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by Leftium 2y ago
God forbid you need a new account for your project, make sure there is a way to use/preview your app without creating an account. Check out other "Show HN" comments to learn why: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRa
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by Leftium 2y ago
Glad BetterHelp worked for you, but I heard some horror stories about their service: https://youtu.be/XcTssbRvA2w AI summary by Kagi: - BetterHelp is a controversial online therapy service that has faced numerous scandals o
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by Leftium 2y ago
My understanding is that GLP-1 affects appetite, and thus affects diet. And one of the reasons people quit GLP-1 long-term is because they miss eating and enjoying food.[1] > The drugs work by activating GLP-1 receptors in the body in a
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by Leftium 2y ago
I noticed 1,000 steps is about 10min of walking. (I used a Fitbit for 6+ months). So 300 steps is about 3 minutes of walking. If I sit at the computer most of the day and don't leave the house, I might get even fewer steps. 3,000 steps
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by Leftium 2y ago
Korea has a similar lack of obesity. It's not just genetics because Koreans tend to become overweight when living in the US. I think it comes down to two major factors: 1. Koreans tend to walk (exercise) more. Walk (partway) during com
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by Leftium 2y ago
"AI" has unfortunately become synonymous with "LLM," even though LLM's are only a subset of AI. "Autocomplete" seems to be the simplest way of explaining it is just fancy pattern recognition. Slightly long
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by Leftium 2y ago
Is your Logo interpreter implemented as a functional language? I was introduced to Logo in 1st grade. (Moving the turtle around to draw stuff...) - Years later: when learning how to program, my mind was blown when I found out I was actually
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by Leftium 2y ago
Note this is part of project called Spurious Correlations . Discovered while going down the dual-axis chart rabbit-hole[1][2], and picked an interesting one. [1]: https://policyviz.com/2022/10/06/avoiding-the
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HP customer satisfaction correlated with distance from Saturn to the sun(tylervigen.com)
2 points by Leftium 2y ago|3 comments
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by Leftium 2y ago
Yes~ I've considered using https://pockethost.io/ (hosted Pocketbase) for the things that Kit doesn't provide (like DB and auth).
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by Leftium 2y ago
Found this while trying to create an observable plot with multiple scales[1][2]. I'd argue multiple scales are OK if the multiple axes have different units that can't be easily compared/confused and are used for greater infor
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The case against dual axis charts (and what to use instead) (2018)(blog.datawrapper.de)
152 points by Leftium 2y ago|65 comments
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by Leftium 2y ago
I've pumped out many web apps using Svelte(Kit). I find it very good for rapid prototyping and exploratory programming. For example, I wrote a beat-aware video player in an afternoon or two (while I was learning Svelte). Even if you ar
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by Leftium 2y ago
With a link to a great data story that is easy to miss: https://www.datagenetics.com/blog/september32012/index.html
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by Leftium 2y ago
I prefer iPhones because Apple products are like automatic transmission: they just work. However, I prefer (Windows) PC's because they are like manual transmission: I have more control. Of course, PC's seem to be more cost-effecti
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by Leftium 2y ago
Win11 seems to work pretty well for me, although I use a lot of 3rd-party alternatives: - Directory Opus instead of explorer - Git Bash instead of PowerShell - Rarely need/use items from two layer context menus --- I think the biggest
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by Leftium 2y ago
I investigated IP geolocation accuracy to figure out how large to render the "accuracy radius" for the initial geo-ip location on my weather app ( https://geolocation-survey.leftium.com/ ) Initially, I thought 25km
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How accurate can IP Geolocation get? (2021)(bigdatacloud.com)
2 points by Leftium 2y ago|2 comments
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by Leftium 2y ago
What kind of math homework? Word problems or just arithmetic? By 17, I think I was taught algebra, geometry, and calculus. It would be pretty simple to create a web app that produces printable random arithmetic problems (with optional answe
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by Leftium 2y ago
Is this an argument against strongly typed identifiers, or just an argument against adding too much meaning to the identifier? I think if the identifier just adds what type of data it is identifying, the extra meaning will only become obsol
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by Leftium 2y ago
It doesn't exist yet, but I want to make a programmable LOGO turtle for VR/AR. Besides teaching programming, I think it could become a scripting tool to help create experiences in VR/AR. My first introduction to programming w
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by Leftium 2y ago
I'm waiting for the new event sourcing book by https://twitter.com/gregyoung Last I heard it was scheduled for release Dec 2023... There are a few tweets about the book, but unfortunately most of his tweets are not rel
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by Leftium 2y ago
I've used https://www.enpass.io for many years. Much better experience than Authy. If you don't like storing 2FA with passwords in the same place, you can use Enpass exclusively for 2FA and use an alternate password m
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by Leftium 2y ago
That game has the right spirit, but I'm going for even more casual. Like if you're sitting down together, 90% is just plain conversation (about anything) and 10% or less is specifically about the game.
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by Leftium 2y ago
I realized my favorite video games were (co-op) games I played with my brother, like: - Final Fantasy - Lost Vikings - Final Fantasy Tactics These days we're too busy with other stuff and living too far apart. --- So I was trying to de
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by Leftium 2y ago
You can just store a simple cookie or data in localStorage that points to the anonymous guest user data in your DB. The tricky part is later upgrading anonymous/guest accounts to real accounts linked to an actual auth user. Here are so
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by Leftium 2y ago
It's not perfect, but I use https://simplenote.com/ Someday I will build my own clone of Simplenote/Notational Velocity/Taskpaper/Drafts/Bkmks.com... 1. From mobile browser, share to Simplenote adds
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by Leftium 2y ago
Apple is supposed to release a whole slew of new AI features in the next major release of iOS, so maybe in a few months?
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by Leftium 2y ago
Note nvUltra, the successor to this program, has been in development/private beta for several years[1,2]. I've been meaning to make my own web-based version of Notational Velocity that adds a few novel features of my own. (Plus in
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by Leftium 2y ago
Oh wow, the new copy is much better! Good job! I think you changed the word "features" to "benefits," but didn't change the list of features to benefits. To get to the benefit, ask "why?" two or three time

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