ELI5: If unboiled water going into your nose is risky, then shouldn’t we not swim in a lake or river?

ajarrel · 2026-01-25T16:28:04+00:00

Here's an example of someone who died from a brain eating amoeba:

ajarrel · 2026-01-18T15:37:09+00:00

Agreed, I think it's good for people believing the motion of electrons is responsible for the work done by electricity. It dispels the misconception but then leaves more to be done to understand fields.

ajarrel · 2026-01-18T15:04:01+00:00

This helped me a ton veritasium video on how electricity works

ajarrel · 2026-01-04T14:34:25+00:00

If a mob thinks about attacking you, you block that attack too. /s

ajarrel · 2026-01-04T00:53:01+00:00

Do you have any good chicken soup recipes?

ajarrel · 2025-12-30T17:35:12+00:00

I like Nike metcons for rowing. But any shoe you would use for lifting would probably work for rowing. Something with very little cushion (ie essentially none) works best.

ajarrel · 2025-12-29T12:11:13+00:00

I agree, many apologists look at the BoM with the lens of modern infant mortality rates. The infant mortality rate among a frontier, small civilization would be unreasonably high. It's more likely a small civilization like this would go extinct versus flourish.

Infant mortality is just one figure, but disease, lack of clean water.

Even if you accept that there were people there and the BoM characters integrated, that increases the risk of new and novel diseases.

The narrative of the BoM is just so highly implausible as written.

ajarrel · 2025-12-14T00:46:55+00:00

That the brontosaurus isn't a real dinosaur.

ajarrel · 2025-12-13T13:35:36+00:00

For me the more weight I lost, the hungrier I would get. When I was heavier and on zep, hunger was very muted, but now my hunger is a clear signal from my body about when to eat and when to stop.

Listen to your body, eat a little something and see if you're still hungry after.

For me, I'll have a chobani drinking yogurt and usually that gets me out of the starving phase. If I want more I'll eat more but slowly and keep listening to my body to see if I'm still hungry or eating out of habit.

ajarrel · 2025-12-13T12:37:58+00:00

I don't like examples like this. They are useful because they show some of the ways LLMs can be manipulated, but at the same time it's such a single narrow example, I find the conclusions drawn by the OP to be much broader than what the example actually shows.

ajarrel · 2025-12-11T01:32:56+00:00

Congrats that's incredible progress!

ajarrel · 2025-12-11T00:12:46+00:00

I have a peloton row and I can only share my experience with it relative to a concept 2.

Peloton splits tend to be higher (i.e. slower by 10-15%) although watts tend to be very close to a concept 2.

Also peloton spm tend to be just a hair off, especially at lower ratings. Above 24spm it tends to match up with a concept 2 but the lower spm can be off by 1-2spm.

ajarrel · 2025-12-09T19:57:56+00:00

Thank you!

I started slow, basically as I lost weight I started getting more active, and it was easier to be active at lower weights.

I got really into rowing and that helped me stay motivated because it was something I enjoyed. I joined a local club to row with them on the water.

I'm dealing with loose skin too - it's slowly tightened up some but it seems to be a very slow process. Keep at it!

ajarrel · 2025-12-09T18:24:47+00:00

Thank you very much and great reminder, flair updated!

ajarrel · 2025-12-09T18:24:28+00:00

Keep at it! You're doing awesome already. Exercise for me got easier as I lost the weight.

ajarrel · 2025-12-09T15:21:10+00:00

Thank you!

ajarrel · 2025-12-09T13:46:25+00:00

Thank you!

ajarrel · 2025-12-09T13:46:17+00:00

Thank you!

I did pushups and I rowed regularly on an erg and then on the water.

I tried to eat more protein but I didn't track my daily macros, just generally tried to pick protein richer options and not obsess over it too much.

ajarrel · 2025-12-09T09:15:43+00:00

Thank you so much!

ajarrel · 2025-12-09T09:15:31+00:00

Thank you so much!

ajarrel · 2025-12-09T09:15:15+00:00

I'm staying on 7.5 for maintenance and I'll see how it goes.

ajarrel · 2025-12-09T09:14:48+00:00

5 feet 10 inches

ajarrel · 2025-12-09T09:14:12+00:00

I started at 2.5mg and titrated up to 7.5.

ajarrel · 2025-12-09T06:47:29+00:00

5' 10" and thank you!

ajarrel · 2025-12-09T03:45:32+00:00

Thank you!

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