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Doing heavy barbell squats and deadlifts worked wonders for me. Three sets of five (with appropriate warmup of course). Eliminated my back pain and led to a bunch of other non obvi…

You can subscribe to newsletters with any RSS reader nowadays, but it’s a multi step process requiring the use of an external (free) tool. 1. Create a feed on https://kill-the-news…

You can always register the domain for 10 years, and then just keep renewing it every year so you always maintain 9 to 10 years of future paid registration. Like you, this hasn’t b…

GitHub Pages are still free but commercial websites are forbidden.

> What is the use case for music generation models? New types of electronic instruments. We’ve been able to use analog circuits, digital logic, and then computers to generate sound…

Surprised nobody has mentioned the PARA method. After years of ad-hoc organizing setups I started using it for both home and work (separately). Best thing is it’s simple and gets o…

Watch out for the lead and heavy metals and cacao https://www.consumerreports.org/health/food-safety/a-third-o...

> I just can not fathom the level of greed I saw hiding behind people’s eyes at Google as they try to build empires. That’s very well written. Poetic even. > I’m in Silicon Valley …

> I have realized I spend a lot of time trying to keep managing projects rather than doing the project itself. > Do you use JIRA for life, or Linear, or Obsidian, or pen and paper?…

> Any ideas of what I could do to try to solve my issue? What specific problems are you having?

I don’t know. I’ve been using this setup for 7+ years, daily backups, and never had this problem. I have about 80 GB or so of data being backed up. The daily backups upload only ne…

Local vs cloud backups each have their own tradeoffs. I use both. For cloud backup I use Arq backing up daily to AWS (no affiliation with Arq other than being a happy customer). Yo…

Lots and lots of discussion on that same topic, with many alternatives not only listed but discussed, here: https://www.bogleheads.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=415838

Things has a nice watch app and it works well with Siri too. Granted the watch app isn’t as flexible as Reminders, but that may not matter for a given persons usage.

Love this idea. I might try this out with leaving my phone in my bag instead of at home, to start with, might be enough friction.

Cloudflare is cash flow positive and profitable on a non-GAAP basis, while being unprofitable on a GAAP basis. https://www.cloudflare.com/press-releases/2024/cloudflare-an...

I use Amplifi Aliens. They are expensive but have been rock solid for me. I do way more videoconferencing than gaming and it’s been a great experience.

Mesh with wired backhaul is a great sweet spot if you can manage it. When we renovated our house I had Ethernet run just from the router location to the spots where the WiFi meshes…

What’s the failure mode you’re guarding against by having the UPSs on separate circuits and breakers? Is the idea to protect against a breaker failing, a wiring issue, or something…

>Like the employer offers coverage that extends to a non-employee spouse, like family health insurance? Yes. I believe it’s typically offered for just you, you+spouse, or you+famil…

>Side note: My wife is a stay-at-home mom and I've long wished for a disability insurance product that would cover the economic value that she provides, i.e. cover the cost of dayc…

> I really don't know why stereo components do not communicate digitally via ethernet cables. If you’re building a new pro audio setup today, be it studio or even live sound, that’…