Can confirm that I played a lot of spades during the boring parts of my ~5 year Navy enlistment.
We always had at least one spades tournament on the mess decks for any underway more than 2 weeks.
Readit Newsradiokicker commented on How you play Spades is how you play life pudding.cool/2021/08/spad... · Posted by u/feross
My gripe with Reddit is more about how unusable the site is. I decided to come back to the site recently and make a new account. I tried to comment on a thread, but got auto order because account karma. After that though, I noticed I could only make posts every ten minutes.
I use old.reddit.com on desktops because their "updated" interface is absolutely horrendous. There is a tab in preferences to opt out of the redesign too.
radiokicker commented on Tricks of Trench Warfare (2020) gru.gq/2020/02/12/forgott... · Posted by u/Tomte
> The simplest implementation of this trick was leaving shiny tin cans, or other enticing targets for snipers to zero their sights on at the front. Germans would leave cans on the parapet for snipers to shoot at. Due to the high contrast and easy visibility of these targets, they were attractive for naive snipers to use while adjusting their sights. A grave and often fatal error.
Wait so... they just put out tin cans and the enemy snipers would shoot them because their sights needed to be tuned? That doesn't feel like it makes any sense. For one, you can't shoot the can unless your sights are tuned, so I guess they're taking multiple shots? Was it really so hard to invent a sight that could be tuned without firing to give away your position?
Even modern day rifles need a handful of rounds to sight in. I assume due to the massive casualties suffered by both sides they were sending up troops to the trenches with little time to prepare.
radiokicker commented on Why Can’t I Sleep? ucsf.edu/magazine/why-can... · Posted by u/giuliomagnifico
A 12 lbs weighted blanket has done wonders for me. I fall asleep faster and rarely wake up in the middle of the night.
Nice! What brand?
One thing to keep in mind with magnesium supplementation is the type of magnesium. Oxide has really bad absorption rates (around 10%) and can cause severe diarrhea when overdosed. This website has been a staple of mine for years for supplementation guides.
radiokicker commented on Ask HN: What companies are most likely Theranos of 2020? · Posted by u/bndr
There needs to be a documentary on Juicero. They didn't lie and cheat like Theranos and Fyre Festival, Juicero just a really silly business model... Which is somehow just as scary
If anyone wants an in depth primer on their products youtuber AVE did a tear down on their machine.
radiokicker commented on Ask HN: What did you do that has changed your life the most? · Posted by u/pro_sine
Having a bedtime routine that I stick to. At 9:00 I will drink my chamomile tea and at 9:30 I will put away my electronics and read until I fall asleep. I have found using a red headlamp to read also helps me relax as opposed to having a lamp illuminate my room. Blackout curtains also do wonders.
I hilariously overestimate the number of books I can get through when I make these lists, but my current list for 2020 is as follows:
Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World
The Man Who Solved the Market: How Jim Simons Launched the Quant Revolution
Book of Proof
Designing Data-Intensive Applications: The Big Ideas Behind Reliable, Scalable, and Maintainable Systems
Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
We Make the Road by Walking: A Year-Long Quest for Spiritual Formation, Reorientation, and Activation
Soul Repair: Recovering from Moral Injury after War (for a friend)
Master and Commander
Educated
Without Getting Killed or Caught: The Life and Music of Guy Clark
Stretch goal: The Power Broker, as a warm-up for Caro's LBJ series
The Bible (perpetual, I don't get through it every year, but I get through much of it, often)
EDIT: I also hilariously underestimate the number of books I want to read. Here's one more I think is vital for my 2020:
The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science
I’m on the third of the LBJ series after starting them a couple years ago. While they are long they really are absolutely fascinating and hold my attention far beyond what I would have thought.