SwampNut

Because drawing it through an unattached conduit would be way harder.

Yeah, absolutely nothing about a 30+ year old cable would be applicable today. Even the metallurgy. Not one thing is the same, except maybe their continued cheaping out by using recycled electrons. But that includes the pre-loading of cable; that was a very bad idea in the past, today's jackets are impervious to most solvents. After your buying spree at deflated prices, are you going to get on a suspect list?

Today's blog adds to this on the topic of sugar. You know, the thing your tax dollars subsidize, including advertising to tell you that sugar is good for you. (Narrator voice: It's sure as fuck not.) I simply cut out simple sugars long ago. Eventually my tastes changed so I really need very little other substitutes for it. My one indulgence is about half a teaspoon of raw sugar (10-15 calories, 2-3 grams carbs) with espresso every morning. https://nutritionfacts.org/blog/sugar-and-gaining-weight/ The bottom line is that “randomised controlled trials show that increasing sugars intake increases energy [calorie] intake” and “increasing sugar intake leads to body weight gain in adults, and…sugar reduction leads to body weight loss in children.” For example, when researchers randomized individuals to either increase or decrease their intake of table sugar, the added sugar group gained about three and a half pounds over ten weeks, whereas the reduced sugar group lost about two and a half pounds. A systematic review and meta-analysis of all such ad libitum diet studies—real-life studies where sugar levels were changed but people could otherwise eat whatever they wanted—found that reduced intake of dietary sugars resulted in a decrease in body weight, whereas “increased sugars intake was associated with a comparable weight increase.” The researchers found that, “considering the rapid weight gain that occurs after an increased intake of sugars, it seems reasonable to conclude that advice relating to sugars intake is a relevant component of a strategy to reduce the high risk of overweight and obesity in most countries.” That is, it’s reasonable to advise people to cut down on their sugar consumption.

Also just in case this isn't already in your tool bag, but....cable lube.

With billions at stake, big pharma will shut down speech at any cost.

LOL, so much made up shit that exists only in his head. And canned beans are bad...WTF. They are an indulgence also, for when I haven't made fresh beans, or for camping or whatever. And of course just as healthy, at least, as my own, but I can make more variety on my own. There's no reason to make your own otherwise. I've recommended canned for QUICK meals that are totally healthy. Jesus, so much stupid packed into one thread.

Well dumbass, if you simply stop eating (insert magic Dumbfuckistan idea) you can cure diabetes! If that's possible, anything is possible. Also fiber is bad for you, it's a carb, everyone should stop eating it. Especially those on a carnivore diet. Totally not necessary. Chris, sorry your thread got shit on by the Polack, but it does remind me that if you're doing this, you've really got to supplement fiber. A friend is successfully doing it, but found clear evidence that fiber is still crucial for health. He also uses pre/pro-biotics regularly.

Portion control was the answer from many people pushing various diets. I've never bought into it. And the evidence is more and more obvious that this is not the answer. This is a well studied doctor and nutritionist's view on it from a few days ago. Also note that Weight Watchers has openly announced that their past diet plans were not really correct, as far as simply eating less and/or just going low fat. What you eat matters more than just how many calories it has. https://nutritionfacts.org/blog/the-new-rule-for-calories-per-pound-of-weight-loss/ If you’re eating the same diet that led to the original weight problem but just in smaller servings, you should expect your appetite to rev up by about 45 calories per pound lost. So, if you were cutting 500 calories a day through portion control alone, even before you were down a dozen pounds, you’d feel so famished that you’d be driven to eat 500 more calories a day and your weight loss could vanish. For this reason, if you’re dead set on eating the same diet with the same foods, just in smaller quantities, you have to cut down an additional 45 calories per pound of desired weight loss to offset your hunger drive. So, to take off that one pound, instead of consuming just 10 fewer calories a day using the 10 Calories per Pound Rule, you’d have to eat 10 fewer calories on top of the 45 fewer calories to account for the revving up of your appetite. Thus, it would be 10 + 45 = 55 fewer calories. Indeed, just by changing diet quantity and not quality, it takes 55 fewer calories per day to lose a pound, so that daily 500-calorie deficit would only net you about a 9-pound weight loss over time instead of 50 pounds. That’s why portion control methods can be such a frustrating failure for so many people.

He tries so hard. I'd give him a cookie, but he wouldn't understand how to eat it. Reality aside, it's also telling that someone would conflate knowledge with practice, and learning something new with having been able to deploy it immediately. Dumbass.

Well, I know my memory, I put the tape in mine for ME. Fuck the next guy.

It would, and we probably have no way of knowing it specifically. We have charted the general background levels moving up, and I'm not sure exactly how that informs us how much makes it to food. Like arsenic in certain mining areas.

I sanded my stuff (irrigation and wires), but no boards. Hadn't thought of that. Though in my case, the lights sort of form a warning line, LOL. Guess where the pipes and wires are... Really sounds like your direct burial plan makes the most sense.

Almost done. Mostly decluttering everything from three projects including the flooring.

My old black Harbor Freight foam tiles were becoming a mess. I had some spares, and some time, and decided I'd blow 15 minutes replacing bad ones. So yeah, 15 minutes.......... I learned that many of them no longer fit into spaces others were removed from. They take some abuse, but mostly, they were shrinking and expanding randomly so they'd no longer fit/lock well together. Some had become larger squares but flatter, some shorter and I suppose probably thicker, didn't measure those. "Fuck this shit." So I rip up a bunch of them and come to a realization; the shop is suddenly brighter. Well fuck. Physics dummy, a dull black surface kills light. I shop around and find there are a bunch of wood-grain options that are actually quite pleasant to look at, and light colored. And what's more appropriate for a wood shop? I liked the light bamboo option, but took pine because it was more available, quickly. So it's bright, and it's pleasant. More than I thought it would be, I thought, "it's just a shop who cares." Well for the first week every time I walked out there it shocked me and made me happy. This is medium-density foam for walking comfort, not for motorcycles and sure as fuck not for cars. I rolled a light bike on it and it was definitely pulling on them. A bike rolled in straight and back out is probably fine, I had to make a corner. I have never had a vehicle in this garage, but woke up with energy at 4am but it was uninhabitable outside, and wanted to work on it. Garage is heated. Oh, also of course the foam means you can walk barefoot. I ran it around all the tools, like a standard shop, because it makes standing and walking far less impactful when you work in there for hours. Old shit. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07DM5XYV4?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details Aside from the effect it had on lighting, I picked up a six-pack of these cheap basic lights for $44, to provide easy fill-in lighting. Places where shadows hit or I just wanted some extra fairly direct task lighting. Places I couldn't hit with a shop light like under the garage door which is nearly always open. The LED chips were a bit directional and sharp, so I sanded the plastic tubes with my RO sander to make them frosted, easy. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08MT1VXM2?ie=UTF8&psc=1

You made me realize I haven't picked up an air tool in three years, minimum. I say that because I was wishing I had run an air tube next to the 70A power for the shop and bought the parts about that time ago. And reality is, I probably sat on the idea for 5+ years. Fucks were depleted, and it didn't get done, and I kinda wanted it once, but not enough I guess. Which is all my way of thinking through this with you and realizing that allowing for future growth simply is no longer relevant. Electricity covers all power needs and wifi covers communications, not like you'll want a phone line out there later or a remote light switch with low voltage control. Wire in the ground is stable, well proven. Why waste time, money, and materials with no gain? What possible benefit is there really? I need to make a Craig's list $100 box of make-it-go air tools and parts, and gain back three drawers. What's with the boards? They stay in the ground? My only direct burial is 24VAC landscape wire and no codes were considered.

The old Chinesium tiles were shrinking and expanding randomly and not fitting together any more. It was surprising how much brighter the room is when you don't have black tiles all over. I basically gained at least one free shop lamp. Now waiting for the final box to arrive to finish.

Political and Religious bullshit. It's made of Chinese steel and you better pray to your choice of deity that it doesn't kill you.

Add to that, the people who have no clue whether the new beam is clean or not, and the people who are HAPPY to be blinding everyone else. One brand I have used successfully as retrofit is "Pathfinder." But these China brands come and go. The one I was going to recommend to you as my last purchase, for the XX, is gone.

More evidence of the brain damage caused by heavy metal poisoning.

Yeah, that's because of your exposure to lead.

We've already proven a connection to a decline it cognitive ability, now this... https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/12/231212112342.htm

Over the years I see more and more evidence that not all carbs are our enemy, and combining them with certain things seems to correlate with worse effects. Buttered potatoes with salt, for example. These two docs have led me down a few interesting new paths of learning, because they've told me something I disagreed with or didn't know. Useful stuff, presented well. Right up there with Gregor and Cronise.

Again, yes, I totally agree with you that two well regarded doctors is totally the same as a talking head with only a financial motive as his background. But you agree with them, so I get it totally. What color again?

Ah yes, random uneducated commentators are EXACTLY the same as these guys... Dr. Paul Zalzal and Dr. Brad Weening are orthopedic surgeons and members of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. Together, they help make medicine accessible by serving up practical insights on orthopedic Tomek, have you figure out what a carbohydrate is yet? There's probably a Dr. Seuss book on it.

I felt like doing no work for lunch so two of those, some guacamole, and part of a can of black means with some hot sauce made a tasty burrito. I've been told that black beans are pretty keto-friendly because of super slow absorption, but didn't research it myself. Avocado is quite low carb, high nutrition.