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Re: Early Retirement May Speed Up Cognitive Decline: Study

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Post by glandium » Thu, Oct 31, 2019, 1:12 AM UTC

ronilan wrote: post #94

cortesoft wrote: post #86

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I am a senior software engineer and I do the "google instead of type the domain name" thing intentionally every time... I want to be sure I don't mistype the domain. It is not semi-unconscious... it is very much intentional.

Obviously. That’s the first thing you teach kids when the start browsing by themselves. Google provides a security layer over the brand-domain pair. Google profits handsomely from this service but it is invaluable nonetheless.

Except when Google shows another domain as the first (ad) result.

Re: Early Retirement May Speed Up Cognitive Decline: Study

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Post by belltaco » Thu, Oct 31, 2019, 1:17 AM UTC

varjag wrote: post #65

ericmcer wrote: post #39

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My dad always refers to his body in a similar manner to how one would refer to a car, I.E. “too much mileage on me”, “I walked a lot so now my knees are worn out”. I wonder if their generation has a more simplistic view of our bodies as mechanical things.

The joints do get worn out with the age tho..

What's the best way to preserve them

Re: Early Retirement May Speed Up Cognitive Decline: Study

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Post by monster_group » Thu, Oct 31, 2019, 1:17 AM UTC

debt wrote: post #114

monster_group wrote: post #9

Not only early retirement but any kind of retirement that gets the retiree in a mode that they don't have to try anymore will result in cognitive decline. I am seeing this in my dad who has been retired for ten years now. Throughout his work life he was a sharp hard working banker. Now he uses his age and retirement as an excuse for not trying. Just yesterday he wanted me to order something for him from Amazon. I tol…

Poor guy. Maybe you should hang out with your dad and show him?

Not only I taught him how to copy-paste, I also had couple of sessions with him where I showed him how to do tax estimation using Google spreadsheet.

Re: Early Retirement May Speed Up Cognitive Decline: Study

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Post by lonelappde » Thu, Oct 31, 2019, 1:23 AM UTC

telotortium wrote: post #118

HenryKissinger wrote: post #93

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As a man in my mid twenties, should I ask my doctor to check if I have glucose hypometabolism?

What would you be able to do with this information?

I'd ask someone with high brain glucose metabolism for advice.

Re: Early Retirement May Speed Up Cognitive Decline: Study

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Post by lonelappde » Thu, Oct 31, 2019, 1:28 AM UTC

netsharc wrote: post #123

TheSpiceIsLife wrote: post #35

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Shake to undo and also shake to report a problem and also shake to report abuse . It does different things in different contexts. I can see how this could be confusing. vs. Right click > copy; right click > paste ctrl / cmd -c; ctrl / cmd -v Which, in my experience, are (almost?) universal. If your a keyboard native like me, you probably find text entry and editing on mobile fucking sucks .

Apple mice only had 1 button because they said they didn't want to confuse people. And nowadays? Multi fingered gestures, long presses, etc. What a shit show!

You can use a laptop or desktop if you want. Obviously there are tradeoffs when you squeeze 3 sq ft of real estate down to 0.1 sq ft.

Re: Early Retirement May Speed Up Cognitive Decline: Study

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Post by lonelappde » Thu, Oct 31, 2019, 1:31 AM UTC

ericmcer wrote: post #39

dexwiz wrote: post #14

Sitting around May Speed Up Cognitive Decline. Both my Grandfathers retired shortly before seventy. One sat down in his Chair and did not get up. He ignored his health, and passed within 10 years. The other is highly active in his community and church, still gardens, and travels constantly. He is in his mid 80s with no sign of slowing down. Barring a major health incident, he will live well into his 90s like his moth…

My dad always refers to his body in a similar manner to how one would refer to a car, I.E. “too much mileage on me”, “I walked a lot so now my knees are worn out”. I wonder if their generation has a more simplistic view of our bodies as mechanical things.

It's not like entropy is a relic of the past.

Re: Early Retirement May Speed Up Cognitive Decline: Study

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Post by lonelappde » Thu, Oct 31, 2019, 1:32 AM UTC

ars wrote: post #55

dexwiz wrote: post #14

Sitting around May Speed Up Cognitive Decline. Both my Grandfathers retired shortly before seventy. One sat down in his Chair and did not get up. He ignored his health, and passed within 10 years. The other is highly active in his community and church, still gardens, and travels constantly. He is in his mid 80s with no sign of slowing down. Barring a major health incident, he will live well into his 90s like his moth…

> One sat down .... The other is highly active I've noticed this kind of thing as well, but I'm really worried that we have cause and effect backwards. The one who sat and did nothing did that because of poor health, rather than poor health because he sat.

Many many things are spirals of positive feedbr, not cause vs effect . Ask anyone who has yoyoed exercise habits or diets.

Re: Early Retirement May Speed Up Cognitive Decline: Study

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Post by um_ya » Thu, Oct 31, 2019, 1:42 AM UTC

Daynil wrote: post #112

2muchcoffeeman wrote: post #60

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I guess this is why you should work less hard and do more to cultivate hobbies. I can’t imagine retiring and doing nothing. So many projects.

I don't understand how so many people can anchor their lives to work. If you do that, when you retire, you've lost your meaning of life. I have a list of things a mile long that I just can't get to because 40 hours a week is already spoken for. Early retirement speeds cognitive decline? Maybe if you sit on the beach and/or watch TV all day long, but that sounds kind of miserable if done for more than a few weeks.

Some of us see work as the meaning of life. Traveling and doing things just for the experience alone seems kind of meaningless. Great for vacation, but not great for long term goals. Perhaps if you're at a dead end job, then work might feel meaningless, I agree.

Re: Early Retirement May Speed Up Cognitive Decline: Study

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Post by 0xfeba » Thu, Oct 31, 2019, 1:48 AM UTC

belltaco wrote: post #152

varjag wrote: post #65

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The joints do get worn out with the age tho..

What's the best way to preserve them

Never use them.

Truthfully I believe it's strength training that actually helps keep them up. Could be wrong.

Re: Early Retirement May Speed Up Cognitive Decline: Study

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Post by Frost1x » Thu, Oct 31, 2019, 1:55 AM UTC

Daynil wrote: post #112

2muchcoffeeman wrote: post #60

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I guess this is why you should work less hard and do more to cultivate hobbies. I can’t imagine retiring and doing nothing. So many projects.

I don't understand how so many people can anchor their lives to work. If you do that, when you retire, you've lost your meaning of life. I have a list of things a mile long that I just can't get to because 40 hours a week is already spoken for. Early retirement speeds cognitive decline? Maybe if you sit on the beach and/or watch TV all day long, but that sounds kind of miserable if done for more than a few weeks.

I agree, it's really not related to work at all. To me, this sounds more like propaganda that falls under the elitest premise that "...people need to be assigned work tasks to be productive members of society."

Perhaps this study gives some merit to this premise, at least for cognitive use, if there's really any relationship at all and it's not purely genetic/age related (past data conflicts with some of these findings).

I find myself far more intellectually stimulated doing activities outside work than during work because people don't want to pay me enough for the things I find alluring, so I often compromise and do some bit of what people will pay me to do.