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I have occasional insomnia, and while this might be a placebo effect, extensive usage of bluetooth seems to consistently make it worse.

So if this happens, it might be finally the time I ditch the iPhone brand.

There’ve also been anecdotal reports of bluetooth worsening migraines in people prone to them.

Re:Facebook plans cryptocurrency debut on Saturday June 08, 2019 @04:23AM (#20131285)
You’re right. I find it stupendously easy to move money within/into Kenya.

I can easily pay a street seller from my US bank account, directly to his/her phone, in seconds.

Pains me to say this because I had this international bank/credit card to M-Pesa transfers idea a decade ago, a professor dissuaded me from pursuing it.

5 years later, a bunch of services launched and many are thriving.

*Heaviside
Re:Donald Trump is the president-elect of the U.S. on Wednesday November 09, 2016 @03:21AM (#12907714)
Your points mirror my experience, but could you explain why breakdown of civic institutions (an observation I've also made) matters?

Does a new coal-fired power plant make sense in 2016?

Lamu, where a Chinese-led coal-fired power plant is about to be built, is a stupendously beautiful archipelago of Islands off the South Eastern coast of Kenya.Indeed, Obama wrote of his visit with Michelle to the area in his first ever trip to Kenya before they got engaged in the early 90s.The main island hosts a UNESCO world heritage site, a 14th century town built up due to the confluence of...

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Re:How Do Maize Moisture Meters Work? on Monday June 29, 2015 @08:35AM (#9797639)
David, could you please ping me at ernest.g.n (google's mail service)
Re:Eric Schmidt Projects Kenya As Africa’s Tech Leader on Friday January 25, 2013 @10:01AM (#5115683)
Eric Schmidt's original Google+ post: https://plus.google.com/+EricSchmidt/posts

Ask HN: Faster caffeine metabolism/flushing

Hi guys,I am a coffee fanatic who can't handle the caffeine any more because it takes too long for the caffeine to be flushed out of my system. If I take a cappuccino in the morning, I sometimes can't fall asleep at midnight. Or I fall asleep and wake up in the night.I distinctly remember drinking up to three cups of coffee in bed and falling asleep shortly after. I think I started being...

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