Posts made by Arkandel

Losing fat, barring medical conditions, is very similar to balancing a budget; you find out your TDEE (basically your caloric balance) and then eat under that. Free (or very cheap) apps like MyFitnessPal help track and accomplish the latter.

That's it. If you exercise while you're at it you'll also lose relatively little muscle while you're eating at a deficit, which accelerates the fat loss. Either way it'll go away - although a lot of things factor into it, such as the way each individual body uses up calories (i.e. how large a portion of the energy deficit it taps into its fat reserves to replenish).

There are many good, free resources out there to help. I recommend the LoseIt subreddit and the associated FAQ.

I will watch The Mandalorian to the end of time if they keep this up. The companion alone is well worth watching it for.

@Tinuviel said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

@Rinel Doesn't matter who or what you are. We'll lambast what you do and say, nothing more.

Yeah, we're equal opportunity assholes around here.

@Wretched Like Derp, I'd say losing one every six months is about right. The thing too is that I then throw the other eye's lense out, too, so it's easier to know when I need to switch to a fresh pair down the road.

I used to quite like Arrow. I used to watch The Flash every week.

Then they jumped the shark, leapt off a cliff and got hit by several buses. I just tried to watch the latest seasons' first episodes and I couldn't even sit there for more than five minutes before cringing. Whyyyy. It's honestly shit.

That my dog is starting to realize peeing in the house is NOT OKAY.

You think your TS is bad? Take a look at...

https://nothingintherulebook.com/2019/11/27/bad-sex-in-fiction-read-extracts-from-the-2019-shortlist/

@Darren It makes me think it was only money he wanted, and he wasn't looking to spend it on food.

Or the market will... find its own ways.

Piracy, I'm talking about piracy. While there was just Netflix and it provided a great service for around $10 a month torrents and other streams were simply not worth the inconvenience. Try to cram 4+ services down people's throats and that is going to change very quickly.

@Ghost said in Good TV:

I still can't get over just how good The Mandalorian is.

So glad that Rogue One style Star Wars storytelling didn't die with that one movie.

The production values in the premium TV shows these days is what blows my mind.

What they did in Game of Thrones, now with The Mandalorian, and they're promising to do the same with upcoming shows like the The Witcher, Lord of the Rings, Wheel of Time... Yes, a large part of that is money but also advances in technology, the incredible logistics to produce works spanning 10+ hours per year, the music scores, even writing screenplays for this different long format as we had TV before but it always required time for commercials, recaps, etc.

I just really hope it's sustainable.

Our new puppy is super friendly, excitable and nice. She, however, doesn't love me - not specifically. She's happy enough to see me but no more that any stranger. She is, however, much happier around girls... which might be because she spent most of her young life in a shelter where the mostly female staff spoiled her.

Anyway yesterday I found myself bemoaning the fact to her. Dammit, I'm super nice to you, I give you treats, I walk you, I give you belly rubs and I feed you! Why won't you just love me?

And then it hit me. I'm an incel!

@Auspice

@Thenomain said in Images Scrolling Threads:

Probably only tangentally related: There are some minor image size calculation fixes in 1.13

I can't wait until the full version upgrade causes a bunch of template glitches until the templates themselves are updated as well. I give it a couple of weeks each time but...

@L-B-Heuschkel You can also only read a novel within the scope of what its author wrote down.

What is happening

This is already a weird thread even by MSB standards.

@Auspice Is The Expanse good? I've heard positive things.

Today in Punishments in MU*: Faraday gets turned down.