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rex-mundi··on Omega-3s: Are “Brain-Boosting” Effects Scientifically Backed?
What benefits did you Dad get from it?
rex-mundi··on Ask HN: Programs that saved you 100 hours? (2022 edition)
What do you use chat got for, I could definitely benefit from an extra hour
rex-mundi··on Ask HN: Has anyone here turned around their life in their 40s?
Thanks I'll look into those:)
rex-mundi··on Ask HN: Has anyone here turned around their life in their 40s?
Fellow ADHD austisic here. Who do you follow on Twitter that helped you?

Also anything else that helped with either ADHD or autism, ADHD meds don't work for me so I'm struggling to find something that does

rex-mundi··on Auditory brainstem response distinguishes occasional and constant tinnitus
Interesting, my tinnitus increased recently and I started vit k again.

I'll see if stopping helps.

Thanks

rex-mundi··on Ask HN: Which book are you reading, since when?
You've got alot of fun reading lined up.

Almost all of the ones I've read were great.

If you're stuck with which to go with next maybe try Mort or any of the early series involving the witches.

rex-mundi··on Ask HN: How do you stay focused at work?
ah that makes sense, thanks!
rex-mundi··on Ask HN: How do you stay focused at work?
I'm assuming this is at your home office?

If so how do you handle it locking your computer during a video call?

rex-mundi··on Hacking attractiveness biases in hiring? The role of beautifying photo-filters
Don't worry, you're not the last group, from personal experience I can say people on the spectrum are fair game to descriminate against as we'll
rex-mundi··on Lexical is now open-source (web text-editor)
What problems did you have with ProseMirror?
rex-mundi··on The sunny side of firing someone
I totally agree with learning from others do but I don't think you'll get too much use out of asking for honest feedback.

Either people won't trust it's 100% anonymous, won't see an upside for themselves or maybe bad actors.

rex-mundi··on Heart-disease risk soars after Covid, even with a mild case
When was this,? asking as omicron is a very different beast than delta
rex-mundi··on The Spacing Effect
Just a just a fyi that there's a couple of obsidian to Anki plugins which you might find helpful for this work flow
rex-mundi··on In rare cases, coronavirus vaccines may cause Long Covid–like symptoms
Maybe Australia, but that's a guess based on the reference to kicking out a sports star from the country
rex-mundi··on Death Clock
Nice one, bookmarked! :)
rex-mundi··on Death Clock
One small improvement might be to make it so that it creates a url which the user can go back to without entering the data again.

That way they can bookmark it / share if they want.

rex-mundi··on If – A Poem by Rudyard Kipling
I've always interpreted the "not talk too wise" bit as to communicate and idea in a way the audience will understand without using overly complex language or concept's which are above their understanding.

Not saying that interpretation is correct, just what my take away was.

rex-mundi··on Ask HN: Is back end dev generally easier than front end?
Any chance you could list the skills/knowledge you feel have kept you marketable?

Asking as I'm just about to reach mid forties and I'm a Frontender who feels the same as the OP.

If I have a go at moving to backend one concern I have is that I wouldn't know what skills are just nice to have's and what's an essential skill so I could waste too much time learning the wrong things.

rex-mundi··on Covid-19 Mortality Risk Correlates Inversely with Vitamin D3 Status
What brand of vitamin d and k do you take?
rex-mundi··on Don't rush to solutions
Did the Google design docs follow any guides on how to structure/present the information and how to draw the line between too little and too much detail?
rex-mundi··on Covid Pass in Lithuania: How vaccine mandate laws have upended my family's life
Their covid pass has only a temporary recognition of those that have had the virus already.

Which seems illogical given that natural immunity has been shown to be better protection

"In the middle of August, our country added a fourth way to get the Opportunity Pass: "a sufficient level of antibodies" based on serological immunoassay for COVID-19 IgG antibodies or total antibodies test. Valid for 60 days after a test."

rex-mundi··on An old programmer loses his job
Do you do tech writing full time, if so, what kind of companies employ tech writer's?
rex-mundi··on I completely ignored the front end development scene for 6 months. It was fine
How did go from frontend for 5-6 years to backend?
rex-mundi··on Stop Death Shaming
And all the down votes prove you right!

It would be nice if people could talk about this situation in measured calm ways and actually treat reasonable statements as such

rex-mundi··on Reddit bans anti-vaccine subreddit r/NoNewNormal after site-wide protest
Thanks, sounds interesting, I'll check it out.

Your probably write about avoiding the on stop shop.

rex-mundi··on Reddit bans anti-vaccine subreddit r/NoNewNormal after site-wide protest
Did you find a replacement for reddit you like?
rex-mundi··on They called it a conspiracy theory
He mean's that you when the term conspiracy theory is applied to a concept it makes the listener dismiss the theory without giving it any critical thought
rex-mundi··on Ask HN: What heuristic made a big difference to your life?
Interesting. Have you had situations where you had difficulty with this initially but it paid off. I'm asking as I am maximizer by default so I have trouble with this even though it's important
rex-mundi··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2018)
I can't see the Front-end job on the site, has it gone already?
rex-mundi··on Ask HN: I’ve been applying to a million jobs
could you give an example of an app you've shown (no need for links if you don't want, just a short desc would be very helpful)
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