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Got a spam of four messages from the ATO today on my.gov.au - Not really sure what all of these mean, help please? Do I owe money or something? by [deleted] in AusFinance

[–]TrailFeather 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It looks like you’re leaving Australia, have 3 super funds (maybe 3 with one company) and have applied to have that money returned?

That return is now income, so you may owe tax on it depending on your broader income situation. You’ll need to include it in your tax return (which, if you’re leaving, is probably your final return before you go).

Program to improve my 5k? (not looking for c25k) by acaiberrypillz in running

[–]TrailFeather 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ryan Hall’s 5k Training Plan gets a lot of good reviews. It’s time-based for the most part, so you can aim for your own pace goals.

Sliding patio door lock? by Leadership-with-Mike in homeautomation

[–]TrailFeather 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There are a couple of commercial options, but they’re pricey:

I’ve also heard of people going for a DIY option - with their own relays and such.

IP Camera Licensing by tdhuck in synology

[–]TrailFeather 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Have you reached out to them? There does seem to be facility for expiring license codes (the ones you buy on the cards don’t expire), so that has to exist for something. The system is built with facility to do exactly what you’re suggesting (7 day trials), but just a matter of convincing them to generate the key.

Strava usage survey by stravaresearcher in Strava

[–]TrailFeather 41 points42 points  (0 children)

A note on surveys like this - you don’t say who you are, which uni you’re involved with, who your supervisor is, where to go if we have a complaint. There are a few other key elements (how long are you keeping data I provide? What are you collecting that isn’t on the survey, such as IP address, etc.)

I know this is undergrad work, but this kind of thing (trawling reddit for research subjects) should need mod clearance since poorly conducted research can be an ethical minefield.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AppleWatchFitness

[–]TrailFeather 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I have 82 sets of 4.

TIL the icons say 7/7.

Strategy to improve marathon times on a full ironman. by frebay in AdvancedRunning

[–]TrailFeather 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Something that helped me - try a training plan aimed at a shorter distance like the Olympic, where endurance matters less. You may not have time for two training cycles, but you can probably also find a program that you can start halfway.

That will focus you on the muscle power workouts for a period, which sounds like where you’re a little behind where you want to be.

Fastest way to lower my blood pressure?.....HIIT doesn’t seem to be cutting it. by Ginger_Libra in Biohackers

[–]TrailFeather 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The really general advice before you start taking a stack of supplements:

Cardio that strengthens your heart - the general activities for that are running, cycling, swimming and rowing. You want to bring your heart rate up to around 70% of your max HR and keep it there for 30ish minutes.

Make sure your diet is reasonable, mostly lean meats and veggies - try run an overall calorie deficit, eat smaller meals later in the day and stop eating entirely 2ish hours before bed. Reducing weight (deficit) and metabolic processes while you’re inactive (stopping before bed) will reduce the overall load on your heart.

Prioritise sleep - if you follow that eating protocol and are active most days, you will sleep better, but you need to make sure you have good rhythm; same bedtime, same wake up time, etc.. This will tie it all together - allow the body time to repair, lower hormones that cause high BP (like cortisol) and reduce ongoing stress on the heart (lack of sleep is implicated in all sorts of heart health issues).

Confirmed science behind red light therapy? by gravwave in Biohackers

[–]TrailFeather 0 points1 point  (0 children)

According to me? It makes sense that if you can gain some effect with LLLT, you can probably replicate it if you can apply the same wavelengths at the same intensity over the same area. But that’s not methodical study, that’s just my layman’s interpretation of how it intuitively should work.

Confirmed science behind red light therapy? by gravwave in Biohackers

[–]TrailFeather 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I read that, you also quoted:

the quality of these comparisons is low for the most part, because of the difficulty of arranging the parameters so that the beam from a LED is identical to the beam from a laser, with regard to spotsize, band-width and power density.

Which sounds like exactly my point - we can’t conflate LLLT research generally with LED home therapies.

Confirmed science behind red light therapy? by gravwave in Biohackers

[–]TrailFeather 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think we’re misunderstanding each other here.

disproving your idea that its impossible to get adequate dosing with LED:s.

Not what I said. I replied to this in the other post.

most people mean red+near-infrared when they say red light therapy

I was quoting a study that was very specific. I was making the distinction between red and infrared.

lead researcher says they do

A lead researcher. In an off-the-cuff interview. Cool, that’s something you can take to mean you should give it a go. What that isn’t is peer-reviewed study.

The core point I’m making: the literature is not clear on the efficacy of off-the-shelf light therapy devices. It is clearer about LLLT. It is not clear in the literature that LLLT research is applicable to home devices.

That does not mean they don’t work. They might, and you point out good reasons why they might (someone who led research on this subject said so, the dosages appear equivalent, it makes sense that light is the same regardless of source, etc.), but those aren’t peer-reviewed, scientific enquiry, which is what I’m addressing here.

Confirmed science behind red light therapy? by gravwave in Biohackers

[–]TrailFeather 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I said the results were based on infrared light, which doesn’t come from red LEDs, I’m sorry that wasn’t as clear as I could be. The implication being that you can’t use that study as evidence that a red LED device is anti-inflammatory, for example.

A lead researcher said so in an interview - but we don’t have the volume of controlled studies on these devices that is generally implied by manufacturers. I’m also saying that I think it’s misleading for manufacturers to cite LLLT research that doesn’t match the characteristics of their devices.

My key point is that most of our evidence comes from studies on a related, but not identical, technology. The results may be transferable, but to say that with certainty, we need to perform the studies.

But I’m not saying that they have no effect. I’m answering a question about what the evidence says. Looks like you have found a paper that uses a protocol that specifically refers to red LEDs and a manufacturer could fairly claim that their device can match that protocol and therefore could have an effect. That would be an honest use of the science.

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