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This is the best comment in the thread. So many people are in love with "the person when they aren't depressed." But that isn't the whole person. Depression is not something "happening" to a person, it is part of them (I say this as someone with depression and general anxiety disorder). That's not to say I don't work to improve my lot. I take medication, meditate, etc. But it is always there. It always will be. Thankfully, I have a loving partner who understands that. It's not always easy on her, of course, but she knows that it is part of who I am.

Actually, each of the books are a pretty quick read. They are also good as audiobooks.

The books (especially the early ones) are really an anthology of stories about the collapse of the galactic empire and its recovery than a specific story. It is completely different from the show. Think more "I, Robot" (again, the book not the movie).

And, yes, I think they are really good but they are idea-driven not character-driven.

It's an amazing feat, but man was it terrible. I just set it up recently on my C64 (with 2MB additional RAM, sd2iec drives, etc) and it was a huge pain and still barely usable. I lived through that era, so it's not just my inflated expectations distorting my view.

I used to feel this way. Then I unfollowed all political/current events/venting Twitter and started following creators and retrocomputing types. It's very enjoyable now.

Generating more content, especially on social media, will NOT make you rich. I doubt that’s what he meant (I’m not familiar with him.)

  "We interview the chairman at length after a ceremony, and return to our 
  hotel at noon to fetch our equipment. We are then approached by 5 or 6 men 
  who identify themselves as police and take us to the station," reporter 
  Halvor Ekeland says. "We are questioned for eight hours in separate rooms, 
  one at a time."

Questioned 8 hours for trespassing? Right after the interview?

I had the same problem with Venlafaxine (Effexor XR). My psychiatrist had me switch to Duloxetine (Cymbalta) and my problems went away (but it worked as well as Venlafaxine for GAD and depression). FWIW I'm in my mid-40's but I had this problem about 10 years ago (when I switched).

No. People (like myself) are ultimately using it for a distraction from something more important or a dopamine rush when someone "likes" something you post. You're better off.

It seemed like it, but wasn't clear. It said,

  He ditched his heavily processed low-calorie products and focused on the quality of his food rather than quantity.

It also mentioned that he at a lot of "low-fat" foods. So, my guess is that his carb intake was pretty high. This is exactly why "calories in, calories out" isn't accurate. Your balance of macronutrients is much more important, but total caloric intake still needs to be monitored.

Agreed, but ability to adapt to exercise is also very personal. I have a natural endurance for things like running, but other people don't (just like some people can gain muscle mass just by looking at a barbell, while others -- like me -- need to put in consistent, hard work in the gym to slowly build strength.)

I have no idea, but I doubt it. I ate the same way for years, but as I got older I started gaining weight, when I didn't before. The weight gain preceded the calorie reduction.

I suppose that is a very personal thing as well. As someone that was in cross country and hated it, I'm not a fan of cardio (but I still find ways to incorporate it). Conversely, I love lifting and look forward to it.

Anyone who has spent any time trying to get into shape (losing weight, lifting weights, doing cardio) knows that you will be bombarded by conflicting and downright dangerous information. Few industries are as loaded with misguided information and scammers than the fitness industry.

That said, I feel bad for anyone that struggles to lose weight and has to deal with all of the information and is trying to figure it all out. My recommendation is, calorie counting IS important (most people underestimate by 30% how many calories they eat in a day), but don't kill yourself over it. Focus on eating healthy foods, getting enough protein, and lift weights. Cardio is important for overall health, but you aren't going to burn enough calories for it to be a major source of weight loss. Lifting will make you feel better (fewer achy joints, easier to get up) and it's a lot more fun than cardio. If you are still gaining weight, cut your calories more. Weight gain is very personal and you'll need to spend time figuring out where your calorie intake needs to be. Age, genetics, etc. all play a role so there is no one-size-fits-all number to aim for. I used to be able to eat 3500 calories a day and not gain weight. Now in my 40's if I eat more than 2500 I put on weight.

Also, don't beat yourself up if you "have a bad day" and eat too much. Fitness is a lifelong goal, and eating a bag of chips one day isn't going to erase all of your work. Just try to have more good days than bad.

Woodworking

The post has a section called "Alternatives to alpine-glibc"

I (or more accurately, my parents) were one of those that happened to buy a computer in that brief 286 window (specifically an IBM PS/1 Model 2011). My friend bought a 386 shortly after that and I had severe buyer's remorse on behalf of my parents. Still had a lot of fun (and learned to program in Turbo Pascal) on that old 286.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_PS/1

Mead has reached the modern day. The author is saying that this specific recipe for mead (bochet) has not.

Jobs have been an identity for as long as civilization has existed. Hence last names like "Miller", "Smith", "Cooper", etc.

A few nits to pick as a woodworker:

1) You never save money building it yourself (at least not in comparison to a standard consumer option, like a chair or table from your local furniture store. This may hold up if you compare what you build to high-end hardwood furniture. But with the cost of tools, you're probably still losing money if this is just a hobby)

2) 90% of my enjoyment of woodworking is just being in my shop working. The results are almost secondary. It's a hobby for a reason.

3) I know professional woodworkers and they definitely do not spend most of their time building organization. They buy anything that will speed up production. I can spend 6 months building a dream workbench, they'll go to Benchcrafted and just buy one.

This is a statement that requires some sort of citation. Extraordinary claims and all that.

My greatest "productivity" improvement over the years is exactly this. Learning how to tell others (and myself) diplomatically "no". I used to take on, and create for myself, endless projects to "work on" and felt like I never accomplished anything. Paring down to the most important and fulfilling projects (and not trying to be everything to everybody) has improved things significantly.

Probably much more expensive.

As it is in the Columbia Journalism Review in their "The Media Today" section, I think it is quite simply summarizing the situation for their readers.

There are some depictions of the French occupation of Vietnam in the beginning of "We Were Soldiers".

OT, but this article reminded me how back in the late 00's on HN the community would periodically flood it with Erlang articles. I believe it was to flush out some other unwanted content, but I forget the exact impetus.

I'm a big retrocomputing enthusiast (in the C64 and Apple // realms) and the people doing this project are well-known in the community, but I just have trouble believing this will be successful. I don't want a computer that's kinda like a C64. I have a C64, and anyone who really likes that platform can either buy one on ebay or emulate it. A new platform that is a shadow of a platform from 40 years ago is such a niche market that I have trouble seeing how it'll ever be popular enough to get the price to a reasonable level. Maybe I'm wrong and there's a huge untapped market for retro-like computers. Pico-8 shows that there is some market for retro-like emulators, but asking someone to pay $14 is a lot different than $100 (or more).

I shudder to think what a "sewage farm" is, but I imagine it is something mundane that just happens to have a name that makes Americans think, "why on Earth would you farm sewage?"

You could always self-publish if you don't think publishers provide any value.

This seems accurate to me. I was never particularly good at math and I was talking to a friend of mine with a PhD in number theory when I mentioned that I thought it would help to show new students to math more of what math research was really like to get them interested. He shot me down with, "No, you really need to understand all of those basics before math research will make any sense."