Tom Lambert

I drink tea and look out the window. Sometimes I climb or ski or run or read or write or drive a snowplow. I'm not an expert in anything. Read accordingly.

[Tom Lambert @tomagain]

@Brady_H Define portable and easy to set up. My barrel sauna took a few hours to set up and could be disassembled and moved to a new house. The complex part of the install is that I need a 50amp circuit. Run to code wire needs to be 18” deep. That is what would make it hard as a renter.

[Tom Lambert @tomagain]

@DKThomp Also too many loopholes currently. With the step up in basis, I can leave a billion dollars in stock to my heirs and they incur no estate tax. Any time am asset is transferred whether an individual or a trust, it should incur tax. If already in a trust it might never be taxed.

[Tom Lambert @tomagain]

@DKThomp @ernietedeschi There are many ways to avoid cap gains. That needs major reform. No step up in basis, cap gains taxed when stocks are transferred into a trust and so on. The problem is the rich successfully oppose all attempts at taxation. The choice seems to be a bad tax or no tax. 1/2

[Tom Lambert @tomagain]

@Brady_H After a late night with friends, I was coming in from a run as they were just waking. They said I was "dedicated." I said I only have 1000 runs left (b/c I climb/ski/hike too). Missing one is missing 0.1% of my total remaining runs and the numbers get worse each year.

[Tom Lambert @tomagain]

@CharlesCMann I feel the same about rattlesnakes in our area. Beneficial, but I wish they weren't here. In any case, your friendly reminder about vultures: https://t.co/l6SbnogLC2

[Scott Stossel @SStossel]

"Our current leaders are shameless and ignoble. They have no sense of dignity or honor. They seem to believe that the performance of cruel power is what makes a nation great: the crude theatrics of a tough guy. Nothing could be further from the truth."

https://t.co/4n8g1IJhYw

[Tom Lambert @tomagain]

@BornToRunCoach @zbitter PS - Erik, did you listen to the Rich Roll interview? Much longer (of course) and so many fascinating bits.

[Tom Lambert @tomagain]

@BornToRunCoach @zbitter Thanks Eric! I love the comment, "I haven't measured my VO2max since I was 18 or 19.... As long as I win races, what does it matter?" Also interesting how he guesses his lactate before his grandpa gives him the measured number, to help develop his feel. Amazing guy

[Tom Lambert @tomagain]

@CharlesCMann Byrne is actually your second piece of evidence for this thesis today. Your post on the Nazi nuclear program led me to learn that Heisenberg was also a terrific pianist.

[Tom Lambert @tomagain]

@Brady_H More and more it reminds me of mechanistic arguments about the “anti-nutrients” in vegetables. If a mechanistic explanation is at odds with vast amounts of observed outcomes at a population level, what are the chances your mechanism works as proposed?

[Tom Lambert @tomagain]

@Brady_H Did you count the calories burned by swimming across the Caspian Sea because both land routes were closed? He should get credit for at least 7100 steps per day.

[Tom Lambert @tomagain]

@ramit In our neighborhood, we share tools and even cars sometimes instead of everyone owning their own; people rarely eat out but frequently have neighbors for dinner. Mostly this returns to us as community and friendships, but it also saves money. It feels like the richest life.

[Tom Lambert @tomagain]

@mackinprof The thing that is so sad is that here I am, a guy with NO formal training in science and only a passing interest in exercise science, and the first thing I thought when I saw the headline finding was “water gain.” It must at times be infuriating to be an actual expert.

[Tom Lambert @tomagain]

@Brady_H Uh…. Sorry, but no.

[Tom Lambert @tomagain]

@mackinprof This paper does conclusively show what pre-publication peer-review is worth.

[Max Roser @MaxCRoser]

The share of children who died before they were 5 years old in 1950 and 75 years later.

Africa: 33% ↘ 6%
Asia: 25% ↘ 2.5%
Oceania: 9.3% ↘ 2%
Latin America: 21% ↘ 1.5%
Northern America: 3.8% ↘ 0.6%
Europe: 10.5% ↘ 0.4%
Globally: 23% ↘ 3.5%

[Tom Lambert @tomagain]

@stevemagness Their stated next target is MS Office. Have they even begun to imagine how many lawyers those two companies have available?

[Tom Lambert @tomagain]

@Brady_H ONLY Strava times count. Clearly.

[Tom Lambert @tomagain]

@Brady_H When I first took it after 25 years as a vegetarian I felt it made an immediate difference. Noticeable jumps in deadlift. Possibly placebo of course. 20 years later after a couple years eating meat again, tried it and noticed no difference.

[Tom Lambert @tomagain]

@stevemagness I’d appreciate your thoughts on a college club sport that competes at a~D3 level with mandatory practice 5am to 8am M-Sat year round except winter when it drops to five days. It seems crazy esp. for a non-revenue non-scholarship club sport