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popotamonga··on Are mental health apps better or worse at privacy in 2023?
Why can't an app be a certified medical device? I'm actually working on one and close to getting certification as a medical device, which will then be rolled out by hospitals etc.

Feedback from user testing has been great, patients loved it generally.

popotamonga··on Starbucks claims $181M in revenue from unused gift cards (2022)
In one of my businesses, hotel booking, i also sell gift cards and market them agressively in festive seasons.1 year validity. 45% goes unclaimed, its now 20% of total profit (all legal here, expiry date in a large font)
popotamonga··on The EU proposed CRA law may have unintended consequence for the Python ecosystem
i made a company. no personal liability whatsoever, all profits go to me personally (heavy taz but its ok) so they can sue all they want
popotamonga··on The salary you need to live comfortably in 15 major U.S. cities
The trend nowadays is that you just need a bed and a toilet to be comfortable, so cheaper rent. Same happening here in europe, even on new homes, area is decreasing by the year.
popotamonga··on Ask HN: Are you still doing intermittent fasting?
Yes and every 3 months a 5 day cleansing. Does wonders to my ibd (uc)
popotamonga··on In the age of AI, don't let your skills atrophy
Most of my customers already asking for it. They pay me i do it. Talk about job replacement, i'm raising rates by the day
popotamonga··on Inverted computer culture: A thought experiment
Yes it ran 24/7 when i was a kid for about 4 years, nowadays i rarely turn it on.
popotamonga··on Inverted computer culture: A thought experiment
My schneider 286@12Mhz from 1990 with 40MB huge hdd still running fine, all original components.
popotamonga··on A runner who leads every pack and then vanishes
I must be doing something really wrong, i'm 41 run 50km a week (for 10+yrs) and my <Z2 is 8:52min/mile.

Best i can do is 5km @ 7:15 and i'll be dead running 190bpm+ for the whole duration (and sometimes 200)

must be the genetics.

popotamonga··on Why Is Colorectal Cancer Rising Rapidly Among Young Adults?
I have UC my doctor told me it just slightly increases the chance whereas some years ago they thought it increased a lot. Is she lying to me or what
popotamonga··on I hired 5 people to sit behind me and make me productive for a month
I already have people in slack asking hows it going or is it done yet the whole time. incentive enough
popotamonga··on The Cost of Shadow Work
i have a 5€/mo data simcard (500mb) i got many many years go. I have no use for it. To cancel it they put me through hell. My hour is valued at €200, i have no choice but to let them milk me for eternity. Or maybe someone comes up with a service for cancelling stuff/complain etc. I'de give them 50€ to cancel this crap.
popotamonga··on How likely is losing a Google account?
i bet google could charge 1k/yr and have thousands of paying customer. I would.
popotamonga··on Best and worst decisions I’ve made
I brush every single time i eat. Even if it's a snack. WFH forever helps make that possible.
popotamonga··on Some gut bacteria appear to communicate with the brain
vsl3. i tried some others before (all given by doctor) and had massive diarrhea. i guess each person is different.
popotamonga··on Some gut bacteria appear to communicate with the brain
That one exactly. Expensive as crap and hard to find in my country but it's priceless.
popotamonga··on Some gut bacteria appear to communicate with the brain
I got the opposite experience. I have IBD and recently started on some potent probiotics. Suddenly my energy and focus went up 1000%. So this is how regular people healthy live wow. I used to be lethargic all the time for 30+ years.
popotamonga··on Software horror show: SAP Concur
The nightmares. I was a supplier for cocacola and it was so bad they had to do the invoicing for me because it was magic.
popotamonga··on Ask HN: What is your new year's resolution?
More vacation. At least 1 big weekend a month off to a remote location (fri evening -mon morning)
popotamonga··on Ask HN: One of our Azure accounts was hacked – how to negotiate the bill?
same thing it does when you dont pay. all goes down. databases readonly mode. Eventually it all gets deleted if you dont pay for a another month or so.
popotamonga··on Tell HN: Doing a chargeback against Google will get your account banned
I bought some stuff yesterday on Hearthstone via google, payment got out never got my stuff. Was exactly afraid of that, wont risk it for $10, but also will never buy again
popotamonga··on Ways to get around ChatGPT's safeguards
just use the playground, no restrictions
popotamonga··on Ask HN: Will AI put programmers our of work?
No way. Just look at problems like translation. Its a nice tool but you cant rely on it to do a propper translation, it's actually very bad. How long have they been working on the translation problem?

Same with self driving. We get some nice tools to assist drivers but replacement won't come in my lifetime.

popotamonga··on Just use Postgres for everything
Do you really need it early? Got like 2 failures in 20+ years, i just let it fail.
popotamonga··on Scientists finally know why people get more colds and flu in winter
So mouth breathe?
popotamonga··on FTX Contagion
My friend had his funding rejected because during the DD the cto did not pickup the phone from a strange number. they wanted to speak privatly to him.
popotamonga··on A new AI game: Give me ideas for crimes to do
even better is comedy. i never laughed so much i got it to spew hilarious explict and innapropriate short stories.
popotamonga··on Show HN: Yet Another Node.js Framework
Why does it need the use if its already a parameter?
popotamonga··on Ask HN: How do you start a startup in your 30s when you have wife/kids/mortgage?
dont leave the job/get an easier job. Ive been in jobs where yoi basically work 4h a week. Especially in very inefficient north european companies. nothing ever gets done.
popotamonga··on How friendships change in adulthood
> "let's catch up" friends seem to wither over time

In my experience, at some point there is nothing to talk about anymore, i have some of those long term friends but it's getting to the point where they come by my house, catch up in 10 minutes and then spent the rest of time in the couch on the phone.

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