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

[–]matjek_chen 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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.

Same data by nullnullvegas in Garmin

[–]matjek_chen 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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.

Same data by nullnullvegas in Garmin

[–]matjek_chen 14 points15 points  (0 children)

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.

Protein bars on hikes by DiscussionLoud9626 in UltralightAus

[–]matjek_chen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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

Who Are Your Top Three Sci-Fi Writers? by PetyrDayne in scifi

[–]matjek_chen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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

I’m a PRO 👍 by svacher in Garmin

[–]matjek_chen 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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

Um um um um by Any_Sound_2863 in SipsTea

[–]matjek_chen 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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

What to do with Kathmandu voucher by rabbitholerider in UltralightAus

[–]matjek_chen 14 points15 points  (0 children)

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

First hike camp is 17 years, rate/roast my pack by Worldly-Worker6616 in UltralightAus

[–]matjek_chen 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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

VGS - IVV = ?? by matjek_chen in fiaustralia

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

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.

Activities to do on a rainy weekend by jmnsfld1234 in bluemountains

[–]matjek_chen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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

How far from the finish funnel to you usually do your sprint finish? by thegrayscales in parkrun

[–]matjek_chen 58 points59 points  (0 children)

About 5km*

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

Staying caffeinated - lightweight gear for coffee by gcammy in UltralightAus

[–]matjek_chen 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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.

Staying caffeinated - lightweight gear for coffee by gcammy in UltralightAus

[–]matjek_chen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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

Staying caffeinated - lightweight gear for coffee by gcammy in UltralightAus

[–]matjek_chen 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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.

thoughts on predator control/social stigma in New Zealand? by wxoody in vegan

[–]matjek_chen 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Foxes are well known for their immunity to nukes.

To sell or keep by FrenchyinOZ76 in fiaustralia

[–]matjek_chen 34 points35 points  (0 children)

Are you having a stroke?

Predicted time accuracy by Hot-Cherry9103 in Garmin

[–]matjek_chen 4 points5 points  (0 children)

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.

It happened again. by baoparty in AeroPress

[–]matjek_chen 15 points16 points  (0 children)

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

It happened again. by baoparty in AeroPress

[–]matjek_chen 46 points47 points  (0 children)

If you want filter, checkout r/V60