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Jimpulse··on Big Tech ruined the cloud, so we're renaming ours
Which one didn't send back a ton of analytics?

Also, surprised with Nanit, Microsoft Clarity was found on the phone app?

With the whole LG fiasco I wouldn't be surprised if the camera itself was doing network fingerprinting and data collection.

Jimpulse··on Nissan's third generation e-POWER powertrain
Already a big push with this. They call them EREV now, extended range electric vehicles.
Jimpulse··on State of the Map 2026
Does OpenStreetMap comply with US executive order naming?
Jimpulse··on Sleep regularity is a stronger predictor of mortality risk than sleep duration (2023)
Your report matches my experience as well!

Funny how it's basically do all the things you're supposed to do - exercise, diet, stress management - then sleep is then easier.

Jimpulse··on Claude Code Routines
How do you re-enable that feature?
Jimpulse··on Issue: Claude Code is unusable for complex engineering tasks with Feb updates
Thanks for transparency here. Claude code if fun to use again! The thinking is huge when working with Claude as planner.
Jimpulse··on Show HN: I Ching simulator with accurate Yarrow Stalk probabilities
Dang a Jung forward. Will have to pick it up! Thanks.
Jimpulse··on Show HN: I Ching simulator with accurate Yarrow Stalk probabilities
Any sites that give nice barebones explanation of the results? I imagine filling more of the blanks myself instead of AI is part of the exercise, but a nice starting point can help.
Jimpulse··on Meta-analysis of 2.2M people: Loneliness increases mortality risk by 32%
Maybe a scheduled get togethers of a retirement home group with a that student org either at the home or the university could work. That way it's easier to have a person trained to chaperone, a more controlled environment, and reduced general overhead for planning.
Jimpulse··on Token growth indicates future AI spend per dev
Ollama's implementation for gpt-oss is poor.
Jimpulse··on Tell HN: Tracking Links in Hackernewsletter Failing
Failing for me too.
Jimpulse··on When random people give money to random other people (2017)
Initially, security. Then maybe a realization that you don't need all of your wealth to be secure.
Jimpulse··on First thoughts on o3 pro
Fair enough. The majority of it does seem useful.

From what it logged about you, it does seem you're working on some cool stuff too!

Jimpulse··on First thoughts on o3 pro
Thanks for posting this! I haven't used ChatGPT much due to worries of something like this possibly existing.

Curious if this make you less or more likely to use OpenAI products in the future?

Jimpulse··on Dancing brainwaves: How sound reshapes your brain networks in real time
Such fond memories with this song.

Check out the Heavy Breathing Liquid DnB mix by Dieselboy. It's one of my staples for coding and chilling out in general.

Jimpulse··on Whatever happened to cheap eReaders?
I remember masking off a flame pattern and doing the brushed aluminum look!
Jimpulse··on Ask HN: How do you store the knowledge gained in a day?
Tags for people is great! I've mostly used them for topics and categorization.
Jimpulse··on Human
How did Scott Adams go from this to tirades on twitter?
Jimpulse··on Why our waistlines expand in middle age: aging stem cells shift into overdrive
You do have me intrigued, what are you general arguments against CICO?

The mechanism from article really does suck, but what does that have to do with CICO? While white adipose cells are created, it's still excess calories that fills those cells.

Jimpulse··on Handwriting activates broader brain networks than typing
Mostly use obsidian, but the file and folder hierarchy with outlines feels memory palace like and on top of that the linkage and tag graphs. There is structure beyond a note floating by itself.
Jimpulse··on Gemini 2.5 Pro reasons about task feasibility
He mentions what he used here, https://simonwillison.net/2025/Mar/26/notes/.

https://github.com/simonw/files-to-prompt https://llm.datasette.io/

Jimpulse··on Ask HN: Books about people who did hard things
You talking about Ron Vachris? The guy who started his career as a Costco forklift driver?
Jimpulse··on No evidence social media time is correlated with teen mental health problems
By refute I mean the paper cited. The meta-analysis methodology used in the Ferguson paper is flawed, one of After Babel's contributors goes into more detail here, https://shoresofacademia.substack.com/p/perils-of-flawed-met....
Jimpulse··on No evidence social media time is correlated with teen mental health problems
Jonathan Haidt, who's been driving a lot of the work against social media for kids, directly refutes these findings in this post https://www.afterbabel.com/p/fundamental-flaws-part-3.
Jimpulse··on Things I Learned from Doing Triathlon in My 70s (2023)
Can you elaborate on your diet changes?
Jimpulse··on Jake Seliger has died
I believe he briefly talked about that in a post. I think he gave all the account info to his wife.
Jimpulse··on The new science of meditation
To maybe add a helpful analogy. Some meditative states aren't very different that an intense dose of psychedelics. Not to mention the person is "dosed" without expecting it.

If it's done unsupervised or without a support system such as a guide or teacher, the experience can be traumatic.

Jimpulse··on The new science of meditation
Meditation and therapy aren't mutually exclusive. In fact, for people who have traumas, I would say both are necessary. Very few meditation teachers are trained in handling a psychological crisis and mental break downs happen often in retreats and self-led practice.
Jimpulse··on The new science of meditation
The jhanas were describes in the suttas. You can verify it yourself. Leigh Brasington has a lot of resources making them more accessible, https://www.lionsroar.com/entering-the-jhanas/.

I would agree that the jhanas are hallucinations and initially not subtle whatsoever. By repeated exploration of the jhanas you learn that the states are wholly dependent on many things not under your control. Application of these states in real life is a whole different animal compared to simply being able to access them as well.

* Edit: If you do decide to dive in, the first jhana can be very disorienting. It's definitely a good idea seek help in integrating the experience. Feel free to message me, and I can help or at least point you in the right direction!

Jimpulse··on The new science of meditation
There are "attainments" or maps. A lot of teachers don't communicate them since it can be a bit of a trap, since striving to reach an attainments can prevent you from reaching it.

More contemporary dharma teachers have been willing to go into it. The jhanas is one such map.

As an intermediary step simply being able to stay with your breath for an hour while still being aware/not falling asleep is a good goal.

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