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Did you dry yourself immediately after getting out of the shower? Yes.

What was the temperature like in the house? Around 21 Celsius with some variance during seasons, the highest being like 28 not sure about the lowest temp but definitely something within the standard range for room temperature.

Did you have anything else already affecting you negatively (like stress or sleep deprivation)? I had below-average stress. I wasn't sleep-deprived.

I observed an increase in illness frequency when I took them. I haven't been diagnosed with immunodeficiency. Drawing solely from my individual experience (n=1), I wouldn't recommend it to others.
Does this person cite any research that would prove his claims? Edit: Mainly the point about how exercising is better than not exercising.
Re:Open Source Outdoor Air Quality Monitor on Monday July 31, 2023 @12:21PM (#36944954)
If there is no rule about posting the same product every few days/weeks from the same person who is also the owner of the product, there should be one. @dang
Re:Ask HN: What's your favorite GPT powered tool? on Monday May 15, 2023 @09:20AM (#35947702)
Can you provide the exact prompt?
Re:Ask HN: What's your favorite GPT powered tool? on Monday May 15, 2023 @09:04AM (#35947499)
Could you provide an example prompt illustrating the general types of questions that you are asking, with which it seems to struggle?
"Artificial sweeteners are ten times worse than real sugar" source?

Ask HN: What is the most efficient way to support open source?

Hello, I would like to support open source, but I also want to get my moneys worth (donate to someone who can produce the most value for it). I was thinking of putting up bounties for certain features and bug fixes, but that is time-consuming. What you might say is that I should donate to projects I'm using, but they have roadmaps with features I'm not interested in.

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This is my subjective opinion, and I would like to know what others think. I might very well be objectively wrong for all I know. The manifesto was written 20+ years ago, when the situation might have been different, so I wouldn't be calling it out because it might have been true in that time.

Ask HN: The most efficient method of conveying information is face-to-face

Agile Manifesto states: The most efficient and effective method of conveying information to and within a development team is face-to-face conversation. https://agilemanifesto.org/principles.html But from what my experience, written word one-on-one has many advantages. It is easy to look up what was said. Another difference is that written word is persistent, meanwhile spoken usually isn't. You...

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