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    Crossfit workouts at a regular gym?

    Thank you for not being "that guy."
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    Looking for high tempo workout music...any recommendations?

    "I Want Out" by Helloween "Ghost Division" and "Unbreakable" by Sabaton "Thunderstruck" and "Heatseeker" by AC-DC (much other AC-DC is good, too) "Tubthumping" by Chumbawumba "Spooks in the Attic" by Edguy "Ironhead" by Rob Zombie "Iron Man" by Black Sabbath "Iron Maiden" by Iron Maiden...
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    Programming languages for total newbs.

    I'm amazed at the number of replies saying that C++ is a good idea. He might be able to get C++ up and running, and he might be able to learn a thing or two, but I disagree that you can make a strong argument that C++ is the best place to start. I started with it, and even Java was a breath of...
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    How much did you make straight out of school?

    Started at $30k, raise at 6 months to $35k. May 2009 graduation, BS CS/Math. Edit: also, Western Montana.
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    Martial Arts for exercise

    Sparring will burn about the same number of calories regardless of which art you choose. The conditioning will vary between individual classes and dojos: at the school I attend, bag work is the toughest conditioning, while conditioning for jiu jitsu is just randori. Not that randori isn't...
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    Bad news strikes: systolic heart murmur (Updated with seriously good news)

    Damn, damn, damn. My sympathy and condolences. Are you sure you have to give up weight training completely? I know you're not a fan of isolation exercises (to say the least) but I'd be surprised if you couldn't be successful in spite of your condition by designing yourself a specific routine...
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    C vs C++ for Embedded System Programming?

    A fair amount of guys at every school are completely worthless, which is why those of us who are marginally worthy are still employable.
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    Do you lock your elbows at the top of your bench pressing?

    My elbows hyperextend about 10 degrees with minimal effort. I straighten my arms (maybe 5 degrees bend), but I don't know if that counts as "locked out" for your purposes.
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    SQL - How to select a table column using a wildcard?

    Mark's right that there is probably a better way to do this. However, you can do: SELECT * FROM information_schema.columns WHERE table_name = 'foo' AND column_name LIKE '%suffix' This will get you a list of the column names. EDIT: That works in MSSQL Server. I don't know if Access will...
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    Jay Cutler wins 2009 Mr. Olympia!!!

    IMO, this is really a problem: weight training doesn't allow for a level playing field. If you want to compete at the elite levels of bodybuilding, you almost have to lift, or you're at a huge disadvantage versus those that do, even if you're eating the same crazy amounts of protein. This is a...
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    Jay Cutler wins 2009 Mr. Olympia!!!

    "Accomplishment"? Psh, everyone knows they could look like that if they did steroids. Genetics, nutrition, and training are immaterial. The only reason I don't look like a Kai Green/Frank Zane hybrid is that they do 'roids and I don't. Yep, that's all.
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    Minding your Is and Ls

    8s and Bs wouldn't be so bad. This JPG had two vertical line characters, one of which was a lowercase L, and the other an uppercase I. Being as obsessive as I am, I took the image into Paint.NET and placed them next to each other. They're exactly identical. 8s and Bs are distinguishable, if not...
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    brikis98's crossfit journal

    A similar argument can be made in favor of wild, uncultivated food: our fruits are much sugarier than their ancestors due to selective breeding, for instance. Of course, that's much harder to get.
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    Minding your Is and Ls

    Paypal sent a client of ours a JPEG of his API keys. He just spent six hours of his own time and an hour of mine figuring out that this was the problem. Seriously, there's no reason to do that. Use a serif, monospaced font when the distinction is important.
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    How to measure biceps?

    I (more respectfully than usually) disagree with measuring cold for most purposes. Boxers (and, I assume, other fight athletes) tend to be measured cold; bodybuilders tend to be measured pumped (they're also pumped on stage). Someone asking about measuring his arms is probably not motivated by...