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Nicotine is probably healthier than beef jerky or steak.
That seems to me like a remarkable claim — can you share a link that discusses this more?
Here's [0] 5000 words by Gwern. I don't know whether I agree with his conclusions, but they're likely to be well researched and objectively thought out.
Does anyone here have decent suggestions for a local-only IoT dog feeder? No server, no Internet access at all, just LAN.
From the fine article itself: > If you wanted to have this thing completely isolated though, you could have a no-outbound-internet subnet with this device on it so long as the device you are going to run the script on has line-of-sight. > You can do this because Tuya devices have a local-only protocol that tinytuya supports, so you can send commands just within your LAN.
I want a device which I can put on my network and which will not try to dial out to the world. This device is not that.
Just got back from a run! By far the most effective thing to motivate me to exercise, and run in particular, is the "VO2 Max" section of the Apple health app. It's a rough indication of your cardiovascular endurance, and the higher, the better. The real key is that, though, is that it basically works like an XP bar in a game: if you "grind" running, it goes up. If you don't, it doesn't. It's incredibly addicting to c…
I like how you describe vo2 max as similar to an xp bar, because I've felt something similar. Zone 2 is what got me into running, because it made running not hurt and almost pleasurable. It's much more sustainable than Zone 4 (supposedly anyone can maintain Zone 2 for hours) and brings with it a bunch of metabolic and health benefits. I found the book "80/20 Running" to have excellent running schedules for how to mix…