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mingabunga··on Fasting triggers stem cell regeneration of damaged, old immune system
I've been eating 1 meal a day for the past 2.5 years and have not been sick since (usually I'd get a few colds each year) plus I always feel great. I'd like to think I'm getting the benefit of an improved immune system such as in this article, but I guess time will tell.
mingabunga··on I Don’t Want to Hire Women
I have a female friend who owns several womens fashion retail stores and so hires all females. She always asks in a job interview what they do in their spare time, if they answer that they hang out with their girlfriends all the time, doing girly stuff etc then they don't get hired because they end up causing bitchy problems in the workplace. If they answer that they hang out with a mix with guys quite a lot, they're never a problem in the workplace. It's worked for her for many years.
mingabunga··on Password Live
Nice one. I always found password managers a bit annoying to use, so this is a great alternative
mingabunga··on Burying the URL
That's why I use Firefox. I got sick of Chrome's inability to autocomplete url's I'd visited and instead sending me to their search page. Now they want to remove it even more.
mingabunga··on Ask HN: Creating a query builder for end users
We've been doing exactly this for our antispam app, we started off with a working custom filters web app (Angularjs) which you can see at http://209.213.221.169:8080/ using text or regular expressions (the regexp has a bug in it). This also shows the query in plain english as you build the query. Original design credits for the test app to https://github.com/kindohm/knockout-query-builder/

This is the design we've come up with so far, which incorporates grouping of queries. We've tried to make it readable, but we also display the query in a sentence as you build it. http://cdn.firetrust.com/images/misc/customfilter.jpg

mingabunga··on Poll: HTML 5 or Native mobile development ?
Bit of both. We did an HTML5 app with Cordova/Phonegap as the wrapper and worked very well - it is fast but took quite a lot of optimization. Only problem is some things are not supported in mobile browsers (eg position fixed) so menu behavior could be quirky, so we've rewritten to use html5 content with native menus/nav bar/slider and this works the best.
mingabunga··on Show HN: Test your E-Mail for IP Leaks
Looks like a thing to scare you in to buying the VPN service from Private Internet Access (PIA)
mingabunga··on Namecheap now offer .io domains
Does anyone recall a few months back a 3 and 4 letter .io search engine someone made and posted here? I can't find it in the HN search.
mingabunga··on Calorie burner: How much better is standing up than sitting?
I've been standing at a desk for almost a year now. I started because I do a lot of running (sprints etc) and your glutes go to sleep when sitting in a chair. Look at all the old people (especially women) with no butts. I'm sure it causes back pain etc to have no glut support there. Anyway, it helps to take short walks when desk standing to give the muscles a rest otherwise it can be quite fatiguing.
mingabunga··on Zookal starts "world first" delivery-by-drone service in Sydney
Well, I think this is cool. Nice use of technology to make life easier for the seller and buyer. Maybe they have some hurdles to get it approved, but at least they're giving it a go.
mingabunga··on It's a Dumbphone, But It's the Nicest Dumbphone You Can Buy
My wife would love this, a stylish feature phone. She just wants text and calling, but all the phones out there like this are crappers. 38 days battery life is pretty awesome too.
mingabunga··on A year without food (2012)
Another thing is I get to save $$ by not buying lunch and breakfast. Plus I've not been sick (cold or flu or anything really) since starting this and I kind of wonder if my body has more chance to fight infections because it's not constantly processing food. Just a thought as I used to get colds/flu at least 3 times a year.
mingabunga··on A year without food (2012)
I've been eating once a day since May last year, I eat only at dinner time and eat what I want and quite a lot. I don't get hungry until about 4pm, but then I go and do exercise. It's helped a lot with alertness, thinking is much clearer during the day, and I've always done a lot of sport and been quite slim, but I've really cut up since doing this (I'm 40 now, no fat around my middle). It's had no negative effect on my exercise or energy levels, so I'm just going to continue. I'm not completely strict with it, if someone asks me for breakfast or lunch then I'll go, but otherwise I've been pretty consistent with it.
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