I have noticed after a distant super nova I always feel better

I think he means Dart code resembles C# pretty closely.

Wrong mindset in my opinion. Uncomfortable workouts are for delayed satisfaction of a more healthy outcome. I actually think you have it backwards. I think it's more likely you exercise less and never reach consistency if you expect all exercise to be enjoyable.

That might be the wrong way to interpret this. It actually validates interest in the framework. This change personally excited me and injects some change into the ecosystem that could result in a better future.

Very different environment back then. The content was minimal, lower quality, less engaging and there were no sophisticated algorithms. It's been finely tuned to be addictive in the last 15 years and can suck users in for hours and keep them up all night with endless content streams and dopamine hits. I also grew up in the 2000s era and am not disillusioned to think myspace and Facebook were in the same universe as TikTok and Instagram of today. The negatives for kids far outweigh the positives at this point.

also was at a wedding there and people daring others to smell the oil jar. apparently the smell is absolutely rancid

It's actually a 100% death rate as all smokers sure. Jokes aside, your statement doesn't have meaning. Many deaths are not attributable to a single cause. However, it's been studies endlessly and is well accepted that smoking increases all-cause mortality.

Im not arguing against that at all. I was making a point about the magnitude of that impact.

People tend to over-estimate the impact of both smoking and obesity.