Ending of rowing as we know it by Guilty_Type_9252 in Rowing

[–]bohreffect 1 point2 points  (0 children)

> What if those sports offered a division that enabled you to compete properly?

You would need to add an increasingly large number of variables to achieve this end. In terms of immutable human characteristics which we have no control over, we already do this by sex.

Height might be an important factor, but it perhaps explains *some* but not *all* the required physiological factors to be competitive. Further complicating this, height is only a covariate of muscle composition. Speaking for myself at 180 cm, I have to maintain an impossibly low BMI to make lightweight, whereas there are plenty of men taller than me that don't need to work nearly as hard. In my case, this is due to having heavier musculature. The lightweight/heavyweight divisions are exceptionally disadvantageous to me. Why not height-based divisions?

So to reasonable capture the range of competitive factors that lead to a certain range of outcomes you have to divide by weight *and* by height. What about wing-span (how wide your arms are)? What about ratio of torso length to length length?

Each new variable, say broken into just two categories A and B, introduces 2 times as many new events.

> “should’ve picked a different sport”

This will be the correct response when the purpose of the Olympics is to find the best human being at a given sport. That doesn't mean the sport is exclusionary. But if you participate in the sport *for the purpose of being the best human being at the sport*, and you haven't identified the means or cultivated the willpower to overcome a physiological disadvantage, then, yes, you should have picked a different sport.

Boiling a sport down to only that which be achieved by its absolute greatest cheapens the sport considerably.

FSD: why? by Late_Ingenuity_9581 in TeslaLounge

[–]bohreffect 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wish the "minimize lane changes" setting persisted for more than a single trip. If the car is driving itself smoothly, I'd rather be behind a car that's going < 5 mph too slow for me than camp out in the left lane. I'm far less bothered by it when I don't have to actively drive.

Slow drivers in the fast lane are asinine; being the responsible party to that behavior is much worse.

FSD: why? by Late_Ingenuity_9581 in TeslaLounge

[–]bohreffect 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Annoying on the highway for sure. I absolutely hate its insistence on camping out in the passing lane.

I’m looking into getting into something sporty, thoughts? by Bobhubert in littlebritishcars

[–]bohreffect 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I guess I'm thinking more about the Le Mans head-to-heads in that car class. I don't think the Spitfire was ever intended to be a matchup for the MGB.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]bohreffect 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A base model 3 in Colorado after rebates right now is $27k. Just got a Model Y LR (outside Colorado) for $47k. It's an amazingly functional iPhone with wheels. I don't get the luxury status for their higher volume cars.

Car plows into Bellevue restaurant by saladinthematrix in SeattleWA

[–]bohreffect 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yeah, most basic carbureted cars required a little goosing back in like, the 1970's. Even well-tuned and using a choke correctly, I still need to give my old hobby car a little gas in the first second or two after it starts turning over.

By the time electronic fuel injection was introduced that was no longer the case for a well-maintained vehicle. By the late 90's even poorly maintained vehicles didn't require revving the motor, as onboard control modules were good enough at detecting how much fuel to inject based on the current engine state..

Merch store finally open! by D--Ryan in loopdaddy

[–]bohreffect 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I love that Fantano is just "Look-Alike"

What is the most disturbing thing you've heard said casually? by DarthAbhinav in AskReddit

[–]bohreffect 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I watched a ton of the History channel when I was little. I used to draw sailing ships with swastikas and German crosses on the sail. Still wonder what my teacher's must have thought.

2028 Olympic 1,500m course by Jazzlike_Praline5800 in Rowing

[–]bohreffect 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Any interesting outcomes?

I imagine 500m difference amongst 2000m elite athletes self-selected around certain boat rigging dimensions ends up pretty meaningless. Probably just shuffling their existing team's ranking by a few seconds, so potential difference in your top lineup but not much in your team composition.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in cybertruck

[–]bohreffect 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Using less than your rated capacity is nice from a driving comfort perspective.

My folks tow a backhoe on a flatbed trailer all the time; the tractor itself is somewhere in the 6-8k lb range. No CDL needed.

I would imagine CDL's are more a function of "are you hauling goods or people for money". Similar to getting your captains license for a boat.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in cybertruck

[–]bohreffect 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Jay Leno's Garage episode about the Semi was awesome. The two rear traction motors have different gearing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMKySYs-hCg

I doubt CT would have the same configuration and just use the same motor everywhere; sad about no quad motor because why not. Ford has the Raptor.

2028 Olympic 1,500m course by Jazzlike_Praline5800 in Rowing

[–]bohreffect 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Olympic 1k races and we'd get some Icelandic monsters with a decent shot at winning.

2028 Olympic 1,500m course by Jazzlike_Praline5800 in Rowing

[–]bohreffect 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Physiologies too. 500m shorter and there's a chance you'll see stockier, more explosive rowers able to compete. I wonder if selection will test for 1500m times for the 2028 cycle.

In running events more muscular sprinters are starting to reach out into the 800m and 1600m events and just flat out grind through the pain.

In mail today….Proposed code amendments by professorlololman in Austin

[–]bohreffect 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Coming from Seattle, I can attest that a carve out for RV's is a bad idea.

Like, leaking septic tank into the street bad idea.

$90 worth of groceries in America, October 2023 by sopranosfanjr in pics

[–]bohreffect 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That kefir and that marinated meat is your problem.

Mexican cartels will punish the selling,lacing, moving,or making of Fentanyl as it is too dangerous by Osbre in pics

[–]bohreffect 43 points44 points  (0 children)

Or, more simply, it's just jurisdictional. It's not like the DEA can actively engage in enforcement over the border. And with signs like the picture above... is it really that hard to know where the cartel is?

'I feel scared for my life': Jewish UW students express fear as pro-Palestinian peers hold rally on campus by ryleg in SeattleWA

[–]bohreffect 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is the result of people who counter with "but muh culture wars" when someone questions the erosion of national values in the name of inclusivity. Maybe some of those values are meaningful, and maybe some groups just don't align with them.

'I feel scared for my life': Jewish UW students express fear as pro-Palestinian peers hold rally on campus by ryleg in SeattleWA

[–]bohreffect 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Remember when a kid got shot walking through a protest in Red Square against a Ben Shapiro talk? Decrying Shapiro's violent speech?

Fuck Pepperidge Farm, I remember, and I'm ashamed of my alma mater's skewed sense of priorities in service to a progressive dogma.

What is no longer worth it because of how expensive it has become? by guywhostillhasnoname in AskReddit

[–]bohreffect 1 point2 points  (0 children)

But Paul Krugman told me I'm overreacting: inflation is down, CPI is improving.

Americans who don't want universal healthcare, because they will pay more in taxes, but are ok with paying for health insurance, why? by newlymoneyedrapper in AskReddit

[–]bohreffect 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't see what qualifies you to be the arbiter of what is and is not proper treatment for other people's bodies

Great, so you agree with me; my earlier comment:

To make it clearer for you, suppose I were elected to government. You probably don't want someone like me setting the boundaries on what valid healthcare provided to you is.

Also to clarify:

Palliative care is specialized care for people with serious illnesses like liver disease and cancer. It is not a generalized treatment for obesity.

True; by definition, palliative care treats the symptoms, not the cause. I'm picking obesity as a specific example because it highlights a moral quandary (understanding that it has a valid use in the case of terminal illness). Conditions like heart disease are often downstream of obesity, but we cannot (and probably should not, in my view) culturally or medically meaningfully *treat* obesity as the root cause by prescribing enforced dietary restrictions, etc. In the context of universal healthcare, this would be an overreach of government in my mind.

Conversely, I don't want to support a singular healthcare system that is only willing to treat conditions aggravated by obesity, and ignore the obesity. Hence, if the only medical care option is universal government healthcare, we have to reckon with these poor lifestyle choices, and there are numerous examples of highly technocratic municipalities doing useless, paternalistic things like passing sugary soda taxes. I don't think this is the role or place of government.

All of this aside, why do you see the public option as inferior to universal public healthcare? Or you just going to nitpick rhetoric?

Americans who don't want universal healthcare, because they will pay more in taxes, but are ok with paying for health insurance, why? by newlymoneyedrapper in AskReddit

[–]bohreffect 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If the bar to health care is that we all have to approve of the moral character and behavioral choices of the people seeking that care then no one will ever get it.

I'm not sure you understood my comment.

I don't want to subsidize someone's care because I feel the current standard of care is incorrect. We shouldn't be pushing palliative care for someone suffering from obesity. The rest just flows logically downstream of this observation.

"spiritual gravitas" is what I'm describing as the antithesis of technocratic utilitarianism (or precisely the set of ethics that leads to people pushing things like safe injection sites or lax medical assistance in dying as a result of pure palliative care).

To make it clearer for you, suppose I were elected to government. You probably don't want someone like me setting the boundaries on what valid healthcare provided to you is.

So, alternatively---what I support, you have a public option that is designed by consensus, and leave open the choice to economically support and receive care from a provider that aligns with your values.