It’s obvious you know more or less all there is to know about this topic. So much so that I suspect you have trouble explaining it to laypersons like me because it’s difficult for you to determine which parts of your knowledge are obvious common knowledge and which parts are specialist knowledge.
I disagree, subs are not born out of a need for a niche, they’re created when someone wants to be a fief lord. Of every thousand or so created, only a few gather any following, and the community reflects the desires of it’s users.
As I said it’s fine to dislike a community, but insisting that it be run according to your view of how things ought to be run is nonsensical.
I’m not really sure what you’re getting at.
Lemmy is not reddit. It has its own history and culture. It’s totally fine if you don’t like it, but if you’re expecting it to be like reddit then you’ll just be disappointed and frustrated every time.
The history around “why does this community have the same name as a reddit sub” is obvious. At some point it was expected to be the next incarnation of whatever sub, but that’s just not how things turned out for a number of reasons
You’re absolutely correct, but I don’t think really anything can be done about this community nor others with similar problems.
There just aren’t enough users who actually care about this type of nuance.
There’s no point trying to uphold an ideal that just isn’t relevant to most users.
Yes, concerned about cardiovascular events.
For me personally, my lipid profile (cholesterol) doesn’t move significantly when I’m on keto, but by HbA1c (T2D marker) improves dramatically, which makes the cholesterol less relevant.
I know there’s some good science supporting a keto diet, particularly for people with my specific maladies. However, there’s also a large well established body of good science indicating a strong link between the consumption of saturated fat and poor cardiovascular health.
I think your comments are reasonably accurate generally, but I’d like to offer some context.
I have T2D (diabetes). You did mention I’m a special category in your comment. I’ve never been obese or consumed too much sugar, I just lost the genetic lottery. Eventually I will die from one or more of the myriad of complications caused by T2D. However between now and then keto will be a main stay of my management of T2D.
I agree that most people, including myself, just can’t maintain a strict keto diet for more than several months.
As you alluded to, the way to lose weight is to run a calorie deficit. Either consume less or burn more.
In my opinion, keto inspires weight loss in several ways. Firstly you shed a heap of water weight in the first few weeks, instant results, you feel different, it inspires you to continue your weight loss journey. Secondly you’re intently observing what you’re eating, if it’s your first time on a strict diet, might be your first time with a rigid meal plan, of course you’re going to lose weight. Thirdly fat does make you feel satiated for longer - that is to say, it’s easier to consume fewer calories because you feel less hungry.
That said, there are some real dangers - like consuming too much saturated fat. If keto requires you to consume ~100g of fat per day, then the only way to stay under the heart foundation’s recommended maximal intake of saturated fat is to acquire every last gram of that fat from good quality olive oil (EVOO). In my own experience, after being on keto for several months you start to consume far too much saturated fat. If you’re getting your calories from cream, cheese, and pork or beef, you’re going to be consuming 4x or 5x the recommended maximums. Additionally, this can instil bad habits even once you discontinue keto, by promoting an attitude of “fat is actually good for you” which is not the whole story.
Finally, and this is just a personal opinion rather than fact, the “healthy food pyramid” with all that grain at the bottom is bullshit. Its borne of the fact that grain can be mass produced in most places and can be used to manufacture shelf stable products that don’t require refrigeration. Legumes are a far superior source of carbohydrates.
My advice to a non-T2D person thinking about starting keto would be… it’s a great way to challenge the way you think about food, but only attempt it for 3 months or so at a time.
Of course people can do what they want during their breaks.
What I’m getting at is, mediation or yoga in the break room is an unusual behavior and well meaning co-workers “just trying to be nice” will enquire after your well being.
If you don’t want to interact with co-workers on your break, put your head phones on while you play with your phone.
Nonsense.
If a voice recording could be used with nefarious intent you wouldn’t be able to eat a meal in a restaurant without being recorded.
These sound like bread and butter small talk type work interactions.
Just gonna be blunt… meditating at work and adopting a yoga like position is going to attract attention and will invite co-workers to enquire after your well being.
If this guy is your biggest problem at work then you have a pretty great job.
This is what OP has been doing.
TIL I guess.
I’m concerned that using the correct form will make me look like an idiot though.
I’m not going to watch a video about polishing a turd but I assume the turd remains a turd.
You’ll not I didn’t actually make the claim that its not possible.
There’s a popular phrase “you can’t polish a turd”. The meaning in this case being that if you put a nice UI on chromium it’s still chromium.
Hey check out this turd I polished.
It doesn’t work as a deterrent though. In states that have the death penalty people still do bad things.
Yeah. I tend to agree.
Being able to drive without killing someone is only one aspect of an autonomous vehicle, and security is one that I’m not confident about in the least.
I’ve noticed that my wife’s Level 2 car is just hopeless outside of the city. Sure that’s where most people live and it’s fine for most people.
Driving on country roads it spends more time having self-disabled it’s autonomous features than not, simply because it can’t see the road or what have you.
You’re not wrong, but that’s not really what I meant although perhaps I didn’t explain it very well.
Another way to say the same thing, if you group together all the various components or aspects of “driving”, 95% of them might be solved relatively easily, but getting the last 5% right is extraordinarily difficult.
It’s deceiving because the first time you saw a Level 2 car in 2018 it’s natural to think that if they’ve made so much progress seemingly overnight, then surely in the next few years we will have Level 6 cars.
I do take your point that humans are also good drivers 95% of the time and mistakes only occur within 5% of situations. The issue there is the imperative that autonomous cars must be better than a human in all circumstances. If a human makes, on average, 5 serious mistakes every 500,000km, but an autonomous car makes 6, you’d probably not want to put your family in that autonomous car.
I just do whatever I feel like doing at the time.
I’ve never heard someone’s strong opinion about it. Do guys really diss guys for sitting down?
I have no idea whether this really is the answer but it seems like the most plausible answer.