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Re:Ask HN: Could you share your personal website here? on Wednesday January 14, 2026 @04:08PM (#46623451)
Heartbreaking post about your friend Jumber. Thank you for taking the time to share it.
Can you explain why you think this?
Re:Way past its prime: how did Amazon get so rubbish? on Sunday October 05, 2025 @03:10AM (#45479497)
Ah yes that famous paywall at TheGuardian.com
Adding a _nonce_ to this process doesn’t sound sensible at all.
Re:The t-test was invented at the Guinness brewery on Monday May 27, 2024 @06:12AM (#40489344)
Comparing Guinness to an ‘earthy milkshake’ is one of the worst things I’ve ever read.
Re:The Beauty of Concrete on Saturday May 18, 2024 @04:36AM (#40397377)
Hackernews talking architecture always gives me the shivers.
Re:Calibre – New in Calibre 7.0 on Saturday November 18, 2023 @05:44AM (#38317922)
Yes I cringe whenever I see the logo. I use it too and it works well enough but it’s so inelegant. I wish visual designers involved themselves more in open source development.
I share your feelings. I’ve had covid 3 times, and have increasingly noticed changes in how my mind works, as alarming as that sounds. Slow, forgetful and sensitive to stress and tiredness, I fear sometimes that my ability to do my work will completely unravel.

Breathing exercises help, but mainly in calming me down if I start becoming distressed when dwelling on it too much. I still work full time and feel like overal my long covid symptoms are subsiding but I can’t shake this nagging feeling that I’m less intelligent than 2 years ago.