I only eat homemade bread. I slice unused bread and put in the freezer after a day or two. Thaw it out with a toaster. It will easily keep a few weeks.
In cold climates, heat pumps are usually supplemented with electrical resistance heating (or even gas in some cases). The switch over is automatically controlled by the thermostat. No need for a wood stove or other hassles.
When the electricity fails, you put on a jacket and get under a blanket and wait patiently for CMP to restore your power. Most of us don't have emergency powerless heating. Even with a supposedly unreliable electricity grid here in Maine, it's still pretty common to only have heating that requires electricity to operate. Even in the north, where it's very rural and way colder, wood stoves are still an interesting thing that only some people have.
It gets cold every year, you just get used to it. It's not hard.
The first winter my ancestors spent in this country, half of them died from lack of food and heat. They quite literally didn't know how to function in a non-temperate climate.
The survivors were too stubborn to die so their descendants are often the same.
Yes, but note how this press release is mostly explaining what this technology could eventually be used for. I'm not aware of any ACCs actually using it for oceanic control today or having made an announcement of planning to do so in the future.
It's a very exciting technology, sure, but I think it's many years of testing and flawless operation as a secondary data source away from replacing ADS-C on oceanic routes.
On commercial aircraft, which have more of a safety culture than cars, they go so far as to have different knobs and buttons with different shapes so that a pilot can tell by feel that they have right one. For example, the knob to change speed is a different shape than the knob to change heading.
Exactly the kind of systems I worked on. The human factors engineering that goes into these is typically fantastic, with most aspects of interaction very thoughtfully crafted.
One scenario where the "believes anything" might be useful is to use ChatGPT to get alternate takes on opinions. If you have some great idea or strongly held opinion, get ChatGPT to take the other side of the argument and poke holes in it. The creative but inaccurate characteristics of ChatGPT are less of a problem in this case but it might bring out alternatives you haven't considered.
I recently read The Obesity Code by Dr. Jason Fung and in it he states that bariatric surgery is little more than surgically enforced fasting. Most people can fast without doing the surgery.
I highly recommend the book. It's more like a science book about dieting than a diet book. Now that I understand that when I eat is as important as what I eat, I've been able to lose 20 pounds (and still going). And, yes, sugar (especially fructose) and refined carbs are bad.
Fasting has been hugely beneficial to me in terms of endurance sports and keeping even blood sugar. Interestingly it has never had much of an impact one way or another on my weight (I'm a fat person) but it's a lifelong lifestyle for sure.
Jason Fung sounds very interesting, I'm looking at: https://idmprogram.com/the-failure-of-the-calorie-theory-of-... where he provides some advice very relevant to this thread...
"The [calories in calories out] model very useful because it efficiently flags <strike>idiots</strike> people who are not all that knowledgable about obesity, and I can safely ignore them. There are many of these people out there, and not everybody is worth listening to."
I read the book too and it was very good. More of a easy to read research paper than a fad diet. And makes a lot of sound conclusions. I adjusted my eating accordingly also and have lost weight. The only issue is I had to add a morning bite of something (i knwo this breaks the fast) but it kickstarts my metabolism. I follow everything else and only eat 2 meals and keep them close to maximize my fasting time. 15 lbs and counting.
It has also been helping with portion control as a side effect. I dont eat as much anymore
I've just found out they started a FB support group too thanks to the comments here (I haven't checked out his stuff in a while). The social support could be game changing for many struggling, hacking it out alone.
I think a lot of people can fast, but are never told to try this. Most people are recommended to eat 5 meals 300kcal each - and this is hard to do. Tell them to fast for 18h and eat in 6h window without calorie counting (but no shit food) and I would guess more people can do it.
All that does is attach a ritual to the fasting process. People start to think that it's the ritual doing the work, but really it's the calorie restriction. Again and again, study after study proves that restricting calories to 700 calories reverses diabetes in obese people and in fact cures their obesity, too.
It's no surprise that people who put on 100+ pounds of extra weight once would tend to put on 100+ pounds of extra weight a second time. But it's silly to claim that there is an underlying medical reason it's happening.
The body gets used to whatever conditions you face. Human beings have thrived in the Arctic Circle, the North African deserts, and everywhere in between. Obese people have accustomed themselves to an obese lifestyle. If they can make a permanent break and embrace the lifestyle of a person with normal weight then they can stay skinny forever. In the end, most people just don't want to exercise 2+ times per day and limit their portion sizes. So they don't.
