Roopappy

Medical emergency, months of painful rehab, permanent disability.

I'm down about 30 pounds since last Summer, and it's had sticking power. I went from a few pounds over obese on my BMI to a normal BMI weight (200 lbs to 170).

I'm a data-driven guy, and I started using a phone app where you scan barcodes, or manually enter your food and weight. I got a scale off amazon for like $10. Before I even started changing my diet, I just started entering everything I was eating and drinking. It was a bit eye opening. The calorie count was too damn high. Lots of carbs, cheese, and alcohol.

I didn't follow any specific diet or anything, but I tried to keep my calorie count around or just under 1500 calories per day. If you're trying to meet a calorie count and not be hungry all the time, you figure some stuff out. You can eat a lot of vegetables. You can eat a decent amount of seasoned meats. Pasta and bread are things you can only have a little of. Drinking alcohol ruins the day.

Anyway, sticking to the count, I watched 1-3 pounds a week drop off and stay off. It was very satisfying. Math. Data. Measurable results. I recommend it.

1 FOR 5, 3 FOR 10.

I talked to a business leader yesterday who said that their outsourced overseas developers were not performing well, so they were planning to directly contract some overseas developers, because then they would be "captive". And he proceed to refer to them as "captive developers" for the rest of the conversation.

Sir, you should not refer to people who work for you as "captive". That has a very negative connotation, and I'm shocked you don't hear it. Please at least notice everyone else's reaction when you say it.

You should really learn more about it before deciding that you have an expert opinion on it.

I bought a cheap-ass Asus laptop knowing that the installed wifi module was not supported by linux. So I bought a new wifi module that had linux support for like $20 and swapped it in.

This is the one I got, but I'm sure there are more like it. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07SH6GV5S

p 71 of the actual poll document goes into the methodology. 6616 of the respondents were "part of Ipsos Knowledge Panel", and another 250 were "recruited" for the survey. I don't know what the Ipsos Knowledge Panel is, but maybe they offer compensation or rewards for being a part of their survey pool. The surveys were completed through online chats.

It sounds like you're making an angry accusation about me, but I was definitely agreeing with you, so I don't understand why.

Deregulation of markets and industries and weakening of social programs. Overall making the power of large corporations and a small number of wealthy people way more than the power of huge numbers of average people.

All completely supported and promoted by the people who benefited from the opposite.

Breaking news: Florida passes law that outlaws life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness.

This is a person who thinks that everyone else in the world is to blame, instead of considering the far more likely answer that they are the asshole. Jesus.

I heard that motherfucker had like… 30 god damned dicks.