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stranded22··on I made $1M in 67 days during Covid
Yes, this is: look at what I did with all my contacts, website, email list and available funds (he had to pay upfront)
stranded22··on I made $1M in 67 days during Covid
Agree with you.

It’s condescending and verging on martyrdom

stranded22··on The box problem that baffled the boffins
Here you go - https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/daily-star-vict...
stranded22··on Mazda's $10 Subscription for Remote Start Sparks Backlash
The stock market love companies with subscriptions…
stranded22··on YouTube Premium is getting a big price hike internationally
Probably just a few ad networks which means they have to show everyone. It isn’t ’you details will be shared to all of these’ but instead may be shared
stranded22··on Amazon says workers must be in the office. The UK government disagrees
That’s not what the government is proposing though - they are proposing working from home options and flexibility of working 5 day hours into 4 days (so, 4x10 hrs rather than 5x8).

Also though - studies have been conducted and companies shrinking days to 4 whilst keeping 5 days have seen an increase in/same productivity.

So, depends on whether the company is after results or presenteeism.

stranded22··on Amazon employees: 'I'd rather go back to school than work in an office again'
Let’s call this what it is:

Lay offs without payment

stranded22··on Omnipresent AI cameras will ensure good behavior, says Larry Ellison
When I read about the women who, just a few years ago were able to chat and laugh in public, wear whatever they want, go to school, college, work and are now beaten/jailed/stoned/murdered for these things?

I think this ‘provocative’ comment has forgotten the human element in this.

stranded22··on People who are colorblind are less likely to be picky eaters
Opposite for me.

I’m colourblind and definitely a ‘picky’ eater, although I believe it’s an ADHD/SPD issue (waiting for appointment to get checked out)

stranded22··on Study links bananas, oats and yoghurt to greater diabetes risk in susceptible
Thanks.

T2D involves extreme excessive insulin production? That would surely put the person into hypoglycaemia and losing significant weight whereas the stereotypical T2D is hyperglycaemia, and overweight. I was under the impression that it is the opposite, that the pancreas can’t produce enough insulin (or the body resists it) and so glucose levels are difficult to get down. Metformin tablets slows down the glucose levels being pushed out by the liver.

If that doesn’t work, then others try to increase insulin sensitivity.

stranded22··on Study links bananas, oats and yoghurt to greater diabetes risk in susceptible
Type 1 diabetes is NOT related to obesity AT ALL.

as per the article - T1D causation is a mixture of genetics and unknown factors.

T1D and T2D are two separate conditions that share a similar name.

stranded22··on Why children perceive time slower than adults
It is the repetition of life experiences.

Like how Christmas comes around slowly when you are a kid, but each year it speeds up a little because life has lost its new-ness. So then, your brain takes short cuts - like how when the first journey somewhere takes AGES, but after a few times, it feels a lot quicker (whilst being the same physical time)

stranded22··on Europeans fail to understand how much they were fucked by the 2008 crisis
I was thinking about this the other day. The house prices in the UK have steadily risen way above salary. Could it be that the salary was screwed by 2008, but the house prices continued? Either via investments (buy to let as well as stocks etc), other home owners being able to sell / buy or international money?
stranded22··on Building Bubbletea Programs
Well, that was disappointing.

Was hoping for an affiliate program guide for bubble tea advertisers

stranded22··on What's your favorite RSS feed reader?
Inoreader (pro?) hands down.

I've been subscribed for probably 6+ years now. I've tried various others but this has the mix of power user and design. Great filters, newsletter sign ups, can get around most paywall.

stranded22··on Just use fucking paper, man
I tried many times to like Notion but it is far too complicated for my needs. It felt like procrastination, a tech version of a bullet journal. Spending too much time designing the system, and not enough actually using it. It felt like there was too much potential and flexibility, if that's possible - whilst being really crap at what I was looking for (todo list with notifications / offline personal document storage).

So its ticktick + one note (used to have Evernote until they mucked it up).

I've tried journaling but never feel like I have enough interesting things to document. Have you tried Apple Journal? Do you have templates you recommend?

stranded22··on Condé Nast Signs Deal with OpenAI
Surely it is about not allowing others to have access to the data…
stranded22··on 'smart' insulin that responds to changing blood sugar levels in real time
Yes - she was very upset when she was told she'd get a certificate if she lives for another 50 years (not the best thing to say to an 11 year old).

She REALLY didn't think she'd live to 40.

The technology has greatly improved - her closed loop pump has been life changing. Not a cure though and things still go wrong.

So - when things are tough, they are very tough but thankfully there are fewer of those days now.

stranded22··on 'smart' insulin that responds to changing blood sugar levels in real time
Yes - my wife said when she was diagnosed, she was told to keep the faith as there would probably be a cure in 5 years.

That was 34 years ago.

stranded22··on Algorithmic price-fixing of rents is here
My experience is that the estate agents in the UK (south east) put the rent up ridiculously compared to previous then slowly knock off money the closer it gets to the previous tenants moving out and it is empty.

Then, other properties also go on the market much higher as they see this is now 'the market rate'.

The higher quality properties go early. The poor quality ones stay - with the higher pricing.

In the UK, it is an absolute racket without any protection for the tenant. Including ANY annual increase in rent - and people can be kicked out with just 2 months notice (including where I rent, as a family of 3).

stranded22··on The Rise of Neotoddlerism: how society encourages activists to act like infants
I think the suffragettes would like to have a word...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suffragette_bombing_and_arso...

stranded22··on You're Not Indecisive, You're Unbiased
Obviously haven't met me when I'm ADHD'd decision fatigued out.
stranded22··on Dell lays off 12,500 people
So the return to office mandate to decrease staff numbers weren’t enough and avoiding severance pay wasn’t enough then?
stranded22··on Tech CEOs are backtrack on RTO mandates–now, 3% want workers in office full-time
I thought it was more that they wanted to cut costs without announcing layoffs.
stranded22··on Roblox's Predator Problem [video]
Thank you - I decided last year to block Roblox for my 10 year old son. He was becoming addicted, lying about accessing and being more secretive. I appreciate the social gaming aspect but the parental controls are just woeful - I should be able to confirm his friends, and monitor in game chats, for example.

After reading this article and your experience, it will be staying banned - they games are poor quality too, he can stick with the switch and apple arcade.

stranded22··on Taking my diabetes treatment into my own hands
Definitely - but it is also that she doesn't need to keep such a management on it, freeing her mentally. That and not yoyoing in sugars (and feeling like a failure).

Her description: what else can you do for 30 years and still feel like a failure as it isn't working like it should?

stranded22··on Taking my diabetes treatment into my own hands
She's using omnipod + dexcom g6.

The omnipod was a good change for her as there was one fewer places to fail (being airbubbles in the piping).

And now with the closed loop, it's stepped up again.

One thing she has found though - her hypo awareness has dropped. They 'feel different'.

stranded22··on Taking my diabetes treatment into my own hands
It's official - UK (England).
stranded22··on Taking my diabetes treatment into my own hands
Interesting read.

My wife is T1D, moved to a closed loop last year. It has been life changing for her - this is not an understatement. Her mental health has massively improved because she isn't having up to 3-4 hypos a day.

One thing not mentioned in the intro, hormones hugely affect T1D. She's started perimenopause and everything went out of the window.

Closed loop has made this much more manageable.

stranded22··on Private Browsing 2.0
No, no, no!

Private browsing was so your gf wouldn’t find out about the engagement rings you were looking at!

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