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[StoneTemplePython]

I agree that this is good advice , just that it is necessary, but not sufficient.

I thought about that terminology, but honestly one could nitpick whether it really is strictly necessary. Biology is messy like that.

Coming at it from a different direction: Following that advice is sufficient for a major health improvement if you are able bodied and not in great shape currently.

 

[WWGD]

I thought about that terminology, but honestly one could nitpick whether it really is strictly necessary. Biology is messy like that.

Coming at it from a different direction: Following that advice is sufficient for a major health improvement if you are able bodied and not in great shape currently.

Ok, for more precision, it correlates positively with many aspects/traits of good health.

 

[phinds]

The number of socks that go inside the washing machine should be the same number that comes out. I've been carefully watching them and it has all been a success. My hypothesis is that as long as I keep a close eye on them, they will not be lost. So far so good. 5 pairs in, 5 pairs out.

This will not persist. You are incorrect in your belief that the number out should equal the number in. It is in fact a law of nature that eventually, the washing machine WILL eat at least one sock.

 

[russ_watters]

I mean, your experiences in being able to control weight, etc. They have worked for you, but this may just be a coincidence and may not generalize, i.e., there may be large numbers of people who may also work out and skip meals when they are hungry and yet not be able to lose weight.

Well, it can be said that results will vary, but, no, it isn't a coincidence that when I eat less and exercise more I lose weight: qualitatively, these results will happen for essentially everyone. Conservation of matter/energy (and basic logic) demands it and research shows it. It doesn't mean everyone can be equally skinny, it just means everyone can be skinnier.

The media has been blasting lately that this simple mantra isn't true but they either purposely or due to not being very bright misrepresent the studies. Dieting sucks, so it sells newspapers to tell people they don't have to do it.

Here's a study:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4227972/
It compares dieting, exercise and dieting+exercise in a meta-analysis. It involved 3500 people in 24 studies and if I'm reading the stats right (in particular, table 2) it says more than 95% lost weight by whatever method they were assigned.

Important caveat: while eating less or exercising more will cause weight loss, the eating less part is the bigger factor and if you choose only to start exercising and don't pay attention to your calorie intake, your body will demand more food and you will eat more and not lose as much weight. So it is important to pay more attention to the eating than the exercise, lest you accidentally undermine your own fitness regimen.

 

[russ_watters]

This will not persist. You are incorrect in your belief that the number out should equal the number in. It is in fact a law of nature that eventually, the washing machine WILL eat at least one sock.

Agreed: Washing machines do not follow Conservation of Mass, but rather a different law called Entropy of Socks.

 

[Posty McPostface]

Anyone have some favorite quasi-legal sayings?

Mine are:

'Without prejudice', which means something of the sort that we agree to disagree.

 

[Psinter]

Probable reaction from Americans when I visited the US and spoke English.

Ah. It is good to laugh at oneself from time to time. I wonder how they really perceived my speaking.

Source (I don't identify with most of those pictures except for 31. That was accurate. When is time to go back home.)

 

[ShayanJ]

Today is my first day in my first job as a django programmer.
This is a small newly founded company that is going to provide AIaaS(AI as a Service), so at the same time, I'm going to learn some serious machine learning too.

 

[Psinter]

Today is my first day in my first job as a django programmer.
This is a small newly founded company that is going to provide AIaaS(AI as a Service), so at the same time, I'm going to learn some serious machine learning too.

Congratulations!

 

[Posty McPostface]

For someone who professes a Socratic attitude of knowing that I know next to nothing, I find posting here highly intimidating. Perhaps time to adjust that attitude.

 

[WWGD]

There is nothing hip about a fracture.

 

[fresh_42]

There is nothing hip about a fracture.

Sorry to hear. Which bone?

 

[WWGD]

Sorry to here. Which bone?

Nothing, sorry, just hearing about someone having a hip fracture.

 

[Ibix]

There is nothing hip about a fracture.

It could be humerus, though.

 

[jim hardy]

There is nothing hip about a fracture.

Took me a whole day to get that one.
Thanks to Huey Louis though It's " Hip to be Square " !

I tried to get a personalized license plate to that effect

but Arkansas DMV can't handle superscript.

old jim

 

[WWGD]

Took me a whole day to get that one.
Thanks to Huey Louis though It's " Hip to be Square " !

I tried to get a personalized license plate to that effect

View attachment 219009

but Arkansas DMV can't handle superscript.

old jim

How about 2B^2 ? Maybe at some point , license plates will have Tex editors.;)

 

[jim hardy]

How about 2B^2 ? Maybe at some point , license plates will have Tex editors.;)

^ is on their list of disallowed characters...
I just ordered this from a sign place. I can put it on the front...

Meantime i sent Arkansas DMV an inquiry and instructions how to insert superscript, ALT253 , Try it but you have to use the numeric keypad not the numbers at top of keyboard...
222 ²² < done with hold down ALT and enter 253

see http://www.theasciicode.com.ar/

old jim

 

[WWGD]

I already miss my post number 3141, an approximation to 1000$\pi$, the best one. I must wait until post 31415 to have the best approximation to 10000 $\pi$

 

[StoneTemplePython]

Took me a whole day to get that one.
Thanks to Huey Louis though It's " Hip to be Square " !

WWGD has had two posts recently about being hip and both times I could hear Huey Lewis and the News playing for a minute in the back of my mind before I got the actual reference. I was trying to find a way to parlay this into "it's hip to be obtuse"... but I don't think my bad math pun skills are up for the task.

 

[WWGD]

WWGD has had two posts recently about being hip and both times I could hear Huey Lewis and the News playing for a minute in the back of my mind before I got the actual reference. I was trying to find a way to parlay this into "it's hip to be obtuse"... but I don't think my bad math pun skills are up for the task.

I am hip to that... ( Let's see how long we can keep it going ).

 

[Borek]

Good old times when we did the same on chat every weekend

 

[WWGD]

Trying to keep this year, the resolutions I started last year but abandoned. One is drinking enough water. Still, the recommendations are unconditional: something like 10 glasses/day , but no accounting for other factors; whether you live in the Arctic or a desert, or whether you stay home all day watching TV or you work 15 hours non-stop at an oil rig, whether you weigh 110 pounds or 350. Though hard to keep, as water is rarely available in public places, outside of one's home ( other than restaurants or other eating places).

 

[fresh_42]

Trying to keep this year, the resolutions I started last year but abandoned.

Found my 2016 to-do-list today. What shall I say? Still up to date!

 

[WWGD]

Found my 2016 to-do-list today. What shall I say? Still up to date!

REsolve: Not losing your to-do list ? ;).

 

[Ibix]

Found my 2016 to-do-list today. What shall I say? Still up to date!

Impressive. Mine's grown...

 

[fresh_42]

I dropped my sandwich today. It landed butter side up.

 

[Borek]

I dropped my sandwich today. It landed butter side up.

 

[DrGreg]

I dropped my sandwich today. It landed butter side up.

Oh dear. That must mean you're in a parallel universe to the rest of us!

 

[collinsmark]

Murphy's Law or Jelly-Side Down

 

[Psinter]

Huh. An update for microcode. Must be due to the Meltdown thingy.

 

[OmCheeto]

This morning, I had a dream about Marcus.
Beings that I don't know what he looked like, it took the form of a PF post.
It was most bizarre, and violated the rules of PF, as I had obviously created a sock puppet.

A bunch of bizarre stuff that only makes sense in your dreams
full of numbers and things
and memories
and emotions

Typical dream stuff.

 

[Janosh89]

I'm so ignorant, I will have to log off and look up that last word. Must be an age thing... memories are more ephemeral year by year now!

 

[WWGD]

I would say that the statement " See you next Time" is just strange. See you next time...I see you? And the supposed insult " Bite me" seems more strange than insulting.

 

[Ibix]

The coffee shop near my office has a sign for customers to read saying that they can't yet accept smart watch payments. Apologise for the inconvenience.

Um... Sorry you had to put up a sign, I guess?

The same coffee shop is now offering a hineycomb latte.

I'm beginning to think they may not be all that good at typing.

 

[WWGD]

Now some stores are putting out coupons _for the exact same price for which you can buy things at stores_. Weird.