It inhibits the development of osteoarthritis following knee replacement too, so it might benefit both.

Don’t be depressed… start working out and build that new baseline. It’s a new peak whatever age you hit it and it comes back quickly after you take time off abs restart in the future.

I didn’t start lifting until I was 47. Started a strength building program and had great success the first year. Since then, now 9 years later, I’ve had numerous times where I took time off due to vacation or work getting crazy… and it always ended up being longer than I intended. Months and even 1 yr once. Still when I resume I build back strength so much more quickly than I put it on originally.

Starting pt for bench now is 225lb, 5 reps and sets, which is where I ended after my first year. I can get back to 1 rep at 315 in 3 to 4 months, which took several years for me to get to originally. Latest max of 1 rep 350lb, not quite sure how long to get back to it. I was there first in Aug 2024 and again Aug 2025 but I’ve had 6 months off so we’ll see. Nonetheless still far ahead of where I used to be.

Just get started. Don’t beat yourself up over how you’ve disappointed yourself in the past… you can’t change it anyway. Just start now and make a better you for your future.

That’s the thing about UDP packets… receipt isn’t acknowledged as part of the protocol. It’s send and forget. I’m not sure a UDP packet sent to my server would get lost but I’m not 100% certain there couldn’t be situations where the packet is received by the server on both interfaces, essentially duplicated. It’s been almost 30 years since I wrote programs that utilized UDP for communicating. I’m definitely a little rusty. 😄

This is how they get voluntary terminations that don’t require severance.

Will UDP packets produce an error when sent or will they simply be received twice, potentially causing errors/issues?

Thanks for the detailed explanation. Has this always been possible though? Was I just imagining that manually assigning to network adapters the same ip address wasn’t possible?

Thanks for the reply. They seem to both be active. I don’t have iftop but tcpdump shows traffic on both, though much less on the wifi connection.

ip route shows:

default via 192.168.1.1 dev enp1s0 proto dhcp metric 100 
default via 192.168.1.1 dev wlp2s0 proto dhcp metric 600 
169.254.0.0/16 dev enp1s0 scope link metric 1000 
192.168.1.0/24 dev enp1s0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.1.4 metric 100 
192.168.1.0/24 dev wlp2s0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.1.4 metric 600

I really didn’t think I’d be allowed to statically assign the same IP address to both interfaces, and surprisingly it seems to be working ok. I’m just wondering what I don’t know that’s going to bite me :)

poorly programmed algorithms

“Intentionally programmed algorithms”… ftfy

It’s very old… decades, and when talking about EVs and hybrids, an obviously quick way to reference conventional gas engine vehicles. The term is just unfortunately carrying some more recent baggage.

If our grid can take on data centers, we can handle EVs my dude.

I’m really curious how they can get this out of the market without getting caught. As mentioned if you transfer this to any major exchange to convert to fiat, you’ll be identified because of the KYC requirements. At least that’s my understanding. So how do I - or this thief I mean - turn this into real wealth?

Thank you. I think my biggest concern is that I can’t fix it when it breaks, simply due to lack of experience. I’ve fixed busted Windows partitions and boot issues, but never Linux because I’ve just never had an issue with the installs I have and don’t have nearly the same number of years under my belt with it.

As you said I think first order of business is a functional bootable USB which I can use to both backup and restore the partition, and I need to do a practice run restore to prove it works and that I know what I’m doing before I need it.

Any viable option if you can’t install 2 drives? My laptop only allows one. It currently has Win10 on it and I’m hoping to replace it with Linux with an option to boot into Windows when needed, especially for my wife who isn’t as technical or experienced with Linux. Not sure if there’s anyway to do it without Windows nuking my setup.

DDR4 is already ridiculously expensive, just not quite as bad as DDR5

Same… unique email for each service and the Discord leak a few weeks ago was the most abused one I believe I’ve experienced. So many emails for a huge number of sites claiming I opened support tickets and what-not.

Please, oh wizard, share your magic!

It certainly depends. I’m not sure what qualifies as “most people” now. Plenty of people have higher interest rates on their homes from recent purchases than those who’ve purchased homes 4 or 5 years ago, and if you live in a state with higher income tax you’ll have more to deduct. Also self-employed contractors and non-incorporated small business owners are likely going to itemize. My wife and I itemize but we’re fortunate enough to be in a place where we support a lot of charities so itemization is worth it.

“Required” isn’t the right word but they do record who donates to them because people usually want them to. People donating to non-profits will receive statements from those non-profits at year end so they can deduct the donations from their taxes when filing their return.

People can donate anonymously but if they do so, they give up their right to claim the tax deduction so most do not.

Not sure your workout regimine but I’ve found compound lifts make for shorter workouts and provide the most benefit as we age, particularly squats, deadlifts and rows.

So many people think their back hurts because they’re old when really their back hurts because it’s weak. I started lifting at 47… that was 8+ years ago. I feel so much better and ache so much less in my 50s than I did in my 40s, and surprisingly you can really add muscle and strength even when you’re older, if you want to push yourself. I never anticipated such gains were possible but working hard combined with eating and sleeping well still pays off.

I’m entertained by his dedication.