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Anecdotally I started getting more on board with this movement from the increased information on urban planning from Youtube channels like Not Just Bikes & City Beautiful. I person…

Abe Flips has amazing tutorials showing you different nudging techniques: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeRcCbNNTeU

Joined a pinball league last year after moving cities. Not only did I fall in love with pinball(didn't grow up with any machines in my hometown) its just a phenomenal community of …

There's lots of things that happen in the wild that us humans shouldn't use as a moral compass. Also eating them involves causing these great creatures mass amounts of pain and suf…

I love this quote by Ira though I believe the article linked and this quote aren't really discussing the same thing but certainly have overlapping themes.

I used to have a very large stride and was always known as a fast walker. Started having hip/back pain and reassessed how I move entirely and realized my long strides meant my hip …

I like to remind myself that the society that we live in is/was created by people generally no smarter than you or I. People accept things as if a higher power is imposing their wi…

for me, I take showers at night close to bed time. The last thing I want to experience is a cold shock to my system at that time of day. I can see it being useful in the morning th…

vomit emjoi + anything else is pretty hilarious

If this post gets #1 I expect to see results titled "Results from being #1 on HN about being #1 on HN"

I have a date/time bug that I really dont feel like figuring out right now

I was royally confused because I thought 'billboards' was some alt tech jargon I wasn't familiar with in relation to geography. But no, literally billboards, go figure. I haven't s…

Came here to say this basically. If a project only has surface level interest, I'll never finish it. The only projects I've ever finished are ones that I found that would be legiti…

I wonder how long they've been waiting to use that phrase for an article

I might be living under a rock, but what is IPTV? Even a Google search on it makes me scratch my head. I use Netflix, Hulu, etc but those have always been referred to as 'Streaming…

In the video at the bottom of that link, what is inside of that rubber balloon that causes it to become firm once air is (presumably) removed?

Im in the same boat, I find the concepts very fascinating but almost all of it is trying to solve problems that don't even exist for me. The only thing my friends with IoT devices …

How brilliant. It's a shame the post didn't get any traction at the time

I try and do this but end up usually just working through tutorials each day rather than making something. I suppose its a balance. I've been thinking of making little tutorial vid…

Exactly, you can do a lot of amazing things with less money than certain things sell for. Most people spend that premium because the time required to build X for cheaper isn't wort…