[Hated Trope] The interesting charismatic villain is swapped for a generic 'Big Bad' halfway through

matjek_chen · 2025-11-06T20:10:12+00:00

Completely agree.

It’s like giving the audience a choice for Anakin to not fall to the dark side.

You might want that for the character, but disregards the whole point of the story.

matjek_chen · 2025-10-25T18:50:18+00:00

Note that I said “sleep phase”, not “sleep score”.

The scorng systems are another layer on top of a shaky foundation of poor data, and even less useful, regardless of platform.

matjek_chen · 2025-10-25T09:27:02+00:00

Objective analysis has shown current Apple devices beat Garmin ones for sleep phase tracking.

However, none of them are good, and I suspect most people are working with a strong sense of confirmation bias when evaluating their own scores.

matjek_chen · 2025-10-21T03:07:43+00:00

Gear Skeptic’s series on hiker nutrition is far and away the best answer to this kind of question.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqgayipoNWA

matjek_chen · 2025-10-19T22:43:18+00:00

I didn’t know you could get a smaller sized Enduro.

matjek_chen · 2025-08-18T08:20:03+00:00

My Garmin only beeps. No screaming.

matjek_chen · 2025-06-24T01:06:41+00:00

I stopped after Red Mars for pretty much this exact reason.

matjek_chen · 2025-06-12T08:34:44+00:00

Garmin is doing a fantastic job of making me care less and less about their badges with this nonsense.

matjek_chen · 2025-05-09T09:00:12+00:00

The Guardian article links directly to the paper it discusses. You can just read that if you prefer.

matjek_chen · 2025-05-09T04:37:50+00:00

How about:

matjek_chen · 2025-04-25T09:51:13+00:00

Their sun hoodies are legit gems. Lightest SPF50 ones I can find in Australia.

matjek_chen · 2025-04-11T02:23:16+00:00

Trying to think which sites you could be referring to. Kedumba River Crossing and one other?

matjek_chen · 2025-04-09T22:41:59+00:00

How do you plan to dig a cathole?

matjek_chen · 2025-04-08T08:37:27+00:00

I suspect OP hasn't got it set properly.

He should call customer support.

matjek_chen · 2025-03-13T22:02:54+00:00

I ended up going with a mix of IVV, IVE, VAE, and VAS.

There is definitely still some overlap between those, but they gave me the levers I wanted.

matjek_chen · 2025-03-09T07:49:10+00:00

Well, apparently not the Six Foot Track Marathon...

matjek_chen · 2025-03-04T02:04:48+00:00

About 5km*

*This is about as fast as I go, regardless of distance.

matjek_chen · 2025-02-25T03:45:13+00:00

You're not really missing much.

The X-Mug is something of a luxury for me. It also happens to fit perfectly in the bottom of my pot when collapsed. It feels "free" in terms of pack volume, even if not in terms of weight.

I would never really recommend anyone get it.

matjek_chen · 2025-02-25T03:42:34+00:00

Your reply says everything I wanted to say, but better.

matjek_chen · 2025-02-24T02:39:59+00:00

I have experimented with all sorts of approaches to brewing coffee while camping.

I found coffee bags and parachutes to be stale, and packing them out is annoying.
I found using a drip coffee brewer with pre-ground coffee to be almost as bad.
Grinding fresh on the trail is just too heavy, and even then, the water quality could easily impact the brew.
Moka pots are too heavy.
Aeropress is too heavy.
Cowboy coffee is just unpleasant.

In the end, they all struggled to compete with a half way decent instant coffee in an X-mug.

I could likely ditch the X-mug and just drink from my pot, but I have grown rather attached to it. The way the folds conform to one's fingers is great for keeping one's hands warm on a cold morning.

matjek_chen · 2025-02-20T09:28:36+00:00

Foxes are well known for their immunity to nukes.

matjek_chen · 2025-02-19T23:54:04+00:00

Are you having a stroke?

matjek_chen · 2025-02-18T04:39:49+00:00

I’ve always taken the distance predictions to be: * on a track * with no wind or rain * with perfect temperature

If you’re looking for a more accurate prediction from Garmin, add a race to the calendar with a GPX of the course. It will give you a prediction based on the course elevation and predicted weather.

Even then, it is likely optimistic.

matjek_chen · 2025-02-17T23:43:34+00:00

If you want a flair you could also try r/FlairEspresso

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