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Saved me incredible amount of mental harrassment which I used to get when shoe laces used to get unwound which I used to brisk walk.
Life is good after learning it.
CPR/Choking/First Aid course is probably close to an hour. How to change your own oil - probably lots of other money-saving home and auto DIY things... Speed reading and memory tricks can be a multiplier on learning other skills. How to use automation tools like Zapier and IFTTT - again, a force multiplier. You might be interested in this book https://www.amazon.com/First-20-Hours-Learn-Anything/dp/1591... - the auth…
I’m always curious how people use IFTTT, Zapier or aletrnatives (e.g. Shortcuts on iOS). I’m a developer and I like to automate a lot of the stuff I do, either with bash commands/script or nodejs/python for more complex stuff, and user scripts in the browser. I can’t find a good use-case for IFTTT and I feel like I’m missing out on a big part here. I’m not sure if I’m not thinking about it right, or if it just doesn’…
I use the following workflow all the time for slackbots and prototyping a new feature:
Step 1 Zapier Webhook - Triggers on POST request to hooks.zapier.com/abc123 (Zapier provides this URL for each "Zap" while you are setting it up)
Step 2 Zapier Code Step - (python or javascript) basically a lambda function - parse your incoming POST request and do whatever with it
Step 3 Some sort of Output - send email/slack/sms
Realworld example - I submitted an iOS app that got rejected because of their community management policy - basically I needed to add a way for users to report abusive content. It took me 15 minutes to add this using the above Zap. I probably could have added it to our API in a similar amount of time, but forwarding each report to slack and aggregating them in airtable would have added to this - not to mention building out a web frontend somewhere to see/review them.
We also have a bunch of slackbots to pull stats and run jobs. Zapier enables us to do a lot of "chatops" with less code and more flexibility.
edit - I used to work at Zapier - loved the product before I worked there and still do
It's also helped me in many other aspects of my life, but mostly because it has help my peace of mind.
One of the most valuable things which I learnt was how to tie shoe laces using Ian Knot - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgSwvDkJVxE Saved me incredible amount of mental harrassment which I used to get when shoe laces used to get unwound which I used to brisk walk. Life is good after learning it.
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>since I started to smoke weed. There are some similarities in the effect, yes. But the problems with weed is it's effect is temporary and it messes up your awareness. Also you can not do in in many public places. Should I mention that certain types of meditation make you even more intoxicated? :)
I am curious, like what types of meditation ?
But if you keep your interest and intention to try experience something different - I'm sure you will find out.
Funninly I just went for the Wim Hoff fundamentals course yesterday and it fits the description very accurately. You can learn it online by watching the video or downloading the app and shouldn't take more than an hour. But preferable do the cold exposure part of it with somone around. The breathing technique by itself is still great though
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Binging with Babish has a great series on basic dishes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBGoJUxxRqU He covers the American omelette which is my go-to. Usually with spinach, red bell pepper, red onion and sometimes mushroom filling. Often with some old cheddar and they are monstrously simple to make mediocre and not too difficult to make very well.
I'm a big fan of Babish! I'd also recommend the Bon Appetit Youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/user/BonAppetitDotCom and Chef John from Food Wishes https://www.youtube.com/user/foodwishes
One of the most valuable things which I learnt was how to tie shoe laces using Ian Knot - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgSwvDkJVxE Saved me incredible amount of mental harrassment which I used to get when shoe laces used to get unwound which I used to brisk walk. Life is good after learning it.
You can learn the principles of good city design / urbanism in about an hour, which could inform your next housing selection.
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It is not how it works at all. The fallacy here is that a human body is a machine with well-defined intake and output. How would one even know what is "exactly" the right amount? Over a year we consume 1 million calories. If one were just 0.1% off of systematically eating more (or less) than required then according to your model one would end up being 200 pounds fatter or 200 pounds leaner ... do you think that anyon…
Actually, that IS how it works. It may not be possible to know or calculate the exact intake and output values, but those values are not needed. Your body gives you cues. > eating a little more or less has absolutely not discernible effect the body adapts to it. Yes, the body adapts to it by storing or eliminating fat (among other things).
> Yes, the body adapts to it by storing or eliminating fat (among other things).
No, it compensates by changing your metabolic rate mostly. You eat less, you will feel more lethargic, you eat more and you will fill (and be) more active