Sam

The mindfulness app is a good shout for sure. Considering it’s free I’d give it a go.

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Exercise, for me has always been the most impactful thing. Less effort is just standing, walking and being in nature for a few hours ideally with good company.

There’s quite a few breathing techniques that can help ground you. As well as the app - “calm”.

Agreed. Don’t forget about those awful ad-fre/HD upsell offers as well so it’s the base subscription + more for HD and less ads. 😖

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Lovely walk today at a nature reservation, and I’m lucky that I have a lot of walks like that on my doorstep. Most memorable would have to still be elephants or if Zoo’s count the giant pandas at Edinburgh zoo before they went back to China.

Alice A lot of our issues in the UK stem from planning, red tape and in general the cost of critical infrastructure projects. But I think the key criticism from an energy perspective would be getting serious about Nuclear.

flower12 MyFitnessPal has always been my go to :)

Horse, cart, bolted IMO. ~50 years of oil left and as far and even if we started 5 years ago we wouldn’t have enough time to transition fully. 😣

It has to be coffee? Although Indian population and tea would be big numbers, globally and including places like the US with 340m people they can’t make a proper cup because it’s so uncommon!

It’s inevitable but there’s significant issues with the global grid + space. For me in the UK, if you can’t home charge it’s a deal breaker, just because of our limited space and the fact that new builds barely have drive ways these days, let alone the space and charging infrastructure to accommodate everyone owning an EV. Professionally I have been very close to these challenges and have helped drive adoption and develop charging infrastructure significantly over the last decade but until we solve that problem, or batteries take a few minutes to charge and we can leverage the exists ICE fuel station infrastructure as-is I think we’re still ~50 years away from the level of adoption we think. A key point also is that whilst the car might be electric, the battery can’t be recycled and is quite hazardous + the electricity you charged it with is still likely coming from fossil fuels/coal etc.

For me it has to be having a virtual escape + some form of moving my body every time, that’s it. Simple but I certainly notice the decline in my mood when I struggle to do this. 💪🏻

Collective global responsibility to use the technology responsibility but the specifics of that are certainly being worked on. As with anything there’s strong views on each side which doesn’t make things easier…

Well I didn’t really have any of this until I was already an adult, which I think makes it easier to understand the difference if that makes sense? I can appreciate and occupy myself with other potentially more fulfilling things and can put my devices down. Generally though I appreciate that it’s difficult to strike a balance because it triggers that little dopamine hit in us which our monkey brains is never not going to enjoy.

rainn Lovely message and sentiment @rainn

The latest from Meta looks pretty interesting. I think it’s also very useful for learning in a simulation context as well.

Squats while cooking! Surely that gets messy !

Can you share more info on what those changes actually are? Conflicting articles is all I can seem to find.

flower12 I asked AI, and got a cautious but hopeful answer. In my lifetime hopefully which would be astonishing! Humans will likely reach Mars, with growing momentum from both government space agencies and private companies like SpaceX. Technological progress, such as reusable rockets and advanced life support systems, makes a crewed mission increasingly feasible. However, major challenges remain, including radiation exposure, psychological and physical health during long missions, and the need for sustainable life support. While an optimistic timeline points to the late 2030s, a more realistic estimate places the first human landing on Mars in the 2040s or 2050s

The beyond meat range is really nice, but I still find at most restaurants it’s tricky. For example 2-3 vegetarian or vegan options and if you also don’t like a key ingredient such as mushrooms or something then you’re really stuck.

mark Good shout but the technical barrier is something the average person wouldn’t be able to overcome.

mark That’s suer useful, thanks @mark. Maybe if you find the time writing this up as a useful guide would be super helpful contributor content to help with our SEO.

Welcome, no doubt valuable experience if we are able to create some kind of technology contingent on the site as well as potentially careers and learning advice as a SWE.

rainn Very true, if it’s not tracked then very easy to over eat.