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

geargrinder — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 23:03:46 +0000

It was his first marathon, so he is probably thinking next time he will be the one to break the record.

New comment by geargrinder in "FBI agents track cell phones that pinged near the Capitol"

geargrinder — Sun, 24 Jan 2021 16:39:07 +0000

There are many other countries where I have experienced more societal meddling with neighbors' business. Ignoring the obvious authoritarian countries, many western european countries have a culture of making sure you are doing the normal or right thing. Germany is the easiest example.

New comment by geargrinder in "Honda quits F1, invests in carbon-free tech instead"

geargrinder — Mon, 05 Oct 2020 02:42:30 +0000

Well that is exactly what Formula 1 is. Unlike NASCAR or Indycar where everything is prescribed, there is a formula which sets the outlines of the box and teams are free to play within that box. The box has just gotten really small in the past couple of decades.

New comment by geargrinder in "Honda quits F1, invests in carbon-free tech instead"

geargrinder — Mon, 05 Oct 2020 02:38:22 +0000

F1 has had very few years where one team didn't totally dominate. Some of those years were the best ever and showcased the drama, technology, power and talent which makes this such a great sport (88-89 is one example).

New comment by geargrinder in "“Dune” Endures (2013)"

geargrinder — Sat, 12 Oct 2019 04:12:50 +0000

I loved the movie when it was released, and felt it was true in spirit to the book. Sure, some of the details were missed or altered, but that was to be expected in a movie adaptation of a book with so many details. Herbert was on the set and at least had some input. Baron Harkkonen has to be one of the most memorable movie characters ever.

New comment by geargrinder in "“Dune” Endures (2013)"

geargrinder — Sat, 12 Oct 2019 04:08:41 +0000

His son Brian and Kevin J Anderson did write the last installment based on detailed notes from Frank Herbert, so at least the story is complete.

While their writing is not as brilliant as Frank Herbert's, the books they wrote, mainly the prequels, have helped me understand just how big the original vision was and have helped me enjoy the sequels more. God Emperor is truly as masterpiece, but it took a couple of reads, and the sequels, for me to appreciate it more.

New comment by geargrinder in "How to Make Billions of Dollars Reducing Loneliness"

geargrinder — Sat, 31 Aug 2019 19:32:03 +0000

John Vervaeke - Awakening from the Meaning Crisis https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLND1JCRq8Vuh3f0P5qjrS...

New comment by geargrinder in "What are children dying from and what can we do about it?"

geargrinder — Wed, 28 Aug 2019 05:11:01 +0000

That's a slippery slope. Who gets to decide who lives and who dies? Who should we abort or sterilize? We all suffer to some degree, then we all die. It's the human condition.

New comment by geargrinder in "Ultra marathon runner earns awards for both first place woman and overall winner"

geargrinder — Tue, 20 Aug 2019 12:03:38 +0000

Because it does highlight what women are capable of and it is certainly something to celebrate. Also, when it does happen it creates an interesting story which brings more attention to the sport (like this one did).

New comment by geargrinder in "Ultra marathon runner earns awards for both first place woman and overall winner"

geargrinder — Tue, 20 Aug 2019 11:56:51 +0000

All the records actually show men still have the physical advantage at these distances that they do at shorter distances. It would be cool if somehow women were faster in comparison the longer the distance, but the records don't show that to be the case.

New comment by geargrinder in "Ultra marathon runner earns awards for both first place woman and overall winner"

geargrinder — Tue, 20 Aug 2019 11:39:54 +0000

It's great when women win these races, and I wish there were more, but don't get the misperception they are somehow faster in this sport compared to men than in other sports. It all depends who shows up on the start line. Elite women are faster than nearly all the men, so if an elite woman shows up, but no elite men do, she will likely win. List of ultrarunning records: https://ultrarunning.com/featured/ultrarunning-magazine-all-... Normally awards are for "First Place Male" and First Place Female." Not sure why this race had an award for "overall."

New comment by geargrinder in "Verizon to Sell Tumblr to Automattic"

geargrinder — Mon, 12 Aug 2019 23:44:09 +0000

#Epstein is trending and you have to ask why a company might be wary of advertising on a site with unmoderated adult content?

New comment by geargrinder in "The coming automation of propaganda"

geargrinder — Sat, 10 Aug 2019 06:11:08 +0000

Pretty soon the internet will be the place for bots to meet and manipulate one another. I'm sure this is happening to some extent already.

The Democrat bots are triggering the Republican bots, and the Russian bots are fighting the Chinese bots for mindshare. Googlebot cannot save us.

New comment by geargrinder in "8chan goes dark after hardware provider discontinues service"

geargrinder — Tue, 06 Aug 2019 02:32:28 +0000

Freedom of speech is the social process that works because ideas can be aired and then opposed or supported. Free conversations are where extremes can be moderated. Driving ideas or words underground where they cannot be easily heard or clearly countered is a path to authoritarianism.

New comment by geargrinder in "Tulsi Gabbard Sues Google for Suspending Ad Account"

geargrinder — Thu, 25 Jul 2019 23:29:17 +0000

There are complaints on both sides of this issue: http://christianresearchnetwork.org/2019/01/16/the-smoking-g...

New comment by geargrinder in "Tulsi Gabbard Sues Google for Suspending Ad Account"

geargrinder — Thu, 25 Jul 2019 23:20:38 +0000

Does your claim include the keyword "abortion"? https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/feb/13/abortions-near...

New comment by geargrinder in "Strava cuts off Relive"

geargrinder — Sat, 13 Jul 2019 01:08:15 +0000

While I agree there have been no real features added for a long time, and there are significant gaps, it would be really difficult for me to leave Strava at this point. As a trail runner, all of my running friends are there and it is the only social network I use each day. I use it for daily motivation, route finding, comparison, running log and workout analysis. Most importantly, it has enabled me to connect with dozens of other runners in real life who I never would have met and run with.

New comment by geargrinder in "Strava cuts off Relive"

geargrinder — Sat, 13 Jul 2019 00:50:57 +0000

You can pretty easily crop your Strava activities when you leave your recording on longer than intended.

New comment by geargrinder in "The internet is an SEO landfill"

geargrinder — Sun, 23 Jun 2019 18:05:42 +0000

Just start using curated link sites instead of google. Make your own curated link site about something you know and care about. Nobody is making you google anything.

New comment by geargrinder in "When Women Outrun Men"

geargrinder — Sun, 19 May 2019 21:47:51 +0000

I'm not exactly sure what you are saying. Elites are outliers by definition. Elite runners are mostly elite because of genetics. Then they train hard to realize their potential. 99% could never become elite in traditional running events, no matter how much, how hard or how smart they train. The top 1/10 of 1% of the general population is more likely the definition of elite in running.