daydream (u/daydream)

daydream commented on A built-in 'off switch' to stop persistent pain penntoday.upenn.edu/news/... · Posted by u/gmays

SadTrombone · 2 months ago

As someone with back pain, what were the lifestyle changes?

daydream · 2 months ago

Doing heavy barbell squats and deadlifts worked wonders for me. Three sets of five (with appropriate warmup of course).

Eliminated my back pain and led to a bunch of other non obvious life improvements.

daydream commented on RSS is awesome evanverma.com/rss-is-awes... · Posted by u/edverma2

Perizors · 4 months ago

Is there any RSS reader that is also able to subscribe to newsletters in some way? There are lot of contents that are only provided as newsletters nowadays and I wanted to be able to read my feed and newsletters in the same app, without going into my mail inbox.

daydream · 4 months ago

You can subscribe to newsletters with any RSS reader nowadays, but it’s a multi step process requiring the use of an external (free) tool.

1. Create a feed on https://kill-the-newsletter.com/. This will also give you a custom email address to send your newsletter to.

2. Subscribe to the newsletter with the custom email address and add the feed you created to your reader.

This setup works very well for me with NetNewsWire though there is friction in the multiple steps. No affiliation with either, just a satisfied user.

daydream commented on Leaving Gmail for Mailbox.org giuliomagnifico.blog/post... · Posted by u/giuliomagnifico

cosmic_cheese · 4 months ago

It’s not been a problem for me. The registrars I use are pretty vocal about expiring payment credentials, and if I were really worried they allow stacking multiple methods to fall back on, some of which have their own fallbacks (like PayPal). In theory paying for longer periods in one go could help, but ironically that might make it worse since you’re more likely to forget about a renewal happening 5 or 10 years from now than you are one that recurs every year.

daydream · 4 months ago

You can always register the domain for 10 years, and then just keep renewing it every year so you always maintain 9 to 10 years of future paid registration.

Like you, this hasn’t been a problem for me.

daydream commented on AWS in 2025: Stuff you think you know that's now wrong lastweekinaws.com/blog/aw... · Posted by u/keithly

fodkodrasz · 4 months ago

Really? If I remember correctly: My Static website served from S3 + CF + R53 by about 0.67$ / mo, 0.5 being R53 from that, 0.16 being CF, S3 being 0.01 for my page.

BTW: Is GitHub Page still free for custom domains? (I don't know the EULA)

daydream · 4 months ago

GitHub Pages are still free but commercial websites are forbidden.

daydream commented on Open music foundation models for full-song generation map-yue.github.io/... · Posted by u/selvan

bangaladore · 4 months ago

What is the use case for music generation models? I see usecases for alot of the other foundation models like text, image, tts, sst, but why do I want AI generated music?

daydream · 4 months ago

> What is the use case for music generation models?

New types of electronic instruments.

We’ve been able to use analog circuits, digital logic, and then computers to generate sounds for decades… aka synthesizers.

I would love to see synthesizers which use music generation models under the hood to create new sounds. And / or new interfaces to create different types of instruments.

There’s a lot to explore here, in the same way there was (is) lots of exploration of electronic music starting I suppose with the Theremin in the 1930s.

daydream commented on Ask HN: How do you organize files on your computer? · Posted by u/curious_soul

daydream · a year ago

Surprised nobody has mentioned the PARA method. After years of ad-hoc organizing setups I started using it for both home and work (separately).

Best thing is it’s simple and gets out of the way, so I focus on what I’m trying to do and not on the metawork of maintaining some complex hierarchy. I looked at more complicated schemes like Johnny Decimal and they were not for me.

I organize my filesystem, notes app, and todo app in the same way. It works really well for me and has stopped the nagging desire to periodically optimize the system. It just gets out of the way so I can focus more.

I’m actually pretty neutral on Tiago Forte overall, not a big fan for various reasons. But his PARA system has been super useful for me. https://fortelabs.com/blog/para/

daydream commented on A chemist explains the chemistry behind decaf coffee theconversation.com/retai... · Posted by u/BerislavLopac

cryptonector · a year ago

Huh! Gonna have to try that!

daydream · a year ago

Watch out for the lead and heavy metals and cacao https://www.consumerreports.org/health/food-safety/a-third-o...

daydream commented on The magic of small engineering teams newsletter.posthog.com/p/... · Posted by u/andyjohnson0

teaearlgraycold · a year ago

Same. I quit Google to go work at a 4 person company. I love that we’re just able to get stuff done. Hard to get GPUs? Walk down to Central Computers in SOMA and buy L40S cards and build a workstation for everyone to share.

I’m not very financially motivated. I’m already making more than 90+% of the US. I just can not fathom the level of greed I saw hiding behind people’s eyes at Google as they try to build empires. I’m in Silicon Valley to learn about and work with computers. I get to work a chill number of hours while still learning every day. If you could get a lot of employees like that you’d have a huge market advantage.

daydream · a year ago

> I just can not fathom the level of greed I saw hiding behind people’s eyes at Google as they try to build empires.

That’s very well written. Poetic even.

> I’m in Silicon Valley to learn about and work with computers.

The industry used to be more like that. Never entirely, of course - Microsoft made a bunch of people millionaires in the 80s and 90s, turned some heads. A few others did too.

Even in the early 2000s almost none of the MBA types were going to the Bay Area after graduating.

But things changed. It basically had to. There were too many companies making too much money - and making their employees too wealthy - for people to ignore it. Zero interest rates added fuel to the fire and everyone who could jumped on it. Late stage capitalism, everyone gotta get theirs. And here we are.

daydream commented on Ask HN: How do you manage personal+work projects/tasks? · Posted by u/wavelander

daydream · 2 years ago

> I have realized I spend a lot of time trying to keep managing projects rather than doing the project itself.

> Do you use JIRA for life, or Linear, or Obsidian, or pen and paper? Yearly goals, monthly+weekly breakdowns?

The tool doesn’t matter. Just pick a simple one and be done with it. The reminders app built into your phone works great. You sure as hell don’t need JIRA to manage your life.

You are procrastinating doing the work. Sit down, make a list of everything you have to do. Then pick one thing and do it. Then, choose the next thing to do and do that. Rinse and repeat.

daydream commented on Ask HN: WhatsApp, now integral to our lives, provides no tech support. Ideas? · Posted by u/simonebrunozzi

daydream · 2 years ago

> Any ideas of what I could do to try to solve my issue?

What specific problems are you having?