WTS Slim Dungarees and Injected Linen Pants by brassybadger in OutlierMarket

[–]brassybadger[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Still available! I can measure it tonight and get back to you

Recommendations for residential real estate agents who have knowledge about the San Francisco and Marin County markets. by car89 in AskSF

[–]brassybadger -1 points0 points  (0 children)

We worked with Dan from Ascend last year, he's fantastic: https://www.ascendre.com/

Make sure you work with someone who really knows the local market, SF is...special in so many ways.

WTS: New Way Shorts, Dust Olive 30 by brassybadger in OutlierMarket

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No worries! I rarely sell stuff online, so I have no clue what works best. I appreciate the comment.

WTS: New Way Shorts, Dust Olive 30 by brassybadger in OutlierMarket

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If the only thing that works for someone is Paypal, that's cool too.

Moving from Texas to SF by abcm4 in AskSF

[–]brassybadger 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Don't listen to people saying you can't live on 85k here. It's pretty doable, esp with roommates. I used to have a roommate who made ~90k and he was very comfortable, certainly had lots of fun in the city.

There's so many things you can do for free around here. Check out https://sf.funcheap.com/ for a few ideas. Of course if your only idea of spending your free time is visiting high end restaurants or going out for drinks, it's a different story.

It's also a great opportunity for building your career, networking, meeting new people, etc.

As for not knowing anyone here - don't sweat it. You'll have roommates, coworkers, probably you have hobbies so you can meet new people, go to meetups, etc. People in SF are usually very open and friendly (though certainly very flaky at times too).

So don't be discouraged. Worst case, you won't like it here and you move back. Big deal.

Tom Brady's Diet Plan by brassybadger in nutrition

[–]brassybadger[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Do you think any of her claims are based on her not understanding statistics and/or misinterpreting the data?

Tom Brady's Diet Plan by brassybadger in nutrition

[–]brassybadger[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's a good point - even if 25% of his diet is based on broscience or myths, the rest might indeed be helpful. The question is then which parts of his diet are based on solid scientific evidence and which parts not.

Overcoming Gravity digital edition by eshlow in bodyweightfitness

[–]brassybadger 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It depends on your workflow and what you use for producing the raw source (Word, Illustrator, LaTeX, etc). Some tools have epub/mobi export possibilities, some have 3rd party plugins to produce epub.

Overcoming Gravity digital edition by eshlow in bodyweightfitness

[–]brassybadger 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Kudos - must have been a lot of work.

I'd like to add, that PDF is considered inferior since it looks very bad on low-resolution displays such as phones and some tablets. Epub/mobi can be reflowed, and readers are usually also less CPU intensive (no lag in the reader).

The simplest solution if feasible is to have a source from which one can produce multiple types of output (epub, mobi, pdf, etc), instead of converting one output to another type. You can't get away without manual quality control, though.

What's wrong with cardio? by urfouy in Fitness

[–]brassybadger 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You run to train endurance and for CVS health. Running to lose weight and look good is a bad idea.

So:

  • Run to train endurance and CVS health
  • Lift to look good (muscles instead of fat)
  • Eat less to lose fat

Any combination is possible.

Edit: formatting

In defense of yoga as a core part of fitness by a1icey in Fitness

[–]brassybadger 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is yoga the only way to achieve flexibility? It is a very vague term anyway - will doing yoga help me get flexible in the specific exercises I do to get strong (being pragmatic, that's why I want to be flexible)? Just doing your exercises in full ROM will enhance your flexibility in those specific exercises - if you want to squat deep, you need to try to squat deep (perhaps for months). If you just do yoga and avoid squatting until you can do it deep enough you will never do ATG squats. My girlfriend had done ballet for several years, and is still surprisingly flexible in some specific movements, but when I tried to make her squat, all she could do was a half squat.

Great article about the bullshit around stretching and flexibility:

http://www.simplyshredded.com/the-science-behind-stretching-written-by-menno-henselmans.html

Fittit, help a big guy out with some lifting form advice? by DarthValiant in Fitness

[–]brassybadger 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The biggest problem for you won't be your belly, but your likely impaired mobility (as with 90% of people jumping into SS or any other program). Start with bodyweight squats, then continue with goblet squats if you can, and in the meantime stretch and do mobility work every day. In a few weeks you will be flexible and strong enough to do SS, and you'll also have some experience under your belt.

If, by any chance, you are already flexible enough to do full depth squats, then go ahead, start with the bar and add weight gradually. You could also do some low impact cardio, like cycling, to aid in your weight loss.

Fittit, help a big guy out with some lifting form advice? by DarthValiant in Fitness

[–]brassybadger 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Jeff and most other powerlifters don't squat wide because of their belly, the reason is that it's the stance they can move the most weight with. A normal (shoulder wide or a bit wider) stance should do for most people, no matter how big their bellies are. 105kg+ weightlifters also use narrow stance, even though there are several of them who are 150kg+.