Readit NewsDuckConference commented on I Miss the Internet (2024) joanwestenberg.com/p/i-mi... · Posted by u/wordhydrogen
I share a lot of the sentiments expressed in the post, but the reality is that the people who feel this way are a tiny, tiny niche compared to the general population, and we probably can't expect anything widely used and available to the population to cater to that niche.
But on an internet mostly oriented around mega-platforms, it will likely become increasingly hard for the niche players to survive. I now understand how old people felt when the places, experiences, and cultural trends they understood died out.
From 2021 previously discussed
And the response from apple linked in that thread: https://9to5mac.com/2021/03/03/apple-card-apple-id-unrelated...
Allegedly unrelated to the apple card, your appleid just gets locked if you don't fulfill a trade-in.
What the fuck is happening? How is some "what the spanish inquisition taught me about SAAS sales" linkedin spam getting near the top of the HN feed?
Also the author's knowledge of roman history seems to be to the level of a summary of an inaccurate youtube video.
All the heavy metals were below 1ppm, are any of the levels concerning?
DuckConference commented on Ask HN: Where do you browse and chat outside of here? · Posted by u/oceanhaiyang
Bluesky has some good content if you curate your feeds and algorithm (it's fully customisable). Also spend a lot of time on Twitter but I don't recommend it.
Reddit can be okay if you choose the right niche subreddits -- stay away from the main page subreddits. Among the niche subreddits, I find location-based subreddits and subreddits for podcasts to be good sources for unique communities.
I've been seeing more AI slop being posted on reddit even on smaller subreddits. Whatever people are using to do it likes to somewhat randomly bold certain words to emphasize them so it stands out a bit once you notice it.
DuckConference commented on GLP-1 drugs: An economic disruptor? (2024) wildfirelabs.substack.com... · Posted by u/herbertl
It isn't. 20% body fat is 6% below average. That isn't "merely overweight", it's likely underweight. No, I don't think underweight people should take appetite suppressants and I don't think that qualifies as a hot take. I think anyone who is medically overweight (which is a very modest BMI qualifier for anyone with any amount of muscle) should have the choice. Many US medical systems and insurers agree, which is a good place to be.
What are you smoking? 20% is a perfectly healthy bodyfat number and (for a man) anything down to 15% or so is fine. Sub 10% is when you pretty much need a crazy bodybuilder lifestyle to maintain it. And on the other side, 25% is around the lien where you start facing some minor health risks from excess body fat.
I don’t understand why people act like checking bags is a huge time sink. It’s maybe fifteen minutes at most on a bad day for the bag drop, and I can’t remember the last time I had to wait more than 20 minutes for them to show up on the carousel at my destination (and 20 minutes is super slow, it’s usually more like 10). The only times I’ve really had problems with checking bags is connecting flights when my flight is delayed or canceled and such, and even then while there was some stress over it my bags always got to my destination either when I did or sooner. On the last point the last time I flew international I had a baggage attendant at Heathrow actually call my phone personally to reassure me they had my bag and told me where to go to pick it up when I got to baggage claim.
I’m sure there’s horror stories out there of course, there always is, but 99.99% of the time checking a bag is only marginally less convenient than trying to fit everything in my carryon.
I almost always wait 20 minutes or more for a checked bag, and I've had to wait well over 45 minutes a few times.
If you're willing to spend a bunch of die area (which directly translates into cost) you can get good numbers on the other two legs of the Power-Performance-Area triangle. The issue is that the market position of Apple's competitors is such that it doesn't make as much sense for them to make such big and expensive chips (particularly CPU cores) in a mobile-friendly power envelope.