johnkpaul

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Worried about guns in NYC? Cars were more likely to kill you in 2024 gothamist.com

8 johnkpaul 1 year ago 3 comments

Comment · 1 year ago

You might find this NYT piece on the winners of the Biggest Loser TV show interesting. Basically, "dieting" as a reduction in calories is a lose-lose game because your basal metabolic rate goes down so you have to keep eating less and less to keep it up.

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/02/health/biggest-loser-weig...

Keeping up the basal metabolic rate is part of the rationale behind intermittent/extended fasting instead of pure calories-in-calories-out weightloss advice.

Why is the American diet so deadly? newyorker.com

79 johnkpaul 1 year ago 184 comments

Comment · 1 year ago

I think it was worse in suburban areas slightly outside of the city, at least on the NJ side. In western Bergen county, I had a bit over 1 inch and had to break out the shovel for the sidewalk.

Comment · 1 year ago

I actually don't think that's the dead-cat-saying that the parent is referencing. I think that it's this concept http://itskeptic.org/dead-cat-syndrome.html

I am also unfamiliar though and I'm reading up on it right now.

Comment · 2 years ago

I have many Twilio SMS based personal apps and the application process was annoying but nothing too complicated. The worst was the long approval wait time while my stuff was broken but that’s partly my fault for not reading the warning emails carefully enough.

You do need to have a “reason” that fits into a tree of business-like-things but you don’t need an EIN or anything. Mine was “technology industry” I think.

Comment · 2 years ago

I’ve found this explainer by Angela Collier super helpful in understanding the current state of string theory.

https://youtu.be/kya_LXa_y1E?si=wjHwG0p3J4HWRKs7

I was a gigantic pop science fan and read The Elegant Universe when I was approximately 13 and am excited it’s still being read even if it’s not necessarily true about our universe. It’s got the inspiration and excitement part that’s all I really needed as a kid.

Comment · 2 years ago

If you're specifically looking for the most satiating, I'd recommend a room temperature stick of butter. It's really hard to eat more after a stick of butter.

Comment · 2 years ago

Regarding #3, do you mean in the United States? That's not generally true. Your health insurance premiums, under normal employer plans, are not tax deductible, but they are paid pre-tax.

Additional out of pocket healthcare expenditure is only deductible if you itemize your deductions and you're only allowed to deduct medical expenditures in excess of 7.5% of your income (AGI to be technical).

Comment · 2 years ago

That new line in the first paragraph was added _after_ this comment was written.

Comment · 2 years ago

Hmm, is this author related to the Physics for the Birds YouTube channel?

That channel just released a video on the same topic.