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My doctor has been trying for a couple of years now to put me on statins, but I'm resisting. I've learned from this and several other videos on the topic more than the material provided to me by my doctor, which clearly looked like pharmaceutical one-sided marketing material. I had to put my eyes on actual studies to learn about potential adverse effects of these drugs.
I did a second blood test last summer, and my LDL values went down by 20+% without me even trying. Yesterday I got my latest test results, they had gone up again slightly, but after watching the video, I thought it could be due to the season, and the need for the body to produce more vitamin D in winter. (?)
Interestingly, my blood pressure is perfect, I had an ultrasound and CT scan done to check for potential plaque buildup in my arteries. Ultrascan came out negative, and I expect the ct scan results will be similar...
This has strengthened my resolve to avoid the statins, despite my doctor still subtly insisting, but I think my mind is made already...
I really enjoyed this article, and I found it very well summarised my own thoughts and experience with coding with agents, and opened my eyes to even more unexplored possibilities.
I started working on a project a couple of years ago, as a hobby, and I'm currently not sure I would have had the courage to start it, if I had anticipated what it requires, in time and effort, to get it done properly.
I won't claim I know every implementation detail, but I trust it follows the strict coding and architectural guidelines I have provided in my CLAUDE.md, and while doing so, it writes far better code than I could have ever dreamed of (I am at best average at it, no false modesty).
Where I think those agents excels is at troubleshooting issues. It takes Claude 5 minutes to identify and fix a problem where I would have spent hours, if not days.
I find myself focusing more on unit, integration, and e2e tests than I used to, this is my way of dealing with the omnipresent fear of getting too reliant on these tools, and losing touch and control...
Not sure, I suspect the co2 increase in the system, due to the breath holds?
But I also know that the opposite, hyperventilating (Wim Hof), also produces similar sensations.
A breathing technique I've tried, that works well against physical pain, and is excellent for calming down your nervous system. I call it the LSD breath, (Long, Slow, Diaphragmic):
Practice looong exhales, followed by breath holds, not too long so that you gasp for air on the next inhale, but long enough to create a mild air hunger. You'll have to play with the duration and find your sweet spot (it will vary). Shorten your inhale, but remain comfortable. You want a mild sense of air hunger, over time, your body will adjust.
Use your mind during the exhales and breath holds to invoke a sense of peace and relaxation.
After a while you'll start feeling tingling in your body, carry on and you'll later feel a deep and profound relaxation.
Best done in bed. Give it a try and let me know if it works for you as well.
(If you need a shirt break at some point, have a ten to fifteen seconds break, and get back to it)
Granted, "works for him" is probably more appropriate here, and I believe this is also the language used in the video.
But in any case, this is encouraging.
I have not opened the link yet, but are you telling me that the effects of mindset on heath outcome are merely anecdotal?
I view AI coding agents as competent employees working for you, whom you can delegate certain coding tasks to.
Can they make mistakes? Yes. But you, as their manager, are responsible for having solid mechanisms in place to proactively prevent the errors, and retrospectively catch them. There's still work involved, it's just different.
This is my personal experience.
This is unfortunately the nature of big powerful countries. The same can be said about England, France, Germany, and if course, in modern days, the USA.
The Russians believe the conflict started long before 2022, in 2014, with the civil war in Ukraine/Donbass, where Russian populations where targeted by the Ukraine government...
Everyone is biased, and that's ok. The more biases we're exposed to, the better it is. I enjoyed the article.
Here in Europe, Russian opinions are verboten, this is why podcasts like The Duran are popular and helpful
Most independent analysts I follow are convinced that Russia has already won the war, and it's just a question of what will remain of Ukraine after they collapse...
I'd recommend you watch any video from Alexander Mercouris, one of the hosts of The Duran yt channel. He also has his own yt channel where he posts daily updates, mostly on the situation in Ukraine. His analyses are based on Western and Russian information, and he has very well connected sources that often provide him with interesting scoops.
The belligerents are so far apart and not budging from their maximalist positions that it's difficult to imagine these "peace talks" will lead to anything positive. We seem to be making a step forward but I'm convinced that in reality we're actually moving backwards...
I'm reminded of all these delusional taichi "masters" who believed they could fight, until placed in a ring with a non compliant opponent.
One of my previous Chinese "grand masters" was one of them. He went viral in China after losing a fight against an amateur fighter in the most humiliating manner. He then choosed to exit public life after the shameful event, and all the online mockery. I remember how we all fell embarrassed and confused...
Admittedly, this doesn't fully apply here, as Tate had previous fighting experience, but still, he had a "big mouth" and I'm so glad he got humbled! I watched a few scenes of the fight, and almost fell sorry for him. He's given the internet plenty of excellent meme material...
A slap in the face of the victim. I have not read the article, but can they challenge that decision?
Something almost no-one sees, is that most blacks, especially if Africans, have left their countries precisely because of the in/direct consequences of multiculturalism, and tragically, the ridiculous reason given as justification for this crime shows that they are repeating the same problems they ran away from, in their host countries.
I think she knows, but her profession forces her to "follow the orders" and act in that way.
It annoys me a bit the fixation on the LDL, without taking into account my metabolic health, which is never part of the discussion. And now, despite ultrasound showing without ambiguity that my arteries are healthy, I feel she's now moving the goalposts by trying to make me take them for prevention.
No thanks. I read a few studies and know precisely what I would be exposing myself to. I won't take that chance...