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811.
by grugagag 3y ago
> The question it was asking was "why can we take drugs to bring us to normal, but we can't take drugs that make us better than normal?" Because ultimately drugs make you pay one way or another, eg dependency, liver toxici
812.
Computer games encourage kids to spend cash(bbc.com)
2 points by grugagag 3y ago|0 comments
813.
by grugagag 3y ago
Yes, being desk bound has nasty effects on the body. But proper desk hygiene can mitigate a lot of it except for the lack of movement which has to be compensated somehow: daily 1 hour walking or other type of workout.
814.
by grugagag 3y ago
Maybe until the novelty gets old but then turns to glimpses here and there.
815.
by grugagag 3y ago
People have poor muscular tone because of poor postre and bad habits in the first place. There are people who never work out and are just fine, have no back pain but do have good posture and proper gait. And there are people who work out wi
816.
by grugagag 3y ago
Yes, a facny chair can give you the false comfort of sitting in a poor posture and making bad habits. I prefer simple non swivel chairs for better posture and better grounding.
817.
by grugagag 3y ago
> In my experience paying attention to sitting straight made back pain worse In one’s mind sitting straight can be actually wrong as in sticking the neck out in an unnatural position or something like that. Mirrors help as well but more
818.
by grugagag 3y ago
AI in the right hands could end bureaucracy though I highly doubt that will be the outcome but it’s still possible, along with ending it all
819.
by grugagag 3y ago
Im more curious what tiktok data amouts to and how it could be used by CCP. I’ve heard of bans of Tiktok use by politicians and army bases and such. Without sensitive location data to some specific users but solely the young sharing memes,
820.
by grugagag 3y ago
Isn’t housing part of that material access which has become harder to maintain and access by more and more? People living paycheck to paycheck to pay huge rents, people living in tents and so on seems to indicate some decrease in the standa
821.
by grugagag 3y ago
> my sense of security in said standard of living has taken a nosedive. Doesn’t that imply a decrease in standard of living? Not easy to quantify one. I personally see not living in fear as a staple of standard of living.
822.
by grugagag 3y ago
I agree too, it’s passable filler
823.
by grugagag 3y ago
Also true of the shortening attention span
824.
by grugagag 3y ago
By all means do use it as much as you can. I am using it too. However, dropping everything you do to chase the trend is risky business. It could yield a lot but could also be a waste, eg becoming a professional prompt engineer or such. The
825.
by grugagag 3y ago
Don’t know any Norvegian but are there more months that end in R than September through December in your language?
826.
by grugagag 3y ago
Till you find a new job try listening to white noise on your headphones, it mitigates some of the open office shittiness. https://noises.online/
827.
by grugagag 4y ago
I get the same error on Iphone/Safari
828.
by grugagag 4y ago
Consider someone stealing this LLM company knowledge trove. They now have the ability to outcompete and sabotage.
829.
by grugagag 4y ago
That’s what I feel about reading comments on HN too, though it’s not in the same category as completely wasted time, spending time on HN gives you the false feeling of productivity
830.
by grugagag 4y ago
If I did that airbnb thing my spouse would suspect I was having an affair.
831.
by grugagag 4y ago
Yeah, that’ll do I guess
832.
by grugagag 4y ago
For things to be durable for kids they have to be built differently.
833.
by grugagag 4y ago
I like the idea of making self sufficient app systems like this, especially on old hardware. But I have a dumb question: how do you get the files out of it if you have no networking/drivers?
834.
by grugagag 4y ago
Sadly nobody seems to be giving a fk. That until we find ourselves in crisis that leads to a lot of violence and a societal collapse. Hope I’m dead wrong, really do
835.
by grugagag 4y ago
Is this satire?
836.
by grugagag 4y ago
Thanks. Will experiment as well.
837.
Aphex Twin Wouldn't Get Famous Today(youtube.com)
3 points by grugagag 4y ago|0 comments
838.
by grugagag 4y ago
How long do you hold your breath for?
839.
by grugagag 4y ago
> Why bother? Because they are paid to bother. Also if they’re in disagreement with DA, re-arresting the culprits will eventually lead to a downfall of type of DA policy and will lead to a change. Sure, there’s another way to get there a
840.
by grugagag 4y ago
Or a second run. This was indeed discussed a few days ago on HN. Maybe it deserves a second round of discussions

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