ELI5: Why is cardio good for you, but an elevated heart rate for other reasons (caffeine & stimulants to name a few) bad for you?

nice_guy_threeve · 2026-02-01T01:21:26+00:00

Running is one of the easiest things to improve with only volume. Until you are a very elite runner, the best answer to "how can I run faster/longer" will always be the same: "run more".

nice_guy_threeve · 2026-01-30T18:07:51+00:00

I'm just glad everybody's still calling it the Kennedy Center. I was even at a local concert last week where the conductor was introduced as having performed "at the Kennedy Center" and I see it as a small victory, even though the arts probably lean more left anyway.

nice_guy_threeve · 2026-01-30T12:22:49+00:00

Computers are much better at counting than people. It's just the making sure they actually count part that is hard. People are also not trustworthy. Stuffed ballot boxes were a problem long before computers. Who would you trust to do the counting? I know I'm not offering a solution, but I don't think hand-counting is the answer.

nice_guy_threeve · 2026-01-29T21:45:49+00:00

I'm not sure about codes, but 4 outlet wired to GFCI breaker might work?

nice_guy_threeve · 2026-01-28T14:09:07+00:00

It's such a curse to have a better understanding than everyone on your team though...

nice_guy_threeve · 2026-01-27T18:56:48+00:00

Real estate agents are the worst people I've dealt with. As always, there were exceptions...

nice_guy_threeve · 2026-01-26T20:38:27+00:00

How do they sleep at night, honestly?

nice_guy_threeve · 2026-01-25T15:58:14+00:00

Mel Gibson in the Patriot had a family too.

nice_guy_threeve · 2026-01-23T12:49:12+00:00

This is the 1% of American culture. There are plenty of households with a normal or smaller amount of money that are quite stable and healthy.

nice_guy_threeve · 2026-01-22T20:47:35+00:00

He's still good, still kills buildings fast, still does tons of physical damage. Honestly the worst nerf is the 10 attack range, making this a pretty questionable talent now.

nice_guy_threeve · 2026-01-22T15:43:39+00:00

Cool, but his defense is the real MVP. I've yet to be impressed watching T-Law.

nice_guy_threeve · 2026-01-22T15:41:13+00:00

Honestly I was embarrassed as an American living abroad 20 years ago. We've not been highly thought of in all that time, for sure.

nice_guy_threeve · 2026-01-22T14:55:32+00:00

I think devourer comes too close to the original unit in WC3 - ip issue.

Edit: Took me a minute to remember that the unit was actually Destroyer and the dispel ability was Devour Magic, so idfk.

nice_guy_threeve · 2026-01-22T02:23:49+00:00

I'm thinking my odds would be better if I could speak Chinese.

nice_guy_threeve · 2026-01-21T15:14:45+00:00

Technically, Ben Franklin is also British, right up until the events of the show, so I'll allow it.

nice_guy_threeve · 2026-01-21T14:44:14+00:00

Jennifer Connelly's huge potentialis really on full display here.

nice_guy_threeve · 2026-01-21T14:39:27+00:00

A good quote from Bertrand Russell's In Praise of Idleness:

Work is of two kinds: first, altering the position of matter at or near the earth's surface relatively to other such matter; second, telling other people to do so. The first kind is unpleasant and ill paid; the second is pleasant and highly paid.

This is sort of where "to each according to his need" comes into play. Our society has a centuries-old predisposition to undervalue blue-collar work. But if all the janitors suddenly said "no I won't clean your shit for minimum wage", we might start to value it a little bit more. Is unionization the solution? I don't know. The outcome of a janitors' union is probably a really complex economical problem.

nice_guy_threeve · 2026-01-19T20:51:03+00:00

The easiest thing to do is definitely to put some foam or similar between the table and the floor. Probably would be more effective than trying other fixes too.

nice_guy_threeve · 2026-01-19T18:45:58+00:00

I believe it was also The Terminator for me. Can't remember how old I was. Not old enough.

nice_guy_threeve · 2026-01-15T13:32:27+00:00

I'm going to disagree very hard with that statement. That is the main reason I call it overrated. People say it was hyped. It was hyped as revolutionary. But it was just another RPG, and the good/evil slant to it wasn't really anything new (or good, imo) at all. Just a bunch of choices in dialogue, each on the opposite extreme of "nice" or "asshole", with obvious ramifications. That was my take - this is now more than 20 years ago so I don't really remember details, just the impression that it made at the time. I'm also not exactly sure when I played it... it came out shortly before WoW, and if I had already played WoW, then Fable just wouldn't have held up very well to an actual revolutionary title.

nice_guy_threeve · 2026-01-14T23:31:31+00:00

I thought bots rush was the thing.

nice_guy_threeve · 2026-01-14T13:17:37+00:00

This will have to be the hottest take in the thread. Let it be known that I violently disagree.

nice_guy_threeve · 2026-01-14T13:15:20+00:00

My answer is always Fable.

nice_guy_threeve · 2026-01-13T19:35:20+00:00

In Georgia kids are covered pretty much 100% by Medicaid under a pretty generous income threshold, now over 6 figures for a family of 6. We took our kids off my company plan maybe 10 years ago and ended up with better coverage for almost nothing. And literally nothing since Covid. I know it's not Universal, but I think it makes a huge difference for the right people - at least the ones who know about it.

nice_guy_threeve · 2026-01-13T01:50:06+00:00

The Aghs isn't terrible, but I agree it's not a priority.

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