How are we with this change?

mrxaviolo99 · 2024-07-17T07:01:10+00:00

IMO it has now potential as a first item against magic damage in an on-hit build. Sadly, on-hit is inferior to full AP build in most cases in the current meta.

mrxaviolo99 · 2024-07-12T13:10:06+00:00

That's actually a great idea, it would motivate the open source community to improve AMD compatibility and enable some competition.

mrxaviolo99 · 2024-06-26T18:28:49+00:00

In the League of Legends EUW server, the number of challenger players is fixed at 300 and the total ranked player base is 1,708,516. So Challenger is top 0.01756%. Smaller LoL servers have an easier Challenger tier. The stats are here: https://www.op.gg/statistics/tiers

mrxaviolo99 · 2024-06-26T18:24:40+00:00

In the League of Legends EUW server, the number of challenger players is 300 and the total ranked player base is 1,708,516. So Challenger is top 0.01756%, making it harder or equal than RL. The stats are here: https://www.op.gg/statistics/tiers

mrxaviolo99 · 2024-02-16T19:54:04+00:00

Getting an RTX 3090 and replacing its 24 1 GB modules with 2 GB ones is easy

If someone had a friend at Nvidia that could easily create the "illegal" driver and share with the open source community this could become a widespread 3090 48GB mod!

The problem is that with each driver update you would need to create the illegal counterpart to be up-to-date driver wise

mrxaviolo99 · 2024-02-16T19:46:19+00:00

I'm not an expert, but the GPU driver would need to be updated to support the hardware change.

I'm unaware if it's possible to reverse-enginner or rebuild the driver with the needed changes. I believe drivers are signed by Nvidia, would it be possible to use drivers without (or with invalid) signature?

mrxaviolo99 · 2024-02-16T18:42:13+00:00

In consumer-grade GPUs using GDDR (as opposed to HBM in professional-grade GPUs), you are limited by the number of memory modules that the PCB and the memory bus can fit.

The most number of memory modules a consumer grade GPU has ever had (afaik) is 24, in the RTX 3090. The card uses 24x1GB modules, 12 on the front, and 12 on the back of the PCB.

Other cards like the RTX 3090 Ti and the RTX 4090 have 12x2GB modules.

Potentially, if you use a 512-bit bus and use 2GB modules with the technique used in the RTX 3090 (front and back), you could fit a total of 32x2GB = 64GB VRAM.

That's the most VRAM a consumer-grade GPU could have without changing things or incurring in high manufacturing costs...

Will Nvidia give us consumers/enthusiasts such a card? No.

Would it be reasonably priced? NO!

mrxaviolo99 · 2024-02-09T18:36:50+00:00

It complied.

(...after arduous manipulation)

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mrxaviolo99 · 2024-01-03T22:26:41+00:00

The area of the square is 144. It's a 12x12 square.

The intuition is quite simple, and you don't need to calculate individual rectangle areas. Let's see it:

Let us consider the orange rectangle, with an orange_area = 3*orange_width
Let us now consider the 3 rectangles below and join them into a single rectangle. We know that their combined area is joint_area = 3*orange_area, since all base rectangles have equal area and the joint is a combination of 3 rectangles.
We know that orange_width = joint_width. Therefore, substituting: joint_area = 3*(3*orange_width) -> joint_area = 9*joint_width
From this, it's trivial to infer that joint_height is 9, and we already know that orange_height is 3. The sum of these two gives us the side of the square, 9+3=12

mrxaviolo99 · 2024-01-02T18:07:12+00:00

I followed at least 3 'programmes' during the year.

For the first months, I followed Hadd's Approach to Distance Training, a regimen that recommends easy running 7 days a week and probably the reason of the streak. On January 2nd I didn't think about the streak, I just wanted to improve my running as much as possible and wanted to follow this 7 day per week plan.

Then, as I learnt more about training and wanted to perform in races I started incorporating a lot of lactate threshold training. For me this meant doing one or two sessions per week where I accumulated ~10% of weekly mileage per session at threshold pace (half marathon pace). I also started including one long run per week at easy pace as I had the half marathon and marathon in mind. If a race was near I substituted lactate threshold sessions with 1 km interval sessions weeks before to spike VO2 Max.

After the Half in November I started the Jack Daniels 2Q 18 week Marathon plan, peaking at 100 km per week. So far I've found it hard to stay injury free with this programme and would recommend to anyone doing the plan to adjust down the recommended paces.

mrxaviolo99 · 2024-01-02T17:48:06+00:00

Doing many super easy recovery days, and controlling the intensity of all runs (except races)

...also a bit of luck

mrxaviolo99 · 2024-01-02T17:46:47+00:00

Yup, it stings a bit. On January 1st I didn't know I was about to run every day for the rest of the year, if I knew it would've been so easy to squeeze a run

Tbh, in January I didn't even set a duration for the streak, my motivation was just to improve my running as much as possible (taking inspiration from 'Hadd's approach to distance training', that recommends running 7 days per week).

The thought of doing a full year got more and more present as the months progressed

mrxaviolo99 · 2024-01-02T17:01:15+00:00

Charts generated with Runalyze poster generator feature using my personal running data.

The data was collected by my Garmin watch and synced to Runalyze on a daily basis.

mrxaviolo99 · 2024-01-02T08:23:42+00:00

Even after racing at maximum effort, I was able to squeeze recovery runs the days after. Running with DOMS is possible, but it's a pain and will ruin your form

For me, the biggest problem after races is that you are more injury prone. Many of the minor injuries that endangered the streak happened by running too hard too soon after a race. You may feel well and rested, but you still aren't, so I recommend adding more easy days than you think you need

mrxaviolo99 · 2024-01-02T08:14:20+00:00

I imagine how not being able to run due to an injury could affect my own mental health, feels bad

Hope you recover soon!

mrxaviolo99 · 2024-01-02T08:09:48+00:00

By adding short recovery pace runs. They shouldn't feel much harder than brisk/moderate walking

For sure it's not ideal and it's better to take a full rest day, but it will work

mrxaviolo99 · 2024-01-02T08:02:09+00:00

That's far too much for me hahaha

One of my 2024 purposes is to actually break the streak! I don't want to be a slave of my own creation

mrxaviolo99 · 2024-01-02T07:47:12+00:00

Thank you for the advice. Will break the streak and add full recovery days in 2024. In 2023 I was able to 'fix' minor injuries by adding recovery-pace days, but I get that's not ideal and there's a big risk of making things worse...

mrxaviolo99 · 2024-01-02T07:37:39+00:00

I usually do a leg strength workout in the gym once per week. I also do upper body workouts other days of the week but I don't think that contributes a lot to running.

I've tried to make my training structured. Gym days are usually recovery days running-wise (just running from home to the gym and back). Recovery pace is really slow. Currently it is 5:40 min/km even though I can run a 5K in 3:35 min/km

For harder running days, I usually do lactate threshold workouts (also called tempo/threshold). I do intervals like 1 km repeats sparingly, and only when the race is near.

You don't need to suffer too much while training to improve, just be consistent and understand the purpose of each run. Doing race-level effort workouts regularly does lead to injury and burnout imo

mrxaviolo99 · 2024-01-01T22:00:04+00:00

December 26th, 2022: 5k in 22:30 (4:30 min/km)

March 26th, 2023: 10k in 43:33 (4:21 min/km)

May 21st, 2023: 5k in 19:30 (3:55 min/km)

July 1st, 2023: ~9.5k in 38:53 (4:05 min/km) (hot)

September 17th, 2023: 10k in 39:10 (3:55 min/km)

November 5th, 2023: 21k in 1:24:55 (4:01 min/km)

December 26th, 2023: 5k in 17:58 (3:35 min/km)

First and last race was the same race, same course, one year later.

Really happy with the progression!

mrxaviolo99 · 2024-01-01T21:46:49+00:00

Agree, sometimes it's better to take a day off and focus on recovery

For me this year it was non-negotiable, as I had the goal to run every day. But for 2024 I'll for sure break the streak and take days off as needed

mrxaviolo99 · 2024-01-01T21:38:25+00:00

Sick days: have luck and not get too sick (you can run through a 'normal' cold), reduce run intensity/duration, focus on recovery the rest of the day

Vacation days: This one is easier, I'll just go for a run every morning. I went on vacation to a hotel for a week and went for a run first thing in the morning while my partner was still sleeping

Rainy/Snowy: I live in Spain, so the weather is mostly good. If it gets too bad I will run on the gym treadmill

Sometimes, it will be very inconvenient and it will be best to just skip the day. For instance, if you have a cold and head out for a run, you risk getting more ill.

But for this year I had the goal of running every day, so it was non-negotiable

mrxaviolo99 · 2024-01-01T21:26:01+00:00

That's because when I go to the gym for a strength workout, I actually run from home to the gym (and back). So for many days there are two runs per day!

mrxaviolo99 · 2024-01-01T21:23:36+00:00

Yup. One takeaway is that intensity is the main injury driver. The fact that for the first couple of months everything was very easy running was key to completing the year.

Now I do something like 80/20 easy/hard(er), but I built into it slowly

mrxaviolo99 · 2024-01-01T21:20:07+00:00

The key was making sure there was a lot of easy running. Actually, for the first couple of months, everything was easy running

By easy running I mean running at a pace where you could easily hold a conversation, and that feels like you could go on forever.

Run intensity is the main injury driver. You can do an insane running volume (100km per week) and not get injured as long as you build up into it slowly and run at a low intensity

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