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flinner··on FDA authorizes first wearable device that monitors ketone and blood sugar levels
That’s the one
flinner··on FDA authorizes first wearable device that monitors ketone and blood sugar levels
A good read on this topic is The Pursuit of Noninvasive Glucose: 'Hunting the Deceitful Turkey'.
flinner··on FDA authorizes first wearable device that monitors ketone and blood sugar levels
Monitoring glucose and ketones can help you develop metabolic flexibility and let you grok how easily your body cuts over to ketones. Knowing your personal realtime glucose and ketone levels helps you understand just how much carbs will kick you out of ketosis or keep you in it. Glucose monitoring will help you avoid large crashes that can lead to low energy. Among other things!

More on metabolic flexibility: https://www.levels.com/blog/what-is-metabolic-flexibility-an...

flinner··on The great falls of Boeing, Intel, and Apple
https://world.hey.com/dhh/the-great-falls-of-boeing-intel-an...
flinner··on Oral cancer drug kills 100% of tumors in vitro and in animal models
https://www.cell.com/cell-chemical-biology/pdfExtended/S2451...
flinner··on 1Password to Add Telemetry
The latest version seems optimized for keyboard shortcuts at the expense of easily accessible 1-click copying of username/password/one-time password. To me, this introduced a large additional cognitive load where instead of a click, click, click, I now have to remember that CMD+C is username, CMD+Shift+C is password, and (something else?) for One-Time Password.
flinner··on [dead]
Twitter thread from David Sinclair with video overview: https://twitter.com/davidasinclair/status/161363345459531367...
flinner··on Google’s new app PhotoScan turns prints into digital photos
They are having trouble right now. See here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEyDt0DNjWU
flinner··on YouTube Rolls Out New Comments System
Parts are similar to Twitter for sure. They took inspiration from other Google design patterns though - namely, pinning to the top from Inbox.
flinner··on Astronomers discover there are 10 times more galaxies than previously thought
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEbLT_U0XyY

Shows the history of Galaxy observation via HST and the latest news.

flinner··on Astronomers discover there are 10 times more galaxies than previously thought
arXiv.org paper: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1607.03909v2.pdf
flinner··on Google+ Redesigned
That's the old design FYI.
flinner··on Intel to buy deep-learning startup Nervana Systems for at least $350M
Thank you! Updated
flinner··on Livestream: Peter Thiel Speaks at Republican National Convention
Exact link to the speech video recording: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_lpyG-ddec&t=37m19s
flinner··on Show HN: FastDocs – Speed up creating Google Docs at home or work
There are unique URLs for each document type, and they are also different per platform (web/iOS/android). So, yes bookmarks are great, but it's helpful to have all the necessary links in one place.
flinner··on Show HN: FastDocs – Speed up creating Google Docs at home or work
Thanks for the feedback! Yes, on my computer it's 85% faster using the direct links than loading drive.google.com. See the head to head matchup on the about page: fastdocs.co/about.html
flinner··on Show HN: FastDocs – Speed up creating Google Docs at home or work
I hope all users do create the shortcuts. It's definitely a better experience. But if you're using a friend's computer or are on a different browser where you don't have the bookmark, fastdocs.co is a friendly, fast way to quickly access the shortcut.
flinner··on Show HN: FastDocs – Speed up creating Google Docs at home or work
Creator here. Yes, bookmarks are the best user experience here. That's why direct links are included on the about page (or you can right-click, save-as on the homepage links too). You can drag/drop the bookmarks on the about page (fastdocs.co/about.html) to have the bookmarks pre-populate with relevant text titles. Thanks for the feedback!
flinner··on Can Real Estate Brokerages Survive As Software Eats the World?
Does anyone actually think the bigger brokerages will start innovating with technology? I don't see much changing from the status quo, but I'm not in the industry.
flinner··on Show HN: Help job seekers by letting them ask employees anonymous questions
What does it even mean to "just email the company"?
flinner··on Show HN: Preview links in Google Chrome
Nice option, but not perfect. It still only gives you three thumbnails to choose from.