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Re: Finish your projects

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Post by bayindirh »

perilunar wrote: post #230
bayindirh wrote: post #186

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think moderate consumption is a function of tolerance and the specific metabolism of the person combined. I remember reading a comment in HN, where the commenter had a genetic trait which slowed caffeine metabolism by 4 times. So, he had it inside his system 4 times longer, and caffeine had no positive effect on him. However, let's not digress. I'm not a body hacker, and I don't like to mess with my body much, howe…

> Black tea is a good aid for sustaining my focus. It improves focus, but doesn't create the same stress on my body. Black tea contains 30–90 mg of caffeine per cup (and some theobromine and theophylline, which are similar to caffeine, and also stimulants.) Giving up coffee because of the caffeine but dinking black tea instead is self-defeating.

I'm aware, but as some studies [0], and my body, shows, their effects are not similar. Black tea doesn't make me tense and causes heart palpitations for me. Instead, I keep my calm and being able to focus.

I don't reduce coffee because of caffeine, but because it affects my appetite, makes me tense when I drink too much, and causes heart palpitations and makes me uncomfortable. Black tea doesn't do any of that.

[0]: http://apjcn.nhri.org.tw/server/apjcn/17/s1/167.pdf

Re: Finish your projects

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Post by Tepix »

Levitz wrote: post #198
kaba0 wrote: post #133

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Caffeine though really is a jackpot for humanity, it has realistically speaking no negative side effects. Even serious physical symptoms from withdrawal are basically just a week of headaches and other minor things.

Many people have a sleep problem disguised as a caffeine problem. Also many people have a caffeine problem disguised as a sleep problem. Taken now and then, sure, probably worth it. The part in which a lot of people's brains are seemingly unable to wake up without taking caffeine? Probably not good.

I don't have a sleep problem, i have a Qwitzatteracht problem. This golf game is simply addictive.

Re: Finish your projects

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Post by wiihack »

As I started my studies, I tried to develop a little Android game. It took way longer than expected, being also very frustrating from start to finish. I kept working on it for a couple of months, set up a Google Play account, created some images for the Play Store, and then released it. As expected, it didn't get much traction, but I felt very proud and happy about it. Would recommend! :)

Re: Finish your projects

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Post by q1w2 »

outsomnia wrote: post #159

"Finish your projects", finger wags cheerful guy full of certainties, paid by large American corporation that makes money from your finished projects and doesn't care what happens to you before, during or afterwards.

This is a Reddit-level comment. Cynical and teenage-anger-esuque

Re: Finish your projects

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Post by JohnFen »

SanderNL wrote: post #227
JohnFen wrote: post #220

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> No, because I am less capable You know yourself better than I, obviously, but if you're assuming that because your path differs from theirs, I think you should have some doubt that the difference is because you are less capable. It may be that you have different values.

While I believe in equal value of human life, I don't think we are in any way equal in abilities both inborn and acquired. People like Aurelius are rare and dismissing him and his accomplishments as "rich people have it easy" doesn't do justice to both his skills and rather significant sacrifices. More importantly, it absolves us from taking a look at ourselves and the state of our lives. He seems to have resisted, o…

> I don't think we are in any way equal in abilities both inborn and acquired.

Well, sure, I didn't say anything that disagrees with that at all. But you phrased it in a more general sense of being less capable.

Perhaps I read it wrong, but that didn't sound like you were saying "I'm less capable at X", rather that you were saying you were less capable in general. That was the sentiment I was pushing back on.

And I wasn't even saying that assessment was wrong. I was just saying that it's the sort of sentiment that can easily come from incorrectly underestimating one's self and so deserves a deeper look.

Re: Finish your projects

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Post by JohnFen »

perilunar wrote: post #229
SanderNL wrote: post #227

Earlier quoted context omitted.

While I believe in equal value of human life, I don't think we are in any way equal in abilities both inborn and acquired. People like Aurelius are rare and dismissing him and his accomplishments as "rich people have it easy" doesn't do justice to both his skills and rather significant sacrifices. More importantly, it absolves us from taking a look at ourselves and the state of our lives. He seems to have resisted, o…

> Shania Twain Lol. Actually Lord Acton https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dalberg-Acton%2C_1st_Baro...

I believe he was making a pretty decent joke there. At least, I'm pretty sure he knew that Socrates didn't literally say "Mo money mo problems", either.

Re: Finish your projects

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Post by SanderNL »

JohnFen wrote: post #236
SanderNL wrote: post #227

Earlier quoted context omitted.

While I believe in equal value of human life, I don't think we are in any way equal in abilities both inborn and acquired. People like Aurelius are rare and dismissing him and his accomplishments as "rich people have it easy" doesn't do justice to both his skills and rather significant sacrifices. More importantly, it absolves us from taking a look at ourselves and the state of our lives. He seems to have resisted, o…

> I don't think we are in any way equal in abilities both inborn and acquired. Well, sure, I didn't say anything that disagrees with that at all. But you phrased it in a more general sense of being less capable. Perhaps I read it wrong, but that didn't sound like you were saying "I'm less capable at X", rather that you were saying you were less capable in general. That was the sentiment I was pushing back on. And I w…

Ah, I see. Thanks for the clarification. I was going for “less capable at X”, but an emperor is quite a big job so he’s better at 75% of things that actually matter in practical life: planning, strategizing, managing, coercing, negotiating.

He was a fine emperor, but I have my specialties. Also, I have a good simple life for which I am grateful. Being an emperor sucks.

Re: Finish your projects

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Post by SanderNL »

JohnFen wrote: post #237
perilunar wrote: post #229

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Shania Twain Lol. Actually Lord Acton https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dalberg-Acton%2C_1st_Baro...

I believe he was making a pretty decent joke there. At least, I'm pretty sure he knew that Socrates didn't literally say "Mo money mo problems", either.

> I'm pretty sure he knew that Socrates didn't literally say "Mo money mo problems"

This is cracking me up, thanks.

Re: Finish your projects

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Post by outsomnia »

q1w2 wrote: post #235
outsomnia wrote: post #159

"Finish your projects", finger wags cheerful guy full of certainties, paid by large American corporation that makes money from your finished projects and doesn't care what happens to you before, during or afterwards.

This is a Reddit-level comment. Cynical and teenage-anger-esuque

Good job you're there to lift the tone!
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