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taccicardia··on Genetic variants for male bisexuality, risk-taking linked to more children
linking a trans-critical article from substack of all places is not the argument you think it is lol
taccicardia··on Genetic variants for male bisexuality, risk-taking linked to more children
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^^ you dropped this

taccicardia··on Why Men Get So Few Matches on Dating Apps [video]
no, the analogue would be a network of friends and family.
taccicardia··on Why Men Get So Few Matches on Dating Apps [video]
i don't really care, but it's interesting to me that you seem to be more willing to go to bat for the person who feels as though they are owed attention from women.
taccicardia··on Let the internet be grimy
this is interesting to me. more than ever people are socializing on the internet, and not just in sequestered areas like discord servers. there still are ostensibly "public" places like twitter. to me this is similar to in real life as you describe it. and in real life i don't use slurs. none of my friends do either. in fact, i'd wager if you ever used a slur against against the wrong person in real life you'd quickly regret it. it's just very, very interesting to me to see a comment like this which supposes everyone is just as eager as you are to use slurs in any context.
taccicardia··on Show HN: Workout.lol – a web app to easily create a workout routine
i have to agree. and i agree with other posters' sentiment of "who is this for?" hitting the randomizer on a bunch of exercises is just awful programming, full stop. the app is snappy and kind of novel, but i'm not exaggerating when i say this is one of the most pointless workout apps i've seen, and i've used a lot.
taccicardia··on Show HN: Workout.lol – a web app to easily create a workout routine
let's consider two movements: a deadlift and a prone hamstring curl.

the deadlift is something you've done a million times whether you know it or not, though the novice is probably more uncoordinated than they realize at higher weights. like it would be a struggle if not dangerous to move a couch, for example. this is a very practical skill to develop, and you're still "targeting" the same muscle group as...

...a prone hamstring curl. how often do you find yourself prone and flexing your knees against a load? probably never, right? how do you contextualize a movement like this to someone's day to day? what i mean is, what is even compelling about a movement like this and what does it actually mean to someone just starting out?

i'm the world's biggest proponent of "keep it simple, stupid" when it comes to working out, especially as a novice. super detailed split routines are more often than not overwhelming and set people up to develop bad habits while never meaningfully addressing the core issue that drive many people to go to the gym in the first place: people suck at moving.

taccicardia··on Show HN: Workout.lol – a web app to easily create a workout routine
i've seen this mentality floating around and i don't quite understand it. i think the real problem is this sense of competition and machismo where new lifters feel like they have to be good at it on day one and can't employ a little humility and patience to work on their mobility. these movements are essential and it blows my mind the excuses people will make not do do them.

to anyone here who routinely jumps to one plate without warming up and struggles to hit depth: know that i pity you, but you can still back off and get good at these movements if you really care.

taccicardia··on Kids can't use computers and this is why it should worry you (2013)
Yeah, very telling that he felt the need to resort to the old trope of "women don't want anything to do with stinky computer geeks." I'm shocked to see someone was writing like this even ten years ago. I would feel so gross knowing that this guy was working in the same building as me.
taccicardia··on Useless Meetings Waste Time Money for Big Companies
water is wet
taccicardia··on Ask HN: Where are the interesting conversations?
not sure what you're alluding to. you can easily navigate to 4chan and have as many controversial public conversations as you want. or you can make irl friends. or you can see a therapist and confirm that you have an antisocial worldview. many options for you, friend.
taccicardia··on ThinkBook Plus 17“: An 8” secondary screen on keyboard
Imagine spending 2.5k on a laptop with no numpad
taccicardia··on The Case for C# and .NET
Server. From an ergonomic standpoint, the development is basically identical to WASM ASFAICT. This is all internal though, so ymmv if you're developing stuff for the open Internet. I guess it depends heavily on how married your org is or isn't to c#, which we very much are. I vastly prefer this to serving up a separate UI for what we do.
taccicardia··on The Case for C# and .NET
Can confirm, we’re developing in Blazor now and it’s fine. Not as loosey goosey as js, but makes as much sense as any other js framework. And having such tight integration with Entity Framework makes development a breeze.
taccicardia··on Show HN: SkillPress – Learn JavaScript via spaced repetition and active recall
That could make some sense. To be clear I don’t think it’s a bad idea, just seems like this is for a very specific type of person.
taccicardia··on Show HN: SkillPress – Learn JavaScript via spaced repetition and active recall
For clarity, are advanced problems something like “write the output of this anonymous function” or does it teach this concept before asking the question? Is this supposed to be adjunct to a more holistic course?
taccicardia··on Ask HN: What is a sustainable methodology for taking notes of your learning?
I use a text editor (usually notepad++) for my notes. Just simple bullet lists. If I need to convey a flow, I’ll use combinations of various brackets and arrows and stuff. Then at some point I go through these notes and format them to a markdown file in Joplin, which gets backed up to the cloud. I haven’t found a simpler way to take notes than this and I feel like folks trying hard to minmax this process are losing the plot.
taccicardia··on Show HN: SkillPress – Learn JavaScript via spaced repetition and active recall
Yeah, a lot of this just looks like trivia. There are a couple of very rudimentary “coding problems,” but I’m unsure how useful this would be. Writing code >>>> answering trivia questions about terminology.