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ibbih commented on Microplastics: No longer a "maybe" ibbi.io/mp... · Posted by u/ibbih

adriand · 3 months ago

> if i were alive in the 50s and had the internet i simply would not buy lead-paint

The contamination is so widespread and is in things you can't avoid (like the air) but I have made some lifestyle changes that I hope decrease my exposure at least a little bit. I:

- don't drink water out of plastic bottles

- don't use any plastic dishes at home

- switched from using tupperware for food storage to mason jars

- use bedding made from natural materials (mostly cotton)

- prefer clothing made from cotton as opposed to polyester (exception: some exercise clothing)

- don't eat meat (this was not because of concern about plastic, but I think it's helpful here too)

My family mocks me for this, but I also hold my breath when I clean the lint filter in the dryer, because that cloud of dust that shoots up is, I believe anyway, a whole pile of breathable microplastics.

ibbih · 3 months ago

Preliminary studies show that you are actually drastically impacting your plastic intake. Try brushing your teeth with nonplastics too!

ibbih commented on Microplastics: No longer a "maybe" ibbi.io/mp... · Posted by u/ibbih

tigershen23 · 3 months ago

Any thoughts on the temperature of plastics? Looks like a takeout container at 95C (soup, for example) can release 50% more particles than at 50C [1], but how much of overall ingestion comes from this source? Several friends of mine avoid takeout for this reason, is that rational?

[1] https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlehtml/2025/an/d4an0137...

ibbih · 3 months ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTzw_grLzjw&t=427s

55x for BPA? It's pretty annoying how wide an umbrella term microplastics are.

ibbih commented on Microplastics: No longer a "maybe" ibbi.io/mp... · Posted by u/ibbih

raincole · 3 months ago

> Is the science not clear enough yet

No.

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00405-8

(https://web.archive.org/web/20250211144614/https://www.natur... if you need)

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39900298/

ibbih · 3 months ago

Are the mouse studies not worrying enough for you to change your behaviour?

ibbih commented on Microplastics: No longer a "maybe" ibbi.io/mp... · Posted by u/ibbih

goelbab · 3 months ago

It’s hard for science to prove because there’s no control group - everyone is exposed.

There’s also no clear definition of microplastics that I’ve seen. Different plastics have different toxicitiy

ibbih · 3 months ago

It's a bit too much of an umbrella term for regulation to fix in one swoop, but if i were alive in the 50s and had the internet i simply would not buy lead-paint.

ibbih commented on Canvas is a new way to write and code with ChatGPT openai.com/index/introduc... · Posted by u/davidbarker

yawnxyz · a year ago

The most surprising part of this announcement was the team who worked on this — more people worked on and contributed to this than many startups. There are 16 people working on this project!!

If each was paid $300k (that's a minimum...) and they spent a year on this, it'd make it a $5M project...

ibbih · a year ago

1- very unlikely they spent a year on just this 2- they are certainly paid more as TC

ibbih commented on Steve Ballmer's incorrect binary search interview question blog.jgc.org/2024/09/stev... · Posted by u/jgrahamc

dannyw · a year ago

“As a SWE, I seek to understand important context first, before jumping to build or code. First, I’d like to ask if you’ll guess randomly and fairly, or adversarially?”

“Secondly, when significant money is involved, I make sure to verify any inputs. I’m considering the situation, not you personally, untrusted. How can I verify it, or do you want me to proceed assuming that’s verified?”

Those are great questions, but it’s also about how you ask it. SWE is not pure engineering. Communications is vitally important.

ibbih · a year ago

wat

ibbih commented on Arrest of Pavel Durov, Telegram CEO, charges of terrorism, fraud, child porn decripto.org/en/arrest-of... · Posted by u/toss1

questinthrow · a year ago

Why did he enter a country with an arrest warrant on his name? I don't understand it

ibbih · a year ago

it was issued while he was en route

ibbih commented on Writing code with GPT and no engineering experience creativefrontiers.substac... · Posted by u/cmuguythrow

techostritch · 2 years ago

I’m curious what this person means by never touched a line of code. They seem to have a lot of familiarity with coding concepts and terms, then they jump into debugging python code and reading API documentation. Maybe I’m below average in the curve but these are things it took me a decent amount of time to learn how to do and I’ve been hands on my whole life.

Their substack bio describes themselves as a developer, was that all after this ChatGPT experience I guess?

ibbih · 2 years ago

their substack describes them as a designer

Looking up on LinkedIn, she worked as a product designer but never as a developer

ibbih commented on Self-driving Waymos secure final clearance for expansion beyond S.F sfchronicle.com/bayarea/a... · Posted by u/rntn

standardUser · 2 years ago

Does it do a decent job of estimating the ride time?

ibbih · 2 years ago

ime it consistently overestimates ride time by 50+% or so. usually like 10-20% slower than google maps, but the estimate is often 2x what google maps says.