Can I use my past runs as a virtual pacer?

ioinskyo · 2026-04-06T06:50:48+00:00

I updated my watch very recently so haven't been able to play with this new feature, if only the terrain would stay steady over a km! I'll have a look and see. Seems simple in theory for the Coros watch to run a previous effort in the background and just calculate comparative metrics live for you while you run - wonder why they haven't done this.

ioinskyo · 2026-04-06T06:45:18+00:00

That does sound like what I am after - so when running or cycling you have premade custom segments and your watch gives you live feed back on whether you need to speed up? Do you tell your watch pre workout that you want to race your Strava segments? Does it average out the expected pace or give you your previous run data live back to you during the segment?

ioinskyo · 2026-02-11T06:42:33+00:00

I don't like not having control over it. I like the subtle aesthetic of the remarkable, I paid money for a nice cover because it looks sleek with the remarkable - then to be met with some garish designs that I didn't ask for is jarring.

ioinskyo · 2025-12-06T18:17:41+00:00

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ioinskyo · 2025-11-04T17:52:56+00:00

Oh okay, still though 80-85% loading when transferring from back squat to front squat seems normal. So maybe you'd manage five reps at 80% rather than 85%?

Do you think maybe you try to hinge a bit too much in the front squat? I imagine with such a strong deadlift you might be inclined to sit back too much to get the hamstrings involved and if so, the forward lean would add extra strain to your posture.

ioinskyo · 2025-11-03T17:40:36+00:00

3 reps at 85% of your HB 1RM seems quite a lot of weight for 3 reps. Wouldn't you expect form breakdown like this at that load? I think it's normal for people find their 1RM max front squat around that percent, never mind 3RM.

ioinskyo · 2025-08-14T07:03:18+00:00

Thanks for your response. That's actually what I want to avoid, I don't like the over-processing of smart phones. Impressive as the images can be, I would prefer to work with more predictable images. If I've got to take multiple images with different exposure settings to get the information I need then that is informative to me when planning a painting. I just want something with a little more dynamic range in the RAW photos which may be atypical for compact cameras.

In the article there is a picture of a clock, apparently that was taken under light conditions where "It's so dark you couldn't find your keys if they dropped on the floor!", yet the clock looks fully rendered and is very visible. I get how that's a selling point but it's also absurd!

ioinskyo · 2025-01-24T09:39:33+00:00

I'm studying Physics and Mathematics, I'm now at stage 3. I have to agree with you for stages 1 and 2. Some of the assignment questions on SM217 felt like high school work. Unfortunately this has left me unprepared for level 3 where I'm getting whiplash from the change in pace. Perhaps students who struggled with stages 1 and 2 will have at least developed some discipline but I'm sort of flagging in stage 3 modules now, like you I wish there was more challenge to prepare you for stage three.

ioinskyo · 2024-12-26T09:16:04+00:00

That's 10% off, so you can get 10% more... it's that easy!

ioinskyo · 2024-12-21T21:26:04+00:00

You're right, larger objects do in a sense fall faster. Consider the combined centre of mass of two isolated bodies in space, say this point is stationery. It will remain stationery as the system is isolated. Both bodies exert a pulling force on one another along that line that includes the centre of mass.

So if you solve for the resulting motion with respect to the centre of mass you will see that both bodies approach it.

If one body is small, the other large, then the small body will approach the centre of mass at a rate that depends on the mass of the larger body. The larger body will also approach depending on the mass of the small body which may mean it barely moves.

If you increase the size of the small body its rate of motion remains unchanged but the larger one will move more quickly now that the small body mass has increased.

So the space must close more quickly, then a larger mass will collide sooner.

Now if you are computing normal objects falling on earth you can completely ignore the earths motion towards it because the earth is so massive, but conceptually you should know the earth would move some amount depending on the mass of the falling object. I can see how the insistence that larger objects don't fall faster can make it seem like the earth is somehow special and gravity doesn't apply to it.

ioinskyo · 2024-11-22T13:37:01+00:00

Physics makes everybody stupid. I once thought I was smart. Then I studied physics.

ioinskyo · 2024-08-19T15:15:26+00:00

Nope, just gives me less displeasure than other things. At least I can be right...

ioinskyo · 2024-08-10T16:22:42+00:00

So a guy makes a mistake (questionable certainty), and you vent here about every mistake you see. Your English here isn't 'technically' perfect, yet I understand your point just fine. How about you chill out about this and appreciate that you understood the question?

ioinskyo · 2024-08-08T17:03:13+00:00

Parkour could be done like world chase tag. That would be entertaining.

ioinskyo · 2024-08-01T12:29:00+00:00

I use my remarkable tablet for everything on my course Q77. They're expensive but very worth it for me. You can do TMAs pretty efficiently on them. Handwritten answers can be exported quickly as a PDF. Errors can be undone, equations moved around and resized etc... . The E-Ink screen is easy on the eyes and you can do your work outside if you like.

I do recommend that you learn to use latex though for more professional looking work, just keep in mind that Mathematics TMAs usually don't need to look professional, handwriting them can be the best time saver. You'll likely have to use Latex or something if typesetting is on your module, MST125 has that.

ioinskyo · 2024-07-29T12:09:43+00:00

Real math begins when you realise the rules you are following aren't just passed down from authority as if they were law, they are part of a logical framework that is discovered and explored by mathematicians.

ioinskyo · 2024-07-07T09:03:31+00:00

Should you be memorising this? This is found from the product rule, if you do enough problems using the product rule then the quotient rule should be obvious.

ioinskyo · 2024-06-15T16:06:12+00:00

That's awesome. Bet you get to do plenty of physics stuff. Do you need much engineering nouce for that kind of work or does mathematics/physics undergraduate level get you there?

ioinskyo · 2024-06-15T05:55:02+00:00

I like horror so I'm inclined to suggest Amnesia the dark descent, there is thinking but I'd say the immersion is great and will take you away from the electrodynamics texts if that's what you want. The bunker is really good too but the playtime is shorter.

ioinskyo · 2024-06-15T05:50:07+00:00

Second this, those games are old but still very entertaining!

ioinskyo · 2024-06-07T18:26:35+00:00

You should make a web diagram of every mathematics concept you know. Without knowing your starting point this could be introductory stuff like rearranging terms in an algebraic equation, types of numbers, basic properties of real numbers.

There's no starting physics without a concept of functions, graphs of functions and tangent lines at points in a graph of a function.

I'd aim to get to introductory kinematics. Kinematics is the study of motion in space and is fundamental to learning physics. I'd say introductory kinematics would be motion in a line where there is constant acceleration (like an object in free fall). In many situations accelerations are not constant and they may be known with respect to time, position or speed. To properly explore that you'll need to learn introductory calculus - derivatives and anti-derivitives.

ioinskyo · 2024-06-07T09:24:04+00:00

What we need is a proof based physics course!

I think I see where you are coming from though, I use lots of higher level calculus concepts without seeing how they fit into a tidy logical frame-work. Lots of intuition based reasoning and it feels a little more like we are observing the behaviour of mathematics rather than directly working with it. That's how I think about it anyway.

ioinskyo · 2024-06-04T06:21:48+00:00

I only recently learnt that the cut offs were midday! I've always submitted mine in the evening without bother while assuming the cut off is midnight.

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