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zolbrek··on 'It's better for humans in general': The 4-day workweek is closer than you think
A friend of mine has this at her workplace and she loves it. She works 9 hours a day Monday through Thursday which at 36 hours isn't that far off from the 40 hours I put in over 5 days. I think anything beyond that starts to get ridiculous. Imagine working 11 to 12 hours a day for a three day work week, seems like that would just result in a lot of foot dragging to me.
zolbrek··on The rise of the disposable car
https://archive.is/N4uIU
zolbrek··on Resume Tip: Hacking "AI" screening of resumes
For me, the issue with an offline porn collection is that I tend to watch more with it around, similar to how I can avoid junk food in general but once it gets into my home I will end up bingeing. I'm pretty vanilla in my porn tastes, hqporner.com, noodlemagazine.com, and pornohd.porn have been the best streaming sites I've come across so far.
zolbrek··on Resume Tip: Hacking "AI" screening of resumes
Got any good porn recommendations? I don't watch porn very often but when I do I hate having to spend time finding something decent.
zolbrek··on Possible association between tattoos and lymphoma
A heavily tattooed acquaintance told me the same thing when I was younger, and now that I've got several of my own I understand what he meant by it. He could tell my "thinking about getting one" was superficial, which is not a great starting point for getting inked. If you really want a tattoo you're going to get it regardless of any advice, so by telling me not to get one, he was trying to save me from what was (back then) potentially a bad decision.
zolbrek··on Possible association between tattoos and lymphoma
Tattoo inks are regulated in the EU, my tattoo artist wasn't happy about the regulations when they were first announced a few years ago.
zolbrek··on New gel breaks down alcohol in the body
Thanks, I'll give it a go.
zolbrek··on New gel breaks down alcohol in the body
Should I take it when I'm ready to sober up or before drinking as well if I want to make sure I don't get too drunk but still have a good buzz?
zolbrek··on New gel breaks down alcohol in the body
I would love a supplement with that effect. It's not always fun having to slowly sober up while watching your friends drinking.
zolbrek··on Keep your phone number private with Signal usernames
Joe Rogan has no reason to complain about Signal now.
zolbrek··on Mathematical Introduction to Deep Learning: Methods, Implementations, and Theory
Off topic but I'm replying here since the medieval cat thread is closed for comments. I found my copy of Catwatching and Desmond Morris does indeed claim on page 12 that cats were persecuted in the Middle Ages.

"These good times for cats were not to last, however. In the Middle Ages the feline population of Europe was to experience several centuries of torture, torment, and death at the instigation of the Christian church. Because they had been involved in earlier pagan rituals, cats were proclaimed evil creatures, the agents of Satan and familiars of witches. Christians everywhere were urged to inflict as much pain and suffering on them as possible. The sacred had become the dammed. Cats were publicly burned alive on Christian feast days. Hundreds of thousands of them were flayed, crucified, beaten, roasted, and thrown from the tops of church towers at the urging of the priesthood, as part of a vicious purge against the supposed enemies of Christ."

zolbrek··on On medieval cats
I believe I have Catwatching somewhere. If I manage to dig it up I'll report back in.
zolbrek··on GrapheneOS now has hardware memory tagging support
Is it just the Pixel 8?
zolbrek··on DNA fragments detected in Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna modRNA Covid-19 vaccines
I'm surprised you two are going on like this as if the purpose of vaccination hasn't been to provide immunization.
zolbrek··on DNA fragments detected in Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna modRNA Covid-19 vaccines
For me, the logic went as follows:

The elderly, the sickly, and the obese were the most at risk.

Being young and healthy, the risk to me was negligible.

The covid vaccines did not prevent transmission, so getting jabbed would not help eradicate the virus.

Because of the limited benefits the vaccine would provide to me and its non-sterilizing nature, I decided not to get vaccinated against covid.

In the end I got covid, was sick as a dog for a few days, then I was fine. I'm happy with my decision. But I would never suggest to anyone who got the covid vaccine that they made the wrong decision, it's an individual choice to make.

zolbrek··on Tyson Foods Joins Bug-Protein Craze in Partnership with Startup
https://archive.ph/err47
zolbrek··on California cities ban new gas stations in battle to combat climate change
Yeah, I live in Germany close to the Polish and I know several people who drive to Poland once or twice every two weeks to tank up, fill a container or two, and maybe throw cigarettes and alcohol into the mix for good measure. One guy even takes his camper van with a fridge so he can stock up on meat too. The prices are that much cheaper that it's worth it for many people.
zolbrek··on Invidious – An open source alternative front-end to YouTube
I got sketched out when I took a closer look at it. I forgot NewPipe existed to be quite frank, it makes much more sense for me to use it instead of the linked app.
zolbrek··on Stockholm Bans Diesel, Petrol Cars in City Center from 2025
https://archive.ph/IBAyC
zolbrek··on If you value Tor, please make a donation
It should be the norm, but it is what it is. I hate to have to give a response like this.
zolbrek··on Invidious – An open source alternative front-end to YouTube
This looks promising, thank you.

edit: If I end up trying this out it will have to be on a separate user profile because of the permissions.

zolbrek··on Google's Green Light project retimes traffic lights for 30% fewer stops
There's a pedestrian crossing in my city on a street with a decent amount of traffic that somewhat recently got reprogrammed to almost instantly stop cars when the pedestrian sensor is activated, and it doesn't have an internal cooldown timer. This ends up in situations where you're the tenth waiting for pedestrians at the crosswalk and you end up rolling three car spaces forward before the light turns red again because another pedestrian activated the sensor.
zolbrek··on If you value Tor, please make a donation
If you're the kind of guy who worries about the kind of entities who can ask Apple for information and get it, you probably should not be using an iPhone to begin with.
zolbrek··on Israeli Merkava Tanks Appear with 'Cope Cage' Armor
I would not be surprised if this ended up being standard on all future MBTs. Poor people in the scale model hobby...
zolbrek··on Invidious – An open source alternative front-end to YouTube
It's a pity it's now hard to find an instance which allows downloads, it was nice to be able to grab things on mobile.
zolbrek··on Plant-based cheese may be getting more appetizing
https://archive.ph/0Ydu1
zolbrek··on [dead]
I read some of his Russia posts and they do seem somewhat suspect. Can you link his far-right and anti-vax posts?
zolbrek··on The Razor Edge Book of Sharpening (1985) [pdf]
Thank you for this, I have an el cheapo hatchet that needs attention.
zolbrek··on Ask HN: Open-Source Mobile Phones
Thanks, I'll give it a try.
zolbrek··on US Must Be Ready for Simultaneous Wars with China, Russia
I'm assuming a purely conventional conflict since there's no telling how bad the shitshow will get if nukes start being exchanged.
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