alwaysinshade

23 ms·

91.
by alwaysinshade 14y ago
You could probably get away with a single rule - avoid processed foods and drinks. If a machine is used to break something down, it's invariably increases the GI of the foodstuff. Blending a banana into a smoothy will leave you with a highe
92.
by alwaysinshade 14y ago
> I cannot get a good night sleep for the life of me. Try low-dose Melatonin combined with 5HTP and stay away from backlit displays for an hour before bed [1]. Large doses of Melatonin leave me groggy the next day, but small doses give
93.
by alwaysinshade 14y ago
I only scanned the page admittedly (down to day 4) so I might be missing something, but people should really look into integrating healthy practices into their lifestyle as opposed to seeking drastic, often short-term change. For me it’s be
94.
by alwaysinshade 14y ago
I had a somewhat different experience. I thought that I had stopped breathing and that my heart had ceased (in actual fact my body was numb - I couldn't feel a pulse) so I stood in front of a mirror completely naked for the next 20 minutes
95.
by alwaysinshade 14y ago
> I wouldn't want to tell you what to do with your own body, but I hope you realize that at this usage frequency you are abusing this drug. I disagree. Twice a month (two pills /in one night/ ~ two weeks apart) and doing it in a social
96.
by alwaysinshade 14y ago
IIRC those were scans of primate brains. A more recent and comprehensive study conducted by Dr. John H. Halpern, Director of the Laboratory for Integrative Psychiatry in the Division of Alcohol and Drug Abuse at McLean Hospital and Assistan
97.
by alwaysinshade 14y ago
> remember that they help change your perspective and allow you to look at problems from new angles For anyone who thinks this is airy-fairy crap, I can provide a very real example. I've been taking MDMA regularly for the last 6 months
98.
by alwaysinshade 14y ago
Very true. An algorithm that prioritises email threads based on dates mentioned (including keywords & phrases like "tomorrow", "after lunch") as well as tone ("No problem!" vs "Guys this is really dragging on!") would be a cool project
99.
by alwaysinshade 14y ago
A unit API sounds very cool but I’d imagine the barrier to entry is a little high. I'd like to see simple stackable behaviour macros. An example would be... [if] the available resources drops below [defined threshold], unit explores map for
100.
by alwaysinshade 14y ago
Japan's electronics industry has many issues holding it back, but the biggest one in my mind is how they perceive and implement user interfaces. I recall buying a Sony MZ-N10 minidisc player [1] around 2002 and it was a technological breakt
101.
by alwaysinshade 14y ago
For anyone wondering why Daring Fireball is able to garner a lot of attention (and for that matter, almost any article pertaining to Apple) I refer you to two studies: - When, Why, and How Controversy Causes Conversation by Zoey Chen and Jo
102.
by alwaysinshade 14y ago
It's not a train in the classical sense - it has rubber tires. More like a truck confined to a rail.
103.
by alwaysinshade 14y ago
> Eating food from a tube could also give us a lot more free time but we don't do it because it is not an enjoyable experience. Even if you thoroughly enjoy driving, a driverless car would afford other emotional highs from: - Allowing y
104.
by alwaysinshade 14y ago
If driverless cars eliminated the need for public transport (in the contemporary sense) you could open up rail corridors to create highways for cyclists, joggers, and walkers - it would open up alternatives to motorised travel. Or you could
105.
by alwaysinshade 14y ago
I think the parent poster meant cities where the road rules amount to a functioning car horn. The roads of Japan are nothing like Cairo/Istanbul etc. There are a lot of cars - but they drive in an orderly, predictable manner. On a related n
106.
by alwaysinshade 14y ago
There are cases where having a human in the loop is appropriate, particularly manufacturing. A human, thanks to a combination of slowness and observation skill, will pick up on a fault after the first error while a machine, thanks to a comb
107.
by alwaysinshade 14y ago
Reading the anecdotes in the article (crotch grabbing, asking a girl to flash her breasts etc) you have to wonder whether this sort of behaviour would be prevalent at hacker events simply because black-hats by their very nature tend to be o
108.
by alwaysinshade 14y ago
I don't think the majority of people need or even want smart watches [1]. However an iterative update to the Nano to include Bluetooth 4 connectivity would allow it to be used as a portal to say, the entire music collection sitting on the d
109.
by alwaysinshade 14y ago
It extends to all clothing, and I think it should extend to the outer appearance of devices like phones as well. Johanna Blakley [1] made the astute point that in the fashion world, because it's legal to copy each other, the way the industr
110.
by alwaysinshade 14y ago
I think there's a bigger picture that RMS seems to be missing. Simply look in the HN feed and you'll see that Square Enix is partnering with OUYA. OnLive is partnering with OUYA. Steam is coming to Linux. This is about cutting out the middl
111.
by alwaysinshade 14y ago
This is also known as the Endowed Progress Effect. A paper from 2006 discusses it in a fairly easy to read format. Extract: "This research documents a phenomenon we call the endowed progress effect whereby people provided with artificial ad