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Re: Ask HN: What are you passionate about at the moment?

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Post by hahahacorn »

tstrimple wrote: post #763
hahahacorn wrote: post #456

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For me, slowing down, proper foot striking (go for a couple barefoot runs at the park until you know what feels right and then translate that to form with running shoe on), and I did feet and ankle strength training for the first month. Oh and #1 is listen to your body. I’m running for the joy of running. If something hurts I’m not gonna run, lol. Important to rest.

> If something hurts I’m not gonna run And this is why I don’t run.

lol. I google “how to fix X pain while running” and then follow those guides until I can run again.

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Post by protonmail »

bostonwalker wrote: post #797
nabusman wrote: post #384

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I'm starting down this path soon as well. Any books/resources that you recommend?

Congrats on that! My kid is too young for tech so far so I haven't fully dived into the issue yet, but one thing I've already done for him to start him off on the right foot is set up with a Proton email account on the family domain name. It's great because family members have been sending notes for him to read when he grows up and we have been cc'ing him on baby pictures, medical records, and vital stats. And when y…

Happy to hear this!

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Post by tintedfireglass »

mdekkers wrote: post #468

Passionate? Nothing, anymore. The last bunch of years has been a long, never-ending series of setbacks and knock-backs that have drained my emotional, professional, and financial resources in a relentless manner. Along the way I appear to have completely lost my passion and drive for everything. Some people are completely dependent on me, and if it wasn’t for them, I’d check out already - this ride is not fun anymore…

Don't worry, life will get better . stay strong, it's just a passing storm. Happiness can always be found. honsestly as someone who's not even 20yet I don't even know if I can understand the pain you are going thru but hope you find you passion, your happiness and wake up tomorrow with a smile. hope thay day will come soon :) cheers!

Re: Ask HN: What are you passionate about at the moment?

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Post by bionhoward »

medicine as code and the “left adjoint to the disease functor” could present a generic computational process to cure all diseases derived from Sidis’ concept of the “time image” and “reverse universe” from [1]

https://share.icloud.com/photos/0a0fsV9Ektf3GVnP0Nqqn-Trw https://share.icloud.com/photos/029ulUc8TnmvZwqfb2OI5xgIw https://share.icloud.com/photos/052VuJUFynystXHS-qHBO3dJg

TLDR: Rewind the disease movie to see the inverse pathology; then create a forward universe implementation of the reverse universe inverse pathology. If this takes a patient to some H’ with distance(H0, H’) strictly less than the limit of detection, they are cured.

(for example, continued taking pills is detectable, so you have to actually fix the underlying issues so patients don’t need pills or ongoing treatment)

Thus, I propose the definition of “cure” vs “treatment” is a matter of *functional purity*

1. https://www.sidis.net/animate.pdf

Re: Ask HN: What are you passionate about at the moment?

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Post by Aeroi »

applied_heat wrote: post #439
Aeroi wrote: post #429

Sailing -trying to raise $30m+ to build a boat to break over 20 records. Surfing -Finding remote point breaks and surfing northern latitudes with nobody around.

Getting any waves in BC or alaska?

I've surfed both. It's fleeting but amazing experience. The remoteness and structure of the coastline makes access the most fun (difficult part). AK gets trickier because its less long period swell and more localized systems, often times resulting in lots of wind and short swell windows.

The holy grail is undiscovered long point breaks.

Would love to give an LLM a dataset of satellite images and tell it to discover more waves containing similar attributes.

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Post by gytdev »

Minor49er wrote: post #140
kbf wrote: post #59

Mental health. I recently passed out in public and had to finally admit to myself that I’m severely burnt out. I had ignored the signs and mentally written off the concept of burnout as a bit of a wishy-washy mostly “emotional” concept and not as the very real psychological AND physiological condition that doesn’t just go away if you get a good nights sleep and a day off. It was emotional to actually read up on it an…

Longhorn PHP in Austin, Texas wrapped up just a couple of days ago. One of the keynote talks was titled "Stronger Than Fear: Mental Health in the Developer Community" by Ed Finkler. It outlined why these things not only need to be talked about, but also taken seriously: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYPAGuh6Le8

thanks, I took a walk and listened to this. This is so relatable <3

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Post by Havoc »

rockbruno wrote: post #52

Home automation. I always had an Alexa and a couple of WiFi switches, but I just discovered the rabbit hole of Home Assistant, Zigbee devices, flashing devices to get rid of cloud capabilities and install your own firmware, and the whole ordeal. Haven't had this fun with tech in a while.

Check out ESPHome too. Bit of a skill jump from flashing devices but still very doable

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Post by xu3u32 »

swah wrote: post #564
beingfit wrote: post #486

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I’m feeling some envy right now. I’ve tried running…or rather, walks and runs interspersed, at least once a week or more often. But my heart rate shoots up even at a moderate pace of 5mi/h (7.5km/h) to around 140bpm or higher (I’m 50 years old). I just can’t run (actually jog) continuously for more than one minute before breaking into a walk. Otherwise, I workout everyday, mostly cardio and some strength for at least…

I'm 39 and my HRV will shoot to 160-170 at those speeds... I think its ok?

Thats reasonable. I would slow down to under 150 bpm, even if it means that you are just brisk walking and aim to get at least 15-20 miles a week.

Re: Ask HN: What are you passionate about at the moment?

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Post by pipes »

absoluteunit1 wrote: post #810
pipes wrote: post #601

Not drinking. I only drank at weekends. But pretty much every weekend for 25 + years, this is totally normal from where I'm from. I read the book alcohol explained https://www.amazon.co.uk/Alcohol-Explained-William-Porter-eb... Listened to the Huberman podcast about alcohol. And realised I don't want to drink anymore. It's really strange, I used to struggle having a single weekend with no booze. Now I actively just d…

I was in your shoes about 4 years ago (will be on Feb 5th) Best investment I have ever made for myself. Very challenging; especially socially. I eventually found social groups who share similar interests. First few months will be brutal; you can do it, it’s worth the struggle, good luck

That's a really good way to think of this. An investment, that's exactly what it is, investment in health and happiness. I am pretty fit and have eaten well for 20 years, the drinking part of my life really doesn't make sense.
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