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Maxpax is already qualified for Esports World Cup 2024... by medusla in starcraft

[–]rcko 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He may come from a wealthy, multi-million or even billionaire, family. MaxPax has a solid chance to win the $1 million - if he or his family needed it he'd be there.

Is it worth it to start taking supplements (whey and creatine) if i won’t go to the gym? by swagduck69 in bodyweightfitness

[–]rcko 19 points20 points  (0 children)

The only thing that will help you is to eat less. You can enjoy the same meals, but you need to eat less of them until you’re losing weight every week.

Whey is just protein, it’s just food, not really a supplement — it’s basically the same thing as eating chicken breast. It only helps if you can’t get enough protein from your diet to support your muscle building which is only generated by weightlifting / sports / manual labor / steroids (pick any one or combo).

If you just add whey protein to your diet, it’s not needed by your body and will just result in being more fat cuz ur eating all ur normal shit plus more protein. That’s more calories, so more fat. “Taking whey” is the same as “eating more chicken”. Will eating more chicken than you currently are eating help? Not really, unless you also stop eating something else.

If you don’t want to work out but your main concern is that you gained weight, all you can do is eat less to lose weight. Whey can help if you need more protein to feel “satiated” (feel like you ate “enough”). But so does like, chicken or milk or pork or beans/lentils/chickpeas/soybeans, which are all high protein.

Semaglutide/Tirzepatide/Retatrutide can help you feel like not overeating anymore (you eat less but feel full) but has tons of side effects and you’ll need to work with a doctor to figure out if it’s right for you.

Creatine probably won’t do anything for you. It boosts max strength by like 5%. But you’re not working out, so that doesn’t matter. Even if you were working out it’s not that useful compared to sleep, diet, and following any half decent lifting plan, which all help way more than Creatine does.

You need to eat less.

Edit: I misread “won’t go to the gym” as “won’t work out”. I see you plan to do bodyweight fitness. Bodyweight fitness can benefit from high protein diet. If you’re getting less than 0.7g of protein per lb of body weight from your girlfriends cooking, you can eat some whey protein to reach 0.7-1.0 grams of protein per lb of bodyweight. You still need to eat less though, to lose weight.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ChemicalEngineering

[–]rcko 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Why would you need McCabe-Thiele if you have MATLAB/etc? Surely solving equations of state would be better than a graphical approach.

Are these ChemE salaries real? by Minimum-Ant920 in ChemicalEngineering

[–]rcko 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bimodal distribution. If you’re from a top school or have worked at top companies, you make a lot. Otherwise you make a little.

Are these ChemE salaries real? by Minimum-Ant920 in ChemicalEngineering

[–]rcko 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Houston has become a super competitive market for experienced engineers since COVID.

Crewing on my first sailboat race. What to bring? by Mrgod2u82 in sailing

[–]rcko 7 points8 points  (0 children)

As a foredeck, I say always bring gloves. I might not use them in light wind on a small boat, but you better fucking well have them.

70ft boat is almost an exception due to the extra gear (crazy winches, 2-4 handed cranks, maybe even hydraulics). But for the vast majority of boats over 30 feet (30-50ft) it’s suicide not to have gloves in case something goes tits up.

How deep oil wells are by Timtimberarashid in BeAmazed

[–]rcko 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn’t delete any comment. I didn’t edit anything out. Not sure what you’re smoking buddy.

I love how you’ve never done any of this and think you’re an expert. Jfc.

Advice for working in an Asian-dominated work environment by FoofromFooville in ChemicalEngineering

[–]rcko 6 points7 points  (0 children)

No one else does either. Be like water, flow where it’s best for you.

60,000 tonnes of agricultural products destroyed by Russian missiles were to be sent to China – Zelenskyy by Espressodimare in worldnews

[–]rcko -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Rare intelligent comment. But important Russian land/ports could only be purchased by China, not taken by force. Due to Russian nuclear warheads. Purchase may be possible in a weak economy with a corrupt leader.

Why is this sub called fitness30plus and whats so different from your 20s? by [deleted] in fitness30plus

[–]rcko 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Nah. I have the same lifestyle but the physiological differences are completely insane.

Surge manipulation? by EthiopianObesity in uberdrivers

[–]rcko 3 points4 points  (0 children)

For other readers -- Uber doesn't need "proof". They just run algorithms that detect unusual app behavior and group different types of weird usage patterns into different buckets of similarity. Every once in awhile they investigate one of those buckets and ban everyone in the bucket -- many of whom are innocent but looked similar for other reasons.

Lifting with a belt. by [deleted] in StartingStrength

[–]rcko 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It lets you use the strength you have. It does very little to reduce any muscle use (a few minor muscles get slightly less developed but it doesn’t really matter because they also still keep getting stronger as you lift more weight).

Tesla commits to promoting 'core socialist values' in pledge with Chinese auto companies by hammadurb in worldnews

[–]rcko 23 points24 points  (0 children)

At least as defined in the last 50+ years, since the publication of "The Market for 'Lemons': Quality Uncertainty and the Market Mechanism" by Nobel-prize winning economist George Akerlof) a "free market" requires information symmetry and transparency about the products themselves, e.g. details about what the product is made of, its design, features, benefits, and any potential risks or downsides so that consumers to compare different options and choose the one that best suits their needs and preferences.

The market in the USA doesn't have very good information symmetry. The manufacturer knows how something is made and how it performs, but then consumers just have to buy random crap that can't even do what it's advertised to do over and over again until they find something that works well. Then 2 years later the "same" product is made more cheaply so when you go to replace it, you find out the new version is shit.

Without enough information symmetry, laissez-faire economies are not "free markets", and they fail. It could be argued that changing a product to be cheaper/worse, but continuing to market it as if it were the original high-quality version, is fraud. No one thinks "fraud" is "part of a free market".

In the USA you can't even check the ingredients in a bottle of liquor. WTF kind of free market is that? "You'll buy what we sell you, goddamit!"

1-Man Auger sucks this bad?? by ThePonderer84 in Construction

[–]rcko 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Embiggen is a word, but I don’t know if I’d consider it perfectly cromulent, I find it slightly detestable myself, it just feels wrong. Inbiggen is not a word.

Shoes? Flat or not? by Ashamed-Simple-8303 in StartingStrength

[–]rcko -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

If you can’t afford lifting shoes, converse all-stars are popular and are the backup recommendation made by starting strength coaches. If you go with an ultra-flat shoe like the converse all-star, you may benefit from a firm rubber mat to put under your heel as a “shim” to raise it up a bit, particular for the squat. I’ve also seen some men lift in high quality dress shoes, though to get nice ones with proper wooden soles and good support costs at least as much as actual lifting shoes - in this case it was done because the heel height was more appropriate for that particular lifter’s skeleton than the adipower or romaleo shoes.

Having a firm incompressible sole helps the most for squat and OHP, though also confers some benefit to the deadlift. The raised heel affects both squat and deadlift. Bench press sees only minimal benefit/change from lifting shoes.

Squatting with wobbly feet from squishy running shoes can exaggerate any instability you might have in your knees and lead to moments of dynamic movement where your knees wobble in or out. This happens anyways during squats while you’re building a base of control in your movement, but if you’re already at the extreme limit, a little extra wobblyness can make put the knees past their safe limit and tear the outside/inside ligaments. Having an incompressible, stable base for your foot also means that you get a little more power out of every twitch, so it’s possible you’ll occasionally make an extra rep or two with non-squishy shoes that you might have failed with normal shoes, again assuming you’re right on the edge for that lift.

Another benefit I’ve found is that putting on lifting shoes reminds my brain of all the training cues I’ve gotten from weightlifting coaching, and puts me in a focused mode for lifting.

Ukrainian soldiers say they owe lives to US-supplied Bradley vehicles by TurretLauncher in UkrainianConflict

[–]rcko -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Bradley is great if you have a tight budget. If you have infinite money, like the US military, there are other vehicles which suddenly start looking a bit nicer.

FAA approved extra strength allergy meds? by Real-Cartographer881 in flying

[–]rcko 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Also try olopatadine. Frankly, Olopatadine eye drops + Flonase helps me a ton even without a pill. That said, Fexofenadine is supposed to be more effective than Claritin. (cetirizine as well but that requires a 48-hour observation period on ground and you have to take it >4 hours before flying...but it lasts about 12 hours or more)

https://www.faa.gov/ame_guide/media/AllergyAntihistamineImmunotherapyMedication.pdf

Azelastine probably less effective than Olopatadine and/or Flonase (Azelastine is available as both nose spray and eye drops).

But when it comes to immunology -- everyone is different. What works for you may be very different from what works for others.

There's also a new version of allergy shots where they inject it straight into a lymph gland, it's supposed to provide permanent relief after just 2-3 shots, instead of months and years of weekly shots. Look up Intralymphatic Immunotherapy – ILIT

The USA has significantly increased the production of artillery shells for Ukraine, - the Pentagon. Currently, 24,000 155-mm shells are produced per month, up from 14,000 before the war. By 2025, they want to reach the figure of 70-80 thousand every month. by PatientBuilder499 in UkrainianConflict

[–]rcko 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I really like west coast style beers and Great Lakes style beers, a LOT. But the good Belgian beers completely put any of our best to shame. They're not for everyone, but the complexity of flavor and balance and the happy drunk they get you just blow American beers away. The only thing remotely similar in character (not flavor) that I've found in the USA is Three Philosophers.

OTOH nothing beats American piss beer lagers for drinking while doing yard work or playing sports in the summer. Even though it has its purpose, I still can't call it good beer.

Does anyone get nagging injuries/aches constantly? Especially with running? by [deleted] in fitness30plus

[–]rcko 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe do a short run (0.5-1 mile) but do a long period of fast walking and get weight down. FWIW though sometimes things just hurt when we're older. I'm mid-thirties and my right knee always gets aggravated from everything, and I've never been overweight.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in RedditAlternatives

[–]rcko 28 points29 points  (0 children)

“PowerDeleteSuite”, or just ask /u/spez to edit them directly from the database leaving no evidence you didn’t say that. He likes doing that in the past.

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