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New comment by almost_usual in "What happened to nerds?"

almost_usual — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 14:35:59 +0000

Elites who put in a lot of work are world class. You can’t outwork genetics.

New comment by almost_usual in "What happened to nerds?"

almost_usual — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 13:33:41 +0000

Some people are naturally talented at things. It’s no different than an average athlete who works extremely hard and an elite athlete who puts in half the work but still outperforms the average.

New comment by almost_usual in "Texas is America Inc's new centre of gravity"

almost_usual — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 20:17:10 +0000

Life is short. If folks want to spend their time in Texas more power to them.

New comment by almost_usual in "Creatine raise brain energy levels and slow Alzheimer's cognitive decline by 30%"

almost_usual — Sun, 31 May 2026 18:56:40 +0000

I’m an ultra runner, I’ll do 50-60 mpw weeks during peak weeks with strength training.

I take 10g creatine, it did wonders for me. More energy and mental sharpness.

Strength training is essential for runners to avoid injury at high mileage. Sleep, strength, and nutrition. It can’t be ignored or you will get injured.

Some folks mention cutting it out to lose weight but at higher mileage I find it hard to keep on weight anyway.

New comment by almost_usual in "Creatine raises brain energy levels and slows cognitive decline: study"

almost_usual — Sun, 31 May 2026 18:37:25 +0000

I take 10g a day, have for a couple years now. Started mostly because of training but it does wonders in sleep deprived states.

5g would probably be fine without a lot of training ( I train about 10hrs a week). Seems like I need 10g to both get the physical and mental benefits, especially during peak training blocks (running 50-60 mpw with strength training).

New comment by almost_usual in "Creatine raises brain energy levels and slows cognitive decline: study"

almost_usual — Sun, 31 May 2026 18:35:18 +0000

I counteract it with Magnesium Glycinate. Works well for me.

New comment by almost_usual in "Amazon workers under pressure to up their AI usage are making up tasks"

almost_usual — Fri, 15 May 2026 14:56:31 +0000

It’s preposterous, companies are blindly funding slop and the product is fool’s gold.

New comment by almost_usual in "Amazon workers under pressure to up their AI usage are making up tasks"

almost_usual — Fri, 15 May 2026 14:51:31 +0000

Corporate tech has accelerated into a preposterous trajectory.

Burn resources at all costs to appear productive and use proxy metrics to measure success.

Fire productive employees to ensure we have resources to fund the proxy metrics.

AI slop fool’s gold is the product.

New comment by almost_usual in "Houses are for living, not for speculation"

almost_usual — Tue, 12 May 2026 13:18:41 +0000

Chinese property sector crisis (2020–present)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_property_sector_crisis...

New comment by almost_usual in "Tesla is recalling its cheaper Cybertruck because the wheels might fall off"

almost_usual — Fri, 08 May 2026 14:46:32 +0000

Junk

New comment by almost_usual in "American Dads Became the Parents Their Fathers Never Were"

almost_usual — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 21:44:54 +0000

My mom left the house as a kid. Dad worked and did it all during the week. Definitely felt like this was a rare thing growing up. I did spend time with my mom on the weekend though.

As a father I try and balance it out but I definitely don’t do as much as my dad did growing up.

New comment by almost_usual in "Sawe becomes first athlete to run a sub-two-hour marathon in a competitive race"

almost_usual — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 00:34:38 +0000

While consuming about 800 calories.

New comment by almost_usual in "Sawe becomes first athlete to run a sub-two-hour marathon in a competitive race"

almost_usual — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 00:25:00 +0000

Your body stores roughly 2000 calories in glycogen. They are burning calories but nowhere near the amount a middle pack would be at this pace.

So ~2800 calories of carbs with some fat being burned.

New comment by almost_usual in "Notes from the SF peptide scene"

almost_usual — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 20:32:25 +0000

Some people always want the ‘hack’ or easy way out. It’s unsurprising to me.

New comment by almost_usual in "Exercise has 'similar effect' to therapy, study on depression shows"

almost_usual — Fri, 20 Feb 2026 13:57:11 +0000

You have to work on your will to live incrementally.

New comment by almost_usual in "AI Doesn't Reduce Work–It Intensifies It"

almost_usual — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 15:58:37 +0000

Only if you continue to push yourself while training. What used to be difficult absolutely gets easier in endurance after training.

New comment by almost_usual in "NASA announces unprecedented return of sick ISS astronaut and crew"

almost_usual — Sat, 10 Jan 2026 21:22:54 +0000

I can’t imagine any other group who would be as calm as NASA astronauts. Maybe SEALs or other special forces.

It looks like there are a few astronauts that were SEALs, one returned December 9th from the ISS.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonny_Kim

New comment by almost_usual in "I program on the subway"

almost_usual — Sun, 21 Dec 2025 17:31:57 +0000

I work/program on CalTrain but that’s pretty common. NYC subway or BART seems a bit more challenging.

It’s overall time much better spent than being stuck in a car.

New comment by almost_usual in "Thin desires are eating life"

almost_usual — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 12:35:30 +0000

It comes down to dopamine and if there was friction involved to get that dopamine.

New comment by almost_usual in "Instagram chief orders staff back to the office five days a week in 2026"

almost_usual — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 22:03:39 +0000

No point in quitting, reduce workload.

If leadership needs to manage folks out make them do the work and collect a paycheck while it happens.