boyaka

Ahh, I mistakenly interpreted your quitting of coffee as coffee being part of the potential cause, rather than a requirement as part of treatment of prostatitis (not that coffee absolutely didn't contribute to it, as you say it's not well understood). I still appreciate learning about your experience dealing with the condition! Thank you.

Can you explain your personal symptoms, experiences, and how you happened upon discovering your condition? What made you go to the doctor and get diagnosed? I really dislike looking up medical conditions online.

Born and lived most of my life in the Bay Area.

My Dad got us @Home cable Internet, which is the same infrastructure Comcast currently uses, in around 1997 when it first became available. It eventually became AT&T broadband Internet (attbi), and then Comcast bought it (IIRC, might be missing something).

My older brother heard about Napster right when it came out and I remember getting very impressive download speeds (I think I saw it get to 600 KB/s or 1 MB/s at some point). We were also part of the batch of people that got banned for uploading Metallica mp3s. After that I found GNUtella (although I had no clue what GNU was at the time, just heard about it as an alternative service) and Kazaa. I also moved on to mIRC to get mainly anime and music videos. All in the late 90s, early 2000s. The infrastructure has served us very well!

I don't really know about the laws, but I assume the issue in municipalities is laying down new infrastructure, even though you'd think Comcast monopoly is more of an issue.

Borg! (Not that I would rather have my Internet from Comcast)

Check Google Maps right before or when you leave for your trip. The Navigation app is nice, but you could always just hop on your computer right when as you leave or check a while before you leave too. Just figure out the times when you aren't going with traffic. In general that is towards SF evening and away from SF in the morning. Also aim for off hours (9am-Noon, 1pm-3pm, night time). Socal traffic can be exponentially worse and probably not nearly as predictable (haven't lived there but have heard stories).

It is going to take a long time for public transit in California to beat the efficiency of well planned driving on most occasions besides major events. It would be nice if everywhere had trains as punctual and ubiquitous as Japan!

From my perspective, Chrome is magical in terms of resource usage. You get a task manager to kill off tabs that use ridiculous amounts of CPU for when you aren't even looking at them, and all it takes is a simple refresh to bring them back. Compared to Firefox on Ubuntu on my cheap modern laptop, I can run an immensely larger number of tabs in Chrome with less CPU load, and bring them up very quickly. It seems like it is definitely doing a lot more GPU caching, as I have encountered a lot of weird graphical effects clicking to tabs that I haven't been using, especially when restoring a large session (I've been using Chromium lately).

As far as the virtual machines go, you could potentially just remote for those, no? Honestly I would prefer a laptop running on a very low load, especially if it's in my lap!

Here's a playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEzMNp2d6Bk&list=RDhEzMNp2d6...

Relevant story with a reddit twist, except I believe drugs did actually exist. Cool story though if you haven't heard of it.

http://kernelmag.dailydot.com/issue-sections/headline-story/...

Broken means it doesn't do what it claims, is assumed, or is known to do. I think the general consensus is that Tor is supposed to enable a person to browse the internet anonymously.

I wasn't able to run them starting with the 468 B file with only the file alignment reduction (which as stated, violates the official PE spec).

I bet a major cause of the traffic surge are just curious people like you that aren't even interested in this service, or jealous people that are intentionally pushing the limits and trying to make them fail. In fact, the fact that you're slandering them with an HN post might suggest you are more the latter. I am not in the market at all for this so I obviously haven't used it, but hopefully for them they can identify and keep their legitimate customers (not you) happy.

The groups aren't as dichotomized as you describe. I would consider myself part of the first group except that I do drink for the euphoria. I occasionally drink, period (rare social occasions), but when I do I'll want at least 6+, and I'll be sure to have a place to rest or a ride home. I even have a breathalyzer. Your definition of an alcoholic is off.

I was reading through the comments and was thinking exactly what you have concluded. I currently spend my time horribly inefficiently, so I shouldn't be the one to complain. The problem for me is that I've chosen a task that shuts almost everybody out of my life (unless I give up or I can muster up the focus and discipline to progress). I am also unemployed, which really further shuts people out of my life. I'm not busy at all, yet too busy to build relationships because I won't get my work done.

I also feel like, at least in my field and the fields I am interested in, that you NEED other people to grow. Even if you are sitting alone just reading books or online resources, that is still using something created by other people. On the other hand, I am sure there is some raw creative power in complete isolation, it's just not a productive nor quick way to progress.

Anyways, my loneliness is definitely the most urgent motivation I have to work towards growth, employment and subsequently money for me to spend on making myself more socially appealing and probably a more efficient user of my time.

The major differences in my methods, which were originally based on Internet searching but I have just gone with, are:

-Brew time: I do 7 minutes, but I tend to go longer because I either forget about it or forget to check the time when I start. I have done up to 10-15 minutes and haven't really noticed a significant effect on quality.

-Stirring: I stir my grind/water relentlessly. I don't like to see a bunch of the grind sitting at the surface of the water.

-Water temperature: I've checked the temperature after boiling and it drops pretty quick. I've read recommendations that it is brewed below boiling, but still 180-200 degrees. I use my water very quickly after removing from boil and haven't had a "burnt" taste.

-Coarseness: I set my Coffee Mate grinder to the coarsest setting, as the author says because I don't like the grind slipping through and getting into my drink. I've even started fingering out the fine grind that sticks to the front of the container so as to not get it in the french press.

-Beans: I recently started thinking it might be a good idea to try some more freshly roasted beans. I went to the local coffee shop and asked for popular beans that they go through a lot, and also tried a cup brewed at the shop (I normally get espresso-based drinks there). I just feel that my Trader Joe's Bolivian beans taste even fresher for some reason, even though they are probably roasted months before I buy them. Maybe the seal they do on the cans really does keep them fresh regardless of roast date? Still willing to try out other options.

I find it amazing how all these self proclaimed web gurus that make "pretty" blog posts or articles think that they're way of doing things is so great. This ∆ is how his blog looks on my phone. Gotta love reading two words on a line.

∆ http://i.imgur.com/WQ3Um9d.png

Not a study, but it has certainly been mentioned before. Here's a relevant discussion (and YC alternative to Tinder) where the same topic is discussed (ctrl-F tinder).

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8454405

Yeah, and as I say it didn't surprise me that any of that mattered. I've always known what I have to do (have more money for clothes/fashion, spend time at the gym). I think I have a pretty interesting personality, I do make friends with a lot of people once they get to know me. I just have trouble even saying a single word to females I find attractive. But I've got bigger problems in my life to solve.

Here's the quote from the author's website that intrigued me:

"A five-point guide on how to be more attractive (Hint: your genetics don’t matter)"

I thought he might go into more of a strategy about how to open up and talk with women (again, I haven't really read it yet), since it's not looks that matter. But it turned out, as you and I both understand, appearance really does matter, and therefore genetics DO matter, because they are a huge factor in your appearance and even in how healthy you can appear.

There was a post on HN just today by an anonymous guy for his book 'Hacking Sex' [1]. I actually went ahead and checked it out, since it had a lot of positive comments from women on Amazon. I was intrigued that the author stated that luck with women has nothing to do with genetics, but my surprise/interest diminished when I skipped through the pages and found all sorts of sections on buying clothes and being in good shape. I was really turned off when he gave advice about actually making love, really starting to think this guy is full of himself. I'm a little bit disgusted by his attitude about needing to have sex with as many women as possible, but I also understand how it could be beneficial. I'm sure that his advice does indeed vibe with what women desire, and it would probably do me some good to be open to it (when I have the time/money to do so).

More on my opinion and less on this book (which as I said I have only skimmed for now so can't really judge), I believe in the LAMPS theory: girls tend to be interested in Looks, Athleticism, Money, Power, and Status. I think you can gain a lot of the last 3 just by working hard on improving your own life. That book says you can be yourself and that girls will like you even more for that, but maybe that's just signaling Power/Status, or maybe LAMPS is just not a good theory. Ultimately though, in today's society you really just need to look good/healthy, have a fulfilling well paid occupation, and give the ladies (or other people) exactly what THEY want; you can't be selfish. It's not about YOU becoming less lonely, it's about being interesting to other people.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9005096

Thanks for the video! I find this submission and the video you linked talking about being in an "open" or "closed" state ironic for me, because I just made a relevant comment on the football thread yesterday [1].

My argument was that rather than focusing so much on the reasons why people are or aren't interested in football, we should be concerned about the amount of time that debate and following football itself consume and how it is hardly beneficial to our long term growth. Having fun is important and people should spend time doing whatever makes them happy, but it would be better if we weren't so consumed by these pass-times and allowed ourselves to be disciplined. At the same time though we shouldn't completely shut everything else out. I used the term "open minded", and my intention behind the use of that term really vibes with the "open" state that Cleese talks about.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8974997

Reading this discussion feels like just as much a waste of time as following sports. I think it's hard and pointless to make any conclusions about the reasons people are stubbornly disinterested in mainstream entertainment. Whether somebody is truly disinterested or trying to be disinterested because they believe they are above the lowly peasants...who really cares?

At least the article itself isn't too difficult to get through. From his list, number 3 is the one that jumped out at me:

"Interest in sports can expand or shrink to fill the time you’re willing to give it"

I'm skeptical about the "shrink" part. The main problem I have with sports is how swallowed up some people and society in general can be. There was a recent discussion on HN about books and how impossible it is to be able to read everything that's important within your lifetime. Now, I don't even read books (yet), and I'm certainly not a good role model for spending my time wisely. But I guess there's no problem with people spending time on whatever makes them happy, and if the time people put into sports makes them that happy, so be it. I think it would be better for everybody, however, if we focused more on improving our lives in the long run. Have some more discipline. On the other hand, I think it's great to be "open minded". Give everything and everybody a chance to be worth your attention. It reduces ignorance.

Well then maybe we should just require everybody to have telescreens [1] in their homes. The NSA can monitor them a la Thought Police.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telescreen

Awesome compilation! Thanks for the link. I randomly went on a chiptune binge on YouTube a week ago to see what I could find. I made a submission [1] of a video (Black Light Machine [2]) I found because I thought the visualization was really interesting, and the music was really well composed. It's a fascinating genre of music. One of the original sources where I discovered it was on Linus Akesson's website [3].

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8873614

[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ik8Bv8KMk7E

[3] http://www.linusakesson.net/

Ahh yeah makes sense. Both the summaries have the same number stating the combined total of both towers (2603). Best I can figure is 2603 + 88 (Flight 11) + 59 (Flight 175) + 10 hijackers = 2760

I think he did what I did: sorted by fatalities, found the top 3 which were 9/11 and added them up. He was missing flight 93 which would bring the total to 2997. Here are the relevant incident summaries:

http://www.start.umd.edu/gtd/search/IncidentSummary.aspx?gtd...

http://www.start.umd.edu/gtd/search/IncidentSummary.aspx?gtd...

http://www.start.umd.edu/gtd/search/IncidentSummary.aspx?gtd...

http://www.start.umd.edu/gtd/search/IncidentSummary.aspx?gtd...

Wikipedia has a bunch of random news articles as sources and even it's own entry for casualties saying 2606 at WTC, 125 at Pentagon, and "About 292 people[citation needed]" killed by "burning debris and falling bodies" on the street.

What is up with those fatality numbers? Kinda weird it's exactly 1382 for both towers.

All the more reason the report should be declassified.

All you did was reverse the calculation that was done in the comment you are replying to. He already stated that warp 9 is 1000 times the speed of light:

"the velocity of warp 9 must be 1,000 light-years per year"

Made me think of the trisquel logo, although that is apparently related to many other historical symbols and is probably less math and more design.

http://trisquel.info/en/wiki/logo

Take the technology and engineering out of STEM and what are you left with? :)

That's not apples-to-apples, because clearly in today's world capitalism is more favored and has much more resources (taken by force). Not trying to argue whether one is better than the other, it's just that the current state of the world has a major bias for capitalism and against communism due to sheer quantity of people/power. Although I suppose that strength is a result of the differences between the two ideologies. I think it's mainly the result of the outcome of WW2 though, but that could be due to the differences as well! Maybe if they each had their own planets where they didn't have to fight we could find out...

Maybe the point that you are making is that communism is worse because if capitalism can also exist, it will take more resources and make communism miserable. Or, that if communism were widespread that life would be more miserable for everybody because we wouldn't have the capitalistic systems to make life more luxurious. Anyways, there's been plenty of debate on this topic, I just don't think there is any way to make a fair comparison in today's world. Even though these countries have similar ethnic makeup and size, I'd still say it's more of an apples-to-oranges comparison.