The day has finally come. Thank you YC.
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This doesn't just apply to urban centers either. Gravel and mountain biking is huge, and generally the shops in your area will be catered to the most popular kind of biking.
Experian's PDF version of my FICO score looked very official, and I got the apartment.
It's harder than I thought to get both my FICO score and my name on the same page/screenshot.
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I struggled with exercise asthma for as long as I can remember up until about a year ago (currently 28). I had in my head that I'd never be athletic for this reason. Last year I started heavily lifting weights with a trainer in order to correct some of the slouch I'd developed from programming and mentioned to my trainer that I would never be a runner because of the breathing issues.
I'm not sure if his response to that came from a place of wisdom or not, but he effectively told me to "quit making excuses and get after it" and started integrating runs into my workout. My lunch issues were always exacerbated in cold weather, and this was in November where the mornings were around 38f. It started with ~1km runs and I honestly thought this guy was killing me. I was bringing an inhaler in my truck and would use it between the "warm up" runs and doing weights because my lungs tight and on fire.
I was doing this routine 3 days a week that entire winter, and the length of the warmup run would range from 1-3km. I started noticing the pain less and less as the weeks went by. I actually started enjoying it, and began running on the days I wasn't going to the gym. I worked from 1 mile runs to consistently doing 4-5 5ks a week, with the occasional longer run. I still try to do 3-4 5ks a week to this day.
I hadn't really thought about it until this comment, which is probably what prompted this long-winded response. For me though, the solution was to just keep doing it. Your lungs get stronger.
In that article, it states:
"Alcohol has a greater impact on people from low socio-economic backgrounds, who are more likely to experience its adverse effects compared to people from higher socio-economic backgrounds, even when consuming similar or lower amounts."
Can someone provide some insight here? What does your wage have to do with how you body handles booze?
I grew up the son of an English teacher. As a kid, I was always encouraged to look up words I didn't know in the dictionary. I do the same thing here, just replace words with topics and the dictionary with Google. The sheer amount of topics that I now know "enough to have a conversation about" is insane.
On posts about new versions of libraries, frameworks, languages, services, etc, it is not uncommon to see members of the teams that built them chatting about it in the comments. Hearing from developers directly rather than release notes or marketing dribble is so refreshing.
The holy wars that go on in comments sections are also always entertaining. Honestly, those are probably my favorite part.
I've never found a board/community online that is as high quality, informative in topics I care about, or entertaining as this one. I'm thankful for HN, the mods, and the community here.
Gnome version 3.38.3 Ubuntu 20.10 Thinkpad X1 Carbon 6th gen rigged to a Dell thunderbolt dock Monitor 1 from dock via hdmi Monitor 2 from dock via displayport
I had to tweak one or two bios options for my X1 6th gen, the XPS 13 worked flawlessly out of the box.
Hardware-wise I have no complaints. It's incredibly light, excellent battery life (no specifics, but I made it though an 8hr work day in a coffee shop), the keyboard is fantastic, and the multiple USB type-C ports are super handy. I did grab a sleeve for it as it isn't aluminum like the macbooks.
My only gripes are linux related and relatively small. I never got the fingerprint reader working, and with the company being attached to Outlook/Teams/Excel, I sometimes find myself wishing I had desktop apps as opposed to web-based ones.
Regardless, it's the best work machine I've ever had. I've used plenty, and this edges out the XPS 13 just slightly, as the keyboard is superior and the screen is about an inch larger.
edit: I do only have the 1920x1080 screen, which I'm sure contributes to the excellent battery life.