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archsurface··on What I wish someone told me about Postgres
My understanding is that the caps were syntax highlighting on monochrome screens; no longer needed with colour. Can't provide a reference, it's an old memory.
archsurface··on The egg or the chicken? An ancient unicellular says egg
An egg laid by a chicken is also an egg from which a chicken hatches, unless significant mutation. An egg from which a chicken hatches could be a mutant laid by a non-chicken. But it's a bit sorites heap trying to decide which mutation makes the non-chicken a chicken.
archsurface··on Ask HN: Learning to interact correctly in online communities as a neurodivergent
It's nothing to do with you. Be yourself, find your people. Personally, I consider this site to be an exhibition of personality flaws. (Not everyone). Serious egos hell bent on convincing themselves of their intelligence, people who seem to live in highly toxic environments and project that on to people from elsewhere, people who can't stand someone having a different or unusual opinion, ... It's not you, there are all sorts out there. Ignore it all, have your say, ready the pinch of salt, and be entertained.
archsurface··on How long til we're all on Ozempic?
I missed that.
archsurface··on How long til we're all on Ozempic?
I've seen such people jogging - intervals - short jog, short walk, short jog, ... They didn't look comfortable, but when I'm cycling uphill toward the end of a hard ride with nothing left in the burning legs I start grimacing too. What do you want? No free lunch.
archsurface··on Valve says Steam users don't own a thing, GOG says its games can't be taken away
I didn't know about GOG. Symptoms of getting older. I need similar for films. I don't want to stream, I don't want to rip, and I'm too out of touch with torrent things to feel comfortable; not that I ever dared in simpler times, of course.
archsurface··on How long til we're all on Ozempic?
You mention types of food but not quantities. A boat load of healthy food is still going to have an effect. Also, I for one don't consider walking to be exercise. It's fake exercise for people who don't like exercise to claim they exercise. My reason is that I cycle for eight months of the year then walk during the rainy months. By the end of the rainy months I get back on the bike and my fitness level is catastrophic - nothing. I've done this for five years, and have to say walking is just not good enough for exercise, not even close.
archsurface··on How long til we're all on Ozempic?
I don't share the American enthusiasm for pharmaceuticals. Exercise and healthy eating. I also don't have the other issues mentioned. Maybe the title is a bit clickbaity and I shouldn't be taking it so literally.
archsurface··on 12 Months of Mandarin
This is normal in many areas of the world.
archsurface··on Is Tor still safe to use?
They don't have to be admissions, reports are an option.
archsurface··on Is Tor still safe to use?
The more privacy the better as far as I'm concerned, but I've never used tor. What are people using tor for? General comms, piracy (mild illegal), other (very illegal), ...?
archsurface··on Hezbollah pager explosions kill several people in Lebanon
No one's alone in how they feel.
archsurface··on People can read their manager's mind (2015)
Flattering my managers.
archsurface··on Why toilet paper keeps getting smaller and smaller
That link is a water treatment plant company.
archsurface··on Why toilet paper keeps getting smaller and smaller
That link is a water company - they run sewer systems. Your plumber is out of touch or you're using non-flushable wipes. The two types of wipes are not made the same.
archsurface··on Why toilet paper keeps getting smaller and smaller
You're arguing with a water company?
archsurface··on Why toilet paper keeps getting smaller and smaller
Seems otherwise:

https://www.stwater.co.uk/news/news-releases/we-applaud-new-...

archsurface··on Why toilet paper keeps getting smaller and smaller
I believe you're mistaken:

https://www.stwater.co.uk/news/news-releases/we-applaud-new-...

archsurface··on How the Totem Compass Works
"a new era for festivals and live events ... designed to give people freedom. Freedom to roam, freedom to dance. Freedom from fear & uncertainty."

Fear and uncertainty at a festival? Aren't they supposed to be fun? I humbly suggest someone in fear at a festival should be at a therapy session tackling their agoraphobia or anxiety instead of playing with a glow in the dark p2p gps? Maybe festivals have changed since I last went to one, and I don't even like them.

archsurface··on Show HN: PDF to Podcast – Convert Any PDF into a Podcast Episode
I never listen to a podcast on less than 1.5x because there is already too much crap conversation, and I only want the nuggets of value; so I would only use tts for listening to text.
archsurface··on Uganda's surveillance state is built on national ID cards
Not just the purpose of identity verification - identity verification at any time, anywhere, whatever you're doing.
archsurface··on Researchers identify major driver of inflammatory bowel and related diseases
"More than half a million people in the UK have inflammatory bowel disease, the two main forms of which are Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, with at least 7 million affected globally" - either "at least" is doing a lot of work, or something is going on in the UK.
archsurface··on Turning psychiatric labels into identities
A shortcut to identity - it used to be music t-shirts.
archsurface··on Cycling's Silent Epidemic: Labial swelling and pain in women
I remember having a conversation with a woman about cutout saddles around 2006 - not sure how this is new or silent or epidemic - it's long been known.
archsurface··on Instead of “auth”, we should say “permissions” and “login”
'"Auth" can mean at least two things: authentication or authorization' - the two words you should be using.
archsurface··on Apple users are being locked out of their Apple IDs with no explanation
One of the things that helped push me away from Apple was the crazy circles the ID system would have me going around in. It's been too long to remember the details but it was madness.
archsurface··on Redis is forked
Isn't this a little old?
archsurface··on An FDA approved device offers a new treatment for tinnitus
It wasn't whooshing or heart sync'd. I'm not sure it was pulsatile, I'll have to search again. It was like a 120 bpm metronome - tap, tap, tap, tap, ...
archsurface··on An FDA approved device offers a new treatment for tinnitus
I had an interesting experience a few months ago. I seem to be incorrectly remembering it as percussive tinnitus - all I can find now is pulsatile tinnitus. Whatever it's called, it was a tapping in my ear at about 120 bps, only noticeable when going to sleep. It was possibly caused by a bike fall, very jarring to the body, no head contact, and disappeared after two or three weeks.
archsurface··on Why is software quality worse than a decado ago
No barrier to entry. No survival of the fittest. Bootcamps and coddling.
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