Whining ---------------------------> Fixing
Asking for permission -------------> Asking for Forgiveness (Professionally)
Gaming as a hobby -----------------> Learning as a hobby
Working hard ----------------------> Working smart
Speculation -----------------------> Communication
Competition -----------------------> CooperationAsk HN: What are the changes you made in your life and never look back?
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#92Husband => No husband Affluenza => Spartanism Car => No car Probably a whole lot of other things. Somewhere in there all that led to: Chronically Ill => Not Chronically Ill. Definitely don't plan to go back.
I never knew of the word "Affluenza" till today! I like learning things like this :)
Glad to see you've made positive changes in your life, especially from feeling sick all the time. All that must have been a massive undertaking.
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#93Working for someone else => doing a startup
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#94English literature ----------> mathematics cook ------------------------> programmer newspaper -------------------> internet mall ------------------------> internet land line -------------------> cell phone phone -----------------------> email desktop ---------------------> laptop 14" CRT ---------------------> 19" flat screen CDs -----> thumb drives -----> cloud radio -----> CD player ------> Ipod ie --------> Firef…
Why "eggs ---------> fruits"
Isn't there more benefits of eating a protein rich breakfast ?
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#95Sitting => Standing Desk: The effect this has had on my productivity is surprisingly large. Typical "Healthy" Diet => No Processed Foods or Sugar: It's hard to disambiguate placebo effects, but I generally feel pretty awesome. Laptop Screen => Cinema Display: This has definitely enhanced my productivity. Shoes => No Shoes: Of course I need to wear shoes occasionally, but when I do, they are "minimalist" and have flex…
Which minimalist shoes are you using? I've been looking for good recommendations.
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#96* Gym in the evening => Gym during the day (extended lunch break) * One monitor => Two monitors as an extended desktop * Never checking my finances => Using Zetabee cashflow to manage my finances * Reading blogs only => Reading books (on anything) and audiobooks (in the car) * Hot showers => Occasional Cold Water dips * Cow's Milk => Goat's Milk * Microsoft Outlook => Gmail * Wasting time on the internet => Writing a…
Out of curiosity, why'd you change from Cow's Milk to Goat's Milk? I temporarily switched to Almond Milk because it doesn't have lactose (which doesn't promote estrogen production), has the same amount of protein, more vitamins, and at the time it was way cheaper than organic whole cow's milk. The biggest drawback was that it tasted kinda gross, which I remedied with a bit of cinnamon, but now that it's fairly expens…
You could try soya milk, rice milk, or oat milk as well.
Personally I like soya milk, though only the unsweetened kind. For some reason most soya milks are sweetened and consequently taste like some kind of watery pudding.
(I gave up dairy a few years back when I discovered that I had a mild allergy to it.)
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#97Earlier quoted context omitted.
What is the best way for someone to get into parkour ?
If you can find a parkour gym like Primal Fitness [1] or Tempest Freerunning [2], that's the best option. They're not in a ton of areas, but if you can find a gymnastics gym to take a class, many moves and techniques will overlap. Otherwise, most of the moves aren't incredibly technical; they just need strength, balance, and coordination. You can find a lot of tutorials on Youtube, and just get out there and practice…
Agree with most of this. As Liuhenry correctly says, it's heavily dependent on two things:
1. Physical fitness 2. Mental control
With regards to the former, I'd suggest looking at things like callisthenics and gymnastics, in order to get stronger, combined with running (couch to 5k is a good way to get started) to work on stamina and running.
As to the latter, it's more about accepting that you're going to get hurt now and then, and being willing to start small. Don't go jump off a 20ft roof and break roll tomorrow, jump off a secure bench, and go from there.
Other than that, I'd say practice movements over and over, until you do them without thinking, and find someone (or better still, a group - there's a fair number around the world so you should be able to find one) locally who can help you learn, and teach you how to move.
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#98Boiling vegetables ----------------> Steaming vegetables
Ready meals -----------------------> Eating mostly simple food (chicken, prawns, veg, brown pasta)
Red meat --------------------------> Mostly white meat
Smoked fish -----------------------> Unsmoked fish, also prawns and mussels
Out of shape ----------------------> In shape (running, weights at home and weekly personal training)
Wonky teeth -----------------------> Straight teeth
No vitamins/cod liver oil ---------> Multivitamins (hoping for longer telemeres) and cod liver oil
Work goals -----------------------> Also have personal goals (run half marathon, travel to a particular destination etc.)
Dumb phone ------------------------> Smart phone
Hotmail ---------------------------> GMail
Paper to-do list ------------------> Online to-do list
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#99QWERY => Colemak
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#100English literature ----------> mathematics cook ------------------------> programmer newspaper -------------------> internet mall ------------------------> internet land line -------------------> cell phone phone -----------------------> email desktop ---------------------> laptop 14" CRT ---------------------> 19" flat screen CDs -----> thumb drives -----> cloud radio -----> CD player ------> Ipod ie --------> Firef…
Why "eggs ---------> fruits" Isn't there more benefits of eating a protein rich breakfast ?
meta: now that only the poster can see his/her post's score, others can't tell if a post with a question interests many in the community or not. Previously, edw519 (or others) could gauge using the question's score the community's interest.
In a pragmatic sense, it's not far fetched to assume that a question that you can see interests many people (but only few can answer) will have more chance of being answered than a question that appears to interest only Joe User.
Now, if I want to show interest in the question, edw519 can't see my upvote(1) and thus it's useless in the "showing public support" sense. The only thing I can now do to show public interest is a "me too!" or a "yes, do tell!" post, which I guess all of us would like to avoid.
(1) maybe with enough karma you CAN see everybody's score, idk, but the point still stands