Raphmedia

> When you know you’re going to be downvoted regardless of what you post, it’s easy for your writing to take on a bitter and cynical tone. That said, most of my comments aren’t even like that and still get inexplicable downvotes.

I believe that you hit the nail on the head there. If your reaction to feedback from your peers is to turn bitter you are creating a vicious circle.

When I get a downvote, I analyze my comment and try to detect the mistake or social faux pas I commited. For example, most *chan or Reddit lingo is frowned upon so I avoid them.

This is an account I created 4 months ago because my previous account was named after a domain I no longer own. I am already at 811 karma. My previous account, created in 2013, had 5930 karma with long periods of inactivity. Karma is meaningless if you do not use it as a metric to detect how your peers perceive you. It's points without a scoreboard and no one is keeping track.

This does not mean I bend backward and follow the opinions of others. I do stand by my comments that are downvoted and would repeat them verbatim if the same conversation arise. But that's an exception and it's usually about controversial topics.

Remember that the words you write are going to be read by someone (or what's the point?). So make sure you are either helpful to other users or that you bring the discussion forward. Otherwise you are simply wasting someone's time and they will quickly click on the downward triangle.

This is not an attack, I am genuinely trying to help you get out of that catch-22.

I looked through your comment history. You claim got me curious.

Most of your downvoted comments (usually one liners) have comments under them (usually paragraphs) disagreeing with you and explaining why.

Meanwhile, your downvoted comments that have no explanation added are simply out of place for the HN community. Swear words, short controversial statements, very political messages, etc.

Do you truly believe this comment was downvoted because of a cabal and not because of its content?: "I’m tired of trashy Chinese tastes gaining so much influence in the world." https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25527391

"Snapchat"-like, in the workplace.

I don't know, it is quite easy to search a well indexed chat for keywords in order to find important information.

Go to your HN profile and turn on "showdead". This is how the entire internet would now look like.

Conspiracy theory extremism slowly turning into domestic terrorism. It's not a matter of what is real or what isn't. It's a matter of bullying the rest of the population to accept their beliefs as the truth.

https://www.hstoday.us/subject-matter-areas/infrastructure-s...

> I couldn't find anything stronger than "german doctors say" which means nothing.

That's all there is to it.

Some context: https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/it-was-inevitable-that-anti...

Please do not mistake this comment as antivaxx nonsense, the article linked discredits both the theory and the scientists who started it all.

I came here to say this. Coffee makes me very anxious and makes it hard for me to focus on tasks. I throw in some L-theanine and suddenly everything is ok. Using drugstore capsules makes it really cheap too.

"These results replicate previous evidence which suggests that L-theanine and caffeine in combination are beneficial for improving performance on cognitively demanding tasks." https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18681988/

Oh, you were guessing. I thought there was a new rule against high volume content sharing and as a page manager that got me scared because it would have flown over my head without me noticing.

We know that having a dedicated sleeping space contributes to the quality of sleep, but there are no studies on the size and boundaries required to create that space.

Using the bed as a workspace means you're bringing your work with you to bed. You completely erase any possibility of separation between workspace and sleep space.

With only one bedroom available, your only way to assign a dedicated sleeping space is to use your bed to sleep and a desk to work.

Throwing in some anecdotal opinion, I live in a studio style open apartment and have no issue sleeping well in my bed even if I can see my workspace. I however had issues sleeping back when I lived in a smaller apartment and used the bed as my main computer space.

Is it objectively better or worst? There's no study backing either theories. However, I believe that even working on a small desk next to your bed would be better than working directly from the bed. Otherwise you'd be effectively training yourself to think about work while lying down in the comfort of your sleeping area, instead of training yourself to fall asleep and relax.

I believe that even working on a small desk next to your bed would be better than working directly from the bed.

> The quantity that they are posting now breaks a new FB policy

Could you tell me more about that? What new policy?

On the opposite, I'd say it's a great way to destroy your sleep routine and habits. As a rule of thumb, your bed should be dedicated to sleep and cuddles with your significant other.

"This study indicates that the use of computers and mobile telephones in the bedroom are related to poor sleep habits" https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1365-2869...

"Computer use, TV viewing, and the presence of media in children's bedrooms may reduce sleep duration, and delay bedtimes." https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23886318/

My gut feeling is everyone coming out of the holidays reading back weeks of notifications.

Dyson Cool+Hot Air Purifier (built-in sensors), Atmotube and Awair.

Overcooking and oversteeping your tea releases extra unwanted tannin. This is what makes the bitter taste. This can be hard on an empty stomach and for people prone to nausea.

High presence of tannin lowers the absorption of iron:

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/british-journal-of-n...

https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/106/6/1413/4823172

It also increase the oxalates:

https://www.urologyofva.net/articles/category/healthy-living...

All of that being said, many people aim for teas high in tannin for the taste. There are also studies that will show the potential health benefits of tannin. As with many things, moderation is probably the answer.

Any cooking will decrease it.

I have several air sensors and even using the oven will change the air quality from "green" to "yellow".

Even just frying veggies with a bit of oil on an electric cooktop sends my air quality into "red". Overheating oil sends it into the "purple" level which is "unhealthy".

I think that by standardizing the font, they have removed the possible benefits for people with dyslexia.

Dyslexie explains it well in their about pages, https://www.dyslexiefont.com/en/typeface/

I wish the font was free, but there's always https://opendyslexic.org/

For the Comic lovers, there's also http://comicneue.com/

We did our office Halloween party on https://topia.io/ which is very similar. You get to build your environment using "flash"-like components.

Here's a screenshot: https://i.imgur.com/VVt0zCU.jpg

In short, you move around in the virtual space and your avatar's head is your webcam feed. There is also positional audio, so your position changes who you hear. User can also apparently spawn screen share windows in the sky.

Give it a try, it works and feel better than it looks. It is very similar to what you'd find in a VR chat application but it works surprisingly well from the browser with just the mouse.

(Completely unaffiliated, simply gave the demo a spin.)

However, if you're only there to exercise your hobby and get paid for it, you may get bored by the other parts of the career.

Endless meetings, managing the client, managing the budget, thinking about deadlines, training new hires, working with a team, etc., are all part of the job. Yet, they don't involve writing a single line of code.

We often see articles on HN of passionate programmers leaving the industry behind. The reason is rarely the code itself.

This article features very little images for something so visual (a dance).

I strongly recommend giving this video from Georgia Tech College of Computing a watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFDGPgXtK-U

(Note: This is a video from many years ago and the explanation is not as accurate as it once was thought to be. However, this is still a great visual explanation of this "dance".)

Several YouTubers have channels with similar goals in mind.

Not exactly the same but the production value and cartoon visuals makes the complicated information easier to understand.

Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsXVk37bltHxD1rDPwtNM8Q

Crash Course World History https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBDA2E52FB1EF80C9 (check out all the Crash Course playlists, there's more than history)

SciShow https://www.youtube.com/user/scishow/videos

etc.

> For example, going through chemotherapy and radiotherapy, while unconscious, or even just dreaming, makes it way more appealing to me.

Not exactly what you are asking for, but: https://www.marijuanamoment.net/canada-will-let-terminally-i...

> LGBTQ representation

Cyberpunk was not well received by the population it was trying to cater to with its customizable genitalia.

https://jygglypuffdaddy.com/2020/12/11/an-almost-exhaustive-...

It is ironic that the web industry rejects WordPress as "a blog tool not suited for websites" and the blogger industry rejects it as "a cms tool not suited for blogs".

There's a plugin you can install that brings the classic editor back.