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Re:Exercise is good for you. But what's the right amount?
on Sunday August 09, 2026 @09:38AM (#49231322)
3 × 1.01⁵² = 5.03 hours per week at the end of a year if you did 1% more than you did last week if you're already doing three hours a week.
Another pointless "up to x% better" specification.
Re:It's getting harder to focus every day
on Friday July 24, 2026 @09:52AM (#49035669)
I've started to go stand in my front yard and just watch the world go by for 15 minutes or so and if I do it around dinner time then I can get away without looking weird as it's perfectly normal to wait uber eats this way.
Re:I Stored a Website in a Favicon
on Saturday June 20, 2026 @03:25AM (#48607124)
Which bit? The short sentences?
Re:What old technology do you still use regularly?
on Sunday June 14, 2026 @09:36AM (#48527086)
Also love my muhle safety razor. Also prefer rim brakes over disc on my bicycles. Steel frame bikes. Drive a 2001 corolla. Use a denon 2308 avr amp from 2008. Run hdmi from mini pc into a smart TV that's never seen WiFi or the internet. Run optical from TV into the avr, 3.1 setup. No soundbar. No stream. Everything simple and reliable.
Re:Ask HN: What do you do while your agent works?
on Wednesday May 27, 2026 @09:28AM (#48294031)
Stare at the wall and think about what I'm actually solving.
Re:Cats Lock – keyboard lock for cat people
on Tuesday May 19, 2026 @09:36AM (#48193163)
What's next, Dog Pause?
Re:Using public GitHub code to find local talent (repo hunting)
on Saturday April 18, 2026 @11:56PM (#47821686)
That's unfortunate to hear. This has allowed me to connect with talent that has otherwise not been given the opportunity to showcase their skills. At the scale I'm doing it it's pretty harmless but can see how it can be easily exploited.
Using public GitHub code to find local talent (repo hunting)
Re:Schedule tasks on the web
on Friday March 27, 2026 @03:11AM (#47539820)
Me too. It doesn't have ability to alert only on true positive. I has to also alert on true negative. So dumb
Re:LLMs Predict My Coffee
on Monday March 23, 2026 @08:06AM (#47488323)
Slightly related, I was using an LLM to help me understand whether I should add milk to my coffee before walking to my table or when I get to my table (objective to maximise coffee temperature at the point drinking). Turns out it's best to add the milk immediately when the coffee is made because the rate of cooling is higher at higher temperatures.
Re:LotusNotes
on Thursday March 19, 2026 @05:40AM (#47436888)
I see lots of em dash in this article.
Melbourne man sets up West Gate Bridge livestream from his driveway
Re:The New Collabora Office for Desktop
on Thursday February 05, 2026 @11:25AM (#46901357)
Working with data I need to be objective, and while thinking objectively I prefer brutal/minimal ist UIs
Re:Ask HN: Could you share your personal website here?
on Thursday January 15, 2026 @04:43AM (#46630302)
Re:Postal Arbitrage
on Monday January 12, 2026 @02:01PM (#46592710)
Is there a simple way to search for everything and order by price descending? I'm in Australia so those items aren't much use.
Re:Linux is good now; to feel like you actually own your PC, put Linux...
on Thursday January 01, 2026 @11:47PM (#46461519)
Same! I made a comment earlier that it's now very easy to navigate bash with guidance from ChatGPT.
Re:Linux is good now; to feel like you actually own your PC, put Linux...
on Thursday January 01, 2026 @11:45PM (#46461507)
With LLMs it's now much easier to navigate Linux and bash. Definitely happy with Linux Mint as a Windows alternative.
Re:Ask HN: What skills do you want to develop or improve in 2026?
on Friday December 26, 2025 @03:49AM (#46390384)
I've just started managing a team and would like to develop my EQ and think more before I speak.
Re:Ask HN: What skills do you want to develop or improve in 2026?
on Friday December 26, 2025 @03:45AM (#46390371)
I hired my wife one too. She's really enjoying it [1]
[1] www.lacasitaspanishschool.com.au
Re:Show HN: SQLite Online – 11 years of solo development, 11K daily users
on Monday October 13, 2025 @10:06PM (#45575497)
Thanks for tool! I've been using this for conducting interviews.
Re:Austria's armed forces switch to LibreOffice
on Wednesday October 01, 2025 @09:48AM (#45437706)
No note [1] of programming a semi-automatic bullet feature.
[1] https://www.heise.de/imgs/18/4/9/4/0/6/0/0/Bundesheer_Libreo...
Re:Weather Watching
on Tuesday June 24, 2025 @09:43AM (#44366186)
Yes please, would love this. Feel free to email me from profile. Thanks
Re:Radio Garden
on Monday June 23, 2025 @05:19PM (#44360242)
A feature I've requested (no response, paid membership) is to hide radio stations. This is because I like to trial each radio station in a region before I favourite it. It's difficult to keep track of which station I've trialled if there's no way to hide them or leave a note on them. Hiding them from the map would be most effective.
Re:Ask HN: What are you currently trying to figure out?
on Saturday April 26, 2025 @08:53PM (#43808545)
How to build a segmentation model based on a sample of data that needs to be representative of the population.
Re:It is as if you were on your phone
on Monday March 10, 2025 @08:29AM (#43319872)
Whenever I'm waiting for the bus or waiting for anything, I love to people watch (while not making anyone uncomfortable). People are so interesting!
Re:Ask HN: What's the best thing you've watched this year?
on Sunday December 29, 2024 @06:25AM (#42539285)
Bald and Bankrupt's recent coverage of the situation in Syria.
Ask HN: Web-based platform for testing job candidates
Hi HN, I am hiring for a junior data analyst role and trying to prepare an assignment as a way to examine candidate skills. Does anyone know of a web-based GUI that resembles something like MS SQL Management Studio or Teradata SQL Assistant or Cloudera HUE that allows me to import a few sample datasets and then allow job candidates to write their SQL to solve the assignment? I have identified...
Re:Ask HN: What are you working on (September 2024)?
on Tuesday October 01, 2024 @05:42PM (#41714536)
Can I ask where you host a personal website like this?