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Off Topic / Re: re: new year's resolutions?

« on: April 30, 2024, 11:31:44 AM »

Thank you for the props--I'm doing about an hour to 90 minutes of walking a day combined with a 20 hour fasting period. It definitely hasn't been easy, and since I'm not doing anything particularly interesting or difficult, it's been kind of boring.

Now that the weather is getting better, I'm able to take weekend day trips for hiking, which is definitely better than the weekday strolls through several parking lots in a corporate tech park. I'm within an hour-ish drive from Mt. Wachusett and Mt. Monadnock. The 2-4 hour hikes there end up burning around 1200 calories, and the views are nice.

yeah hikes are way more interesting than parking lots lol. i've recently needed to switch up my walking habits because i was getting bored with the rail trail i was using. lately i've been wandering around suburban neighborhood loops to look at all the houses i'll never own

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Off Topic / Re: [NEWS] [INSPIRATIONAL] can-opening bridge claims yet another victim

« on: April 30, 2024, 11:29:56 AM »

that probably feels so good for a box truck

like a nice lobotomy

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Off Topic / Re: re: new year's resolutions?

« on: April 08, 2024, 12:01:09 PM »

My resolution for 2023 was to lose weight, and that carried over into this year too. I've lost around 55 pounds since then, and am 40 shy of my target weight of 190 lbs at 6'2". I'm currently at 226 lbs with a historical high of 284 lbs. I genuinely feel so much better. Being obese felt like wearing clothes that were too tight, but the clothes were my skin (if that makes any sense).

huge props on the weightloss, that stuff is hard. are you doing diet or exercise or both?

anyway update part 2: not going well now. it was fine for most of february, and I also did the strength training on alternating days as mentioned for a few weeks too, but then something (I don't even remember what) disrupted the routine and I've seriously been struggling to get back into it. and now it's getting warm here again and that makes it much less appealing on top of all my normal executive dysfunction trouble. before I even realized march is already over. here's hoping though

even if you only do a little bit every week, you're still doing more than the majority of people. don't be too harsh on yourself. on the days that i can't get myself into the gym, i usually try to do at least 20 or 30 minutes of floor workouts at home or, failing that, 10 or 15 minutes of stretching

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Off Topic / Re: Software engineering trends that annoy you

« on: April 08, 2024, 11:58:24 AM »

Websites nagging you to download their massively bloated app whenever the browser version works perfectly fine.
Examples:
Twitter/X
Reddit
Imgur
Facebook
Alibaba

twitter and tumblr are the ones that piss me off the most, especially because even though i have the app installed, they won't always open links in the app. reddit just gets on my nerves when sometimes the page won't work at all due to the "reddit works best in the app!" popup

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Off Topic / Re: How do you spin things on your phone

« on: February 10, 2024, 07:37:18 AM »

i usually do the two fingers but find it can be wonky and messes with the zoom instead...i'm probably supposed to do the one finger moving technique

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Off Topic / Re: The Chronology of the Blockland Forums

« on: January 30, 2024, 07:51:28 PM »

What an absolute dog stuff year this is turning out to be not even three weeks in. Roll this mess back to 2019, we deserve a do-over.

without covid this time, right? ...right?

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Off Topic / Re: geese thread

« on: January 30, 2024, 07:50:31 PM »

-toes-

thought this was the geese thread, why are the dogs out

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Off Topic / Re: new year's resolutions?

« on: January 27, 2024, 06:42:53 PM »

-progress snip-

hell yeah we love to see it. make sure you get good shoes, they'll help a ton with the foot pain. i actually desperately need to replace my running shoes that i've had for like 2 years now lol

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Off Topic / Re: It's My Birthday!

« on: January 27, 2024, 06:36:54 PM »

happy birth! how'd the presentation go?

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Off Topic / Re: whats your favorite letter?

« on: January 19, 2024, 08:11:09 PM »

f because the lowercase version is really fun to write in cursive

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Off Topic / Re: Bushido passed away

« on: January 17, 2024, 07:53:25 PM »

what the forget :(

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Off Topic / Re: new year's resolutions?

« on: January 17, 2024, 04:13:32 PM »

succeed

what kind of metric are we talking here

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Off Topic / Re: Koden has passed away.

« on: January 17, 2024, 04:12:57 PM »

that's terrible, sending many condolences your and your family's way

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Off Topic / Re: new year's resolutions?

« on: December 27, 2023, 07:00:53 PM »

to be clear: indoor rock climbing
its very stable and safe, you can start easy with indoor bouldering where you're never more than 5 ft off the ground (and will by design and training fall on your back onto soft flooring if your muscles do give out)
belaying/auto belays are great for the tall stuff, you're safe cause you've either got a person or a device rated to hold your weight and more, and you'll never fall uncontrollably

the main downside you'll have to face is pretty high monthly fees, so to get good value you have to go frequently (ie more than once a week). most places also have a day fee if you just want to give it a go occasionally/for your first time.

even when i have a harness on i get pretty freaked out unfortunately. i did a high ropes course in the trees one time in high school and even though i had a harness and line and everything i had a panic attack when i finished climbing the ladder lol

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Off Topic / Re: new year's resolutions?

« on: December 24, 2023, 09:02:06 AM »

I should probably make mine "be nicer to myself" but im not sure if i deserve it... this is a joke, i'm fine i should probably still make that my resolution tho

a good goal

go do rock climbing at the local gym at least twice a week

i'd love to try out rock climbing but unfortunately i have a fear of unstable heights :(