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Anecdotally, Steve Gibson's "Healthy Sleep Formula" [1] has been a lifesaver for me. As I've gotten older, the biggest challenge has been falling back asleep in the middle of the n…

New Star Games is a great little indy games publisher with multiple titles for Android and iOS. My favorite is Retro Bowl [1], a fun little retro-style American football game. They…

Same. Best I’ve found is: https://protopage.com

I do!

It's also good to remember that ideas like the heliocentric theory, the germ theory of disease, etc. would have been labeled as "misinformation" at one point in time. Now, they're …

I find that whatever I'm doing (binging a show, taking a walk, playing a video game, etc.) is much more restful when I'm fully present. For me, this means putting my phone and any …

Anecdotal, but for me this means I'm sleep deprived. When I'm getting enough sleep on a regular basis, a 20-minute "nap" (even if it's just closing my eyes and listening to somethi…

> I want a mild case to build natural immunity, which studies show provides better immunity than vaccines. Do you have a source for this? I feel like many articles/studies I've rea…

Dang I hope Linux is getting cool :D Recent releases of things like Gnome and ElementaryOS are pretty close to mainstream-ready IMO, so will be interesting to see things play out o…

True, at some point you have to trust someone, whether it's your phone's manufacturer, your telco, or the developers of the apps you use. But when there's a flagrant disregard for …

Me too. I have ~20 members of my immediate and extended family that are iOS users. Since 2009, I've evangelized Apple devices to them, but if Apple pushes this through, I'm done. I…

The problem is once you add this functionality, the cat's out of the bag and replies to requests to further invade users' privacy on-device change from "we can't" to "we won't", a …

But the CSAM technology won't be limited to photos uploaded to iCloud. That's where it starts, not where it ends. This technology exposes all users of iOS, past and present, to the…

Apple swears they'll say no...very reassuring and no way this gets abused. /s

Yeah, I've alerted family to this and they're asking if they're going to need to move off of iOS. I told them to wait and see for now...fingers crossed that this gets walked back.

The problem is that the definition of what is "illegal" can shift very quickly, esp. in certain countries, so moving the ability to scan for "illegal" stuff to user's devices is ab…

So where are all the successful Krav-trained strikers and grapplers in the MMA world? If the striking and grappling are as effective as other styles that have stood the test of tim…

My Krav instructor was a sheriff's deputy for 20+ years and teaches Krav to law enforcement. From what he's said, the curriculum for them is slanted toward weapon disarms, choke ho…

I'm having trouble following your reasoning. It seems predicated on the assumption that Krav makes you a less skilled/unskilled striker/grappler when compared to say MMA or others,…

Krav is widely taught to armed/special forces and law enforcement, who absolutely need a style that works in the "real world." To me, this speaks volumes more about its practicalit…

That's good to know, thanks. Although, I will probably still log in periodically, just in case they ever do decide to implement that policy.

You bet :) And FYI, per its website, Fraidycat says it does support Instagram, although I can't vouch for the experience as it's not a platform I use.

I recently "quit" Twitter myself. I say "quit" because if you actually delete/remove/whatever your account, your handle may then become available for others to use. To avoid that, …

You're not wrong: https://neocities.org

No affiliation (beyond being a happy user myself), but I really feel like https://neocities.org is a wonderful little project that makes it easy to create one's own digital garden …