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Re:Why teens are suddenly obsessed with chess on Sunday April 30, 2023 @11:09PM (#35768699)
The article makes it pretty. lear that the vast majority are using laptops and phones.
Re:Flush your Amazon credentials now on Thursday April 27, 2023 @11:49PM (#35737292)
The source post is from the 24th, am I wrong to be skeptical of the true severity of this?
Re:Walmart Announces Closure of Four Chicago Stores on Friday April 14, 2023 @04:03PM (#35573981)
Is anyone more familiar with the locale able to provide more context as to why specifically these stores may not be profitable?
For mice they may have used to be the case, but recently wireless has become more popular (at least in CSGO.) 3/5 of the most popular mice used by pros are wireless (including the #1 spot.)
I am not sure I understand the significance of this, anyone care to explain?
Re:The Missing Semester of Your CS Education on Saturday February 25, 2023 @12:23PM (#34938393)
I dropped out after a year of college and have since weaseled my way into a dev position, your observation could not be more true in my experience. I've since strongly considered going back to school for a degree, but as interesting and probably useful some of the material may be, I'm not convinced it's worth it as an investment into making me better at my job.

If only I could use 529 funds on some of these online course providers.

Re:Dancing is stupid on Sunday February 19, 2023 @01:14PM (#34860209)
> Couples splitting up because one is heavily more invested in dancing than the other is a common occurence.

This unnerves me. My partner could and would dance all day, anywhere, any scenario. I have to be unbelievably drunk to come close to anything resembling dancing. Any event we go to together that involves dancing is intensely emotionally debilitating to me for that reason, and sometimes I worry that it's a basal insurmountable incompatibility between us.

Re: on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @11:09AM (#34805752)
For publishing to the the Play Store, it's a one time US$25 fee.
Re:Show HN: A compilation of websites with dumb password rules on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @09:17AM (#34804057)
> BBVA

> Username is your national ID (easy to find) and your password must have up to 6 alphanumeric characters only.

Insanity. How is a system like that remotely acceptable?

Re:YouTube has become the world's nanny on Friday February 03, 2023 @01:23PM (#34645554)
That's why the have (had?) all that fun stuff on the back of the cereal box. Or the morning paper. It's not a new phenomenon that we strive to fill our idle time with some kind of stimulation.
Re:Petrichor on Wednesday December 28, 2022 @07:46AM (#34160456)
Can they put it in a candle?
Re:Ask HN: Do you use noise cancelling headphones? on Thursday December 22, 2022 @01:00PM (#34096311)
I used to wear them pretty much every waking moment, but recently I have become very suspicious of their effect on me.

I don't necessarily think it has a negative affect on my hearing, but I feel in general that it brings down my outward awareness as a whole. It's a very isolating experience, being in noise-canceling, and I think normalizing being in that zone conditions my mind to become very insular and broadly ignorant of my surroundings. As I start wearing them less, this noticeably diminishes.

And speaking specifically to my personal situation, I feel it directly aggravates my anxiety through this mechanism.

I think the difference here is that the OP of that post claims the representative told him to chargeback as the resolution to his issue. In their position, I would've probably done the same.
Re:Ask HN: What companies offer part-time positions? on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @11:03PM (#33979878)
Why specifically women?
Re:Links mentioning Mastodon flagged as sensitive on Twitter? on Monday December 12, 2022 @04:36PM (#33960758)
I do see a flag.
Re:Ask HN: Recommend me a good set of 2.1 desktop speakers? on Friday December 09, 2022 @09:30AM (#33921537)
I have the same ones (without sub) and am really happy with them. The remote can be a bit obtuse, but that doesn't really apply if you're using it for a desktop.
Not that it's a real issue, but the 2nd page on the popular tab is actually not a pdf at all. I assume it appears because the url (https://mango.pdf.zone) contains ".pdf" within it?
Re:Oru Kayak’s reckless and irresponsible advertising on Thursday December 08, 2022 @08:31AM (#33907665)
> I don't know if he thinks that people will see the ad and then go buy a kayak and jump in the water without having done any research or gotten any guidance about kayaking

I think he does, and I absolutely agree with him. I think the average person is much less likely to do research about stuff than you think, especially when the advertisements take such a casual tone and are completely devoid of any safety considerations whatsoever. It very much seems marketed towards affluent, casual users who are likely ignorant to the specific dangers of cold water.

My sole motivation for wanting twitter to die is that this format dies with it.
I'd agree with the uncovering sentiment, I had been very good at ignoring and repressing anxieties up to that point. Maybe the trip just permanently ruined that illusion, since then I haven't really been able to handle anxiety well at all.
I'm doing okay. You are right, it's a very vulnerable and almost inevitable feeling, like I've been shown who I "truly" am inside, something that I only accessed directly during that trip, but which exists below the surface all the time. Which obviously cycles heavily back into the anxious feelings.

I've never really put this experience in to words before, reading it back maybe it's time for me to try something other than waiting for it to burn itself out.

I took mushrooms three years ago and immediately gained a pervasive baseline anxiety in my life. Haven't been able to shake it since. Wouldn't recommend if you have any issues with anxiety in your life beforehand.