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Yup. The same goes for gaining weight of course. I've heard people say "I can't gain weight no matter how hard I try or how much I eat!". Wrong. Again, track your calories and increase the number of calories you are eating until you begin to gain weight.

For the purpose of losing weight it really doesn't matter if the calorie counts are accurate or not: consistency is what is important.

If you want to lose weight reliably, track your weight and your caloric intake consistently. If you aren't losing weight, adjust your caloric intake until you are losing weight at a steady ~1-2lb per week.

Losing weight is simple...it's not easy, but it's very simple.

edit: You also should continually track this because as you lose weight, your body uses less energy and your maintenance level goes down meaning you may need to adjust your calories down a bit to compensate.

I work from home with a 3 year old and ~6 month old (and my wife) in the house. It's not a problem. The three year old knows that when I'm in basement it's off limits and she respects that. It's great to be able to go up and have lunch/coffee break with them!

A nice set of headphones is mandatory though ;)

I own and enjoy kettlebells but I didn't actually start getting a lot stronger until I started barbell training.

As you mention kettlebells are fantastic for conditioning but are not the best tools for getting stronger because you can't (easily) progressively overload the amount of weight you are lifting like you can with barbell training.

You will find quite a few beginner programs that you can make tremendous progress on. Some of the most popular are Starting Strength[1], Strong Lifts 5x5[2], and Ice Cream Fitness (ICF)[3]. Anything with progressive overload/linear programming (adding more weight to the bar almost every workout) will work wonders for you.

[1] http://startingstrength.com/

[2] http://stronglifts.com

[3] https://www.muscleandstrength.com/workouts/jason-blaha-ice-c...

The url of this article and the titles of other uses the word "scammed" which is unfortunate since they don't seem to have done anything of the sort.

It's generally referred to as 'untested' I think.

Just FYI I noticed a small typo on that page: "This places a significant stain on the hardware" stain -> strain.

At the risk of asking a stupid question...why can't you?!?

If it's kids who are the problem, just lock the door.

I work from home with a 3 year old and 4 month old. It really hasn't been an issue for me. As long as you have a place where you can close the door[1] it's fine and it's really nice to be able to see the kids during lunch/break. It's just important to set ground rules: while you are working kids/wife don't interrupt you.

[1] I do need to wear headphones most of the time since it can be loud sometimes :)

It does get that busy occasionally. Primarily during Winterlude[1] which is an annual outdoor festival that attracts large crowds. You're right, the primary use is undoubtedly recreational because frankly it's not a great way to commute.

That said, getting around the city on foot or bike can be significantly more convenient during the winter because you can cross the river at dozens of spots rather than having to use one of the handful of pedestrian or car bridges.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winterlude

I was wondering what you do when say record 1001 gets deleted...your second query will only return 9 rows.

It's explained in your linked slides that LIMIT is ok, it's the offset that you need to worry about so your query looks like it would be better written:

  SELECT *
  FROM t
  WHERE id > 1000 LIMIT 10;

This is a wonderful keyboard (although not mechanical). Having a split/angled keyboard has done wonders for my shoulders/wrists.

Nice thanks. Makes perfect sense and I can see that making for a hair pulling debug session if you weren't aware of it.

Can someone explain what the purpose of the safe min macro is?

What is the advantage of this:

  #define min(a, b) ({ \
      __typeof__ (a) _a = (a); \
      __typeof__ (b) _b = (b); \
      _a < _b ? _a : _b; \
  })

over the naive

  #define min(a, b) (((a) < (b)) ? (a) : (b))

?

6000 is a crazy amount of calories! Not surprised you packed on a huge amount of body fat.

Sounds like you have done your homework though. There's no harm in getting tested so I would talk to your doctor.

Are you sure you're eating enough? Have your lifts been going up?

Before searching out testosterone I would try a beginners lifting program (meaning linear programming, where your lifts go up every workout) and eating a lot (3000-4000kCal a day). Starting Strength (my recommendation), Stronglifts and Ice Cream Fitness (ICF) are 3 popular ones.

"Running into a pole is a drag. But never being allowed to run into a pole is a disaster."

Wonderful quote.

It's not a magical license to eat as much as you want! It's still very easy to eat a surplus of calories during the day even if you're doing intermittent fasting.

I currently eat during an 8-9 hour window (12pm-9pm) but mostly because it's much easier for me to stay satiated over the whole day when eating like this and keep my total calories down.

Use something like MyFitnessPal to track your calories, set a calorie goal for each day (below your maintenance level) and you will be amazed how easy it is to lose weight (or gain weight if that's your goal).

Also, there's nothing wrong with skipping breakfast.

Yup. It's totally feasible to bike year round in many places even in the winter. I rode a bike ~6km to work year round in Ottawa, Canada where temperatures were routinely lower than -10C (14F) (my coldest day riding was -31C (-24F)).

I find riding in a couple inches of snow to be quite enjoyable but it can become overly burdensome when it gets too deep.

The main thing is to just dress appropriately and take your time. There's quite a few blog articles you can find about tips for bike commuting in the winter.

Aluminum or steel I would imagine.

It helps, but it mentions in the article that they didn't want to switch to cast iron cookware because they are heavy and expensive.

"making a bot that can beat a full limit table is exponentially harder "

Hard but not impossible. As long as 5-6 years ago there was a number of bots[1] beating mid stake (15/30 & 30/60) 6 max limit holdem on Ultimate Bet (before it imploded). The games were fairly soft but pretty aggressive and those bots were taking a lot of money out of the game. They were also very frustrating to play against.

[1] They all had incredibly similar playing styles so were likely operated by a single person/group.

To be fair, doctors are often fixing problems we've created ourselves too.

You're right, they're still fairly subtle and probably not the first thing someone would notice about me, but if I turn my head slightly, you're bound to notice my ear moulds/tube.

Nice! Thanks a lot for the link and writing that up!

"incapable of hearing and understanding what people are telling you without taking out your earbuds"

High quality isolating earbuds should make it pretty difficult to tell what other people are saying even with no music playing! Moving to a mid-range pair of Etymotic noise isolating earbuds was an absolute revelation for me and allowed me to use significantly lower volumes when listening to music. I can't recommend high quality isolating headphones/earbuds enough.

"I don't see the elderly changing but our generation just might."

I'm youngish (mid 30's) and recently had my hearing aids replaced and realized I had a strong preference to stick with fairly visible behind-the-ear units rather than something more "discrete". I want them to be visible so that people I'm interacting with will be more sympathetic about repeating themselves and may make an (possibly unconscious) effort to speak more clearly.

The line of thinking that got me over being self conscious was "Lot's of people walk around with assistive devices for their vision...why should I be embarrassed about the same thing for my hearing?"

All cancers are a result of bad luck. Genes and lifestyle only shift the odds.

"I feel many of us are lost swimming in a sea of opinions and juggling frameworks du jour, development methods, and business strategies, that it keeps us from focusing on improving our skills in areas that matter. "

I sympathize with this a lot. It's extremely hard to prioritize learning new things and improving existing skills over just trying to plow through all the things on your plate. However, I keep trying to remind myself that the best way to get more stuff accomplished is to keep "sharpening the saw"[1]. Making time now for improving your skills will pay dividends in the future.

[1] http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?SharpenTheSaw