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pleb_nz··on Ask HN: A friend has brain cancer: any bio hacks that worked?
This is interesting stuff. Though but my field.

https://youtu.be/KjdAtauO2cA?si=QGOQW8Ed165CZHL6

pleb_nz··on Ford CEO on why it's so difficult for legacy car companies to get software right
F*ked on race day
pleb_nz··on Swiss watchmakers put employees on state-funded leave as luxury demand disappear
Garmin are fairy popular in my circles and area.
pleb_nz··on Study shows that tacking the “AI” label on products may drive people away
I prefer apps and desktop apps when they are available. They feel and work nicer mostly than web based. But we live more and more in a browser world and there is less and less choice and I understand I must move with the times.
pleb_nz··on Kepler's 400-year-old sunspot sketches helped solve a modern mystery
That’s putting a lot of eggs in one basket on an assumption. I would say let’s keep it in different formats.

Better to be safe than sorry.

pleb_nz··on Kepler's 400-year-old sunspot sketches helped solve a modern mystery
You’re assuming straight line civilisation. That we’ll always be as we are or more advanced technologically speaking. But civilisation isn’t straight line and one day who knows. Physical records will still be accessible even when digital no longer are.
pleb_nz··on Kepler's 400-year-old sunspot sketches helped solve a modern mystery
But are digital records really more resilient to catastrophic societal and global changes? Physical records don’t need anything to exist and be read and only time and simple resources to duplicate compared with digital.
pleb_nz··on Safer roundabouts are replacing traffic signals (2023)
Roundabout’s are only suitable for intersections where traffic on each route is roughly equal. In NZ I can’t recall seeing roundabouts built where the routes are not roughly equal in size and volume. In saying that, mistakes happen and things change and there are roundabouts that suffer this sometimes.
pleb_nz··on Canada demands 5% of revenue from Netflix, Spotify, and other streamers
Not very often companies will absorb the costs IME. Sometimes though it’s delayed or through some other side effect.
pleb_nz··on What We're Working on in Firefox
Firefox does have profiles and has had for as long as I’ve needed them. For some reason they’ve always been hidden away and needed different args on start to change the profile being started, or the use of an extension to allow profile switching. I don’t use them anymore but from what I remember they worked well and were very isolated. Hopefully they’re using the current implementation and just making it more user friendly?
pleb_nz··on Insects and other animals have consciousness
Let’s not forget the other kingdoms. We’ll have to be pretty convincing with convince the fungi to stop eating everything they can get their tentacles on
pleb_nz··on Spotify moves lyrics behind a paywall
It’s still a good option, maybe not the best. No ads on youtube in and off its self is worth it. Especially when you have kids and you don't want them blasted with every ad under the sun every few minutes.
pleb_nz··on Ask HN: What rabbit hole(s) did you dive into recently?
Everything. Everything I look at or touch I soon realise it’s way bigger and deeper than I thought. You could choose nearly any topic and turn the study of it into a phd if you really want.
pleb_nz··on Postman Has Acquired Orbit
Is there a good alternative to postman. I recently tried Bruno and liked it but it was lacking in so many little ways I had to revert to postman. And not for the first time either, I’ve tried other solutions. Postman seems so heavy and annoying now but everything else seems lacking somewhere
pleb_nz··on California rains resurrect a long-dead lake in dry Death Valley
Indeed a single quote is. But it 3500m being close to 11000ft feels very coincidental.
pleb_nz··on Plastic Found Inside More Than 50% of Plaques from Clogged Arteries
I've seen these videos on YouTube. If it's real why is nothing getting said. I'm a little confsed on whether to believe it. Would appreciate some reliable and factual source/report on this.
pleb_nz··on Plastic Found Inside More Than 50% of Plaques from Clogged Arteries
It's won't be contained to any one generation. This is multi generational both now and in the future.
pleb_nz··on PG&E claims no connection between rate increases and $2.2B jump in earnings
I don't think they said profit is the problem. They said it being expected increased profits year on year is the problem.
pleb_nz··on California rains resurrect a long-dead lake in dry Death Valley
Maybe they were using earth measurements? 3500 metered is getting pretty close to 11000 imperial feet.
pleb_nz··on Wear OS "Hybrid" design has two OSes, two CPUs, "100 hour" battery life
Happy with my up to 31 days amoled watch.
pleb_nz··on I bought the Apple Vision Pro and even though the tech is amazing I returned it
So adding to global pollution and consumption for use of and production of items that will end rubbish is ok then when it's not really essential.
pleb_nz··on Orion Browser by Kagi
Does if have a mobile version or can you sync with a mobile browser of another vendor?

If not then it's not for me at this stage

pleb_nz··on Google confirms they will disable uBlock Origin in Chrome in 2024
Does librewolf have a mobile version or can I sync Firefox stuff to libre so I can sync between Firefox and libre where needs require one or the other is installed?
pleb_nz··on Ask HN: What are you reading these days?
Red Mars.
pleb_nz··on Kagi finally let me lay Google Search to rest
Don't use Kagi for this instances if you're that way inclined
pleb_nz··on Kagi finally let me lay Google Search to rest
I use Kagi now and love it.

But I used DDG for a few years prior and rarely ever used Google. I think DDGs results are subjective in that for some people they are better or as good than Google's.

Let's hope Kagi keep up the good work.

pleb_nz··on Apple will no longer fix the $17,000 gold Apple Watch
I assume these are solid gold and it can be cast into something useful for many more years?
pleb_nz··on Why don’t Americans eat mutton?
Mutton in NZ and Oz is older sheep, hoggart is sheep between lamb and mutton in age and lamb is well, the youngest and called lamb.

https://www.handsourced.com.au/behind-the-scenes/whats-diffe...

pleb_nz··on Unlimited Kagi searches for $10 per month
Does this apply to the legacy pro plan as well?
pleb_nz··on Archaeologists discover oldest wooden structure
Awesome find and I am not surprised at all by the age. I wonder which species it was?
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