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> Whittier, including its hospital, school and city government, functions within one self-sufficient structure

The story is not so much about a big building, but rather about an isolated town that exists inside only one building. Do these condo compounds with 8000 flats include the hospital, schools, city government, general store, post office, etc?

> you can’t hire half a person if there’s only half a workload

True. You can, however, hire one person to do one full workload that's made up of fractional workloads.

Yes, exactly. Lockdowns and vaccines are not the only covid prevention policies. Stimulus checks and unemployment compensation (along with their universality and the ease and speed of obtaining them), testing availability, and general healthcare access also fit into the "covid prevention policies" category, and can be reasonably suspected to have had some impact on life expectancy.

Personally, I find the user experience on mobile is fantastic. The small icons and links mean that more content can fit on my tiny screen. This is without a doubt one of the main reasons HN is the most visited site on my phone.

(Not trying to start a debate. Just pointing out that user experience on mobile is subjective, rather than objectively "pretty bad".)

Are you referring to the traffic signals that have five options? That is, going clockwise starting at bottom left: green arrow, yellow arrow, standard red light, standard yellow light, standard green light

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/8MXdKQHddMk/maxresdefault.jpg

I don't think people are saying fewer robots are the solution. What I hear is words of warning, to be mindful of how the resulting gains and "freedom" are distributed. The goal of is (or at least should be) to reduce suffering, not merely reallocate it.

Unfortunately, the app is only available for 32-bit macOS. It's a consumer app, and I have yet to find an equivalent 64-bit alternative.

Thank you for the suggestions :)

There's a full range of possible depictions on the scale from "pretending" murder is G-rated to showing gratuitous violence and unnecessary gory detail.

For example, it's largely sufficient to the plot and character development to know that Batman's parents were killed by a mugger when Bruce was just a boy, and that Uncle Ben was killed by a petty criminal whom Spiderman had the chance to apprehend (but declined to do so). Nothing is added by showing entry/exit wounds, slow pans over puddles of and spurts of blood, or any other sort of gore porn.

(I'm not the person to whom you were replying)

One of my "important things" is a 32-bit app required for a freelance project. This freelance project also requires some 64-bit apps, so I don't see how two partitions would help here. Am I missing something? (Sincere question -- I'm looking for a new solution because I know Mojave won't be supported forever.)

Short form can force the creator to cut the cruft and show the important part. Recipes, for example, don't include backstories about Grandma's doll collection or unnecessary banter between hosts, but do show how to "fold in the cheese".

[0] meme reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NywzrUJnmTo

[1] how to fold ingredients: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1JjaT-Y8Pc

How well does the biologically optimal time for parents line up with the biologically optimal time for any and all of their kids in school?

I would certainly notice because I go out of my way to ensure everything on my device is not synced to the cloud.

I still keep the slip of paper in my glove box, but that only helps me if I'm in my own car. The digital version is an excellent tradeoff on the off chance that I end up unexpectedly driving a friend's car or a rental.

> If you click that it asks you what product. If you select a product that was returned you can't do anything further.

The chatbot has always given me an option along the lines of "I still have a question about this", which then connects me to a human. If that option weren't there, I'd simply choose another order so I could reach a human, and then explain the situation to the human.

> Finally, they're required to be at least 4 stars; usually 5. Anything below 4 and they won't pay out.

Unless, of course, it's a 1-star review for a competitor's product.

> AFAIK my podcast player isn't tracking me or using targeted ads.

Some podcasts use "dynamic ad insertion", where the ads are inserted when you download the podcast rather than when the podcast file is created and uploaded. [0] Discovered my podcasts were tracking me when I traveled and then heard ads for an out-of-state regional chain after I returned home, clearly because I had downloaded the episodes while traveling. Overcast added privacy & tracking info, to show whether each podcast uses dynamic ad insertion or (possibly) tracks IP etc. [1].

[0] https://themarkup.org/ask-the-markup/2020/10/08/podcast-priv... [1] https://9to5mac.com/2020/09/03/podcast-privacy-alerts/

> I run cycles of listening, paraphrasing and then solutionizing almost every day. This doesn't translate well in friendships & relationships where the other person just wants someone to listen.

One thing that greatly helped me was realizing that listening itself oftentimes is the solution, rather than thinking of problem-solving and listening as completely separate. (Paraphrasing can help the other person feel heard. If you're already paraphrasing, then maybe add a pause here to gauge how the other person has reacted to just being heard.)

Another was learning to ask whether the other person wanted advice, perspective, and/or feedback instead of automatically offering it.

When navigating, I of course pay close attention to where my cursor is. When I scroll to read through lots of text, I'm not moving the mouse cursor randomly around the screen, but I'm also not paying attention to where it is because scrolling up/down behaves the same regardless of where the cursor happens to be. On a site like Wikipedia, this means that my cursor can happen to trigger a preview hover that covers the very text I'm trying to read. Even if it's in a different spot, the movement is enough to be annoyingly distracting and often means I lose my place.

Password managers can also have a "go & fill" option that opens a new tab with the applicable URL, fills the login credentials, and submits. Even without specifically tracking how fast a password is entered into the password field, a website could trigger for all instances when a user manages to log in within 1 second of the first request.

Our Brother printer (inkjet circa 2014) doesn't use ink when we're not printing because we unplug it when we're not using it, as we do with all of our corded electronics. If it's been more than 2 months since we've printed a page, it only takes two minutes for the printer to run the "ink > clean" cycle, and then it prints just fine. We've had the same black cartridge for three years, no problems, and we're still using the color cartridges that came with the printer when we got it secondhand.

> USPS just gets more money from the government

My understanding was that USPS does not receive funding from the government. Granted, I'm not counting reimbursement for franked mail because that seems equivalent to the sender having paid postage like any other sender would. Can you provide a link with more info on USPS receiving money from the government?

> What are people ordering now that they didn't usually order?

When the grocery stores ran out of tp, people started ordering from Amazon. When Amazon ran out of 2-day-delivery tp, people started ordering bidets.

People who suddenly WFH are now ordering extra supplies to do so (webcams, ethernet cables, whiteboards, privacy screens, headphones, etc). People with children out of school are ordering extra books, crafts, boardgames, videogames, etc. People SIP are now turning to Amazon for groceries and daily supplies. (Yes, grocery stores are open, but many don't want to go out if it can be at all avoided.)

In short, almost everyone who thinks of buying from Amazon is ordering something they don't usually order and/or ordering the normal items more frequently.

> Some people genuinely believe that God will protect them.

I worry this kind of "faith" blinds many to the way their God may be protecting them. https://truthbook.com/stories/funny-god/the-drowning-man

If you turn Siri off, it doesn't activate by accident, and the iPhone still works as intended. If you turn off Alexa, the home assistant doesn't activate by accident because it doesn't work at all.

"Of the 152 cases [article dated Feb 21] that have been found in the city, the majority have been linked to a [church], where Patient 31, a woman said to be in her 60s, is known to have attended at least four services before being diagnosed." https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/coronavirus-so...

Between the 10% bonus discount on sale prices and prime-only sales at WF, our prime membership pays for itself without the prime credit card, even though we do most of our grocery shopping at other stores.

I have great fun playing chess with a friend who easily has 600 ELO on me. Before we start each game, we agree it will be one of three types:

1. No holds barred. (I always lose, but nearly won once when they were very distracted.)

2. Like no holds barred, except I can take back my previous move && they sometimes offer “Are you sure that was the best move?” when I’ve done something especially wrong.

3. Them vs. them + me, where I have full access to their skills and knowledge. They suggest moves, and I can ask whether a move is/was a good move, what move they would make, etc. This unsurprisingly results in a 50/50 win rate.

This has been very useful for learning because it balances out the learning with just enough “winning” to keep the game fun.

Some people have also found temporary relief with the finger drumming method (sometimes called the "Reddit Method/Cure" because it gained popularity after he posted it on Reddit[1]):

> Place the palms of your hands over your ears with fingers resting gently on the back of your head. Your middle fingers should point toward one another just above the base of your skull. Place your index fingers on top of you middle fingers and snap them (the index fingers) onto the skull making a loud, drumming noise. Repeat 40-50 times. Some people experience immediate relief with this method. Repeat several times a day for as long as necessary to reduce tinnitus.Dr. Jan Strydom, of A2Z of Health, Beauty and Fintess.org.

[1] https://np.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/3l3uri/these_guys_light...

I can see it making a difference to people starting an exercise regimen who would otherwise be discouraged by how far they were able to go (e.g. not being able to manage the full evening walk with their family). It may also be useful in physical therapy to help people who are not quite to the point of being able to do the exercises on their own.

I got a pair of Etymotic’s ER20 ear plugs after seeing a few recommendations here on HN. I’ve worn them at concerts, at loud events, in a hotel next to the freeway, and even in the car when the driver had the radio too loud for me. Highly recommend them. I have small ear canals and the foam earplugs never worked, but Etymotic’s “standard” fits me fine, and also works for another friend with normal ears.

https://www.etymotic.com/consumer/hearing-protection/er20.ht...

https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B00G0PPTAK/