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ajolly··on What methylene blue can (and can’t) do for the brain
Plenty of people are taking Methoxatin (PQQ) as well, I'd argue its more common to take than methylene blue.
ajolly··on Show HN: Air Lab – A portable and open air quality measuring device
If you want quiet, look into a diy computer fan based corsirosenthal box. Also ends up being far cheaper
ajolly··on Air Lab – A portable and open air quality measuring device
Really? I've got a few cheap sensors and while they're not always accurate in an absolute sense they are in an directional sense. It's extremely evident for Windows opened if someone is cooking if I turn on an air purifier, etc
ajolly··on Show HN: Air Lab – A portable and open air quality measuring device
It's cute but unless you really need the size+ onboard screen, I don't see the big win of this over an Apollo air-1. (Esphome based, easy HA integration.

Or an inkbird - I paid $99 for one with co2, HCHO, AQI, PM2.5 PM10, TVOC, Temperature, Humidity. It has a display and integrates with home assistant. Built in battery if you want to move it around.

I own both of those. A DIY it but I haven't seen a good reason to.

The big advantage of the ESP home devices out there is they are extremely easy to tinker with if you want to change anything

ajolly··on Show HN: Air Lab – A portable and open air quality measuring device
What erv are you using?
ajolly··on Air Lab – A portable and open air quality measuring device
Super easy, use esphome. There's a few vendors out there that sell pre built devices, and they usually make their configs available if you want to DIY it. For example Apollo automation.
ajolly··on The world could run on older hardware if software optimization was a priority
I find a big difference between running my desktop at 60 HZ versus 144 HZ in how smooth the mouse moves and how easy it is to click on a small area of the screen with fast mouse movement.
ajolly··on Beyond the Wrist: Debugging RSI
Switching to a Svalboard has made a big difference for me. It took me a few years before finding this keyboard. The magnetic breakaway keys make it significantly gentler on my fingers than anything else I've tried. It's similar to the old data hand keyboards. https://svalboard.com/
ajolly··on Office is too slow, so Microsoft is making it load at Windows startup
Outlook on the other hand has an extremely powerful search
ajolly··on Office is too slow, so Microsoft is making it load at Windows startup
Do you have a good way to run multiple versions of office? I do sometimes need some of the newer features but I'd like to default to using the older versions.
ajolly··on Office is too slow, so Microsoft is making it load at Windows startup
Listary has slowed down tremendously ever since they included search. For a launcher I'm still using "find as run robot", which truly is a 90s era piece of softer but works blazingly fast. I do have a plug-in to tie it into search everything.
ajolly··on Attacking My Landlord's Boiler
I'd like more details on your home assistant setup as I'm trying to optimize mine.

Btw, you can use $5 LYWSD03MMC thermometers with ble or zigbee.

ajolly··on What if we made advertising illegal?
In the US, yes that would count his taxable income so I'd also consider it a payment.
ajolly··on Where does air pollution come from?
Even better is a computer fan based cr box. Quieter, lower TCO etc.
ajolly··on I tried making artificial sunlight at home
Nice to see more high quality indoor light options. Any idea how you guys compare to this one? https://getchroma.co/products/skylight. I've got some of their other products - I'm generally been pretty happy with them but they do tend to be fairly pricey.
ajolly··on I tried making artificial sunlight at home
I'm just a customer of some their other products but... https://getchroma.co/products/skylight. (Of course as you know you're now drawing a ton of power for things other than lumens)
ajolly··on I tried making artificial sunlight at home
Super interesting! Any idea how you guys compare with https://getchroma.co/products/skylight ?

I love the idea of high quality lighting inside especially for my Chicago place.

ajolly··on Apple restricts Pebble from being awesome with iPhones
I'm still using my pebble today, and never stopped. What bricking?
ajolly··on Two new PebbleOS watches
Use the Android pebble app "Notification Center" and it should be able to do that for you.

(Notification Center gives you extreme amounts of control over what to send to the watch how it gets displayed, etc. It's the reason I'm still daily wearing my pebble watches)

ajolly··on Two new PebbleOS watches
The pebble time round was the stylish version of the Pebble Time, you lost battery life and a smaller display but you got a significantly thinner sleeker watch.

I daily drive the pebble time, but wear my round for dates or when I want to be a bit more stylish. I still get compliments on it to this day.

ajolly··on Two new PebbleOS watches
What's the software like? One of the biggest reasons I'm still using my pebbles is Notification Center, which has the most control over watch notifications that I've ever seen, likes being able to set regex filters and get very fine green control about what notifications get sent to my watch their vibration etc)
ajolly··on Two new PebbleOS watches
You need a mobile phone since they don't have internet access directly.

After that you should be totally fine, what are you hoping for your smartwatch to do? I primarily use my pebble for notifications from my phone to show up on my watch which doesn't require any sort of external access.

ajolly··on Two new PebbleOS watches
To be fair the Pebble "proprietary cable" is simply applying five volt voltage to the back of the watch.

I'm definitely ended up on vacation without the cable and just cut the ends off a USB cable to charge my watch.

ajolly··on Two new PebbleOS watches
The issue I'm seeing is many people were expecting the watch that was advertised in the old Kickstarter.

The "pebble 2" from the Kickstarter -> "core 2 time" The "pebble 2 time" is nowhere to be found.

(The pebble 2 time was supposed to be the same underlying hardware, but a much classier case, slightly different form factor). They look much more like a normal watch, versus the pebble style feels like a geek toy.

I still get compliments on my pebble time round to this day!

I've been wearing my

ajolly··on fd: A simple, fast and user-friendly alternative to 'find'
You should check out void tools search everything!
ajolly··on Show HN: Seven39, a social media app that is only open for 3 hours every evening
It keeps failing to let me post :(
ajolly··on uBlock Origin is no longer available on the Chrome Store
AdGuard does this
ajolly··on Ask HN: Do your eyes bug you even though your prescription is "correct"?
They won't officially try and correct to that level. I did maintain 20/15 both before and after, but still have a mild astigmatism, so I still wear glasses
ajolly··on Ask HN: Do your eyes bug you even though your prescription is "correct"?
I found eye drops using trehalose to be significantly nicer, feel a lot better for my eyes. I know ivizia and thea thealoz use it. TheraTears were decent, but not as nice
ajolly··on Ask HN: Do your eyes bug you even though your prescription is "correct"?
Turns out I'm extremely sensitive to small changes in astigmatism. I got LASIK done at one of the best places in the country, still have better than 20/20 vision (corrected) but enough of a difference in astigmatism that I still wear glasses.
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