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Cerium commented on The cost of interrupted work (2023) blog.oberien.de/2023/11/0... · Posted by u/_vaporwave_

kehvyn · 5 days ago

I think the anticipation of interruption caused by meetings might be worse, I end up losing a half hour on both ends.

Cerium · 5 days ago

Oh how I hate a last minute rescheduling of a meeting. Feeling like I only have 30 minutes, I didn't start anything deep. Such a waste.

Cerium commented on "None of These Books Are Obscene": Judge Strikes Down Much of FL's Book Ban Bill bookriot.com/penguin-rand... · Posted by u/healsdata

bigfishrunning · 14 days ago

Public funds are your money, but also the money of those who don't agree with you.

Cerium · 14 days ago

This is why I'm ok with the fact that the library has some books I like and agree with and many that I don't care about, and some I don't agree with.

Cerium commented on Happy BuyNothing Day justbuynothing.com/... · Posted by u/Improvement

redhale · 19 days ago

I have found that adding things to a todo (Todist) list called "want-to-buy" gives me the little endorphin boost / anxiety relief without spending any money. I periodically go through and delete stuff from this list after time has passed, and I'm always glad I didn't go through with the purchases. Rarely I will come across something I truly do still want, and will purchase it.

Cerium · 19 days ago

Similarly, I have a "no same day buy" rule. Usually I wait at least a few days and most of the time by then I don't need the item anymore.

Cerium commented on Photographer spends years on street corner capturing same commuters daily (2017) mymodernmet.com/peter-fun... · Posted by u/thunderbong

danhau · 21 days ago

Would dates not enhance this art?

Cerium · 21 days ago

I think not. I enjoyed looking for details, for example how a backpack is clean in one photo and dirty in the other. Not knowing the details let's the viewer ponder and compair with more curiosity and intrigue. It sets a mystery.

Cerium commented on Cognitive decline can be slowed down with lifestyle changes smithsonianmag.com/smart-... · Posted by u/ulrischa

luckydata · 22 days ago

How many times do we need to hear "exercise and healthy eating" prolong life and improve cognitive function?

Cerium · 22 days ago

Beatings will continue until morale improves.

Cerium commented on The Ski Rental Problem lesves.github.io/articles... · Posted by u/skywalqer

matchagaucho · 25 days ago

Every time my wife brings up the skis collecting dust in our garage, I’m reminded of the S.K.I. model — Storage Kills Investment.

Cerium · 25 days ago

At least yours are in the garage. I have a friend who spent years storing a couple of hundred dollars of outdoor gear in a rental storage locker costing $50 per month.

Cerium commented on Does the Bitter Lesson Have Limits? dbreunig.com/2025/08/01/d... · Posted by u/dbreunig

criemen · a month ago

All links render as blue strike-through line in Firefox (underline in Chrome), hurting legibility :(

Cerium · a month ago

I'm getting the same effect, seems to be the css property "text-underline-position: under;"

Cerium commented on Try the Mosquito Bucket of Death energyvanguard.com/blog/t... · Posted by u/almuhalil

ethagknight · a month ago

author was just making a joke here. Yes it's all the same water in the US although some towns in actually have greywater distribution systems, mostly for irrigation and fire hydrants.

Cerium · a month ago

Large new buildings in the Bay Area will use recycled water for toilets as well as irrigation. There are signs above every toilet telling you the water in the toilet is not fit for drinking.

Cerium commented on Wii U SDBoot1 Exploit “paid the beak” consolebytes.com/wii-u-sd... · Posted by u/sjuut

mjg59 · a month ago

At a social level we should know how to do this well because there are cases where it needs to be done well. Some hardware is operating in incredibly safety critical scenarios where you do want to have strong confidence that it's running the correct software[1].

Should this be shipped to consumers as a default? Fuck no. This technology needs to exist for safety, but that doesn't mean it should be used to prop up business models. Unfortunately there's no good technical mechanism to prevent technology being used in user-hostile ways, and we're left with social pressure. We should be organising around that social pressure rather than refusing to talk about the tech.

[1] and let's not even focus on the "Someone hacked it" situation - what if it accidentally shipped with an uncertified debug build? This seems implausible, but when Apple investigated the firmware they'd shipped on laptops they found that some machines had been pulled off the production line, had a debug build installed to validate something, and had then been put back on the production line without a legitimate build being installed - and if Apple can get this wrong, everyone can get this wrong

Cerium · a month ago

Great point, in general I find that the story for security is always hackers but the result is that far more commonly you hack yourself with manufacturing process variation.