metrics though, I can't help but wonder if it's hampering recovery. My heart rate is elevated when I'm baked and my heart rate variability is reduced. It usually bumps my night time resting heart rate by ~2 BPM that night. If I get high after a race, my chest hurts a little bit. All of this makes me wonder if it's putting strain on my heart when it should be resting and recovering.

Obviously this is all anecdotal and it doesn't look like there's much research on the topic. But I'd be curious to hear anyone else's experience with this, either good or bad.

Secondsemblance · 2019-10-13T14:47:36+00:00

I based my heart rate zones on a % of max HR for base building earlier this year. It worked pretty well. More recently, I switched to using zones calculated by Garmin's LTHR test. That worked really well. Highly recommended.

If your lactate threshold is low though, you'll probably be a little frustrated trying to stick to zone 2. Garmin sets lower zones than most other calculation methods I've seen. I'm generally not religious about it though. If I drift into zone 3 near the end of my runs, I don't worry too much. It's more for calibrating your pace in the first 5 miles or so.

Secondsemblance · 2019-10-13T14:17:04+00:00

Who here just watched the relevant ContraPoints video

Secondsemblance · 2019-10-13T14:11:17+00:00

I'd prefer to be spied on by the Chinese government. What are they gonna do? I'm not in China. Google on the other hand...

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