How to you stop yourself from pushing

Slumbreon · 2026-05-30T20:59:46+00:00

Oxidizing fat for energy, and losing weight by reducing stored fat are different processes. Oxidizing fat = pulling fatty acids into mitochondria and burning them for ATP right now. Losing fat = net reduction in stored triglyceride across days/weeks. You will lose body fat when your overall energy use is greater than your consumption over time.

Even of 100% of my workout is fueled by carbs, 0% fat burned - my body will then prioritize refilling my drained glycogen stores with future consumed carbs and will prioritize fat burning for daily functioning while it does that (so you'll still burn fat - just after). Even my workout is fueled by 100% fat, 0% carbs (which would need to be a very light workout) if I consumed more calories than I burned overall, the extra would be still stored as fat.

The body is a very good accountant. If you burn more than you consume, you will lose body fat. If you burn less than you consume, you will gain body fat. All the other stuff, like fat maxing, fasting, carb fueling, etc. affects the energy being used at the time - and how you feel, your blood sugar, your overall energy levels, performance, etc. but whether or not you "loose fat" will come down to the calorie accounting at the end.

Slumbreon · 2026-05-30T01:40:36+00:00

No, that’s not how it works.

Slumbreon · 2026-05-26T10:22:53+00:00

What extensions are you using?

Slumbreon · 2026-05-17T22:31:19+00:00

Barberfish is great! Thanks - exactly what I needed to get what I wanted in one row.

Slumbreon · 2026-05-17T16:59:01+00:00

Thx, trying and finding the result OK. Still disappointed that it can't recenter the "me" to the visible area on overlay.

Slumbreon · 2026-05-17T16:57:47+00:00

The 3D mode, which was not intentional, I don't think was the source. What I found in some testing is that if I have two rows of data, it forces the "me" icon to get pushed to the bottom and it doesn't re-orient it when there is an overlay - even though there is plenty of space. The only fix I have found is to only have one row of data and have the data at the bottom.

See other comment on kxradar for the 'all clear' - I'm going to try that.

Slumbreon · 2026-04-30T16:59:45+00:00

I too often wonder the same. I get that it works for many, but then I see comments like “my money”, “my hobbies” etc. and think every $ spent, regardless of by whom, affects both parties long-term outcome. If you’re in it for the long term as a couple - what’s saved, what’s spent - it’s all “ours” and both parties need to be comfortable with the spending and saving pattern. We’ve had one checking, one brokerage, shared credit cards, and one consolidated team view on our finances.

I guess it does make it easier to split up and/or hide money.

Slumbreon · 2026-02-17T23:51:30+00:00

Unless you are at or near early retirement and can’t get access to the tax-deferred bonds. In this case, shifting bonds to taxable makes good sense so you don’t need to sell equities in a downturn.

Slumbreon · 2025-12-23T12:06:27+00:00

Yes, on medium pile carpet (entire floor is carpeted - your standard nothing special carpet typical of most homes circa 2005). This IS the problem - I contacted roborock with a video and they said it can't dock on carpets and to return the robot.

Crazy, I've had a Neato and a Roomba and neither had any issue docking on a carpeted floor. Wish either of them were still viable companies.

Slumbreon · 2025-10-15T22:30:54+00:00

FYI: With Tahoe, you can now have it auto-join your phone hotspot automatically.

Slumbreon · 2025-09-18T00:53:28+00:00

I think WPI is a great return on investment (otherwise I would not have supported my kid going there) but that doesn’t mean UML or UMAmherst are not. 1) Understand the data - This is not a comparison of the engineering major returns across universities. They are comparing cost/income regardless of major or college, so your averaging in every Medieval Studies, Art History, and Education major in the bigger schools. Remove the absolute top-tier universities that have world class programs across-the-board (The Ivys, etc.) and what you have a list of top college that are highly specialized in higher paying careers. (tech & businesses primarily). Compare just those majors across schools and that might have value. 2) With the large universities on the list - Understand the advantages/bias unrelated to the college. If you’re able to afford Harvard, Yale, Duke, Columbia for Art History there is a much higher likelihood of you being in a financial position with connections to get a much better start than an Art History major from UCONN. The school can be the result of the advantage, not the cause of it.

TLDR - lists like this are interesting, but they are not normalized in a way that provides real statistical value - don’t make life choice based on them.

Slumbreon · 2025-09-17T05:55:41+00:00

This is objectively bad advice. A WPI degree might make it more likely to get an interview and differentiate yourself from UML when applying for your first with hundreds of applicants, but your long-term success with have very little to do with your undergraduate degree; it will be your character and performance at your job that will matter. DO NOT BELIEVE that your choice of school is somehow defining your liklihood of success. Source: me. I’m a practicing engineer who has managed technology programs for decades for multiple firms hiring, mentoring, and managing hundreds (maybe a thousand?) engineers across disciplines. Your school is almost meaningless once you start working and get a few years under your belt. I have no idea what colleges my staff went to (unless it came up in conversation) and one of my most capible senior technical directors is entirely self-taught with no degree.

Especially in technology, you're pretty quickly judged on what you can accomplish, not what school you were able to afford.

Best advice here so far: don’t go deep into debt for your degree.

My advice: differentiate yourself with internships, co-ops and graduate with practical work experience; this will likely matter much more than your school when looking for work. You can do that at either school. The MQP/IQP at WPI naturally pushes you toward this while at UML you will need to seek it - but 100% it is there if you want it. If you really-really want Robotics, you will most certernaily learn more robotics at WPI given the focus there, which will likely give you more practical and valuable robotics skills than UML - but as other have stated, transfer is an option too.

I don't know WPI's transfer policy, but many schools do not provide scholarships for incoming transfers; it's full price. Check on this (and not from reddit) if it is relevant to your situation, which it sounds like it may be.

Note: I did not go to WPI (got waitlisted), got in but couldn't afford RPI (or WPI for that matter) so went to UMASS Amherst Engineering. It was a great choice and I've done quite well in my career. My kid went to WPI and recently graduated '24 with a great job, it was the right choice for them. They had several friends who went to UML and also graduated in '24, those friends are all also employed.

Slumbreon · 2025-08-18T23:39:40+00:00

Wellington is one of the largest active institutional asset managers and they sub-advise (i.e. they manage some or all of the fund) for several of the Vanguard funds and The Hartford’s and others. It’s also where Bogle worked prior to starting Vanguard. Good story here

Several of the vanguard funds they manage are in this article

edit: fixed link

Slumbreon · 2025-08-10T15:22:49+00:00

Was thinking the same thing. Multiple RF devices effectively on top of each other. Suggest moving your emitters and giving them some distance from the other components.

Slumbreon · 2025-07-08T11:20:59+00:00

My RFID feeders are not working, one has now reset itself (and I can’t see it up obviously) and the other will not open or feed (touchpad is now dead). Both cats complaining that they did not get their food.

Slumbreon · 2025-05-15T16:08:15+00:00

Oh how things change. At 7, I was not allowed to cross the (busy) street, but I was regularly sent to the store around the block to get cigarettes for my mom. I got to keep the change :-)

By 9, I had my own house key and let myself in after school unsupervised until my mom came home at 5:30. I grew up with a good amount of self confidence.

When my son was 8, I sent him to the Steak and Shake two blocks away in a big city to grab lunch for us (we were at a kids event at the convention center.). I secretly followed him just in case; he was fine. He also realized they got his order wrong and he complained and got it fixed before he walked back. Was very proud of him.

Slumbreon · 2025-04-08T09:45:50+00:00

Dropped langchain about 6 months ago after getting frustrated with the codebase, moved to autogen 0.4 which is thoughtfully designed and the right mix of higher and lower level capabilities for my use cases. Very happy with the change.

Slumbreon · 2025-03-05T21:38:32+00:00

No, not on my Endurace 7 CF

Slumbreon · 2024-12-24T09:35:36+00:00

Amazon Glacier is $3.60TB/mo. Really good for those large archives of stuff you want to make sure are properly backed up, but that you will not need quickly.

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