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citboin··on Cities with Nice Weather
You want “ Blackout EZ - Total Sunlight Blocking Window Covers” (available on Amazon) which seal to Velcro strips that are mounted around your windows with screws, and a DIY hard shell window valence above that, plus blackout curtains over that just so it doesn’t look so stark. That’s what I do.
citboin··on Vizio TVs are now showing banner ads over live TV
IANAL but in the USA this might be worth pursuing restitution for the cost of the TV in a small claims court and publicizing it. If a few hundred or few thousand people all did this in a coordinated fashion (via a discord or subreddit) that might be enough to have an effect.
citboin··on If you speak Russian, call Russia and tell them what is happening in Ukraine
Someone needs to automate this
citboin··on A man who lived in a Singapore forest for 30 years
“Give this man a garden.”

He still has his garden at gets up at 3 a.m. so he can go check on it every day.

citboin··on Vizio makes more money spying on people who buy TVs than TVs themselves
I’d like to know how it’s implemented and see if it can be physically disabled, removed or purposefully sabotaged.
citboin··on Wacom drawing tablets track the name of every application that you open
I’ve been avoiding those products because they’re Chinese. Can a pihole be used to stop tracking?
citboin··on Cheap antidepressant shows promise treating early Covid-19
“ There is a case of a woman whose condition deteriorated rapidly after having consumed some common herbs and died within a day or two. I think she had MS.”

I have M.S. What herbs did she take?

citboin··on If China Invades Taiwan, Taipei Plans to Throw a Thousand Tanks at the Beachhead (2020)
China won’t consider it an invasion.
citboin··on It's time to repeal the Patriot Act and dismantle the surveillance state
Then let’s get rid of both laws.
citboin··on Andrew Yang Founds the Forward Party
Right now a third party is a wasted vote so we need more than 3 national parties in order for them to be viable alternatives to the current two. The Forward party and Green Party could cooperate in order to make this happen, but that’s probably just wishful thinking on my part.
citboin··on 'Google' is most searched word on Bing
Seriously, Reddit should integrate googles search bar. Reddit’s default search results SUCK 100% of the time.
citboin··on Sunlight exposure guidelines may need to be revised
“ The current CIE previtamin D3 action spectrum is valid for 25(OH)D3 induced by two diverse solar-simulated sources but not for sources containing nonsolar UVB, which are widely used in laboratory studies. Thus, published risk/benefit solar UVR calculations using the CIE ac- tion spectra for erythema and previtamin D3 are likely to be valid, though this remains to be tested. Nonetheless, an improved action spectrum based on serum 25(OH)D3, rather than cutaneous previtamin D3, will result in more refined assessments of risks and benefits of solar exposure that should result in better public health advice. In contrast, the CIE previtamin D3 action spectrum is not valid when using broad-spectrum sources with nonsolar UVB wavelengths” from the full paper at https://www.pnas.org/content/pnas/118/40/e2015867118.full.pd...
citboin··on Scientists complete starch synthesis from CO2, revolutionary for agricultural
Here’s the paper :

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abh4049?url_ver=...

citboin··on I Got a 'Mild' Breakthrough Case
You’re making uninformed assumptions and obviously don’t work at a Covid center in the USA. Personnel are now careless, many are fatigued and/or disillusioned, protocolsuu are not universal or enforced, many buy into the political drama and don’t mask when outside the facility and patients have become argumentative about masking. The moment I have another career option is the moment I quit. PPE use / enforcement and availability is also spotty. People are tired of arguing with their coworkers about it, too.
citboin··on Facebook Sunglasses – No Thanks
Did you say Palm? I’d KILL for a 5G B&W e-paper screened Palm.
citboin··on The new chief chaplain at Harvard is an atheist
Are you saying that Harvard itself is a crown of decadence, or are you trying to deride the election of a humanist as the head of their council of progressive chaplains?
citboin··on Apple's plan to “think different” about encryption opens a backdoor to your life
All of my hardware is outdated so I was about to make the jump to Apple all across the board. Now I’m probably going to dive into the deep end and go into FOSS full throttle. I’m going to investigate Linux OEM vendors tonigh. The only one that I know of is System 76. Are there any Linux based iPad competitors?
citboin··on Modular Homes for Under $50k
“ Who's the target customer for this?”

People who otherwise could not afford to buy a house, I assume.

citboin··on Ask HN: How can I stay gainfully employed when I just want to “coast” as a SWE?
Look into salesforce.com certification and jobs. Those roles are very close to what you’re describing.
citboin··on Loss of myelin is one of the major factors of age-related brain deterioration
I have M.S.. My question is can remyelination from Lion’s Mane outpace the demyelination from M.S.
citboin··on MS treatment a step closer after drug shown to repair nerve coating
Dr.Wahls has been disingenuous about her recovery because she downplayed her chemotherapy and the expensive e-stim therapy she received, which is not covered by insurance, and chose instead to focus her promotion and communication on something she could commercialize - her diet. M.S. patients like myself who do not have six figures to spend on e-stim are generally better off focusing on creating an optimal diet that positively impacts their microbiome while maintaining a normal BMI and exercising at a comfortable level.
citboin··on The neuroinvasive potential of SARS-CoV2
Great. I work in an E.R. and my neurological system is already being ravaged by M.S. I'm not sure that I would not just walk off of the job if we are inundated with COVID-19 patients.
citboin··on My 2020 Hackintosh Hardware Spec
Check out macincloud.com
citboin··on When the A.I. Professor Leaves, Students Suffer, Study Says
“...Moreover, while soldiers do in fact have to work in difficult physical conditions in action, doctors don't. And I am not even sure what death on itself has to do with it. Conditions of encountering it are incredibly different in both professions.”

Try working in an inner city ER at night when it can often feel very similar to a war zone. Instead of sandbags and soldiers with rifles we’re surrounded by bulletproof glass and police officers.

citboin··on When the A.I. Professor Leaves, Students Suffer, Study Says
“...it's the 21st century - why do doctors (more specifically, hospitals) generally work 9-5 M-F”

What country do you live in? In the USA hospitals are open and staffed for emergencies 24/7/365. I’m a Radiology Technologist who works in an ER and Surgery- and I’ve never worked less than 48 hrs per week. I work 2300hrs-0700hrs. If you are talking about viruses and bacteria, that’s usually not an emergency issue and yes, you CAN wait until normal business hours (unless you’re septic)

citboin··on Cloud Cities of Venus - Why So Set on Colonizing Mars? There’s Better Options
We can’t “just reterraform Earth” because there are too many people, governments, processes and institutions working against that goal. If the goal is to terraform Mars then we need to do it quickly before there is organized resistance from scientists who think of Mars as a Petri dish, not a potential home
citboin··on It Takes More Than Mass Protests to Drive Change
In what way has extinction rebellion changed anything?
citboin··on Don't donate canned goods to food banks (2017)
Writing/ blogging might simply be the wrong approach to get your message out. Have you tried YouTube or Podcasts? Interviews of the homeless and/or activists? Photos of them on instagram? Add all of the Tools of social media marketing to your toolset and you might have more impact.
citboin··on Dr. Bronner’s soap brand became a touchstone of wellness culture
David Bronner was my roommate my first semester of college. At least I think he was- he said he only had a room because he was required to pay for one - he was almost never there, preferred to crash on friends couches and I never got to know him at all. Missed opportunity, apparently.
citboin··on Protect solar system from mining 'gold rush', say scientists
So then obviously we would need to find a way to expand beyond mining the asteroid belt. The article says "...humans might struggle to mine the sun, or extract useful materials from Jupiter, a gas giant with more mass than the rest of the solar system’s planets combined..." So those would be the obvious next targets, assuming we can't or don't expand beyond our solar system.
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