We plan to get are first EV. This and other stories are giving me serious doubts about buying a Model Y. My heart wants to go for the Telsa, but my pragmatic head is saying stay away and go for the Audi E-Tron.
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With covid we need to move beyond infection rates and just focus on deaths and really start getting ready for the long haul as its not going anywhere and we will never beat covid. Every year will see a new variant, as much the same as every flu virus before it.
For some folks that's not enough. I had to drop it entirely to recover my sleep fully.
One thing with coffee, the often touted ratio is that if you stop drinking it after 12pm and limit to two to three cups max, it won't impact sleep. While this may be true for some, it's not true for all, as we metabolise caffeine differently.
I stopped around 2 years ago. First 7 days was headaches 24/7 and then around day 9 I slept like I had not slept in years, almost like a child's sleep. After around 2-3 months my productivity and alertness was naturally restored.
In hindsight it was funny how I left caffeine to the end. I went through the following:
* Black out curtains
* Stop electronics at 7pm
* Magnesium
* Melatonin
* CBD Oil
A substantial amount of folks suffering with depression have situational depression, e.g. depression from living (for them) and unfulfilled life, relationship problems, stress, substance abuse etc. I can see a 20 minute fix with no effort to address the root cause, just creating more issues.
Covid leaked from a lab is viable. Bill Gates injecting microchips into everyone in order to invoke a new global cabal I would argue is firmly in the imaginary tale bracket.
The rest of the market is getting a feel of what its like to be a software engineer.
For example, I might want to run my own hardware for a certain reason and then also run workloads on AWS, but I don't want to have to manage different sets of API's , auth methods etc.
> An inverse association between coffee consumption and all-cause mortality was maintained irrespective of age, overweight status, alcohol drinking, smoking status, and caffeine content of coffee.
You're conflating caffeine with coffee, specifically coffees non-caffeine properties.
If you're referring to the Harvard study, that is coffee and its antioxidant properties, they even state [0] "and it doesn’t appear to matter if the coffee is caffeinated or decaf, brewed or instant."
The same antioxidants are widely available in many plant based foods and beyond, something lacking in an American diet, so coffee in that context is beneficial I guess.
However, the caffeine in itself does nothing to reduce mortality, its primary role in plants is an insecticide. In humans its classed as a neurotoxin.
caffeine has no health benefits, beyond cognitive, so sure it might stop you crashing your car if driving tired, but that's about the extent of it.
[0] https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/hsph-in-the-news/coffee-lo...
I honestly prefer not drinking it all now. I operate better, feel more relaxed and its nice not having an addictive dependence to plan around (although its a less problematic one as coffee addiction is well catered towards). It's one of the best things I have ever done to improve my life, why would I want to try and sneak a bit back in.
I spent years trying to crack my sleep issues. Blackout curtains, magnesium malate / citrate, no electronic devices for an hour before bed, CBD oil, even stronger CBD oil, different doses of Melatonin, 5-HTP, valerian extract, sleep apnea tests.
It never really significantly occured to me that it would be coffee as I believed I had ruled this out. I was already stopping coffee at 12pm and tried to limit to two cups. I also enjoyed coffee a lot, I spent good money on artisan roasted beans, a grinder and an aeropress (including one for travelling). Coffee is good for you right, antioxidants etc! Everyone drinks coffee and I can get it anywhere 24/7.
I decided it must be worth trying to drop it as an elimination test to see if it might help. I came across a reddit comment from a google search, where someone had quit caffeine and had a lot of success.
First few attempts failed, but eventually managed to get a day one out of the way (the stuff is addictive).
First 3-4 days were tough to put it mildly, constant pumping headaches and extreme fatigue. However around day 5 something wonderful happened. I had one of the most deep satisfying sleeps I had in years, it was like the sort of sleep a child has. Deep R.E.M level sleep with a vivid dream. I work up with a feeling of being deeply nourished. I actually cried as I was so happy I had found an answer.
I am now caffeine free for 10 months and I can still feel myself healing and the layers of the onion being peeled away. I very rarely get anxious now and my productivity at work is back at where it was when drinking coffee, but the difference is my focus is much better. On coffee I was like a scatter gun, whereas now it's more of a less manic focus.
I continue to sleep great, all night, no more 3 am wake ups. On the rare occasion that I do wake, I don't find myself in this delirium / anxious state where I proceed to toss and turn, instead I feel really at ease and drop off again.
Caffeine really gets played down as harmless (and perhaps for some it may be), but there are so many folks around that are suffering with sleep issues that could solve this by quitting. Caffeine binds to your adenosine-receptors. When adenosine binds to its receptors, neural activity slows down, and you feel sleepy. Adenosine facilitates sleep and dilates the blood vessels, probably to ensure good oxygenation during sleep. Caffeine blocks these receptors thereby removing the feeling of being sleepy. Studies are limited, but I wonder if the long term impact of playing with your biochemistry day after day for years has a bigger impact than we know of. It also increases cortisol the stress hormone, so this is where the anxiety comes from, cortisol is akin to 'fight or flight'.
Because, sadly they are.