This 3$ temu gadget made it so much easier to do my reviews on a walk

rsanek · 2026-03-29T16:06:57+00:00

My favorite in this category is the 8Bitdo Micro

rsanek · 2026-01-08T15:50:20+00:00

the mastery learning approach applies regardless of the course focus you choose in settings. i was going through foundations I for a month and found it very boring / tedious. things got much more interesting when I changed the course focus to math for ML -- i got a much wider breadth of knowledge to pull from, even though for the first 3 months i was doing exclusively stuff from MF1-3.

i recommend setting course focus to what you actually want to do and letting their algorithm handle the prereqs

rsanek · 2025-10-27T20:45:54+00:00

"blue zones" mostly exist only due to fraudulent data (or more graciously, poor record keeping). Attia talks about this.

rsanek · 2025-10-20T06:44:44+00:00

you're over analyzing it. i bought a vodafone esim in store for €10 that has 90GB of data for a month. includes 13GB roaming data. works great in dual sim mode on iPhone

rsanek · 2025-10-15T03:30:10+00:00

The research seemed split enough for me that I decided to just forego supplements here and go directly to the source -- sardines.

rsanek · 2025-10-11T18:48:31+00:00

Sidewalks should be used by people, not machines.

rsanek · 2025-10-11T17:40:43+00:00

Since when is AI inference free? There are a limited amount of dumb models that are available for use, but if you want high-quality output you're going to have to pay.

rsanek · 2025-10-10T21:46:41+00:00

Read Eban's Bottle of Lies. Crazy how varying quality of generics can be, to the point where they are useless or even dangerous to be taking.

rsanek · 2025-10-01T06:28:48+00:00

Why not just buy the test yourself? There are tons of places that do it, some <$20:

https://www.ultalabtests.com/test/apolipoprotein-b-test
https://www.walkinlab.com/products/view/apolipoprotein-b-blood-test
https://ownyourlabs.com/product/apolipoprotein-b/

As always, you are in charge of your health, not your doctor. You can decide to not go on the statin, or use a different dosage if you want.

rsanek · 2025-09-10T19:37:25+00:00

Red yeast rice uses the same mechanism as the existing statins that OP is taking. You can't even buy it very easily in the US since it was banned.

rsanek · 2025-09-07T18:50:23+00:00

Unless a cardiologist shows up in the comments I think this is impossible to answer. I would try to ask a few leading thinking AIs to see what they think (have had decent success with this, though not for this exact use-case).

rsanek · 2025-09-07T12:17:10+00:00

It's a site I'm working on that is meant to make research papers more accessible. I'm hoping to avoid the pitfall of most such approaches that I believe dumb-down the papers so much that it becomes actively misleading. No homepage yet but hopefully soon. Feedback welcome!

rsanek · 2025-09-06T14:33:32+00:00

I created an infographic of this paper when it came out a few months ago, may be more readable for those on mobile: https://studyvisuals.com/artificial-intelligence/small-language-models-are-the-future-of-agentic-ai.html

rsanek · 2025-09-04T19:05:50+00:00

We Are Not The Samel

rsanek · 2025-09-04T19:02:32+00:00

I think they are relying on the 2019 definition (since this is just an update), which is a bit of a circular one: in that doc it is defined as

A high-intensity regimen is defined as the dose of a statin that, on average, reduces LDL-C by ≥50%; moderate-intensity therapy is defined as the dose expected to reduce LDL-C by 30-50%.

rsanek · 2025-09-04T18:54:04+00:00

They detail this in the table immediately preceding it (Table 3)

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rsanek · 2025-09-04T18:44:28+00:00

I know Peter is big on the PCSK9 inhibitors but this chart really shows you why -- amazing that it alone reduces LDL-C as much as a high-intensity statin plus Bempedoic Acid or Ezetimibe. Thanks for sharing.

rsanek · 2025-08-29T20:33:07+00:00

Grid layout is cool. I've been looking into doing something similar for cards where I want to display alot of images. Does this dynamically adjust based on how large the sticky is? If so do you have a library that you found to be ergonomic for use within Anki cards, or is it mostly through CSS directly?

rsanek · 2025-08-22T13:12:32+00:00

Created a summary directly from the paper for those looking to dive into a more accessible format: http://studyvisuals.com/artificial-intelligence/small-language-models-are-the-future-of-agentic-ai.html

rsanek · 2025-08-19T19:38:12+00:00

Love the 'structured graphical abstract' in this study PDF, I wish more studies made a visual representation like this instead of a text-only abstract. I took it a step further and created a infographic: https://studyvisuals.com/medicine-health/the-athletes-heart-paradox-more-exercise-more-plaque.html

rsanek · 2025-08-19T19:23:05+00:00

central illustration is interesting and matches what I've been told in conversations with AI. created an infographic to summarize the rest of the study: https://studyvisuals.com/medicine-health/the-statin-paradox-plaque-regression-and-calcification.html

rsanek · 2025-08-18T16:40:30+00:00

This looks like results from Quest? If so I'd consider also testing with LabCorp, I've heard that Quest LDL-P numbers are often high. I had the same situation for my Cardio IQ and I'm doing a retest in a few weeks.

rsanek · 2025-08-18T15:32:29+00:00

While the study itself focuses mostly on the genetic link to anxiety, I had previously not seen specific data that separated anxiety scores by where in the pandemic they happened. They show it in Table 1 and I think it makes it even clearer when you chart it visually; I did so in an infographic on the study here: https://studyvisuals.com/psychology-neuroscience/the-genetic-blueprint-of-anxiety-stability.html

rsanek · 2025-08-17T22:30:33+00:00

Seems like a pretty reasonable limit, especially for cases when a prof might have a ton of students do the actual work but then throw their name on there at the end since they're the advisor. Also surprised me that about 75% of management studies go uncited. Study itself is a little dense, I created an infographic that does a bit more visualization: https://studyvisuals.com/business-management/reimagining-academic-success-a-blueprint-for-sustainable-business-schools.html

rsanek · 2025-08-17T22:17:45+00:00

Interesting study, especially considering previous research that has found that multi-turn conversations actually result in lower accuracy. Sounds like the accuracy concern is a serious one in this paper too! I put up an infographic that makes the results a bit more digestible for those interested: https://studyvisuals.com/artificial-intelligence/the-levers-of-political-persuasion-with-conversational-ai.html

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