Responsibility
I’m responsible for what I say, not for what you understand.
Being kind is complicated
The kindest thing we can do for each other, is often to provide helpful criticism. And the kindest thing we can do for ourselves, is to accept that criticism. – Ryan Hellyer – during an internal Syde company meeting 2025
Life is coming from you
You can be the master of your fate, you can be the captain of your soul. But you have to realise that life is coming from you and not at you. And that takes time. – YouTube short
My solution to unhappy feelings until February 2021
Stereotypes
Some people don’t seem to get that although stereotypes have a kernel of truth to them, they’re just a kernel. Holding that kernel against a random person who happens to be from the broad category the stereotype comes from, is just arse holery of the highest order. – me
Caffeine experiment
After being caffeine free for 4 years, 6 months, and 29 days, I made an exception today at 13:00 for an experiment. I wanted to see what caffeine would do to me after such a long time away from it. I had a very good day, but it was looking quite good from the outset […]
Syde dinner
Huel breakfast from Liuba
Crash site – exactly 40 years later
I drove the route we were meant to complete on February 11th 1985, at the same time, on February 11th 2025. Mission accomplished. I didn’t crash this time.
Society and men
Society raised us. Society is wrong. “men shouldn’t cry” … codswallop “therapy is for the weak” … horseshit The strongest men are those who face their fears and accept the emotions that come with it. https://www.facebook.com/TheHeartoftheTARDIS/posts/pfbid0DzUWvGtty2ZokuhbTzXPcyTGKY7adZ5ZBL5u9EgoMmccoZ9bd8ySgNU3utfCnmJYl
Chess drama
He’s full of shit, he’s not asking questions, he’s gonna accuse and demand, left this and that and everything else as though he’s king of the world when he’s not. He’s a washed up former world champion who’s not that good at chess anymore and he should shut the fuck up. That’s what he should […]
Toe touch
I’ve been busting my butt in the gym for the past year, trying to improve my flexibility. This evening, I managed to grab my toes whilst one leg was full extended! SUCCESS! Last time I did this, was probably when I was around age 10. And yeah, I know a bunch of you can do […]
Reaction time test
Taken at the Berlin Marathon Expo 2024.
Complexity
An idiot admires complexity, a genius admires simplicity – Terry Davis
Pity vs pain
When I feel others attack or belittle me, I try to have the confidence to look down on them with pity. This takes the power away from them and returns it to me. – Ryan Hellyer Created in response to a post by Bret Heinrich on Facebook.
Advice for life
Excuse me, do you have a dream? I have many dreams. Yeah? Give us an example of one of your dreams. Just to be happy, yeah, and loved, and in peace. How do you achieve that? If people listening want to learn how to do it, what do you think the answer is? Keep your […]
Journey to our role in the world
You can’t have an easy life in a great character show. Show me a trust fund kid that inherited a bunch of money, and I’ll show you someone mentally tortured. Having stuff isn’t fun; getting stuff is fun, right? It’s not the pursuit of happiness; it’s the happiness of the pursuit, right? It’s just that […]
Our understanding of the universe
We are like ants exploring someones dropped iphone. @user-qk2rt1cn2s
ENT disaster
Rewritten by an LLM via a Google review I wrote: I walked into the clinic with a blocked ear, expecting a simple ear cleaning. The doctor didn’t even greet me. He performed a quick and crude hearing test with a tuning fork, glanced in my ears, declared “alles gut” (everything is good), and dismissed me […]
Werde Baumblutenfest trip
The Werde Baumblutenfest (blossom festival) starts this weekend. The weather looks great, so we’re doing a bike trip from Berlin to the festival, then cycling around the Baumblutenfest route and trying out the occasional local fruit wine at the stalls and gardens along the way. Here’s some information about the Baumblutenfest: https://www.baumbluetenfest.de/hoefe Leaving time is […]
iRacing Radical SR10 paint
Blood glucose levels
I got these from this video which I thought was quite helpful. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZbgTzDxBFg 1. Fasting Blood Glucose: The blood sugar level after an individual has not eaten for at least 8 hours. It indicates how well the body manages glucose in a fasting state. Normal: 80-86 mg/dL. Optimal: 72-85 mg/dL. 2. Baseline Blood Glucose Throughout […]
There is a crisis going on with men
A friend shared this video with me. It’s an interview with Dr Alok Kanojia. I felt it was very interesting, so I clipped out a chunk of text with what I felt was the most interesting section. Men are struggling right now, and the rest of the world says, “No you’re not, you’re privileged, you’re […]
Moxy Humbolthain
Their lobby has a very pleasant working environment.
Fitness goal for 2025-01-22
My new fitness goal, is to be able to touch my toes by 2025-01-22. FAIL! I did make significant progress, but I still can not touch my toes while standing up straight I will keep continuing with this journey, but it’s unclear to me when I will achieve it.
Memento mori
One day you will be gone. What defines your legacy, is not the gadgets you had, but what impact you left behind. One day your name will be forgotten. But your legacy will live on. Your impact will live on in others, even if they don’t know your name. One day your words will be […]
Liuba’s breakfast for me 🥰
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Home office
Worrying does not take away tomorrow’s troubles. It takes away today’s peace. – Syed Balkhi 2023 https://twitter.com/syedbalkhi/status/1724436909949120887
4 player chess variant
This is a variant of 4 player chess that I think would work well. It has less pieces than a traditional 4 player board, which should reduce complexity, and the eighth rank, for promotion, is very clear, since it’s delineated by when you reach your opposite opponents zone.
Be like Stella May!
Panasonic tape player
I think I last owned one of those around 2005/2006 when I upgraded to an MP3 player. I remember saying that MP3 players were dumb, and that their functionality should just be combined into the phone which we were all already lugging around in our pocket. Nobody seemed to agree.
First watch I bought
This was the first watch I bought with my own money. Mine was a lemon colour rather than this lime one.
AI love hearts
Sim racing
Liuba took this photo of me during an Asphalt League race on iRacing. I didn’t realise how poor my cable management was until looking at the photo. And yes, my racing rig is in my wardrobe.
Lightbulb
Question: How many Genders are there? Katie Hopkins: Two. Question: And they are? Katie Hopkins: Male female. Question: But what about someones right to tell you what their gender is? Katie Hopkins: No problem at all. So it’s you, you’re gonna tell me what your gender is. But in a less fucked world, I don’t […]
Müggelsee bike ride route
This is a work in progress … it’ll be a bike ride route from Ostkreuz in Berlin to Kleinermüggelsee (for swimming), then up to Großer Müggelberg (tallest natural mountain in Berlin), over to Müggelberg tower, then a trip through the forest, then finishing at S Treptowerpark. Download GPX
A bad idea
New bike
My bike was stolen yesterday. Here’s the replacement.
Sentia Red
My first order of a Gaba based drink arrived today 🙂 It’s Sentia Red, which is intended as an alcohol replacement.
Xmas tree 2022
Strattic happy hour
Egg fried rice background show.
Celebration meal
Calculation of how much I ate in celebration once … 1683 kcal Milka Orea chocolate 1716 kcal Vienetta ice cream 2008 kcal Magnum Classics 990 kcal Lindt toffee bites 602 kcal Milka Alpinemilch chocolate ~7000 kcal https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10160077318341789
New candle holder
Destroying Maia 5
Lichess [Event “Casual Rapid game”] [Site “https://lichess.org/3vKMecAi”] [Date “2022.10.18”] [White “ryanhellyer”] [Black “maia5”] [Result “1-0”] [UTCDate “2022.10.18”] [UTCTime “19:59:45”] [WhiteElo “1614”] [BlackElo “1703”] [BlackTitle “BOT”] [Variant “Standard”] [TimeControl “600+0”] [ECO “C20”] [Opening “Center Game”] [Termination “Normal”] [Annotator “lichess.org”] 1. e4 { [%clk 0:10:00] } 1… e5 { [%clk 0:10:00] } 2. d4 { [%clk 0:09:58] […]
Why do we define sex at all?
Question from Jo Zayner on Facebook. So that we can better describe people. Just like we define objects like cars and bikes, even though there’s an obvious grey area between them. – answer from me
Destroying Maia1
Lichess Download PGN
Weed machine
Boys emotions
Borrowed from https://www.facebook.com/groups/SymposiumBerlin/posts/3249716391938130/. Original possibly from https://mobile.twitter.com/AssignedMale/status/1571159132991889415.
Blubber over time
