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Why Are Sloths So Slow?
What does it really mean to be a sloth? Why are they so slow? And why does it work?
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The most popular blog posts about life, learning & writing on Hacker News. 57 posts.
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New gel breaks down alcohol in the body
Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed a protein-based gel that breaks down alcohol in the gastrointestinal tract without harming the body. In the future, people who take the gel could reduce the harmful and intoxicating effects of alcohol.
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How to monitor your local weather with Grafana
New to Grafana Cloud? Learn how to quickly transform raw JSON data into a dashboard with this simple, step-by-step example.
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Becoming a dungeon master for an interview
Interviews should be as close as possible to the work that the candidate would do if they join. While that seems like a pretty tautological statement, it is unfortunately not always true. When interviewing as a software engineer, for example, you’ll run into places that lean heavily on algorithms interviews. And don’t…
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Ikigai: What We Got Wrong and How to Find Meaning in Life
The concept of ikigai has often been misunderstood in the Western world largely due to the popularity of a certain Venn diagram. But ikigai means something different.
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Poisoning the Day
The fatalist's guide to productivity, or how to get through the day before it gets to you.
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Browsing negative content online makes mental health struggles worse: Study
People struggling with their mental health are more likely to browse negative content online, and in turn, that negative content makes their symptoms worse, according to a series of studies by researchers at MIT.
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How on-the-wrist sleep apnea detection works
80% of sleep apnea cases are undiagnosed, and undiagnosed sleep apnea causes $150B of wasted medical spend every year.
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I bought an encyclopedia
NOTE: This is a companion post to my piece in Public Books, "The Encylopedia Project: Or, how to know in…
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The science behind on-the-wrist blood pressure tracking
The next Apple Watch and Samsung wearables measures blood pressure using pulse wave analysis and artificial intelligence. Here's how it would work and what it means for health.
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At the Mountains of Madness
We're open-sourcing a tool that may be useful to people who develop code on NixOS and distribute it in binary form.
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Norwegian: Bokmål vs. Nynorsk
Språkrådet arbeider for å styrke det norske språket og språkmangfoldet. Språkrådet er statens forvaltningsorgan i språkspørsmål og følger opp den norske språkpolitikken.
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Balancing Outdoor Risky Play and Injury Prevention in Childhood Development
Free play is essential for children’s development and for their physical, mental, and social health. Opportunities to engage in outdoor free play—and risky play in particular—have declined significantly in recent years, in part because safety measures have sought to prevent all play-related injuries rather than…
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How to prolong lithium based batteries
Manufacturers take a conservative approach and specify the life of Li-ion in most consumer products as being between 300 and 500 discharge/charge cycles.…
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I've tracked every piece of clothing I've worn for three years (2021)
Are expensive clothes really worth their price? I took a data-supported look at how to clean up and restock your closet.
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The Curse of Markdown
And the content website wasteland
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How to Determine the Error of an Air Quality Sensor?
How to calculate sensor error, compare measurements, and use metrics like RMSE to judge air quality sensor performance.
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Pilot study shows ketogenic diet improves mental illness
A small clinical trial led by Stanford Medicine found that the metabolic effects of a ketogenic diet may help stabilize the brain.
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Harnessing chaos in Cloudflare offices
This blog post will cover the new sources of “chaos” that have been added to LavaRand and how you can make use of that harnessed chaos in your next application
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My 3-year experiment as a digital nomad
As a full-time software engineer at Kapwing and full-time wanderer, I've learned a few things about how to be a digital nomad.
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Heart rate variability differs between smartwatch and clinical testing
At a time when usage of smartwatches and rings has become more common, a West Virginia University human performance researcher points out heart rate variability — the time between heartbeats — the devices report is different from what would be recorded in a clinical setting.
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My weekend project turned into a 3 year journey
I'm creating an app that started as a simple note-taking tool but has now grown into a full-fledged project way beyond what I could have imagined. Let me tell…
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Is "Rich Dad Poor Dad" a Fraud?
With my interest in personal finance, the headline Robert Kiyosaki, ‘Rich Dad Poor Dad’ Author, Says, ‘I Am a Billionaire in Debt’ — And Calls Dave Ramsey An Idiot For Encou…
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Unlocking the secrets of myelin repair
New research supported by Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute could lead to novel treatments for