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procinct··on My 2022 self was wrong about meditation, monitors, and sleep
> in 2050 it will be an accepted fact that focus on psychological health (including meditation) was one of the biggest biggest disasters for the advancement of humanity ever

> Get minimum possible sustainable amount of sleep

Wow those original opinions were some seriously hot takes. Please don’t hustle and grustle yourself to the expense of your mental/physical health.

procinct··on So why a News Feed?
Sounds very similar to what Blendle were trying to achieve?
procinct··on It's time to put cancer warning labels on alcohol, experts say
I’ve never heard of meats like Chicken being carcinogenic, usually only red meats and pork… does anyone have any references to read more on this?
procinct··on The Quest for a Dumber Phone
They’re saying they don’t need to worry about having lyft on their phone because they aren’t going to spend hours scrolling it.
procinct··on YouTube Addiction
I really wish there were options like this for mobile (iPhone specifically). Most of my YouTube browsing is done on mobile or chromecasted.

I go through phases of deleting the app, which works really well, but then I’m not able to chromecast for the odd time I want to watch the occasional video with my partner.

I’d also still like to be aware of when videos from certain creators come out, so deleting the app just cuts that off entirely.

I would absolutely love to have an option for a YouTube app that only has a sub box and no recommendations.

procinct··on YouTube Addiction
This doesn’t really help you with mobile and chrome cast
procinct··on Ask HN: Birthday present for a soon to graduate CS student?
That’s a great point, I agree.
procinct··on Ask HN: Birthday present for a soon to graduate CS student?
If he doesn’t have a mechanical keyboard yet, you could consider that. Keep in mind, you’d have to do a fair bit of research. There are obviously plenty of gamer options off the shelf, but I’m thinking something more boutique with a great looking keycap set.

Devs spend a lot of time with a keyboard and they will last a decently long time so imo it could be a meaningful gift.

I’d highly recommend checking out the mechanical keyboard subreddit for inspiration.

procinct··on I worked at LastPass as an engineer
Admittedly, I’m not very knowledgeable with this type of stuff, but would they have chosen to do this so that the browser extension can still show the user when a login is available without the user having to authenticate (they then authenticate to get the login details)
procinct··on A thin gold layer could be the secret to glasses that don't fog
I see an optometrist every year. But my eye sight is degrading over time (which is normal). As I understand, there’s no point getting LASIK until your eyes have stopped degrading, since if you got them fixed, they would just degrade anyway.
procinct··on A thin gold layer could be the secret to glasses that don't fog
I would absolutely get LASIK if my eyes had stopped degrading.
procinct··on RimWorld: A sci fi colony SIM driven by an intelligent AI storyteller
I would say in general you’re able to automate most things using the ticket system for production and work priorities. Unless you’re really trying to min/max, you don’t really need to micromanage. Military action is generally very manual though (for your pawns anyway, you can automate smaller military problems with turrets).
procinct··on How long would society last during a total grid collapse?
I’d be curious if you had any good book recommendations for covering the basics?
procinct··on Psychedelics: A Personal Take (2021)
Wow that’s terrible, sorry you had to go through that. If it’s not too painful, would you mind elaborating on how things progressed from taking the LSD to being in the mental hospital?
procinct··on Apple Reports Fourth Quarter Results
For me, having a really fast laptop with a battery that lasts over a day is pretty great value compared to other laptops on the market.
procinct··on 87% of American teens own an iPhone; 88% expect an iPhone to be their next phone
It more means the group chat will all switch to using SMS (to include the non iPhone user) which isn’t as feature rich as using iMessage. It’s not a judgement on someone for their phone, it’s more that including their phone makes the group chat function worse.
procinct··on Ask HN: Ads triggered by WhatsApp “end to end encrypted” messages?
> 3) If a background app starts then stops recording audio while the screen is off, would you have an indicator that it recorded audio?

Yes. iOS displays an indicator if an app has recently used the mic.

> Note: Whenever an app uses the camera (including when the camera and microphone are used together), a green indicator appears. An orange indicator appears at the top of the screen whenever an app uses the microphone without the camera. Also, a message appears at the top of Control Center to inform you when an app has recently used either.

Source: https://support.apple.com/en-nz/guide/iphone/iph168c4bbd5/io...

procinct··on Ask HN: Ads triggered by WhatsApp “end to end encrypted” messages?
> My wife and MIL sitting at the table talking about a unique topic with an iPhone running Facebook sitting in front of them

They explicitly said they were using an iPhone?

procinct··on Ask HN: Ads triggered by WhatsApp “end to end encrypted” messages?
Don’t iPhone have an indicator when the mic is recording? Also, this feels like it would be insanely easy to test by capturing the payloads sent to FB; you could even use something like Charles Proxy to do it.

FB having access to microphone makes sense for plenty of other completely innocent reasons (for example, if you can record a video from inside the app).

If this was actually true, I can’t help but feel that someone would have proven it technically by now instead of relying on these types of self experiment and anecdotes, especially given how commonly this is touted.

procinct··on Why do all these 20-somethings have closed captions turned on?
I’m also a big fan of watching with CC (sometimes it can be genuinely hard to pick up what someone says and it can be key dialogue). However anything in the comedy genre is the exception since CC ruin the timing of the jokes.
procinct··on Ask HN: What are some of the best documentaries you've seen?
I would say it’s mostly an attitude around quality that is likely applicable to any sort of craftsmanship.
procinct··on Ask HN: Fnac's Stack?
More of a MS stack than a windows stack. If they are microservices and .net core, they are likely running Linux containers for hosting.
procinct··on Tell HN: Salesforce has globally revoked Slack's holiday shutdown benefit
Jesus 10 days PTO? That seems unbelievably stingy.
procinct··on Ask HN: Any alternative to Java (OOP) which has the same ecosystem?
Yes, it will run on Linux. Most people creating new .NET applications are running them in Linux containers in prod.
procinct··on Ask HN: Any alternative to Java (OOP) which has the same ecosystem?
Yeah no problems at all. As the other user mentioned, I’d highly recommend using Rider as your IDE since you won’t be able to use proper visual studio (imo Rider is better than VS anyway).
procinct··on Ask HN: Any alternative to Java (OOP) which has the same ecosystem?
F#? Since it’s still in the .NET ecosystem which is huge, plus it’s functional.
procinct··on Police CyberAlarm Uses Alarming Cryptography
That’s the gist of secure code warrior
procinct··on SQLite or PostgreSQL? It's Complicated
These days, you could replicate it to something like S3 via something like Lifestream.
procinct··on ‘Blade Runner’ at 40
I accidentally started rewatching a different cut after having only ever watched the final cut. When that noir style voice over started going, I was so confused. It was so bad I was sure it couldn’t have been part of the film I had previously enjoyed. Researching it after lead me to the same conclusion as you.
procinct··on macOS screenshot tricks to impress your co-workers
God damn, you just changed my life
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