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brianfryer··on Semaglutide linked to lower predicted dementia risk
Semaglutide clears liver fat? I had no idea. I’m curious to know more about your protocol
brianfryer··on Mexican government unveils a prototype for a new homegrown, ultra-affordable EV
I’m interested in understanding more about what gives you the impression “that [an EV Bronco would] sell like gangbusters here in the US”.
brianfryer··on Show HN: Bonsplit – Tabs and splits for native macOS apps
I totally missed the video on mobile too.
brianfryer··on Show HN: Metacheck – preview how any link appears on social media and chat apps
10/10; thank you so much!
brianfryer··on WordPress.org bans WP Engine
> you can't use "Wordpress" in your product names, and WP Engine is doing that

WP Engine is explicitly not doing that.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GYPsyoSbwAACO7X?format=jpg&name=...

brianfryer··on Launch HN: Stack Auth (YC S24) – An Open-Source Auth0/Clerk Alternative
What’s your timeline look like on that fancy supabase connector?

Auth is literally the next thing I’m working on…

brianfryer··on Show HN: Turn any website into a knowledge base for LLMs
But if I do own those sites, there’s a way?
brianfryer··on Why Italy Fell Out of Love with Cilantro
Cajun cuisine and multiple types of BBQ come to mind.
brianfryer··on Reddit Sans
Licensing costs. It’s cheaper to design your own typeface than to license others when a platform reaches a large scale.
brianfryer··on Things you forgot (or never knew) because of React
I too thought Vue would be a solid fit for what they described.
brianfryer··on Ask HN: How do you stay productive throughout the day?
As I work from home (and for myself), my experience in managing myself includes:

* Doing something productive before work. Usually, this is cooking a mildly-elaborate breakfast (kale & miso-onions, zucchini, English muffin w/ a slice of tomato & saurkraut, and scrambled eggs). Other times it’s going to yoga. The point is to do something that makes me feel like I’m making progress.

* Answer emails/texts and write down a task list for the day. Oftentimes this is the same as the day before, but the act of writing it out helps me psychologically solidify what I’m going to do for the day.

* Coffee. These days, I drink RYZE and really enjoy the elevated feelings (it def needs some honey and non-dairy creamer). Previously, I’ve been into single-origin coffees from Kenya, Ethiopia, and Honduras (can’t stand the stuff from Indonesia). It was a fun (if expensive) hobby for a while. The point here is to have a ritual.

* Ritalin.

brianfryer··on Apollo’s Christian Selig explains his fight with Reddit – and why users revolted
I imagine that, when working with reddit for 8+ years, he got a pretty good sense of what their culture is like.

His latest experience seems to be pretty out of line given the longevity of their relationship.

"Naive"? Maybe, but I can cut him some slack.

brianfryer··on An overview of modern Japanese wood construction (2004) [pdf]
I’ve had a Thuma frame for over a year now.

No rattling, no loosening. I plan to purchase another one (a king size) later this year.

brianfryer··on Developer with ADHD? You’re not alone
ADHD-like symptoms are caused by a food allergy?

What might be some common foods that would cause this?

brianfryer··on Startups now spend more on Airbnb than on office rent
> The idea of taking the team out to an airbnb (or some other communal living arrangement) in the woods or by the beach for a week or two to launch a new major initiative 1-4 times a year seems like it could theoretically be an alternative, providing that human connection but not demanding an outdated office lifestyle.

This ^ sounds incredible.

brianfryer··on How ayahuasca changed my perspective
> if people take Ayahuasca in a non-Amazonian setting do they also get in touch with Pachamama and friends?

Yes. I've never participated in an ayahuasca ceremony outside of the US, and I was very intimately in touch with Pachamama.

Too, simply drinking the brew likely wouldn't be enough to trigger a mystical experience. An experienced shaman is crucial for allowing such an event to arise.

brianfryer··on Removing Holocaust Denial Content
It might be worth considering The Paradox of Tolerance: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance

> The paradox of tolerance states that if a society is tolerant without limit, its ability to be tolerant is eventually seized or destroyed by the intolerant.

brianfryer··on Ask HN: How did you fix your narcissism?
“Rethinking Narcissism” is the best book on the topic that I’ve read so far.
brianfryer··on Gridsome – A Vue.js static site generator
I’ve built and launched nearly a dozen sites using Gridsome + Netlify since 0.5.0. It’s a fantastic tool and is a joy to use.
brianfryer··on Netlify raises $30M to replace webservers with Application Delivery Network
I loved using Divshot, and was sad when their service was shuttered.

I’ve been using Netlify ever since, though, and have launched 20+ web projects in the past 18 months. Easily my favorite hosting solution I’ve ever used.

brianfryer··on Ask HN: Code Editor for Macbook
I use Material Theme [0] for Sublime, and absolutely love it. Here's what their "Lighter" theme/scheme looks like: https://i.imgur.com/MkgLD1i.png

[0] http://equinsuocha.io/material-theme/

brianfryer··on Faker.js – generate fake data in the browser and Node
Writing mock APIs for front-end dev.
brianfryer··on Google’s look, evolved
The loading times on Google maps are a lot higher than they used to be, for sure.
brianfryer··on Ask HN: After 20 years of programming, what do I do now?
> prefer back-end over front-end as experiences/technologies are more transferable

I'm curious to know more about what you mean by this...

brianfryer··on Ask HN: How to reskill without losing income?
This is an excellent point. We hired an engineer at the startup I work at who had a lot of Java experience but very little Ruby experience—our stack's primary language.

He was a fast learner and had no issues getting up to speed in a reasonable amount of time.

brianfryer··on Poll: How do you manage your passwords?
I have previously used LastPass, 1Password, and RoboForms. Nowadays, I used Dashlane -- it's far-and-away the best password manager I've ever used. Both their Android client and Chrome extension have great UX.
brianfryer··on Dear Investors, My Company Failed and We Lost All Your Money.
Thank you for the kind words, Erica.

While we were perfect for each other when we first met, I can agree that we are no longer 'right' for each other. We have amazing paths ahead of us and I'm so grateful for everything we had together.

brianfryer··on How a Light Saber Works
Also, why do lightsabers that touch not pass through one another?

Oh, and this theory is an amazing thought experiment!

brianfryer··on Why AngularJS Changes Everything
> the learning curve is too steep

Compared to what?

brianfryer··on Show HN: I made an easy-to-understand 6502 emulator in pure C
The README is completely broken in movie devices due to everything being inside the `code` block :(
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