balaji1

kitchen nerds and or (growing?) microplastics OCD among such crowd

I have wondered about danger to health. The microwave interference is obvious with the airpods.

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Chipotle and Starbucks apps work great. If you have go-to items you want to order and pickup.

if you and your kids use Chrome, you can log into the same email id as their device (in a separate chrome profile on your device). You can access browsing and YT history. Believe there's a way to turn off incognito also. Might work on other browsers too.

might be obvious - online games much more tempting than offline single player games. I have not played single player games in decade+ but have played several days the latest multiplayer games.

Does it mean online games are more addictive for kids or affect them worse than offline games? probably not. But I have observed (many) kids who can power thru single player games tend to be more unyielding on other tasks.

> I understand now how people stagnate in midlife

Only way to gain some advantage is to delegate/hire help. Which is beyond the reach for most ppl. At the same time, there is a lot more filler admin-work for adults.

Wondering, are kids (after a certain age) more helpful around the house? So parents get back time?

> I suspect it's just a sloppy comic

That's a nice way to put it. And yeah evaporative water coolers and plain fans go a long way in hot climates.

maybe he means fans? I mean they must have had and still have fans everywhere. Somehow he doesn't mention fans.

There has to be survivor bias when we look at law breakers who made it. Tho when they do make it, they become huge... ie Airbnb is an exception.

great news. tho it is not intuitive.

I will def take a look at the link later, but is it per car or per mile or some normalized comparison?

genuine question: electric cars have to be worse per car on the environment than a gas-car right now?

reasoning:

lets compare the carbon footprint of the entire supple chain (production, maintenance, etc) of electric and gas(petrol) cars;

guess it is about the same (actually economies of scale for the gas-car side mean per gas-car footprint is lesser right now, but say electric cars also catch up at scale).

Then we are down to efficiency diff of the power plant vs ICE.

So would you argue: we will be renewable energy powered soon, at that point we need the electric car ecosystem?

I understand the push to switch to renewables. But there's enough load on the grid to soak up the production and clean up the air.

the hardest part of consuming info from books or online, especially online info, is to figure out how to calibrate that info for you.

Lets say you are techie in your late 20s earning decently, living in a bubble of a unique society. What is good advise that you can apply as action immediately?

That said, there are timeless advice. But those sometimes require a huge will power and straying from norm of today to incorporate.

damn.. what's the TLDR? What is the speculated worst?

was there a similar (policy or functionality) change to "the great suspender" chrome extension recently? Browsers seem to have marked it as unsafe.

there seem to be many features that are flawless for some, and hit-or-miss for others. Example Airpods pairing, airplay are not always consistent.

I can understand why Rust feels like jumping thru hoops. In a way, working with Rust feels like working with Ruby/RoR. Is there similarities? I understand Rust is just as powerful and way safer and faster than Ruby.

> In seriousness though, I've come across decently plausible information in the past that suggests that the volatile chemicals given off by natural wood has calming effects.

That could be true, def can't be harmful. So I hoped people would lean towards natural aromas after reading. Like opening the window to the garden, more flowers in the garden, etc.

so Haber-Bosch which is very energy intensive, fueled by fossil fuels. So in a way, the fossil fuel supply chain over the last century is another black swan (it wasn't a singular moment, but a systemic shift and adoption).

If we developed the will to sustainably mitigate its toxic by-products including plastic, that would be another nice black-swan for the future. Though it also won't be singular moment but a systemic change that is hard to notice.

> a checkmate to the environment

more than other personal computers/devices? how so?

so none of the previous more esoteric superconductors were ever measure for zero resistance?

insane agricultural productivity. storage and transportation of food.

a shrug and an upvote from me

Another serious question: Don't the foldables have insanely good unit-economics?

> Honestly if you drink alcohol and you worry about microplastics you're just hypocritical

That’s correct. Some people feel powerless to address the bigger elephants in the room.

Being obsessively anti-plastic (or anything) shouldn’t be a coping mechanism (but that’s what it is, not hypocrisy).

But I’m suggesting that as a society, we can easily have the collective will to uncover and address issues - more research on plastic, more education on alcohol, etc.

Because we know what short term thinking unregulated actors can do, intentionally or unintentionally.

Sprints are effective for delegation. It is a way to communicate what to work on, the order and how long tasks are expected to take. If a tool like JIRA is used more systematically, we can just document and communicate many things thru it.

Plus we get a statistical sense of progress after a few sprints. Some people prefer visuals like Gantt charts.

It is best to encourage individuals to plan their tasks in a tool. Some tool is critical to a sprint, it is a way to get some writing reps also. Others can read and provide feedback. Post-its on walls is not effective sprint planning.

so if you put the "natural" back around the people, biology and mental well-being will improve?

> I suspect improvements in communications media... But this is an interesting take. So wifi is hurting us after all haha

> We have been steadily identifying and reducing the number of toxic agents the public is exposed to

In some cases, we have just been uncovering what the businesses selling a toxic product already knew but covered up for a quick buck - even using sophisticated and “scientific” arguments.

In many cases, we just need the right incentive from the regulators. To prioritize long term thinking.

> There's nothing to suggest it's plastics in particular

Sometimes wonder if these arguments are just devil’s advocating. I mean do you avoid heating food in plastic for you and yours? Or are you so scientific that you believe it’s fine until proven otherwise?

Said another way, if you were to bet money, which way would you bet - that plastics are benign?

> we’re not seeing toddlers around the world have kidney problems

is it possible that then we don't fully understand the resilience of the human body? It is certainly possible, when the article can state that:

> the health effects of consuming micro- and nanoplastics remain unclear