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Re:The bottleneck might be the air in the room on Saturday July 04, 2026 @04:40PM (#48788871)
Don't forget about a concept called 'sick building syndrome'
If the past few years has taught us anything: it is that practices which are not mainstream and designated with a specific insurance code will not be mainstreamed as much as other mainstream practices. Agree with poster saying that rolfing is just one of many approaches to physical alignment. Ultimately people have to move the body and correct imbalances. Just sharing what worked for me. Many of my colleagues and friends, even younger than myself suffer from lack of movement and tight fascia/overcompensation.
Re:Why DuckDuckGo is building its own web search index on Sunday March 15, 2026 @12:02AM (#47384222)
Same here exclusive ddg user. Sounds like they already have like a diff of bing's results versus their own and are ready to launch. That said, I was really disappointed video did not show an actual duck working in leadership
I would seriously consider visiting a Rolfer. There was a point where due to period of inactivity and stress, I began having issues which started in the neck and migrated to pain in the wrists also. After some adjustments and time totally fine now.
Parasites are hugely ignored in people and can cause all sorts of issues long term. Most people don't realize these parasites dump and circulate waste throughout the body that collects and stagnates etc.
Re:Why Do They Want to Get Rid of Software Engineers? on Wednesday March 11, 2026 @02:41PM (#47339490)
From what I am seeing in the consulting space for enterprisey companies is that there is an extreme push to normalize /standardize all tools/platforms not even talking about AI tools to be able to replace tribal knowledge with cheaper workers. The narrative and in some cases reality of AI is just bringing the badhavior to the forefront
Re:Blogpost: Postgres Work_mem Production Incident on Wednesday March 11, 2026 @12:14PM (#47337528)
Thought this was an interesting oom killer postmortem
Re:Revise age verification terms for MidnightBSD on Tuesday March 10, 2026 @10:07PM (#47331056)
I wasn't under 18 when I started playing with *BSD/Nix systems on my own, but how tragic that kids who would be drawn to understanding these systems are essentially 'outlawed' from learning them. As another HNer pointed out in a related post, I think this stems from not understanding the delineation between an OS/App/Platform.
They really are unbearable: I use Duck Player primarily to view Youtube, connected via city wifi and every so often, I receive a message saying that youtube thinks I am a bot presumably because they are not getting ad revenue. Of course I have a workaround for this but annoying nonetheless.
Re:Hisense TVs add unskippable startup ads before live TV on Tuesday March 10, 2026 @10:22AM (#47323687)
It's ridiculous that going to a Target/Bestbuy/etc you cannot find any non-smart TVs generally. I have had several older models of non-smart tvs that suddenly stop working after a few years. It's disgusting
Re:The Banality of Surveillance on Saturday March 07, 2026 @02:24PM (#47290637)
Had a similar experience: over a decade ago our firm opened an office in Canada and being scrappy and startup-like I had to cross into Canada with some networking equipment to help set up the new office. The amount of scrutiny was insane: thankfully it never stuck and I was eventually let on to do the work and return
Re:Plasma Bigscreen – 10-foot interface for KDE plasma on Saturday March 07, 2026 @10:47AM (#47288655)
I'm totally with you on this and a great idea. Always used flux/openbox whenever I could on my own workstations, and the idea that it could be used for a big screen device would be great.
I mean, everyone has a choice where to put their att/int-ention. It takes a lot of boundary-setting to not get overwhelmed
Re:Apple Introduces MacBook Neo on Wednesday March 04, 2026 @02:20PM (#47252463)
Maybe I am in the minority but MacOS always feels so bloated and heavy to me.
Re:The AI Bubble Is an Information War on Wednesday March 04, 2026 @02:17PM (#47252425)
The answer is easy: more corruption. No AI God needed
When I encounter people with dogs I always do a smooch sound to the dog and keep going, automatic at this point. Usually where I am they are driving by or in shopping centers. If outdoors I will say hi to owners also but usually just the dogs are greeted.
Re:What Are Your Guilty Displeasures? on Monday March 02, 2026 @10:34PM (#47227670)
I have gotten into watching Street Fighter tournaments online and recently found out about Tool Assisted gameplay for emulators. Not sure I have time for hacking ROMs but do enjoy those tournaments
Re:Ask HN: How are you all staying sane? on Monday March 02, 2026 @08:57PM (#47226941)
Playing an instrument
A few years ago there was a group formed in the UK to designate cask ale/pub culture to be recognized as intangible cultural heritage through UNESCO-- following Belgium's successful foray into its brewing/beer culture being designated this way. There are a few documentaries on youtube
Re:Show HN: I built a self-hosted course platform in Clojure on Saturday February 28, 2026 @12:44PM (#47198115)
Hello thank you for this. Off and on I have looked into Clojure/Clojurescript but in most day jobs I haven't been able to use it or implement it. Looking forward to the courses!
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Re:Sewage Spill in the Potomac River on Sunday February 22, 2026 @11:48AM (#47112514)
Where can I find the GoFundMe campaign to assist in cleanup efforts?? /s
It would be interesting to have some tests run against deliberate code obfuscation next
It's really not so crazy
Re:I'm Sick of This AI Shit [video] on Friday February 20, 2026 @07:41AM (#47087294)
I wonder if Spotify's AI Artist push is to break into markets usually defaulted to Muzak Company
Re:Netbase: A port of the NetBSD utilities for Linux on Thursday February 19, 2026 @10:14PM (#47083219)
I always loved exploring veriexec

https://netbsd.org/docs/guide/en/chap-veriexec.html

I'm sure by now ubuntu has a 1/4-baked similar implementation because teenage rebellion

Good show but wouldn't want my hypothetical kid to look up to the main woman character thinking it's cool to be perpetually high-strung, antisocial, with a highly unregulated nervous system/unhealthy habits just because she is 'cool' and 'brilliant'
I am not a consumer of adult content though I used to be. I firmly believe adult content will be outlawed in the near future
Re:How do you "step through" your own anxiety? on Friday February 13, 2026 @10:43AM (#47003988)
Learning to regulate your nervous system. We are not chased by tigers as prey as much anymore, but when nervous system is in prolonged fight/flight/freeze states an email from your boss can trigger similar reaction

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