Sehr passender Post, ich bin selber gerade am suchen nach länger geschnitten t-shirts (bei denen man nicht gleich bauchfrei wird, wenn man die arme hebt).
Habe ein Sammelsurium an T-Shirts die sich so angesammelt haben und die einzig guten (American Apparel XTall crewneck tee), von denen ich mir mehr kaufen würde, gibt es leider nicht mehr.
Start with a relatively short page turner.
Definitely agree with this advice. Much better to start with something that you can see yourself finishing rather quickly, then starting a huge epic. So maybe something lighter, faster paced and possibly funny. Maybe in the range of 100-150 pages?
Another suggestion i'd make is to start with a book from your favorite genre. Doesn't have to be based on past books, but maybe also current tv shows or movies.
As an example for me that would be sci-fi. So in that case something like "All Systems Red" (first book in the murderbot series) could be fun. Or maybe a short story collection like "i, robot" or "Stories of Your Life and Others" that allows to read one story at a time. "World war Z" would also be an interesting mix of the two, since it has an overarching narrative but is structured in seperate story lines.
You could also try toe socks. I really like my injinji socks and they definitely help.
Although I have found the very thin lightweight running model to not be as durable as I'd like it to be. The trail ones are great though and my favorite anyways.
The store owner and only salesman is (or claims to be) an expert in biomechanics
Now THAT i most certainly doubt. If he was truly an expert in this field he wouldn't work as a salesman in a shop like that. He'll certainly be better in recommending shoes that fit well, but tbh this seems rather easy since your average hobby runner won't have demanding needs. And in that case you can just give them your run of the mill daily trainer like the brooks ghost or maybe nike pegasus (if they like it slightly narrower) and they'll be content.
Or you say they pronate and give them a stability shoe like the Asics Kayano/gt-2000. Many people pronate and i imagine that many would be be just fine with neutral shoes (i got a gt2000 as my first shoe in a shop, have bought neutral shoes online ever since). At least as long as they avoid particularly unstable shoes with very soft midfoams (NB rebel v1, Asics Novablast v1 for example)
Is this a bogus claim from his side, or do you find that the variance between pairs of the same exact model is non-negligible?
That i very much doubt, although i admitteldy have varied my shoes quite a bit. The only time i've had more or less identical shoes were with a pair of saucony ride 13 and 14 (which outside minor changes in the upper are the same) and after correct laceing they were an instant drop in replacement. I've also had no issues to swap instantly within the brand with their Triumph, Kinvara and Speed. The speed being shaped a bit differently due to being geared towards racing, but still same size and fitting well.
What i have found is that at least EU sizing between brands varies quite a bit. But that can be mitigated by looking at either the direct cm measurment provided or the JPN sizing (which represents cm, not the chinese ones wich is also cm but measured a bit differently). That means for example a Puma velocity nitro in EU46 is like 0.5cm longer than a EU46 saucony ride.
Additionally some brands have certain trends, for example Altra is know for their wide toeboxes or Nike runs on the narrow side.
FWIW, he’s identified that I pronate more on the right side than left, and that my hip is a bit stiff on the left leading to increased risk of injuries due the lack of flexibility. In both cases he has ended up with stability shoes for me.
I can definitely see people having imbalances. But the longterm fix for that for the most part doesn't seem to be in just getting stability shoes, but rather doing some specific strength/flexibility training to remedy those weaknesses.
You are right that the tech-savy can extend their longevity through custom ROMs, but that isn't for the average user. And you shouldn't have to resort to that to begin with.
The update policy just makes otherwise great phones become obsolete (in some ways) way too fast.
Sony smartphones for example are imo great in many ways (e.g. still retain the headphone jack and sd card slot) outside of being pricey. Yet they only get 2 years of updates (and maybe slightly longer security updates). That's just not acceptable in any world. Especially when you might not want to buy them at lauch price, since unlike iphones you can get decent discounts on androids for older models.
That has to be the biggest factor by far. I got my pixel 6a for around 300€ total with a mobile plan (free calls, sms and a small amount of data)
Does everything I and realistically the vast majority of people need it for. And you can get perfectly usable phones for even less.
There is no way apple can beat that value, even if their update policy and thus longevity is one of the few things I envy.
Also many benefits of the iphone imo rely on being invested in their ecosystem.
Ich glaube letztendlich wird Reddit weiter existieren und noch lange der Standard sein, aber es wird eine permanente Verschlechterung der Qualität geben.
Mit dem Wachstum der Nutzerzahlen hat in /r/all und den großen subs schon seit langem die Qualität der Posts mehr und mehr abgenommen. Aber das hat die kleineren Nischen-subs wenig berührt.
Und diese sind denke ich die einzig schwer zu replizierende Eigenschaft von Reddit. Aggregatorten für memes, qualitativ mittelmäßige Nachrichten und belangloses werden letztlich keinen Moat haben und sind sehr viel leichter zu ersetzten wenn irgendwann alternativen auftauchen ,
Der Punkt den Guildo hier vermutlich machen will ist, dass für viele Leute heutzutage nur eine der beiden Optionen überhaupt praktiabel ist. Es hilft nicht zu wissen, dass es einen positiven psychologischen Effekt gibt durch den Eigenheimkauf, wenn man finanziell nie in der Lage sein wird die Mindestfinanzierung zu stemmen.