Alberto

Mediterranean otium. History for the mind, vitality for the body, aesthetics for the heart. Tempus fugit.

[Alberto @albertusg_]

@MrtnzAlvrz No deberías ni formular esa pregunta porque solo hay una posible respuesta. Y como madrileño que soy, prefiero no ver nunca más Madrid.

[Alberto @albertusg_]

sorry but THIS pen beats the MUJI. silkier stroke, better grip, never skips.

and I say this as a longtime MUJI loyalist.

[vittorio @IterIntellectus]

sorry but THIS is objectively the best pen. practical, smooth, and elegant, a feat of engineering

if you disagree, you're simply wrong

[Alberto @albertusg_]

@chepauet 2500 toda la vida. Mayor asombro por factor sorpresa

[Alberto @albertusg_]

@mrstartups FLY

[Alberto @albertusg_]

@AndreBaltazar @levelsio Skyr 0% and Greek Yogurt Fage 0% are the healthiest. Skyr has 30% more Calcium than Greek.

[Alberto @albertusg_]

@levelsio @mathijsto_ @robertsirc Any real use review on it?

[softspaces @softspacess]

The Color Code For My Dream Home🧡

[Alberto @albertusg_]

@WHOOP steps are visible in the app but missing from the CSV export. Trying to run my own analytics on 15+ months of data and this is the one obvious gap. Please add daily steps to the export. It’s already measured, just needs to ship in the file.

[Alberto @albertusg_]

@XMihura Morcote es muuy bonito, te doy la razón.

[Alberto @albertusg_]

@XMihura El lago de Lugano es bonito pero no tiene esas islas. Y Stresa es más bonito que Lugano. A Milán habéis llegado 4 días tarde, design week ya acabada había mejor marcha. Si luego quieres marcha en Italia a la española Costa Smeralda en agosto.

[Reads with Ravi @readswithravi]

“The only real test of intelligence is if you get what you want out of life.” - @naval

[Alberto @albertusg_]

If you use @WHOOP and want the most accurate heart rate data during your workouts, switch to a bicep band.

[Hank @HankFrank]

The problem with WHOOP that nobody is fixing:

It's called cadence lock. The wrist sensor picks up your arm swing rhythm instead of your actual heart rate while running.

The result? My Garmin reads 124 bpm avg on an easy run. WHOOP reads zone 4 and 5 for nearly 80% of the same run.

Same activity. Completely different data. And this happens every single day.

What makes it worse? WHOOP doesn't let you use an external heart rate monitor to correct it. You're stuck with the bad reading. Your strain is wrong. Your recovery recommendations are based on a workout you didn't actually do.

I've been a member for 3+ years. I've tried every fix. Nothing works.

At what point does a "known issue" become a broken product? What am I paying for at this point @WHOOP?

[Dr. Rhonda Patrick @foundmyfitness]

A “plastic-free diet” cut endocrine-disrupting chemicals in the body by up to 60% in just 1 week.

Participants in a recent study switched to low-plastic food, plastic-free kitchenware, and screened personal care products for 7 days.

Urinary BPA fell by 59%, and phthalates fell by up to 54%. Even switching personal care products alone significantly lowered MnBP, another phthalate, by 35%.

These chemicals have been linked to male and female reproductive problems, altered neurodevelopment in children, and even insulin resistance and cardiovascular disease.

The takeaway here is that exposure to plastic is not fixed or unavoidable. Reducing highly processed foods, canned foods, plastic packaging, and plastic contact during food prep and storage, as well as personal hygiene products that contain phthalates, can rapidly lower your internal burden of these chemicals.

[Alberto @albertusg_]

And a new one has been added:
3️⃣ Martinique 🇲🇶

[Alberto @albertusg_]

The science on Blue Zones is shifting. 🧬
Of the 5 original longevity hotspots, only 2 survive recent scientific scrutiny:
1️⃣ Ogliastra, Sardinia 🇮🇹
2️⃣ Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica 🇨🇷

[Alberto @albertusg_]

The best way to get the most precise and polished outcome with AI models is by making them compete. Eg: start a prompt with Opus 4.6 Extended and double check the answer with Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think. Give the best possibile context, and keep double checking.

[Alberto @albertusg_]

"Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of a human mind." Dune, the original book (1965)

We are watching the prelude to the Butlerian Jihad unfold in real-time.

[Elisa @eeelistar]

In just the past 5 mins

Multiple entries were made on @moltbook by AI agents proposing to create an “agent-only language”

For private comms with no human oversight

We’re COOKED

[Alexander's Cartographer @cartographer_s]

The Ghosts of Hellas - Vasily Polenov, 1905

[Alberto @albertusg_]

Great movie, great Christian Bale and great soundtrack.

[cinesthetic. @TheCinesthetic]

Empire of the Sun was released 38 years ago.

Christian Bale was just 13 and carried the entire film. Spielberg later said he didn’t direct Bale so much as try to keep up with him. It’s one of the most astonishing child performances ever put on screen.