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alanthonycon Thoughts on the potato diet

I came to this exact conclusion a long time ago, except using intermittent fasting (i.e. “stop eating so much”):

    1. Use a fad diet (e.g. potato) to get down to 80 kg.

    2. Weigh yourself every morning

    3. If your average weight over a week ever exceeds 81 kg, spend the next week on the potato diet.

    4. Repeat forever.

alanthonycon Perfectly Cropped

Changed in iOS 13.

alanthonycon I tried to hack my insomnia

Have some children.

alanthonycon Ask HN: How did you prepare for being a first-time parent?

Loved that book! I highly recommend it.

That said, nothing will prepare you for the reality. It’s like learning to swim in a lap pool, then getting dropped into the ocean in the middle of a storm.

Just learn as much as you can, talk to as many people as you can, and prepare yourself for the fact that you will not be prepared.

All good! Other than that, there’s nothing like a child saying “I love you too.” So, it’s all worth it once you get to it.

Congrats!

alanthonycon WeWork IPO Shows It's the Most Magical Unicorn

Thanks for the great summary. I’ve been renting an office from them for most of the year and all of what you’ve said rings true.

alanthonycon Estimate the size of your English vocabulary (2014)

I wouldn't feel bad...those (phoneme, plosive, fricative, spirant, and affricate) are specialized vocabulary words from a specific domain (linguistics). I only know them because I have an interest in the topic. Other than phoneme, they describe how words are pronounced and/or formed in the mouth.

alanthonycon Ask HN: Which great products didn't succeed?

Wouldn’t that qualify as more of a technology than a product?

alanthonycon California Cool: How the Wetsuit Became the Surfer's Second Skin (2013)

The current flows southward (from Alaska) on the west coast. Goes northward along the east coast.

alanthonycon Reading Aloud to Young Children Has Benefits for Behavior and Attention

Can you share the link to that study please?

alanthonycon Show HN: Self-generated custom art for your home or Airbnb

Very nice! Bought one immediately (not even for an AirBnB listing, btw).

alanthonycon Eating More – Or Less – Of 10 Foods May Cut Risk of Early Death

The tldr food list:

* high sodium (66 508 deaths in 2012; 9.5% of all cardiometabolic deaths)

* low nuts/seeds (59 374; 8.5%)

* high processed meats (57 766; 8.2%)

* low seafood omega-3 fats (54 626; 7.8%)

* low vegetables (53 410; 7.6%)

* low fruits (52 547; 7.5%)

* high sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) (51 694; 7.4%)

alanthonycon Exercise alone doesn't make you lose weight

You state facts, here are some additional ones from the article:

* “people who simply dieted experienced greater weight loss than those who combined diet and exercise.”

* “You would have to walk for more than 45 minutes to burn off the 300 calories from eating just three cookies.”

* “researchers concluded, “active, ‘traditional’ lifestyles may not protect against obesity if diets change to promote increased caloric consumption.”

* “It’s calorie intake that is really fueling the obesity epidemic.”

Personally, the most weight I’ve ever lost was over a six month period of zero exercise, but with a restricted diet. (Consequences of a work assignment out of town.)

My most physically active periods (3-4 hours daily in the ocean) have been accompanied by no weight loss, sometimes even weight gain.

alanthonycon I've been tracking everything about myself

Which app do you use, may I ask?

alanthonycon No Extra Credit for Delivering on Promises

The article didn’t mention at all how the participants were asked to express their level of satisfaction, so you’re just tearing down a straw man.

alanthonycon Apple's New Mac Pro Begins Showing Up in Benchmarks

Ah, cool. Thank you. I actually saw that at the event. Excellent demo.

alanthonycon Apple's New Mac Pro Begins Showing Up in Benchmarks

What's the title? (The index[1] is currently hard to search by session number.)

[1]:https://developer.apple.com/wwdc/videos/

alanthonycon Apple Literally Stole my Thunder

Of all the criticisms of the Windows platform I recall, I don't remember anyone complaining it was "closed system".

In fact, the opposite problem made it a haven for malware and viruses.

alanthonycon Ask HN: Is 30 too old to start in software engineering or CS?

And since you already have a bachelor's in something else (I assume), it probably won't take you four years to finish the CS degree anyway.

alanthonycon Flickr gets new UI, new Android app, 1 TB free space

I can name a few former Yahoo CEOs who would beg to differ.

alanthonycon Apple Avoided Billions in Taxes, Congressional Panel Says

Headline: "Apple Avoided Billions in Taxes"

Fact: "Investigators have not accused Apple of breaking any laws, and the company is hardly the only American multinational to face scrutiny for using complex corporate structures and tax havens to sidestep taxes."

NY Times going for another Pulitzer.

alanthonycon Statistical Formulas For Programmers

Check out the Intro to Stats course on Udacity:

https://www.udacity.com/course/st101

Just took it earlier this year. It was informative and I enjoyed the class.

alanthonycon Modern media is often wrong, vapid, and easy to manipulate

Don’t be embarrased. Premature pontification is a common problem, with a high incidence on the hn reply threads.

alanthonycon Sorry, Digital Ad Exec, I Probably Don’t Want To Work For You

You make a point about general computer literacy, but it misses the point of the article.

OP is specifically addressing the fact that employers are trying to increase the supply of actual programmers by encouraging more people to learn to program, not just learn the difference between on or off states.

It’s a non-altruistic push to increase the supply of something that is in high demand.

alanthonycon Andrew Ng and the Quest for the New AI

It’s great this year as well. Very enjoyable class.

alanthonycon Entrepreneurs are the New Labor

“politically charged statements like this can do a good deal of damage, so I’ve been wary about sharing my views more publicly”

It’s not that the statement is politically charged, it’s just wrong.

alanthonycon Eve Online and Dust 514's Groundbreaking Cross-Platform Interactivity

“Unwittingly, CCP has created a shining example of how integration powers IT innovation, connects platforms and users, as well as increases real-time decision-making and goal execution.”

That’s a bit of a stretch. IT trying to find meaning.

alanthonycon Philippines: The country that never sleeps

I have cousins that work at help desks in the Philippines, and their work schedules are designed to match US time zones. After work, they hang out at bars with happy hours designed for them - I believe around ten in the morning. They hang out, then go home to sleep for the rest of the day.

Globalisation at work.

alanthonycon Letter to the New York Times from BSR

"we believe that several important inaccuracies and misleading information remained in the story that was published on January 26."

"The narrative you present is an inaccurate picture of the work we have done with Apple, of the role Apple played in the worker hotline project, and of BSR’s views of Apple."

alanthonycon The Rise of Developeronomics

Previously submitted a month ago.

Discussion here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3317250

alanthonycon [dead]

"The ever-increasing droves of people flying..."

Got any data to substantiate this?