rcjones

Yes, if you have any interest in sleep or the role it may play in the onset or progression of diseases like Alzheimer’s, cancer, cardiovascular issues, diabetes, etc.

I’m only midway through it, but I could see how some of the material could seem redundant or sensationalized if you’re not at least somewhat interested. However, the author does a great job of summarizing studies and presenting data when something seems like it could be sensational. E.g., The heightened rates of heart attacks, car accidents, etc. the day we ‘spring forward’ and lose an hour of sleep in the U.S. for DST (whereas fewer cardiac events, accidents, etc. happen when we ‘fall back.’)

Excellent book! I'm only halfway through and it's already influenced the way I treat sleep. Among the most important takeaways is that diet, exercise, and sleep are commingled (as is their effect on disease and disease progression. Diet and exercise affect sleep quality; sleep quality affects dietary cravings and the ability to exercise; and so on. When one of these three pillars (diet, exercise, sleep) is strengthened/compromised, the others may be strengthened/compromised. By simply choosing to do things during the day that will improve your sleep quality at night, you're checking many of the boxes of a healthy lifestyle.

Nice! One thing I struggle with is removing I/me/mine from writing. When you do, it almost always condenses the thought and makes it simpler to understand. E.g., in your post you could combine the first two sections and halve your word count:

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Many software developers blog to share technical knowledge and experiences. Some don't realize that sharing that technical knowledge is a skill they must develop on top of basic blogging skills.

This post explains how to structure a technical post, provides examples, and includes personal tips.

I like to treat design like writing. Pour all thoughts onto a page > organize thoughts > write the piece > edit > edit > edit. Every edit phase usually centers on condensing and removing fluff. In my experience, it's the same with design... likely because I'm an amateur. I have to overdesign something before I can start stripping away the unnecessary stuff. If I try to design something 'minimalist' from the start, I'm stifled.

To paraphrase the author, you don't add white space as much as you throw stuff out.

Aside: If I experienced any of the last five branding examples in the wild, I doubt I'd remember them. In these cases, minimalism = milquetoast design.

Seems like my feed encourages me to do less scrolling than ever. My feed has become a haven for linked and sponsored content, and there's the occasional spatter of original content from friends. I don't see a lot of the stuff I actually care about (photos of friends, their newborns, lengthy posts, etc.) without going straight to their pages.

I swear some of these personal posts never hit my home feed, they just get buried. This is odd as the personal stuff is the content I'm most likely to interact with. This is doubly confounding because the posts I don't see usually have a lot interaction among my close network, especially compared to the noise that's topping my feed.

More and more I find myself going directly to a handful of profiles and spending less time on FB because of the feed's noise.

I had such a strong urge to get connected lights, but then moved on. Spotify and Tune-In are the integrations I use. It's nice to get to a certain playlist. Best of all I can ask for a specific local radio station (e.g. 104.5) for white noise for my dogs as I'm walking out the door.

It's one less thing to fiddle with every day and that's my sole appeal for home tech ... devices that reduce the amount of babysitting I have to do to achieve a desired outcome.

Our use is 90% hands-and-eyes-free music control. The other 10% is me playing with skills I never use beyond t+10 of install. The whole appeal thus far has been eyes-free use.

To your first points, the system exists as it does because each party can sort of displace the onus of overspending on another party.

1. Insurers are incentivized to seek out the minimum cost to achieve maintainable health.

2. Health care providers are incentived to reap as much as possible from insurers in return for acceptable (not always exemplary) health outcomes.

3. Patients, who on average are getting older and in need of more care, are pigeonholed (sometimes good, sometimes bad) into health care decisions by their providers and insurers.

4. Device/equipment manufacturers can charge ludicrous amounts because they capture very specific pieces of markets or gain preference from health care providers. However, the risk and cost involved in creating a new/competing product and entering a market can be staggering, and so high costs become inevitable (same argument drug developers can make).

As you said, 'justified at any cost' makes this whole shebang go, especially when no single party is capable of controlling the cost. We can't point to a boogeyman we all have a part in making.

Had to reply here given how special it is to watch LeBron play right now. Even if you're not a basketball fan, watching LeBron is like watching an extra rogue queen run a chess board. He should be past the peak of his career, but he's adapted his game to become a better all-around player. Reminds me of Mega Man suits where he can co-opt certain abilities given who's on the floor. He can kind of make his teammates necessary, if that makes sense. And he's more than aware of everything that's happening on the floor and on the benches. Him pulling Powell back on the court was a fun, albeit silly example of this: https://twitter.com/wenotsocks/status/860900323275264002

I'm not sure there's much relevance here, but there's something to watching someone maintain competitiveness as they age.