tradesmanhelix

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by tradesmanhelix 3y ago
Anecdotally, Steve Gibson's "Healthy Sleep Formula" [1] has been a lifesaver for me. As I've gotten older, the biggest challenge has been falling back asleep in the middle of the night after a wake up (for whatever reaso
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by tradesmanhelix 3y ago
New Star Games is a great little indy games publisher with multiple titles for Android and iOS. My favorite is Retro Bowl [1], a fun little retro-style American football game. They also make Retro Goal [2], a football/soccer game. Ther
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by tradesmanhelix 4y ago
Same. Best I’ve found is: https://protopage.com
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by tradesmanhelix 4y ago
I do!
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by tradesmanhelix 5y ago
It's also good to remember that ideas like the heliocentric theory, the germ theory of disease, etc. would have been labeled as "misinformation" at one point in time. Now, they're the theories believed by the majority of
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by tradesmanhelix 5y ago
I find that whatever I'm doing (binging a show, taking a walk, playing a video game, etc.) is much more restful when I'm fully present. For me, this means putting my phone and any other distracting technology away (or even turning
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by tradesmanhelix 5y ago
Anecdotal, but for me this means I'm sleep deprived. When I'm getting enough sleep on a regular basis, a 20-minute "nap" (even if it's just closing my eyes and listening to something like [0]) is extremely refreshin
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by tradesmanhelix 5y ago
> I want a mild case to build natural immunity, which studies show provides better immunity than vaccines. Do you have a source for this? I feel like many articles/studies I've read state the opposite, i.e., vaccine immunity &g
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by tradesmanhelix 5y ago
Dang I hope Linux is getting cool :D Recent releases of things like Gnome and ElementaryOS are pretty close to mainstream-ready IMO, so will be interesting to see things play out over the next few years. > Also on phones the alternatives
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by tradesmanhelix 5y ago
True, at some point you have to trust someone, whether it's your phone's manufacturer, your telco, or the developers of the apps you use. But when there's a flagrant disregard for users and the potential impact a system like
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by tradesmanhelix 5y ago
Me too. I have ~20 members of my immediate and extended family that are iOS users. Since 2009, I've evangelized Apple devices to them, but if Apple pushes this through, I'm done. I'll find either a de-Google Android or featur
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by tradesmanhelix 5y ago
The problem is once you add this functionality, the cat's out of the bag and replies to requests to further invade users' privacy on-device change from "we can't" to "we won't", a position Apple can&#
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by tradesmanhelix 5y ago
But the CSAM technology won't be limited to photos uploaded to iCloud. That's where it starts, not where it ends. This technology exposes all users of iOS, past and present, to the whims of the current definition of "legal&qu
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by tradesmanhelix 5y ago
Apple swears they'll say no...very reassuring and no way this gets abused. /s
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by tradesmanhelix 5y ago
Yeah, I've alerted family to this and they're asking if they're going to need to move off of iOS. I told them to wait and see for now...fingers crossed that this gets walked back.
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by tradesmanhelix 5y ago
The problem is that the definition of what is "illegal" can shift very quickly, esp. in certain countries, so moving the ability to scan for "illegal" stuff to user's devices is absolutely disastrous privacy/fr
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by tradesmanhelix 5y ago
So where are all the successful Krav-trained strikers and grapplers in the MMA world? If the striking and grappling are as effective as other styles that have stood the test of time, it's remarkable that there are still few if any hig
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by tradesmanhelix 5y ago
My Krav instructor was a sheriff's deputy for 20+ years and teaches Krav to law enforcement. From what he's said, the curriculum for them is slanted toward weapon disarms, choke hold escapes, take downs, etc., so Krav can be and m
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by tradesmanhelix 5y ago
I'm having trouble following your reasoning. It seems predicated on the assumption that Krav makes you a less skilled/unskilled striker/grappler when compared to say MMA or others, but I don't see any reason why this wou
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by tradesmanhelix 5y ago
Krav is widely taught to armed/special forces and law enforcement, who absolutely need a style that works in the "real world." To me, this speaks volumes more about its practicality and real world efficacy than its use by tou
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by tradesmanhelix 6y ago
That's good to know, thanks. Although, I will probably still log in periodically, just in case they ever do decide to implement that policy.
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by tradesmanhelix 6y ago
You bet :) And FYI, per its website, Fraidycat says it does support Instagram, although I can't vouch for the experience as it's not a platform I use.
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by tradesmanhelix 6y ago
I recently "quit" Twitter myself. I say "quit" because if you actually delete/remove/whatever your account, your handle may then become available for others to use. To avoid that, I used a combo of scripts&#x2F
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by tradesmanhelix 6y ago
You're not wrong: https://neocities.org
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by tradesmanhelix 6y ago
No affiliation (beyond being a happy user myself), but I really feel like https://neocities.org is a wonderful little project that makes it easy to create one's own digital garden like this article is talking about. Much lo
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by tradesmanhelix 6y ago
It's created by Basecamp which makes Turbolinks [0], Turbolink iOS [1], and Turbolinks Android (deprecated) [2], so there's a good chance that snappiness you're seeing is due to those awesome tools! (In fact, this Github issu
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by tradesmanhelix 6y ago
Ahh gotcha. Yeah, that’d be the day they probably also release Seamonkey Mobile for iOS/Android /s
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by tradesmanhelix 6y ago
Agree. I was so excited to see this announcement and kept reading and reading to see if they had left the headphone jack :( I would have bought two _today_ if they'd kept the same outside and just updated camera + internals. As it stan
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by tradesmanhelix 6y ago
Firefox for iOS has been out for quite a while: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/firefox-private-safe-browser/i... . Unless I'm missing something?
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by tradesmanhelix 7y ago
Maybe if they start getting enough emails/tweets they will reconsider this...emailing them now...

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