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johncole

815 karma · joined October 18, 2013

https://www.siliconimist.com/

https://github.com/johnisanerd

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johncole··on The Effect of Noise on Sleep
I haven’t seen it mentioned, but a few extra sleep hacks I have learned: - I use the chili-sleep to control temperature. - I use sleep headphones to drift to sleep to a story. If I wake up ruminating, I turn the headphones back on and it helps break the cycle. - Sleep socks. I sleep with socks on.
johncole··on Launch HN: Issen (YC F24) – Personal AI language tutor
Am I able to make an account on the web version?
johncole··on Launch HN: Issen (YC F24) – Personal AI language tutor
I appreciate your comment about gamification. I’ve kept a streak alive on other apps for no other reason than keeping a streak alive. Not learning a thing.
johncole··on PlasticList – Plastic Levels in Foods
The original article even alludes to this. The first thing at the top of the list is water from a purifier: https://www.plasticlist.org/product/460
johncole··on PlasticList – Plastic Levels in Foods
It's a good point. I'm not an ag lawyer, but I am willing to bet that there's wiggle room in any grass-fed definition set by the USDA.

And you're right, there's also: plastic from water sources, plastic in the field that gets taken up by the gras, supplements given to the cow, plastic in the cutting board the meat was cut in, plastic the meat was wrapped in . . . it's hard to get plastic out of your supply chain.

johncole··on PlasticList – Plastic Levels in Foods
Beef cows are accumulators. And their feed often contains plastics.
johncole··on PlasticList – Plastic Levels in Foods
This list is amazing, but at some point you have to prioritize what you’re paying attention to.

Your most dangerous plastic or microplastic is the PFAS. And the biggest source of PFAS is the water you drink. Does it run through plastic tubing? A pfas filter at any point? Sit in a plastic jug?

The most effective way to deal with this is to distill your water. Distilled water is nearly pfas free, and also removes bpas, lead, mercury, and any bacteria.[1]

https://learn.pfasfreelife.com/research/distillers-remove-pf...

johncole··on PlasticList – Plastic Levels in Foods
It’s almost impossible to remember to do all the things to keep healthy for sure.
johncole··on PlasticList – Plastic Levels in Foods
Your biggest exposure is going to be water, hands down. What you store it in, how you filter it, these are going to be major sources of plastics and pfas.
johncole··on uv: An extremely fast Python package and project manager, written in Rust
I love uv. I am a convert, I use it for everything. One area I find it incredible for: deployment. If I have to launch a docker container and install a lot of python packages it saves so much time and compute.

I also appreciate that it handles most package conflicts and it constantly maintains the list of packages as you move. I have gotten myself into a hole or two now with packages and dependencies, I can usually solve it by deleting venv an just using uv to reinstall.

johncole··on Using Home Assistant, adguard home and an $8 smart outlet to avoid brain rot
Could I use a shortcut on iPhone to do something similar?
johncole··on U.S. bombs Iranian nuclear sites
Is HN getting political now?
johncole··on Founders: Don't Give Up
Wanted to ask the same thing. What did itch have?
johncole··on Ask HN: How are you acquiring your first hundred users?
I went to sign up and got sent to a typeform telling me thanks for my email address. Did I fall for the hustle?
johncole··on Ask HN: Cheapest way to host a back end
So happy to see this mentioned. I love google cloud run. I had to switch to azure for a while, but wasn’t as easy to use as gcr
johncole··on Show HN: A free site to explore and discover 6k plants
How long did it take you to move from v1 to v2 to v3?

Cool site!

johncole··on Pandoc
I love Pandoc. I wish the python library were a little more accessible.
johncole··on Raspberry Pi 5
Their real problem has been supply chain. Custom silicon doesn't seem to be heading in the right direction.
johncole··on How to Steal 50M Bees (2018)
How do you un-block this?
johncole··on Final National Security Guardrails for Chips for America Incentives Program
This.
johncole··on Final National Security Guardrails for Chips for America Incentives Program
NIST has been handed most duties under Department of Commerce regarding the CHIPS Act.
johncole··on SexualActivityRecord
And maybe just as sensitive, ovulation record.

https://developer.android.com/reference/androidx/health/conn...

johncole··on Show HN: AI Search Engine for Academic Research
Brilliant. Got it thanks, will give it another shot soon!
johncole··on Show HN: AI Search Engine for Academic Research
This is really interesting. What tech stack are you using?

I tried to setup an account, but never received a confirmation code.

johncole··on Why is the ocean salty? (2022)
TIL USGS has an FAQ
johncole··on Book Written Using OpenAI and Image2Image
I wrote a childrens book about George Washington University, using Image2Image to generate the illustrations, and OpenAI to write the script.
johncole··on Why are adverts so loud? [video]
Same. I try to mute all the ads, especially if they're loud. It doesn't make sense to stand out from the content in my view.
johncole··on AI Authored and Illustrated Book: Portraits of Pandas
This is the first book I wrote with my kids using OpenAI software.
johncole··on Show HN: Federal Travel Regulations LLM
This is proof of concept I put together for searching federal travel regulations!
johncole··on Ask HN: How do you find the right VC investors?
All this makes sense, thank you. Filtering on the partner level is a great idea, since there can be a lot of variance in partners among firms in terms of what they invest in.

I have heard basically the process is do research on competitors, use Crunchbase or Pitchbook. Is that about right?

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