Doing it on this grand a scale is breathtaking. Look at this way - if you're otherwise paying your fair ( NOT legally obligated, but FAIR) share of taxes and if you claim your 5,000 sq ft house is worth $1.2M when it's really worth $1.21M, you get a pass in my eyes.
If you're the richest company in the world and are claiming an entire office is worth $200, and you don't see a problem with that, I'm not sure I can do anything to convince you otherwise.
Thank you for your detailed response although I think it kinda reinforced my point. The general consensus is somewhat consistent BUT just saying balance your proteins, veggies, fats, and carbs is difficult - even more so when one place says 20% carbs, another says 25% and another says 10%.
Very often, there's little to no science behind the claims. For example, a no-carb diet makes sense if you want to burn fat. But not necessarily if you want to work out because you don't have an ample supply of easy-to-burn energy as that comes from carbs. You might say, "not all carbs are created equal" but now you're going down that slippery missing-detail slope. Are carbs from brown bread better than brown rice? You'll find 10 websites for and 10 websites against - all with compelling but opposing arguments.
I'm on a very-low carb diet and I will tell you, cardio days are hell. It's extremely difficult to maintain a decent pace on a treadmill or stairclimber when you've restricted your carbs for a few days. BUT if I "cheat" and have a brown bread egg sandwich or some brown rice with chicken, I have more energy for the workout. I'm willing to concede it could be a placebo effect and I just think I'm doing better after consuming carbs, but I don't think that's the case. After a few mins, I'm lumbering around like an extra from The Walking Dead until adrenalin kicks in.
The only reason I do it is because I'm almost positive, based on what I've read, that in a keto state, when you work out, you're burning fat (good!) as opposed to carbs. Apparently you burn some muscle too (bad!) but you can make that back up through weight training. How much fat you burn vs. muscle is something I've yet to find anything reliable on.
What's a balanced meal? I just Googled it and got a bazillion results. Just clicking through them confirmed there's no single agreement on 'well balanced'. This is the problem.
And I don't think anyone here, or anywhere else in the world, thought otherwise. I am almost positive the engineers at Tesla thought of that unless you're insinuating they didn't?
I just had a look at your recent posts and there seems to be a pattern of stating the obvious or just complaining about everything. How you got modded Informative is truly beyond me.
"If you have any problems with something you have bought on Amazon . . . you need to chase down the supplier in China."
Personally, I only buy stuff that is Prime Eligible from Amazon. I specifically use that filter every time I search. The odd occasion I have had a problem with a product, the Chinese supplier has been phenomenal, like surprisingly quick to respond and fix the issue. The English is a bit off, but that's expected and hasn't detracted from the customer experience.
Only one time I had a problem with a US based supplier of a product where they wouldn't honor a warranty claim. A quick chat with an Amazon rep fixed that - they issued me a refund on the spot
So.. Amazon might be a 're-seller' but they are definitely interested in delivering a good experience.
Disclaimer: I find it hard to focus my attention when it comes to certain economics and short-selling definitely is one of those things.
My layman's understanding is that short sellers are betting the stock will tank. So they are very motivated to see the share price drop. Is it too much of a stretch to assume some would do whatever it takes to make the share price drop so they can get rich??
This is very true. If you discount the flashy LED displays (which are extremely impressive), the materials and patterns of the interior are very underwhelming considering the price of the car. Step into an equivalently priced Mercedes, BMW, Audi, Jaguar etc. and you'll instantly feel, smell, and see much better quality interiors. The plain door panel on a Tesla, for example, is a plan swath of leather (maybe vinyl?) but in an equivalent German car, the leather is either quilted, patterned, or otherwise broken up with other design elements. Same goes for the rest of the interior.
The rest of the engineering may match, maybe exceed that of it's similarly priced rivals but the interior quality/design has a long way to go still.
I'm not American, nor do I live in America but agree that self-driving cars are the answer here, and to be frank, probably most places.
You're also right in that most people in North America don't indicate their intention in a roundabout, but they're less impacting on traffic just because the flow generally keeps on going.
Oh man, this!! 4 way stops are terrible. I encounter two of them during my drive to and from work and 9 times out of 10, there is mass confusion. Everyone seems to arrive at the exact same time so you end up with a bunch of different personalities:
1. Hyper aggressive driver who barely came to a stop and wants to get going immediately. Doesn't matter if someone else has already started moving, they'll honk their horn and throw their hands up in exasperation
2. Super nervous driver who realizes they have to content with 3 other drivers and is unsure when to go. Desperately looks for cues in the eyes of other drivers
3. Polite driver. Might be their right of way, might not be. Doesn't matter. Wants to wave the person opposite them to drive on, especially if that person is going straight
3a. Polite driver on both sides. "You go", "No, you go", "No, please, I insist", "No, really, I insist".
4. Rational driver. Knows the rule: First one to stop, goes. Give way to the right. Get's frustrated and confused when others can't follow the same rule. Ends up flooring it out of sheer frustration. Most likely to cause an accident
We need roundabouts, not 4 way stops. Even painted roundabouts for smaller junctions would be better than the hell that is a 4 way stop.
I you drive a Hybrid, you want regenerative braking and you get used to the different driving characteristics pretty quickly. My Ford has it and it's pretty inconspicuous - I lift off the gas and the car starts coasting but is regenerating (dashboard indicator animation starts). If I press the brakes slightly, the regenerative motor kicks in harder, but you're still coasting. Press harder still and the physical brakes engage just like a normal car.
You do quickly change your driving habits to account for this. For example, If there's no-one behind me and I see a red light, I'll start coasting really early to get the max regenerative braking. If travelling downhill, again with no-one behind me, I'll let it coast for as long as possible.
The speed loss from regenerative braking is pretty mild. It's much less than I get with my other ICE car in 'sport' mode. When I lift off the gas in that car, it 'blips' up a higher gear at a certain speed and that really feels like it's slowing down.
You know what I would really like? The ability to scan a barcode for each meal so it uploads the info into my calorie tracking app. I use MyFitnessPal whenever I can and the ability to scan food to track my daily intake (not just calories) has been an instrumental part of my weight management strategy
Oh man, I think there's a huge difference between the 'neighborhood watch' type folks keeping a 'sharp eye' out and those who are actively finding criminals lurking among them. The former is fantastic, you want more of that but the latter is based on ignorance and fear
I'm brown skinned and moved into a rural place last year. Way out of the city and predominantly Caucasian and old. Think farmers and retirees. Neighborhood is affluent. The town is extremely small - if you're doing 80 km/h down the closest highway, you'll drive past the entire town in less than 40 seconds.
I don't really have neighbors as such - the nearest house is maybe a kilometer away and there's nothing but open land and forest between us so we don't really see anyone. Each evening, I sit outside on the patio and enjoy a nice fire and wind down - don't see anyone, don't hear anything other than wildlife. Sometimes, if I'm playing the with kids and running around the lawn, I'll notice some car is parked at the end of our driveway (200ft driveway) with someone in it. Sometimes the same car, sometimes a different one. I just put it down to someone who maybe took a wrong turn and is figuring out their GPS.
Every Sunday evening, I wheel our garbage and recycling to the end of the driveway but very rarely see cars driving down our road. A month ago, I'm dragging the recycling bins to the end of the driveway and a white Acura SUV slows down on the approach. I've seen this car before parked up and figure it's a neighbor or something. Car rolls to a stop, drive rolls down the window and this is the conversation:
Me: "Hi"
Him: "You live here?"
Me: "Moved in earlier this year"
Him: "Oh.."
*silence for maybe 10 seconds*
Me: "Yep... moved in, really like the area. Very quiet, great scenery and love the apple farm"
Him: *silence as he's trying to look past me*
Me: "Yep...wife and kids love it. Lot's of room for the girls to run around. They got too much energy"
Him: "You can afford this place?"
Me: "Uh... yes..."
Him: "What do you do for a living?"
Me: "Uh..I work in tech. What do you do? Retired? Enjoying the good life?" (I'm desperately trying to bring the conversation back to a good place and failing miserably)
Him: "Never mind about me. I've seen you around the house, we've had a lot of burglaries around here" (I'm assuming he meant he's seen my around my own house, not his house. I have no idea where he lives and I've not been to anyone else' house)
Me: "Well, OK - have a good evening"
Turn around and walk back down the driveway. Hear him drive off. Run through a couple of scenario's in my head as to how I should have responded. None of which were polite.
"(1) Taurine and Tyrosine are both stimulants, and stimulants are the one class of substances that have strong evidence supporting them. However my point is that it's debatable whether they actually make your brain better. They unquestionably are useful in forcing your brain to do things it doesn't want to do."
Sorry, I don't know the tags for quotes and the lack of an edit function means I don't know if this
worked so forgive me if this looks weird...
Here's my personal experience with Taurine and Tyrosine. Take it for what you will.. I've been doing heavy cardio for around 1.5 years now and I've experimented with different supplements to see the impact they have. Here's my experience:
All exercise is done on a revolving stair climber, at speed level '12' (out of 18) for 60 minutes
1. (Control test). No supplements, only drinking regular iced water.
Start off OK. After about 10 minutes, fatigue sets in and becomes progressively worse. Heart rate is ~130. Maintaining speed is a real chore and I find myself alternating between staying upright and resting on my elbows. Around the 40 minute mark, am able to maintain speed easier and stay upright. Heart rate is ~145. At the 50 minute mark, feel like I can go another 30 minutes relatively easily. Heart rate is ~150.
2. Drinking a can of Monster Zero (no sugar, no calories) that is high in Taurine and Caffeine
Take a big gulp of Monster around 2 minutes before starting the work out. After around 20 minutes, fatigue is starting to set in but I don't feel the need to rest on my elbows. Heart is rate is around ~135. At the 50 minute mark, I feel like I can keeping going easily. Heart rate is ~150. Continually sipping Monster throughout the workout.
3. Taking 2 Magnum Rocket Science pills with a gulp of iced water 20 minutes before workout. (Google it, available at Popeyes supplement stores). Contains caffeine and tyrosine.
Fatigue sets in around the 5 minutes mark. Heart rate at ~130. At 10 minutes, fatigue is all but gone. Heart rate at ~145. At the 50 minute mark, feel like I could probably go another hour. Heart rate at ~155. Continually sipping iced water throughout.
Bear in mind this is over the course of 1.5 years and I do cardio 5 days a week so the results are repeatable for me. Drinking plain water is definitely the hardest on the body, the fatigue hits hard and stays for longer. Monster is second best but if I want to burn maximum calories (according to my fitbit), the Rocket Science pills give the best result.
I have yet to feel any negative affects of the Rocket Science pills but I don't use them more than once a week. They do boost my heart rate a little higher and it takes maybe 30 minutes longer for my heart rate to get back to resting levels after a workout. My regular drink is a can of Monster during the workout.
I haven't tried any of these during a workday but I generally don't feel tired or bored so I don't need them. I don't even really need them for the workout but they do help in burning off calories.
I don't know about Audi's but certainly in newer Fords you can remote start the car from a phone app. The car has some built in cellular service so it can communicate with the app as long as it is in coverage.
It's a gimmick - kinda. I've only used it once to remote start the car and turn on the air conditioning on a really hot day while I was still 10km away on the train travelling back to the train station. When I approached the car, it was clearly running and inside was nice and cool. However, there's also options within the car that allow you to 'pre-set' the climate control with timings so if you know you'll be back at the station for 5pm, you can pre-program the air-con to start at 4:30pm, thereby negating the need for an app to remote start the car for you.
BTW, it's a hybrid so it was running off battery power during the remote start - wasn't just sitting there idling the gas engine.
It certainly does help being part of the in-group - no doubt about that. But, sometimes being part of an in-group isn't good for you. I'm struggling to think of a good analogy so please bear with me.
Imagine you have a bunch of friends who are all PhD's. You're the only one that isn't. Having a PhD in that circle is considered a great thing because it gives you status and knowledge. You feel a bit left out but don't have the time, money, or inclination to go to University and get your own PhD. Your friends don't treat you any worse but there's definitely a missing dynamic that rears it's ugly head every now and then because you can't talk-the-talk.
To fix this, you find an online University or something similar and sign up for a course that will give you a PhD in flower arranging. Bear with me... . You pass your course and are given a "PhD". Now you feel you're the same as your buddies even though they have PhD's in Engineering, Physics, Math etc.
Memorizing the Quran is the same kind of thing. If culturally the expectation is you must know it off by heart then you'll do what it takes, regardless if it has any actual merit or if you'll use any of that knowledge in your daily or professional life. Just because you can recite verses (equivalent of having a dodgy PhD) without really understanding any of it just means you did something to get a stamp or certificate - even though that stamp/certificate is essentially worthless.
Muslim here. I don't know why Joannesg got voted Troll because what he said is 100% accurate. If you go to any non-Arabic speaking country and talk to the Muslims there, very few of them will be able to speak Arabic or translate it for you.
I have nephews and nieces in the UK who have all read the Quran. A couple of them have memorized it, but if you ask them to translate a random verse into English, they won't be able to because they don't really understand what they're reading. It's a big thing in my family when someone has memorized the Quran - parties are thrown, gifts are shared etc. but no-one really cares about if the person actually understood any of it. It's just memorization.
I read the Quran when I was younger and even memorized half of it but I couldn't tell you what any of it meant until I got my hands on a version that hand Arabic and English translations side by side. That was considered 'cheating' back in the day so my parents and the local Imam were really disappointed I had to resort to finding an English translation version.
This is one of the great dangers of preachers/Imams etc. They ask a child to read some text and then tell the child what the text is saying rather than let the child figure it out themselves. What doesn't help is that most religious texts are kinda ambiguous - if you're a pacifist you can read one sentence a certain way and think, "OK, that sounds entirely reasonable. I should look to help others" whereas a maniac would read the exact same words and come to the conclusion, "God is telling me to kill infidels".
Incidentally, it was after reading the English translations that I moved away from religion.
I can all but guarantee this is probably what really happened:
Manager: I want to get Internet Enabled thermometers because
IT: Right, no problem except we don't have partitioned corporate wireless networks because we tried to do that last year but our budget was cut and no-one wanted to invest in it
Manager: I don't care about your problems. I got $10,000 of fish to worry about and this vendor promised me they'd remotely monitor my fish to make sure they don't die.
IT: Ok, but..
Manager: NO BUTS. Do it, and I don't want to hear your excuses
IT: Can we just..
Manager: We're done here. I want this done. You have 3 hours or we'll find someone else
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I wish you had posted under an account instead of AC. Because you are 100% spot on!
Doing it on this grand a scale is breathtaking. Look at this way - if you're otherwise paying your fair ( NOT legally obligated, but FAIR) share of taxes and if you claim your 5,000 sq ft house is worth $1.2M when it's really worth $1.21M, you get a pass in my eyes.
If you're the richest company in the world and are claiming an entire office is worth $200, and you don't see a problem with that, I'm not sure I can do anything to convince you otherwise.
Can I tell my local municipality that my house is also worth $200 so they will adjust my property tax accordingly?
I'm assuming Apple didn't insure their office for only $200.
Thank you for your detailed response although I think it kinda reinforced my point. The general consensus is somewhat consistent BUT just saying balance your proteins, veggies, fats, and carbs is difficult - even more so when one place says 20% carbs, another says 25% and another says 10%.
Very often, there's little to no science behind the claims. For example, a no-carb diet makes sense if you want to burn fat. But not necessarily if you want to work out because you don't have an ample supply of easy-to-burn energy as that comes from carbs. You might say, "not all carbs are created equal" but now you're going down that slippery missing-detail slope. Are carbs from brown bread better than brown rice? You'll find 10 websites for and 10 websites against - all with compelling but opposing arguments.
I'm on a very-low carb diet and I will tell you, cardio days are hell. It's extremely difficult to maintain a decent pace on a treadmill or stairclimber when you've restricted your carbs for a few days. BUT if I "cheat" and have a brown bread egg sandwich or some brown rice with chicken, I have more energy for the workout. I'm willing to concede it could be a placebo effect and I just think I'm doing better after consuming carbs, but I don't think that's the case. After a few mins, I'm lumbering around like an extra from The Walking Dead until adrenalin kicks in.
The only reason I do it is because I'm almost positive, based on what I've read, that in a keto state, when you work out, you're burning fat (good!) as opposed to carbs. Apparently you burn some muscle too (bad!) but you can make that back up through weight training. How much fat you burn vs. muscle is something I've yet to find anything reliable on.
What's a balanced meal? I just Googled it and got a bazillion results. Just clicking through them confirmed there's no single agreement on 'well balanced'. This is the problem.
And I don't think anyone here, or anywhere else in the world, thought otherwise. I am almost positive the engineers at Tesla thought of that unless you're insinuating they didn't?
I just had a look at your recent posts and there seems to be a pattern of stating the obvious or just complaining about everything. How you got modded Informative is truly beyond me.
"If you have any problems with something you have bought on Amazon . . . you need to chase down the supplier in China." Personally, I only buy stuff that is Prime Eligible from Amazon. I specifically use that filter every time I search. The odd occasion I have had a problem with a product, the Chinese supplier has been phenomenal, like surprisingly quick to respond and fix the issue. The English is a bit off, but that's expected and hasn't detracted from the customer experience.
Only one time I had a problem with a US based supplier of a product where they wouldn't honor a warranty claim. A quick chat with an Amazon rep fixed that - they issued me a refund on the spot
So.. Amazon might be a 're-seller' but they are definitely interested in delivering a good experience.
If he was a whistle-blower, would he not be providing evidence or data to a government agency instead of a competitor?
I wish someone offered a 20 pack of padlocks that were keyed-alike..
Disclaimer: I find it hard to focus my attention when it comes to certain economics and short-selling definitely is one of those things.
My layman's understanding is that short sellers are betting the stock will tank. So they are very motivated to see the share price drop. Is it too much of a stretch to assume some would do whatever it takes to make the share price drop so they can get rich??
This is very true. If you discount the flashy LED displays (which are extremely impressive), the materials and patterns of the interior are very underwhelming considering the price of the car. Step into an equivalently priced Mercedes, BMW, Audi, Jaguar etc. and you'll instantly feel, smell, and see much better quality interiors. The plain door panel on a Tesla, for example, is a plan swath of leather (maybe vinyl?) but in an equivalent German car, the leather is either quilted, patterned, or otherwise broken up with other design elements. Same goes for the rest of the interior.
The rest of the engineering may match, maybe exceed that of it's similarly priced rivals but the interior quality/design has a long way to go still.
Is this the first major violation since GDPR came into effect? Will be very interesting to know what will happen..
I'm not American, nor do I live in America but agree that self-driving cars are the answer here, and to be frank, probably most places.
You're also right in that most people in North America don't indicate their intention in a roundabout, but they're less impacting on traffic just because the flow generally keeps on going.
Oh man, this!! 4 way stops are terrible. I encounter two of them during my drive to and from work and 9 times out of 10, there is mass confusion. Everyone seems to arrive at the exact same time so you end up with a bunch of different personalities:
1. Hyper aggressive driver who barely came to a stop and wants to get going immediately. Doesn't matter if someone else has already started moving, they'll honk their horn and throw their hands up in exasperation
2. Super nervous driver who realizes they have to content with 3 other drivers and is unsure when to go. Desperately looks for cues in the eyes of other drivers
3. Polite driver. Might be their right of way, might not be. Doesn't matter. Wants to wave the person opposite them to drive on, especially if that person is going straight
3a. Polite driver on both sides. "You go", "No, you go", "No, please, I insist", "No, really, I insist".
4. Rational driver. Knows the rule: First one to stop, goes. Give way to the right. Get's frustrated and confused when others can't follow the same rule. Ends up flooring it out of sheer frustration. Most likely to cause an accident
We need roundabouts, not 4 way stops. Even painted roundabouts for smaller junctions would be better than the hell that is a 4 way stop.
I you drive a Hybrid, you want regenerative braking and you get used to the different driving characteristics pretty quickly. My Ford has it and it's pretty inconspicuous - I lift off the gas and the car starts coasting but is regenerating (dashboard indicator animation starts). If I press the brakes slightly, the regenerative motor kicks in harder, but you're still coasting. Press harder still and the physical brakes engage just like a normal car.
You do quickly change your driving habits to account for this. For example, If there's no-one behind me and I see a red light, I'll start coasting really early to get the max regenerative braking. If travelling downhill, again with no-one behind me, I'll let it coast for as long as possible.
The speed loss from regenerative braking is pretty mild. It's much less than I get with my other ICE car in 'sport' mode. When I lift off the gas in that car, it 'blips' up a higher gear at a certain speed and that really feels like it's slowing down.
... this happening in the US. I don't know the specifics of the story but I'm sure those 2 individuals would have been steam rolled by now
Wait .. wouldn't it be better to posit, "1000 calories of vegetables are more healthy than 1000 calories of red meat"?
If what you're saying is that calories by themselves mean nothing?
That is, 1000 calories of vegetables would have more 'good' nutrients for you than 1000 calories of red meat
You know what I would really like? The ability to scan a barcode for each meal so it uploads the info into my calorie tracking app. I use MyFitnessPal whenever I can and the ability to scan food to track my daily intake (not just calories) has been an instrumental part of my weight management strategy
Oh man, I think there's a huge difference between the 'neighborhood watch' type folks keeping a 'sharp eye' out and those who are actively finding criminals lurking among them. The former is fantastic, you want more of that but the latter is based on ignorance and fear
I'm brown skinned and moved into a rural place last year. Way out of the city and predominantly Caucasian and old. Think farmers and retirees. Neighborhood is affluent. The town is extremely small - if you're doing 80 km/h down the closest highway, you'll drive past the entire town in less than 40 seconds.
I don't really have neighbors as such - the nearest house is maybe a kilometer away and there's nothing but open land and forest between us so we don't really see anyone. Each evening, I sit outside on the patio and enjoy a nice fire and wind down - don't see anyone, don't hear anything other than wildlife. Sometimes, if I'm playing the with kids and running around the lawn, I'll notice some car is parked at the end of our driveway (200ft driveway) with someone in it. Sometimes the same car, sometimes a different one. I just put it down to someone who maybe took a wrong turn and is figuring out their GPS.
Every Sunday evening, I wheel our garbage and recycling to the end of the driveway but very rarely see cars driving down our road. A month ago, I'm dragging the recycling bins to the end of the driveway and a white Acura SUV slows down on the approach. I've seen this car before parked up and figure it's a neighbor or something. Car rolls to a stop, drive rolls down the window and this is the conversation:
Me: "Hi"
Him: "You live here?"
Me: "Moved in earlier this year"
Him: "Oh.."
*silence for maybe 10 seconds*
Me: "Yep... moved in, really like the area. Very quiet, great scenery and love the apple farm"
Him: *silence as he's trying to look past me*
Me: "Yep...wife and kids love it. Lot's of room for the girls to run around. They got too much energy"
Him: "You can afford this place?"
Me: "Uh... yes..."
Him: "What do you do for a living?"
Me: "Uh..I work in tech. What do you do? Retired? Enjoying the good life?" (I'm desperately trying to bring the conversation back to a good place and failing miserably)
Him: "Never mind about me. I've seen you around the house, we've had a lot of burglaries around here" (I'm assuming he meant he's seen my around my own house, not his house. I have no idea where he lives and I've not been to anyone else' house)
Me: "Well, OK - have a good evening"
Turn around and walk back down the driveway. Hear him drive off. Run through a couple of scenario's in my head as to how I should have responded. None of which were polite.
I'm guessing they meant intellectual property secrets
"(1) Taurine and Tyrosine are both stimulants, and stimulants are the one class of substances that have strong evidence supporting them. However my point is that it's debatable whether they actually make your brain better. They unquestionably are useful in forcing your brain to do things it doesn't want to do."
Sorry, I don't know the tags for quotes and the lack of an edit function means I don't know if this
worked so forgive me if this looks weird...
Here's my personal experience with Taurine and Tyrosine. Take it for what you will.. I've been doing heavy cardio for around 1.5 years now and I've experimented with different supplements to see the impact they have. Here's my experience:
All exercise is done on a revolving stair climber, at speed level '12' (out of 18) for 60 minutes 1. (Control test). No supplements, only drinking regular iced water.
Start off OK. After about 10 minutes, fatigue sets in and becomes progressively worse. Heart rate is ~130. Maintaining speed is a real chore and I find myself alternating between staying upright and resting on my elbows. Around the 40 minute mark, am able to maintain speed easier and stay upright. Heart rate is ~145. At the 50 minute mark, feel like I can go another 30 minutes relatively easily. Heart rate is ~150.
2. Drinking a can of Monster Zero (no sugar, no calories) that is high in Taurine and Caffeine
Take a big gulp of Monster around 2 minutes before starting the work out. After around 20 minutes, fatigue is starting to set in but I don't feel the need to rest on my elbows. Heart is rate is around ~135. At the 50 minute mark, I feel like I can keeping going easily. Heart rate is ~150. Continually sipping Monster throughout the workout.
3. Taking 2 Magnum Rocket Science pills with a gulp of iced water 20 minutes before workout. (Google it, available at Popeyes supplement stores). Contains caffeine and tyrosine.
Fatigue sets in around the 5 minutes mark. Heart rate at ~130. At 10 minutes, fatigue is all but gone. Heart rate at ~145. At the 50 minute mark, feel like I could probably go another hour. Heart rate at ~155. Continually sipping iced water throughout.
Bear in mind this is over the course of 1.5 years and I do cardio 5 days a week so the results are repeatable for me. Drinking plain water is definitely the hardest on the body, the fatigue hits hard and stays for longer. Monster is second best but if I want to burn maximum calories (according to my fitbit), the Rocket Science pills give the best result.
I have yet to feel any negative affects of the Rocket Science pills but I don't use them more than once a week. They do boost my heart rate a little higher and it takes maybe 30 minutes longer for my heart rate to get back to resting levels after a workout. My regular drink is a can of Monster during the workout.
I haven't tried any of these during a workday but I generally don't feel tired or bored so I don't need them. I don't even really need them for the workout but they do help in burning off calories.
I don't know about Audi's but certainly in newer Fords you can remote start the car from a phone app. The car has some built in cellular service so it can communicate with the app as long as it is in coverage.
It's a gimmick - kinda. I've only used it once to remote start the car and turn on the air conditioning on a really hot day while I was still 10km away on the train travelling back to the train station. When I approached the car, it was clearly running and inside was nice and cool. However, there's also options within the car that allow you to 'pre-set' the climate control with timings so if you know you'll be back at the station for 5pm, you can pre-program the air-con to start at 4:30pm, thereby negating the need for an app to remote start the car for you.
BTW, it's a hybrid so it was running off battery power during the remote start - wasn't just sitting there idling the gas engine.
It certainly does help being part of the in-group - no doubt about that. But, sometimes being part of an in-group isn't good for you. I'm struggling to think of a good analogy so please bear with me.
Imagine you have a bunch of friends who are all PhD's. You're the only one that isn't. Having a PhD in that circle is considered a great thing because it gives you status and knowledge. You feel a bit left out but don't have the time, money, or inclination to go to University and get your own PhD. Your friends don't treat you any worse but there's definitely a missing dynamic that rears it's ugly head every now and then because you can't talk-the-talk.
To fix this, you find an online University or something similar and sign up for a course that will give you a PhD in flower arranging. Bear with me... . You pass your course and are given a "PhD". Now you feel you're the same as your buddies even though they have PhD's in Engineering, Physics, Math etc.
Memorizing the Quran is the same kind of thing. If culturally the expectation is you must know it off by heart then you'll do what it takes, regardless if it has any actual merit or if you'll use any of that knowledge in your daily or professional life. Just because you can recite verses (equivalent of having a dodgy PhD) without really understanding any of it just means you did something to get a stamp or certificate - even though that stamp/certificate is essentially worthless.
Hope that helps clarify.
Muslim here. I don't know why Joannesg got voted Troll because what he said is 100% accurate. If you go to any non-Arabic speaking country and talk to the Muslims there, very few of them will be able to speak Arabic or translate it for you.
I have nephews and nieces in the UK who have all read the Quran. A couple of them have memorized it, but if you ask them to translate a random verse into English, they won't be able to because they don't really understand what they're reading. It's a big thing in my family when someone has memorized the Quran - parties are thrown, gifts are shared etc. but no-one really cares about if the person actually understood any of it. It's just memorization.
I read the Quran when I was younger and even memorized half of it but I couldn't tell you what any of it meant until I got my hands on a version that hand Arabic and English translations side by side. That was considered 'cheating' back in the day so my parents and the local Imam were really disappointed I had to resort to finding an English translation version.
This is one of the great dangers of preachers/Imams etc. They ask a child to read some text and then tell the child what the text is saying rather than let the child figure it out themselves. What doesn't help is that most religious texts are kinda ambiguous - if you're a pacifist you can read one sentence a certain way and think, "OK, that sounds entirely reasonable. I should look to help others" whereas a maniac would read the exact same words and come to the conclusion, "God is telling me to kill infidels".
Incidentally, it was after reading the English translations that I moved away from religion.
I can all but guarantee this is probably what really happened:
Manager: I want to get Internet Enabled thermometers because
IT: Right, no problem except we don't have partitioned corporate wireless networks because we tried to do that last year but our budget was cut and no-one wanted to invest in it
Manager: I don't care about your problems. I got $10,000 of fish to worry about and this vendor promised me they'd remotely monitor my fish to make sure they don't die.
IT: Ok, but..
Manager: NO BUTS. Do it, and I don't want to hear your excuses
IT: Can we just..
Manager: We're done here. I want this done. You have 3 hours or we'll find someone else