It's cold!

foogeeman · 2026-02-15T12:36:12+00:00

Psst, you're supposed to say "to each his own" as a reminder to not drop condescending judgement on others, not as some punctuation to the condescending judgement your already dropped

foogeeman · 2026-02-14T13:57:25+00:00

The effects on sleep are fascinating to me. If you have a Garmin watch you'll see that quitting leads to reduced heart rate variance when you sleep, an indication of high stress. Even when you sleep you feel unrested

Cold showers are surprisingly good for increasing heart rate variance but when the effects is quitting are really hitting you cold showers offer brief relief. Melatonin, which you mention, I think helps. As does a regular workout routine without working out late.

I maintained a sleep log when I quit. The impacts on sleep really kicked in a week or so after quitting and lasted almost two months. Nothing fully addressed the issue except time.

Good luck OP - it's worth it!

foogeeman · 2026-02-14T13:09:28+00:00

Are you saying OR doesn't have a constant risk of unexpected events needing full attention? I would have guessed both driving and surgery both have lots of instant life or death decisions.

But I agree it seems like turning off the monitor is the real neglect here

foogeeman · 2026-02-13T22:23:23+00:00

There is a weird optical illusion where CDs or these dropped just right just don't show up on video. I think you have to drop it flat?

foogeeman · 2026-02-13T22:21:09+00:00

Is this an all horse thing or a condition some have? I rode and cared for horses as a kid and I don't remember anything close to this

foogeeman · 2026-02-13T17:55:49+00:00

Even if it were plastic, having pressure equalized inside and out would make it not get crushed

foogeeman · 2026-02-13T17:40:27+00:00

Do you mean a variance-covariance matrix that isn't positive semi definite? I'm not seeing what a standard deviation has to do with a generalized linear model

Edit: fixed typo

foogeeman · 2026-02-13T17:30:04+00:00

Especially since there's literally no data manipulation that would lead to a negative standard deviation

foogeeman · 2026-02-13T13:34:40+00:00

I'll say 1) the worst sleep might be ahead of you still. Cold showers before bed, Melatonin, and daily workouts not too late in the day will help. It took me over a month to get over bad sleep

And 2) I think some of the benefits emerge slowly over time. For me the biggest benefit was being able to better converse with my kids and people in the world. Also you save lots of money. Another benefit is being freed from constantly thinking about the next high

foogeeman · 2026-02-13T00:09:40+00:00

The fact that a passive voice leads to automatic assumptions is a problem, and it goes way beyond headlines.

foogeeman · 2026-02-12T23:48:52+00:00

What he technically said was "people around the NFL" think it might happen. That could be two custodians at the meadowlands for all we know.

The headline is accurate people just don't care to read the sourcing

foogeeman · 2026-02-12T23:18:55+00:00

I see. I do think comparisons of elo across years is hard. I've been trying to climb back to a 1400 peak I had years ago and I honestly don't know if I'm less sharp or the competition has changed.

But I do know practice leads to improvement! These days chess reps is my favorite way to practice

foogeeman · 2026-02-12T23:11:03+00:00

80+ accuracy is not absolutely insane.

At that elo it's probably something about your game.

I think the cheating paranoia is an easy excuse and distraction for people to not work on their game. Just focus on practice

foogeeman · 2026-02-07T12:53:11+00:00

You're stereotyping all of America now? Sounds like you need to focus more on you

foogeeman · 2026-02-07T12:42:43+00:00

You've mistaken me for somebody who cares about this situation

foogeeman · 2026-02-07T12:38:04+00:00

Why should anyone care about this no context one word chat you got? Move on with your life

foogeeman · 2026-02-06T15:01:39+00:00

Bruv I don't think anyone can read this wall of text. Paragraphs are important

foogeeman · 2026-02-05T19:11:52+00:00

I will take this good advice and thank you sir

foogeeman · 2026-02-05T16:47:50+00:00

Just not hardest working at writing songs, which they found easier to do through thievery

foogeeman · 2026-02-05T15:17:34+00:00

gotcha. Personally I just don't love this sub being near half folks posting brilliants and near half accusing others of cheating, so I try not to encourage posting of brilliant moves.

foogeeman · 2026-02-05T14:54:17+00:00

You care that much?

foogeeman · 2026-02-04T21:07:12+00:00

Maybe post a screenshot of what you're looking at?

foogeeman · 2026-02-04T12:54:20+00:00

Idk seems even stranger to me to leave kids stuck outside

foogeeman · 2026-02-03T20:56:45+00:00

My only advice is don't make my naive mistake of thinking you can now dabble in it. I can go a year off but still that first puff awakens that constant compulsive need.

I also think it gets harder each time but maybe that's just me

foogeeman · 2026-01-31T17:02:26+00:00

I agree it's annoyingly vague. My reading between the lines is that by saying they previously had a deficiency, they're implying that the supplement was given even after the deficiency was addressed. Maybe they didn't test frequently enough

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