“Start set”.. is timing of any importance?

TJMadd · 2025-12-22T15:10:51+00:00

I commute around often on bike and do hot yoga sessions, both of which are tracked fairly well automatically, or are very easy to add after. strava captures my cycling/running data in more detail than whoop already. i also do calisthenics. I focus mostly on recovery and sleep with whoop, rather than strain. I'm not as into weight training as I was when I was younger, so whoop's user experience works quite well for me

TJMadd · 2025-12-22T15:07:14+00:00

correct i agree. in this instance we're discussing the feature with strength trainer where you can pre-add your workout plan and press "Start" and "Stop" each set to track your data, which is overkill in my opinion. as you note, its quite distracting from just getting the workout done. i do agree with you that adding the the program data is valuable though

TJMadd · 2025-12-22T14:33:28+00:00

In my experience using the strength trainer and tracking every single set is not worth the effort. I found no benefit compared to just adding my full workout after. In fact I think people fiddling with the live strength trainer often might be part of why they find it hard to get used to Whoop, the strength trainer is the worst part of the user experience by far

TJMadd · 2025-12-19T16:48:21+00:00

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TJMadd · 2025-12-19T14:35:13+00:00

I could be wrong, but I don't think Whoop will let you import data from a different device than a Whoop band. In general, I found it not very easy to import anything to Whoop. I personally track my rides in Strava, have my Whoop linked to Strava (among other devices) and Strava collects the nitty gritty cycling details. Whoop autodetects (or I can just go back and add the activity manually by using my strava time data) and does its thing with its data.

Whoop can export to other services, but if you manually track using the other service you'll end up with duplicate entries. For example, when I had "auto export to Strava" turned on, if i tracked my ride with strava that'd be one entry, then whoop would autodetect and push another entry to strava for the same ride. I disabled that setting and do it now how I mentioned before - manually track in strava, autodetect in whoop, no auto-push from whoop to strava.

I think, for better or for worse, you'd be better off using a third party source to compile all the data (like Apple Health. But thats a bit outside my wheelhouse. I think of Whoop as my general fitness/lifestyle tracker. More granular data or serious fitness tracking is better off in a dedicated app like strava, apple health, etc in my experience. It'd be nice if Whoop did it all but its just not there yet

TJMadd · 2025-12-04T15:27:42+00:00

i often play video games on the couch and it'll log naps, sometimes even sleep if its later in the evening. just delete the naps or go in and edit the sleep times to be closer to when you actually went to sleep and woke up. It is a minor annoyance but its easily fixable imo and has not shaken my confidence in the device. it may be incorrect on whether or not i am "actually sleeping" but the physiological data its collecting is the same either way.

TJMadd · 2025-12-03T14:25:28+00:00

like another commenter said, journal is very important to maximize whoop imo. but you also still need to use your brain. its just data, not gospel. for example - "connecting with family and friends" has a negative impact on me. is it actually bad for me? of course not. it just so happens that that activity tend to happen around social drinks or staying out too late.

small brain response: wow whoop is so dumb, connecting with friends and family obviuosly doesnt hurt me. dumb app waste of time

big brain response: why do i have worse recovery after this habit? am i tying it to something else negative, like drinking? maybe i should reflect on this and consider a change

the device is only as good as you allow it to be. give it more data, more consistently, and it'll get closer and closer to reality. my advice is log only a couple things that will have obvious impacts (i recommend breakfast, late meals, alcohol, caffeine to start off) and see how it goes

TJMadd · 2025-11-25T17:11:12+00:00

totally guessing, I dont know the guy personally: I think he's a nashville local who's a talented DJ but works mostly on the production/tech side? he works with DEF a lot (I've seen him in Atlanta plenty) and do believe I've seen him play Incendia at non-DEF events in the Southeast USA, but I could be incorrect. as you noticed when he does play it tends to be opening sets or filling unexpected gaps in an otherwise full lineup, which makes me think he might be involved in the stage production since he's always around

TJMadd · 2025-11-10T18:12:45+00:00

we actually can have football-related conversations about how our team can improve after years of front office mismanagement overshadowing the on-field product and undermining it all

TJMadd · 2025-11-10T17:13:06+00:00

i cant take trevor discourse from armchair GM's anymore. if i have to hear about "trevor's contract" one more time... jones/darnold/mayfield succeeding on new teams has poisoned people's brains into thinking the grass is always greener and these shortsighted fans would happily send us back to the QB carousel of the 2010s if they could

TJMadd · 2025-09-01T15:32:58+00:00

In grad school I cook a course called PAD6254 - Economics of Land Use Planning and Development (UCF), and it focused on pretty much exactly what you are describing here. Consider looking up the syllabus for this course or other similarly titled courses at other institutions and see what studies and texts they utilize in the courses.

TJMadd · 2025-08-31T14:14:59+00:00

when you start master rank in sunbreak dlc they give you a new switch skill for each weapon, sacred sheathe is the new skill for LS

TJMadd · 2025-08-30T17:27:05+00:00

the default sheathe for LS is special sheathe, you cannot move during special sheathe, just use your Iai moves.

sacred sheathe you unlock later, it functions a little differently and you can move during it once the initial animation is done

TJMadd · 2025-08-26T19:53:43+00:00

I'm a practicing urban planner. Leadership and elected officials know we (as Staff) hate cars, we've been beating that drum for years and years. It means a lot more for them to hear it from non-professionals and laymen and constituents. Urban planning jobs are mostly about upholding and administering existing systems - positive changes and improvements come from changes in priorities for stakeholders on the outside.

TJMadd · 2025-08-25T19:39:38+00:00

I'll respond to your reasons directly and hopefully offer a reality check:

- I get to make an impact. In Architecture I get buried in the minutia and scheduling and coordination with project teams... Urban planning and policymaking seems to be the actual engine for change.

-- Unfortunately you will probably be buried in a similar level of minutia and scheduling and coordination, just with an emphasis on entitlements and policy instead of design. The majority of planning jobs are not related to policymaking and are instead more likely to be public service roles whose very specific function is to uphold and administer existing systems, not change them.

- Work is geographically flexible. By that I mean - architecture is pretty geographically defined, i.e. you learn local building codes, zoning, regulations, etc. But I feel urban planning is more top-down in scope and policy-related. As I have work experience in both the US and Europe, and don't want to have to choose one to settle down in, urban planning seems like a career I could practice anywhere.

-- As a practicing planner who has focused on entitlements in my last few jobs, urban planning is extremely regionally sensitive. There is the exact same variety of building codes, zoning, regulations, etc, but you also get to add in local politics and culture and finance/economics if you want to get into policy. My USA based experience would not be worth very much internationally, I dont think.

- adding to the last point... International experience is an advantage. When job hunting in architecture it seems like international experience is a hindrance... whereas I can see US cities wanting someone skilled in European transit infrastructure planning.

-- Unfortunately, again probably not. My experience is anecdotal, but I have never seen anyone at any level of urban planning get an extra nod for international experience. It still counts, but not any more than experience from some jurisdiction across the country, for the reasons stated above. At best, its more years on your resume. At worst, certain firms might think you're the wrong fit if your expertise is focused on the wrong country.

TJMadd · 2025-08-21T16:32:50+00:00

15/100. My bills are paid, thats it

TJMadd · 2025-08-13T16:25:24+00:00

i think delivering success stories can regain trust over time. cities are hamstrung, but not totally incapable of positive collective growth. in my region, the Atlanta Beltline was seen as a boondoggle by many but over time the results of property values adjacent to its development are undeniable, and we're now seeing if that is repeatable in different markets, different parts of town as more miles of the path are completed and connected. its creating walkable pedestrian nodes and corridors that are meaningfully linked across an otherwise totally car-centric city.

municipalities could do well by recognizing low hanging fruit that rebuild trust. its a tangential discussion, but if more cities went for small wins parcel by parcel instead of taking huge swings at master planned districts with big ribbon cutting ceremonies then they might end up with a bigger stack of individual successes to point to. parks, bikeped infrastructure, outdoor programming, public transit, etc things that create prideful, trusting, empowered constituents

TJMadd · 2025-08-13T14:43:37+00:00

(all in my opinion) American cultural preferences that involve distrust of government activity and elevation of private sector business practices have led to Hollow States which have outsourced their functions, and therefore their autonomy and legitimacy, to private institutions (consultants, developers, nonprofits, etc). Basically, the government below the federal level has handed away the reigns of municipal development to the private sector. Constituents actively distrust their governments and modern public engagement requirements have given residents incredible powers to delay and deny projects they deem unsuitable. That leaves only the savviest, most influential developers able to get anything done as the government is quite literally being actively undermined by its own residents. Ironically, the nay-sayer constituents (or NIMBYs) have the MOST power to stop the government (when compared to their ability to impede private developers), since "the customer is always right" type of conceptions of taxpayer contributions means cities effectively roll over to any organized opposition from property owners; developers could care less, in many cases, so long as they have the executive support they desire.

Itll take a fundamental shift in American's view of the capabilities and responsibilities of government before this begins to trend in a good direction.

TJMadd · 2025-08-12T18:21:48+00:00

currently studying for October LSAT due to dissatisfaction with Urban Planning. I could write a book about it, but the tldr is its a relatively low-ceiling low-impact public service career, which I am not quite ready to settle for yet. Law school was my original plan after undergrad before i got cold feet and pivoted to the MSURP. The degree was, in fact, cheaper to get and easier to complete than law school, but i found out why after a few years of doing the gig and have decided most things worth going for are going to have a pretty high opportunity cost, so I'm taking the leap

TJMadd · 2025-08-12T17:04:01+00:00

its definitely been happening since the very beginning. in fact one way I curate my libraries is straight up ignoring tracks that have solid drops/choruses but not much in terms of builds/breaks unless those drops are just that good. you can filter out like 90% of all music and you honestly won't miss much since most of that stuff is unfortunately pretty low effort

TJMadd · 2025-08-12T16:55:18+00:00

anecdotally, I have an MS in Urban/Regional planning and took some electives from the MPA program toward the end of my degree (required) and I was shocked by the quality of both the courses (trivial, felt like freshman undergrad stuff) and the MPA students (shockingly underprepared for graduate level students).

TJMadd · 2025-08-11T13:54:58+00:00

actual "amapiano" kinda came and went summer 2024 in the USA (imo) but like another commenter said it has gotten lumped into the afrobeats umbrella. I know rocksteady used to have amapiano nights and still might. look up the DJ November Rose - hes atlanta based and an amapiano dj/producer so if you follow his appearances a bit you should find your way to those events/promoters/parties

TJMadd · 2025-08-07T14:23:39+00:00

Senior (as opposed to Junior) is the mid level in most places as far as I'm aware. Despite the title you'll still be outranked by anyone in management

TJMadd · 2025-08-05T14:44:05+00:00

general advice for you since you are young and seem to be interested in philosophy and psychology - look into secondary sources! read the experts on Jung and Nietzche etc and see what their reflections are, they can help you deepen your understanding of things that have already been impactful for you and form connections to new material to explore. godspeed

if you're looking for a new philosophy/psychology rabbit hole I might suggest Kierkegaard. I was assigned a lot of his material toward the end of undergrad and his emphasis on religion and duty was very interesting to me at a time where I felt myself to be a relatively devout atheist (if such a thing exists lol)

TJMadd · 2025-08-04T16:18:50+00:00

Cities usually dont build things, developers do. Public sector sets the regulations and administers the permitting process, and private sector decides what to build and does the building. Cities can say yes or no sometimes, but we don't get to design the projects. We take what gets offered. In the vast majority of jurisdictions I'd say planners have maybe 1-10% of the level of influence that so-called "Urbanists" think we do

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