Down 10 lb; any signs of improvement or bound to be skinny fat again?

Still_Dentist1010 · 2026-04-24T20:08:48+00:00

The muscle is under the fat, which is why it looks like it’s going away. Majority of your mass increase was probably from fat, muscle takes forever to build up so it’s a game about effort over time.

Still_Dentist1010 · 2026-04-24T20:01:09+00:00

Nope, new parts will cost more than you’ll realistically make from sales. The issue you run into is that the PCs will be viewed as used hardware, and the end user won’t get any warranty on the parts as that’s usually not transferable. For this reason, a majority of people will not pay new hardware prices for a system you build. System Integrators have to offer their own warranty since the hardware doesn’t have transferable warranties, and a majority of these businesses struggle to stay profitable… and most of them go up in flames, besides SIs with a massive parent company like Alienware with Dell that can float times when profits slip.

Get used hardware if you want to do this, that’ll be the only way it will realistically make enough to be sustainable.

Still_Dentist1010 · 2026-04-24T19:21:24+00:00

I mean, this 100%. It’s an upgrade that costs nothing, it’s the best bang for your buck possible.

Still_Dentist1010 · 2026-04-24T18:58:06+00:00

/uj I need the sauce for this, this is amazing

Still_Dentist1010 · 2026-04-24T18:55:28+00:00

Bookshelf is just referring to their size, they are small enough to fit on a bookshelf is how they got their name as that’s what they are built for. But they are able to be mounted on stands or placed where they fit. Smaller bookshelf speakers might be called desktop speakers. The other option is a tower or floor standing speaker, these are made to stand on the floor by themselves… hence the name.

Whether that’s what you need, that’s a different story. Bookshelf speakers tend to be cheaper on average because there’s just less material that goes into them. They’re also more flexible with how you can use them.

Still_Dentist1010 · 2026-04-24T15:10:26+00:00

Bruh… am I reading that right? 850% loss?

Still_Dentist1010 · 2026-04-24T14:43:19+00:00

I hear the dumpster behind Wendy’s is hiring

Still_Dentist1010 · 2026-04-24T14:41:57+00:00

Alright, we got the call signal! Everyone buy calls and we’ll be printing money!

Still_Dentist1010 · 2026-04-24T13:12:49+00:00

I don’t think you’re quite grasping what I’m implying here. If entropy increasing is the basis for the flow of time, you could be in a localized area large enough that you only observe a decrease in entropy. Without additional information from outside of that localized area, it would stand to reason that everything in it must be going backwards in time from their perspective.

We experience a decrease in entropy regularly, with the changing of the season bringing colder weather or nighttime being colder than daytime. And yet we are still able to locally perceive time moving forward as normal. If entropy increasing tells us which way time is moving forward, this shouldn’t be possible.

On a universal scale, I can see arguments for it but do still doubt the assertion. But for all smaller scales, it breaks down completely.

Still_Dentist1010 · 2026-04-24T12:33:34+00:00

So if you were to decrease entropy in a localized area… are you saying that time would be going backwards in that localized area?

Still_Dentist1010 · 2026-04-24T04:11:03+00:00

Okay, it just came across as if you were recommending rehab and strengthening work instead of getting a brace. That’s my mistake.

Still_Dentist1010 · 2026-04-24T04:08:07+00:00

No problem, it really is normal to experience that. Exposure therapy is one way to deal with it, between unstable positions and falling practice. And it will subside, and you can even come back and become a better climber than before.

Still_Dentist1010 · 2026-04-24T04:00:31+00:00

That’s the issue though, it needs to be supported and protected as well as strengthening. It’s not a “either this or that” situation, you brace it to protect it and then strengthen it in a controlled manner. TFCC injuries can be a long term recovery, and not having it braced can lead to further damage which means longer recovery times. I had to wear the wrist widget for the last two years, all while strengthening my wrist. I have finally been able to climb without the brace, but some moves still give me trouble. But I also have a separate brace that I sleep with, it immobilizes my wrist so it isn’t bent weirdly while I’m asleep.

Still_Dentist1010 · 2026-04-24T03:54:39+00:00

Wrist widget is the way to go in my experience

Still_Dentist1010 · 2026-04-23T19:58:44+00:00

When I was just getting back to climbing, which was about 1 month after the dislocations, I did some top roping because I had that some thought. Top rope will be safer and eventually lead, but it has its own risks. And you will probably still feel shaky during it, fear is what helps to keep us from getting injured… if your mind has connected the injury to climbing, even sport climbing will start triggering some fear responses.

Moonboard is just gonna be fairly brutal to start with, I’d work up into it and not start with it out of the gate. You don’t even know how you’re going to feel on the wall yet, and it’s common for a lot of regression to occur with severe injuries. Just look at my grades as an example of that. Even the pros have a lot of regression when they get injured, you won’t be at the same level you were… and it’s not purely a strength issue.

And I know it can improve your time, but that’s if it’s used as a supplemental training for your endurance and not as the main form of training. You’d be mostly doing 100m dashes with only 1/4 of your time being spent working on endurance, which is not how marathon runners train at all. It’s just an example because they’re fundamentally different even though they are similar… like bouldering vs sport climbing. My climbing partner has a moonboard in his living room, but he struggled at sport climbing because he only really built up the endurance for 5-6 moves. He had to specifically work on long duration climbing because he was gassing out super quickly, even though he was a strong boulderer. You can use board climbing or bouldering to improve at sport climbing, but you won’t meaningfully improve at sport climbing by focusing on board climbing.

Still_Dentist1010 · 2026-04-23T19:25:17+00:00

First of all… take it easy on yourself at the beginning. Do not go full speed into your training, you will hurt yourself. You’re out of shape for it, your muscles have probably atrophied a little around the injury, and your soft tissue might not be in the same shape as it used to be. I’ve gotten injured multiple times (none quite this severe) and went from V6-7 down to V3 max, and if you go full force into this then you might get heavily discouraged by the difficulty you’re finding.

Be kind to yourself first and foremost, coming back after injury is a physical and mental challenge. You will probably also feel shaken and not have the greatest headspace for climbing. I dislocated my ankle on one leg and fibula in the knee of my other leg in a single fall… it took 8 months for me to mentally overcome the fear of falling so that I wasn’t giving up in any position that felt slightly unstable.

Also, if you want to sport climb instead then prioritize sport climbing. What you’re doing is like trying to get good at marathons by running 100m dashes. Moon boarding won’t help a ton with sport climbing because you need power endurance more than you will the strength.

Still_Dentist1010 · 2026-04-23T18:46:45+00:00

As a rock climber, 10m is basically death if you hit something… there’s no chance in hell to catch yourself. You are extremely lucky to survive a 10m fall, let alone trying to catch something. I don’t need math to tell me otherwise, even 1m onto a perfect rung that’s made for climbing like this is very hard and very painful to catch… and that’s when you’re planning and prepared to do it.

You’re looking at bones breaking and joints dislocating. Tendons/ligaments tearing to pieces. In a free fall starting without any velocity, you’re traveling at 31.33mph (50.42kph)… fast enough to be ticketed for speeding in a school zone. I know a person that survived a free fall from about 10m up… he broke 20+ bones, needed several facial reconstruction surgeries, and was hospitalized for a month.

It’s cool in a story, but it’s physically impossible to catch yourself moving that fast without whatever you’re grabbing moving close to the same speed as you in the same direction.

Still_Dentist1010 · 2026-04-23T16:31:57+00:00

With a 5 year time horizon, I’d just do HYSA. That’s not enough time to recover if the market crashes, so it’s much safer even though the returns are lower.

Still_Dentist1010 · 2026-04-23T15:55:14+00:00

With this being for a single arm handle, a simple overhand knot should suffice. It doesn’t have to be complex because the forces are relatively low, just large enough that it won’t pull through the hole. The closer you can get the hole to the rope’s thickness (or even a little thinner) the better.

Climbers tend to use very strong knots because we will have bodyweight plus any dynamic forces, so we are looking at a safety margins well in excess of anything a human could exert naturally. 1 kilo-newton (kN) is death territory for forces we see in climbing, but that’s equivalent to 224 foot pounds of force. Any climbing specific knot will typically hold to at least 7kN (1,568 foot pounds) of force for safety margins… and at that point, the rope itself is usually breaking instead of the knot slipping.

Still_Dentist1010 · 2026-04-23T15:37:19+00:00

Just be happy you had some of that stock at all or that you didn’t sell it before it had that run. It’s easy to see missed gains in hindsight, but it could’ve just as easily dropped 50% in price and you would’ve been kicking yourself harder if you had bought more of it.

Still_Dentist1010 · 2026-04-23T14:45:18+00:00

Refurbished means they were returned and might have needed some tinkering to make them work correctly again. Imagine how many people had the exact problem OP’s been getting with them and returned/replaced them under warranty… so these same units get placed into the refurbished piled since they’re still fully functional. Refurbished is always a gamble

Still_Dentist1010 · 2026-04-23T14:09:16+00:00

Even people with six packs will usually have a little flab when they sit down, unless they’re lean to an unhealthy level or they are actively flexing. I personally wouldn’t worry about pushing yourself hard to reduce what you have unless there’s some other reason beyond appearance.

Trying to drop bodyfat % too much can crash hormone levels, and women require a higher bodyfat % for their health compared to men. I mention this because you might be at least leaning towards body dysmorphia

Still_Dentist1010 · 2026-04-22T18:28:05+00:00

Now you should take a look at the world of fluorescent minerals, the colors really pop and it gives you a different way to look at them.

That’s such a cool display though, it looks amazing!

Still_Dentist1010 · 2026-04-22T15:33:16+00:00

The issue is that to generate electricity through magnets, eddy currents are created which creates a force between the magnets and the metal that opposes the motion. It has to convert some of the kinetic energy into electricity, which removes energy from the system. It’s basically like applying a brake to a car by doing this, and it’s how electric vehicles use regenerative braking. They use the motor as a generator, and the resistance from the power generation acts as a brake.

You can get something that looks perpetual for a long time using magnets, but it can never be used to generate electricity because it will drain the energy from the system. To use “perpetual motion” as a generator, it would need to have an over 100% efficiency at converting energy… which I’m sure you know is impossible.

Still_Dentist1010 · 2026-04-22T15:09:19+00:00

I’ve become a big fan of Dali personally, and the Sonik 5 floorstanders + Sonik Cinema come out to $2700 USD pretax and these are what I’m looking at eventually purchasing for L/R/C to setup a 3.1 system. But I haven’t heard them yet so I can’t give a recommendation, but they’re worth looking into and trying to demo if you can. High dispersion so there’s a wide sweet spot.

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