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Why can a fridge go to 50ºC ?!

Absolute bible, love Don Norman!

Endure: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance

Fascinating (to me) book, basically setting up the question, is human endurance limiting factor physical or psychological …

Thanks for that, loved the worseonpurpose article

Yes, apologies.

Ooooh, interesting- I’ll take a read, thanks!

I’m guessing like most things of this nature, you’re likely to have super-responders, responders and non-responders?

Posted to my in-laws, who asked how:

Super shoes. Most shoes have carbon plates in them now, they act as a spring, storing energy and propelling athletes forwards.

Better understanding of fuelling. Most athletes are taking between 100-120g carbs (sugar) per hour. Bicarbonate of soda has also been effective.

Better planning tools. Athletes look at elevation, headwind, tailwind and will plan a strategy around going harder into the hard stuff and knowing when they can back off and rest.

And to be honest, probably a metric tonne of PEDs (performance enhancing drugs) - unfortunately this is very common across all sports at the top level.

Noooooo.

Been working on the same thing, for exactly the same reasons (ohh, another evening scrolling various UIs with my significant other).

Congrats!

The origins of Port and Starboard on ships.

Chosen to be independent of a mariners orientation.

Starboard - most sailors were right handed and the steering oar was placed on the right. Star = steer. Board = side of boat.

Port - as steering oars got bigger, boats tended to dock on the left hand side. This became to be known as “lardboard” which sounded too much like starboard, so it was changed to “Port” (as in the side typically facing the port side.

Who knew? I always thought this was a UX lore, and it was subsequently debunked.