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It uses a fucking inordinate amount of resources to accomplish its task, mostly.

I’ve seen it grow low. Like thyme.

This is definitely not going to be abused to monitor employees.

This is some prerelease level functionality they’re just putting into version 11.4. Come on.

I guess they figure they solved the problem of DST.

I have good sleep hygiene and lights turn on when it’s time to get up, so I’m already lucid when the alarm goes off.

No wonder he was so upset about the Colorado portrait.

It’s all just to analyze the use of the options

…with the eventual intent of selling a subscription for the valuable features.

Buy a top of the line Bosch dishwasher for only $200. And pay $15.00 for the rest of its life to be able to use anything more than the “eco-quick” wash which doesn’t clean anything because it only has one wash and one rinse cycle.

It’s not an entirely novel concept. I used a similar design, the Microsoft Natural Ergonomic 4000 for quite some time, as well as the Sculpt. It’s better for wrists than a flat keyboard without a doubt, and it helped my wrist pain. I do think that a good mouse may be just as important as a tented keyboard though. Assuming you’re a decent touch typist, you learn quite quickly which characters you’ve been using the wrong hands for.

However, I’ve more recently been using a fully split keyboard (Kinesis Freestyle 2) and, for me, the additional width makes a positive difference - especially in the shoulders. There’s less pressure on the wrists as well, as the individual portions can be angled to meet the hands so the only wrist tension is vertical (which can me addressed with the tenting kit that I do not have). There are better keyboards in the split style, I’m sure.

Stopped clocks and black kettles and all that

Don’t overthink the “calories burned in cardio”. Once you subtract your resting metabolic rate you’re going to come up with a number that’s probably disappointing. The additional fatigue may cut down on your non-exercise energy output as well.

You don’t need to do cardio to lose weight. Do cardio to make your life better and live longer.

All these numbers are estimates. There are ways to calculate your actual total daily energy expenditure using spreadsheets, inputting your caloric intake and weight on a daily basis. Personally, I find it a lot easier to use MacroFactor. No relationship, but it is really a great app. It starts with an estimate and with daily tracking will give you weekly updates to adjust caloric intake to meet your goals.

If you haven’t trained before, and given your weight which isn’t terribly high, you don’t really need to adjust calories significantly to gain muscle 100-200 calories is reasonable, at first at least. But you need to adjust the macronutrient composition to ensure that you’re getting enough protein.

You don’t need to do cardio to lose weight.

Spend 30 min a day doing some straight compound lifts (strong lifts 5x5 is a simple starting point) and 30 min doing some low impact cardio. Really, that could be walking at first. Optimally, you want to separate your cardio from lifting, but that’s a bit more towards the top of the pyramid of priorities than the base. Similarly, isolation exercises (like a bicep curl) is less of a priority than compound movements like a pull-up (or a lat pull-down).

What sort of isp supplied residential equipment doesn’t block inbound connections? Pedantically, you’re correct.

You have a firewall. It’s in your router, and it is what makes it so that you have to VPN into the server. Otherwise the server would be accessible. NAT is, effectively, a firewall.

Should you add another layer, perhaps an IPS or deny-listing? Maybe it’s a good idea.