taurusnoises

I'm repeatedly amazed by what makes it to the front page on HN. I'm not judging, really I'm not, but this is the first post on a blog (so, basically unknown) and is essentially two paragraphs asking "why is it so hard to not stare at the internet all day?" I'm stoked for the author to be getting some HN love, but what about this deserves such an esteemed placement on HN??? It's literally the same question every single person is asking and has probably posted a thousand times before.

I have tried to wrap my head around how this works as a total outsider noob, and I just can not get it! But, I want to.

I get the email comparison (different platforms can all speak, so why not have social media be the same?). But, then the white sheets are just all php and python and all this stuff that doesn't make any sense (I know what they are, just not what to do with that info), and for better or worse doesn't make sense to anyone I know. I'm, like, doing the Odin Project, actively trying to learn, and I still can't really get it. How is this supposed to translate to anyone else?

But, again, I want it to.

First, I want to ask you to write up a 101/how-to for this diet (and include one for pescatarians like me). Cuz this is great.

Second, my friends and I (years and tears ago) got really into Price and the (recipe /cook) book based on his work, Nourishing Traditions. I recommend this work to anyone into the above. Was this book a part of you coming to these conclusions?

Weston A Price is really the go-to for the early research in nutrition and dentistry. His book Nutrition and Physical Degeneration was making the rounds back when Nourishing Traditions became popular. Price, conclusively in my mind, showed that the moment the modern western was introduced into cultures who ate traditional foods, the next generation had terrible teeth, jaws that were too small for all their teeth, etc. Pretty great, if terrible findings, stuff. The typical western diet is a shit show, imo

This helps. Thanks. I'm trying get a conceptual understanding of the relationship between "the server" (which I'm only just starting to understand) and the UI/UX.

Thanks, it does. I'm trying to conceptually understand how some of this works (completely devoid of any CS background other than basic code knowledge, but even that... Yikes). So this helps.

Get it. Is there a general vibe in the dev world of like, "ugh, now we have to make the Android version..."

> the olfactory pathology did not result from direct viral injury and may be associated with local inflammation

This seems important. Is it safe to say that inflammation (and especially excessive inflammation) is the culprit, (maybe even in general), and not that covid is particularly partial to olfactory region?

That website builder is awesome! As you say, very zine-like. I would have loved to make my site with it.... :(

One million percent /zeen/ (from someone who has been making and trading zines for almost 30 years). Just a few https://bobdoto.computer/ZINES-1

I want to like this, but it also feels like another way we'll all be siloed in our echo chambers. I mean I guess this ship has already sailed with Google microtargeting it's search engine users through ever-increasing surveillance capitalism tavtics, but I was kind of hoping that some day search engines would be at least one way to establish commonality among us. Alas, I know this ain't happening. And, as I'm writing this, not even sure I want that.

I'm only now realizing how insanely erotic my last comment was....

Loved it, and would concur that having a better sense of what the hole looks like from above before the shot (or being able to click to see the hole from above like a map) would be awesome. But, I loved playing it. And, I sucked.

I feel like people in the US really need to hear these perspectives when it comes to laws. We're a bit boarish here in the states and seem to approach laws in this all or nothing kind of way (I'm too tired to point out examples). But, showing that a law like this can be tweaked or nuanced nto the degree where yes you can film cops and no you can not film pedestrians or people eating outdoors at a cafe, might level us up a bit. (And, then maybe also showing how you're also not going to get arrested if you're a tourist taking pictures of the Statue of Liberty and people walk into the shot. Saying that, cuz that's usually the next response in our wonderfully litigious society). (snark overload this morning)

> "The more important point here is that believing techie parents have secret insider knowledge about the harmful effects of children’s technology usage reinforces the dangerous myth that techies are always the smartest people in the room — and that the more technical they are, the more wide-ranging their expertise."

This is a strawman argument. The point is that the people closest to the genesis, application, development, and conversations around tech, are in a particularly unique position to understand its effects (the very effects that were designed to happen). It's not that we think developers are superhuman and have secret knowledge. It's that the ones in question have designed platforms to specifically addict its users, and if these same people are not allowing their kids to use the technology, that speaks volumes.

Anyone wanna ELI5? It's useful for bother explainer and receiver. ;)

"If I follow Sue on social media, now I know her politics, religion, sex life, drug usage, opinions on every little thing.. and frankly, I don't care or want to. I'm happy just playing some Catan once in a while."

I have a slightly different view of this. People's opinions on things are always in flux, even if they sway heavily toward one side. What we see on social media is a person's opinions without the context of a human interaction. On social media, we see Sue's emotional response to politics without her having to negotiate that emotional response in relationship to another person sitting in front of her. She may "believe" what she says in the moment she types it, but put her in a room with a friend who disagrees and you can watch how her views shift, push back, concede, change, challenge, etc. On social media, there's very little of this taking place, because there's zero human intimacy at work. It belief in a vacuum not in relationship.

I made it to 7.

For the first time ever (?) I'm getting a pop-up question from Google at the bottom of a search result asking me to give feedback on the results.

Possibly related?

Thank you. I can totally see the benes of having those options.

Thanks so much. I'll do that right now.

So, it sounds like you're well versed in these worlds. If you don't mind me asking, is there a strong personal reason you choose to hang in these spaces over generic web spaces? Don't like being a part of the corporate web? Or is it the customizability? Or any other reason?

That's a great point.

I know this might be unpopular, but, I don't know, you could just QUIT the app? Obviously, there's a bigger issue here if Zoom is listening in when we don't want them to. But, the number of comments providing workarounds just leaves me thinking: why don't you just quit the app? Immediate problem solved. Long-term problem not solved.

Multiple mentions of "having the balls"

I'm not affiliated with the site, but this seems like something many in here would be into. Global pop-up for quick capture, locally saves md files anywhere on your computer (ie into your Obsidian vault), no need to open Obsidian to capture quick notes. Desktop only.

As someone who dj'd almost exclusively early (and late) dancehall and dub back in the early 00s, I can attest that this riddim has absolute magical properties. It is just one of those things where the tone, the key, the hisses, the bass frequency, the everything just clicks. The room will never not pop off when Sleng Teng drops. That, and it's sister riddim, Stalag. Like best buds, those two.

Wait. You can download this game?? And, would it still function as once a day?

Thanks so much! Fun project for later today. Really appreciate you taking the time to help a noob.

So, in light of this (great feedback), for someone like me who's primary motivation is to increase my computer literacy so I can make better and more informed choices on how I post/interact/hang out on the web, would you recommend that I start with what you're discussing: the command line?

My thinking: if I understood basic concepts and philosophy of coding and how the "the web works," I'd be able to build build myself a simple blog, simple website, but also be less beholden to Zuck and Google platforms. Obvs I'd still be using some of it, but I'd just have more choices.