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It's funny how as an outsider who is neither from the US or China, both look the same.

Edit: To add some more context. What I mean is neither look like the good guys or the bad guys, but one of them is spending an awful amount of energy trying to paint the other as the bad guy and themselves as a good guy, which I hope a lot of people aren't buying anymore. Because at the end of the day, I think the honest truth is that everybody is just trying to serve their own interests.

Brought back fun memories! Thank you

This is wonderful, and so happy to see the post where the author ran it locally on their Macbook.

I am curious, is there an equivalent light model for speech to text, that can run real-time on the MacBook? I'm just playing around with AI models and was looking into this (a fully locally running app that lets you talk to your computer).

Came here to comment that I sincerely thank everyone for sharing such great recommendations. I haven't heard of most of the authors or books in the recommendations. Thank you!

Also came here to share my recommendation, which isn't mentioned here by anyone. The #1 book I read in 2023 that has been deeply impactful to my life.

Courage to be Disliked - by Fumitake Koga and Ichiro Kishimi

"I think there's a segment of Mac users who own Windows machines exclusively for gaming. I think the value in these capabilities isn't that people will buy Apple Silicon machine primarily as gaming machines, I think the value is in enabling someone in the Apple ecosystem who plays games occasionally to opt-out of owning a Windows machine."

: raises hand :

Broke my ribs here due to dangerously low Vitamin D. Was already on Vit D supplements. Later learnt about the entire stack of

Vitamin D + Magnesium + Vitamin K2

Vit D 60k IU once a week, Magnesium Glycinate 350mg every night, Vitamin K2 100mcg per day

The enzyme that converts Vit D into its active form, that enzyme requires Mg for its activation. I was previously taking Vit D for 1 year with almost 0 movement in my blood levels. Magnesium changed that.

I had healthy blood levels of Calcium. Yet my ribs cracked. The problem was lack of K2. But I eat enough meat mainly chicken, then why? Turns out chicken need to be fed grass (contains Vitamin K1) which their bodies convert to K2, so if I eat grass-fed chicken my body would get K2. Chicken are mass produced and fed some grain whatever is probably the cheapest food required to make them grow. No K1 for Chicken. No K2 for me. Welp.

Started taking the combination above. Went from Vit D level of 20ng/ml to 135 ng/ml in a matter of 3 months. Have dialed down the supplements in order to stabilize at a healthy level (aiming for 70-80ng/ml).

For weight loss, through a decade of research and trial and error, here's what I have found.

- eat more than your BMR (basal metabolic rate) but less than your TDEE (total daily energy expenditure) in order to maintain your BMR as you lose weight

- the gap between BMR and TDEE can be increased with exercise

- cardio burns calories but weight/resistance training helps build/maintain muscle mass as one's body drops weight, hopefully more from fats

- every week or so, resetting one's system by eating a very high calorie or carb heavy meal helps jolt the system as well as one's mindset. I personally find it easy to stick to good eating habits if I eat like shit once a week (on purpose, rather than accident).

I write it down in a WhatsApp chat with myself.

An idea that strikes in the middle of the night just won't come back the next day. Or any other serendipitous idea. So I note it down using the path of least friction.

We went in expecting nothing. But honestly despite whoever won this was the most exciting football World Cup final that my friends and I ever watched together. Loved the experience. What a match.

conjecture - The more things in life people adopt as their identity, the greater the surface area for one to be triggered?

I still find it funny to meet friends who are hardcore football or cricket fans and watch them lose their mind if I said a single not-very-positive word about their favourite teams.

Top priorities 1. Nourish my body back to full health. Got Vit D and B12 deficiencies and minor exercise related injuries, put on a few extra kgs of fat in the abdomen area. 2. Nourish my mind back to full health. I overworked myself during the pandemic without a good balance and badly burnt myself out. 3. Explore the world with spouse. Find a place to stay that has good environmental chars (air quality, water etc.).

Next 1. Complete my journey of learning to code by building and launching 1-2 simple apps in the year. 2. Build a few new businesses that run with low maintenance effort in software, content or a combination.