maksimur (u/maksimur)

maksimur commented on How the brain's activity, energy use and blood flow change as people fall asleep massgeneralbrigham.org/en... · Posted by u/XzetaU8

tartoran · 2 months ago

During my 20s I developed a severe insomnia, probably due to not knowing how to handle stress. It was so bad that I had to go to the ER because I haven't had any sleep in days and didn't know what else to do. They gave me ambien and it helped at the time, but I knew that it was not something to take long term. I then started to experiment with various methods to help me fall asleep and sleep hygene such as hot/cold showers, warm baths, relaxing exercises and meditation, lowering the room temperature, removing sources of light (especially those blue LEDs). In my 40s now and am happy to report that I no longer have any insomniac episodes and I rarely have a hard time falling asleep. Out of all the techniques I found that forcefully yawning for a couple of minutes is the most efficent way for me to induce sleep.

maksimur · 2 months ago

Would be interesting to know why yawning induces sleep at all.

maksimur commented on Genode OS Framework genode.org... · Posted by u/justinclift

blauditore · 3 months ago

Has "genode" any meaning in English, or is it just an artistic blend of "generic" and "node" or similar?

I'm asking because my brain read "Genocide OS" at the first pass, which seems a bit unfortunate.

maksimur · 3 months ago

I've read it as "genocide" too and I scrolled down to see if there were any comments like yours. I wasn't disappointed.

maksimur commented on Why our website looks like an operating system posthog.com/blog/why-os... · Posted by u/bnc319

hliyan · 3 months ago

Why this feels so incredibly appealing compared to prevailing designs is probably something for a psychologist / cognitive scientist / neurologist (?) to answer -- there is certainly something here that warrants better study than what we in the software industry do in rushed blog posts.

But I can personally speak to at least one aspect, having worked for a company that does high end web sites and strategy for large SaaS products, and also being the target audience for such websites (director or VP Eng): the speed and ease with which I can find what I want (as a potential customer) using that top navigation menu is superior to anything I've seen done so far.

I could see immediately they have 34 products under 7 categories; 5 are popular, 4 are new. If I want to try out one: Docs > Product OS > Integration > Install and configure > Install PostHog.

And if I wanted to learn a bit about their engineering: Company > Handbook > Engineering > Internal Processes > Bug prioritization.

Pricing: Pricing calculator > select product > set usage, select addons.

Each of these interactions took only seconds. And I could switch between the product overview page I opened earlier and the pricing page I just opened, without waiting for any entire website to reload (or having to right click, open in new tab, and then scroll).

As I said, there is something here beyond just aesthetics. And one of the conclusions may be that our current UI/UX philosophy has inadvertantly become user-hostile.

maksimur · 3 months ago

I would be more cautious in generalizing this feeling. To me that interface feels daunting and cognitively taxing, compared to a CLI or command palette.

maksimur commented on E-paper display reaches the realm of LCD screens spectrum.ieee.org/e-paper... · Posted by u/rbanffy

dragontamer · 3 months ago

Eink always could be driven quickly. The issue is that LCDs are more powerful efficient at high refresh rates

EInk needs a lot of power to move the heavier ink particles around. If you are doing that more and more rapidly, then even more power is drawn.

By 75Hz, I'm almost certain that LCD is far more power efficient. The LCD pixel (aka the liquid crystal) is a glorified capacitor, it takes some power to charge but it's exceptionally 'light' compared to eink.

That's why LCDs can go faster and faster. It's just physics. A capacitor / twisted crystal uses less power to turn on or off than EInk.

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EInks advantage is that if you turn off power, the ink stays put. So you spend a ton of power moving the ink around and then save lots and lots of power over the next seconds, minutes or more.

That's why EInk is ideal for once-a-day updates of prices (or other retailer tasks). The less you update, the less power used.

maksimur · 3 months ago

I wonder if we could engineer a lighter ink

maksimur commented on Altered states of consciousness induced by breathwork accompanied by music journals.plos.org/plosone... · Posted by u/gnabgib

goodpoint · 4 months ago

This is not 4chan. Can mods please remove this slop?

maksimur · 4 months ago

This is also not Reddit where you call for mods to remove things you find uncomfortable. I'd rather this guy be talked out of his delusions rather than letting him become more aggravated alone. Failing that, other people who were about to consider embarking on the same delusions would be hopefully discouraged by the rational replies.

maksimur commented on The F-35 is losing the trade war jalopnik.com/1945910/f-35... · Posted by u/rntn

antonymoose · 4 months ago

Sure, but in any case the nations buying the F-35 are so tied at the hip to the United States it would be fantasy to expect them to break off in any meaningful timeframe relative to the lifespan of the plane.

Beyond that, is there a viable competitor available for an US allied nation to purchase?

maksimur · 4 months ago

> Beyond that, is there a viable competitor available for an US allied nation to purchase?

Not available yet, but Korean KF-21 and Turkish Kaan/TF-X (which Spain is thinking about buying/co-producing IIRC), though they're both considered 4.5th gen fighter jets rather than 5th like the F-35.

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

maksimur · 4 months ago

How do you deal with emails bouncing or going to spam? I have been looking to move away from Gmail but last I read it was the only reliable option out there.

maksimur commented on Face it: you're a crazy person experimental-history.com/... · Posted by u/surprisetalk

closetkantian · 5 months ago

I think one thing that this article misses out on is that people are more and more likely to have many careers over a lifetime. In my case, I was a teacher, then a technical writer, then a teacher again. And now I'm shifting into curriculum development. The skills built in my different careers all have complemented each other, and I don't feel as if any of them are my one and only "dream job."

maksimur · 4 months ago

In your case the jobs look closely related, don't they?

maksimur commented on Study mode openai.com/index/chatgpt-... · Posted by u/meetpateltech

ToucanLoucan · 5 months ago

> You're telling people to be experts before they know anything.

I mean, that's absolutely my experience with heavy LLM users. Incredibly well versed in every topic imaginable, apart from all the basic errors they make.

maksimur · 5 months ago

They have the advantage to be able to rectify their errors and have a big leg up if they ever decide to specialize.