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Ask HN: What are the changes you made in your life and never look back?

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Re: Ask HN: What are the changes you made in your life and never look back?

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Mouse => Wacom Tablet Saved me from carpal tunnel syndrome (I already had the early signs). Inkjet Printer => LaserJet Printer Didnt't realize how much I was missing. The time savings alone makes it worth it. Design Major => Psychology Major Sometimes it's true what they say, everything in moderation. Once I left art school, I found my passion for design again.

what wacom tablet did you get, and are there any drawbacks of using it as a mouse ?

Re: Ask HN: What are the changes you made in your life and never look back?

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Here's mine: scrambled eggs --> poached eggs --> raw eggs jogging --> sprinting sun cream --> no cream metal pots --> ceramic pots pasteurized dairy --> raw dairy Australia --> Israel

does the ceramic make a difference in the taste? If so, I'm curious what foods specifically?

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Re: Ask HN: What are the changes you made in your life and never look back?

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Here's mine: scrambled eggs --> poached eggs --> raw eggs jogging --> sprinting sun cream --> no cream metal pots --> ceramic pots pasteurized dairy --> raw dairy Australia --> Israel

does the ceramic make a difference in the taste? If so, I'm curious what foods specifically?

The food stays hot for longer in the pot and can be placed in the fridge, microwave, dishwasher. I think it cooks better due to infrared rays apparently, and there's no risk of metal contamination: that's my concern from hot acidic foods like tomato sauce, especially when kept for days in fridge, or scratched out with metal spoon. I think it tastes better and cooks better - the overall experience feels awesome. 3 brands I've come across are Neoflam (Korea), Piral (Italy) and Xtrema (USA.) Xtrema best but most expensive but all v good. Sudden heat changes and dropping are the enemy.

Re: Ask HN: What are the changes you made in your life and never look back?

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landline => mobile blah clamshell cellphone => iPhone PC/Windows => Mac/OSX Java => Python The Man's corporate cubicle => home office => my business office 9-to-5 salary grind => my own schedule, ROWE, contracting/consulting used cars => new 2010 Hyundai backpack 4 laptop => padded laptop bag => hard shell reinforced briefcase SVN => git laptop's boot filesystem on magnetic platter hard drive => SSD TV for visual veg…

living on the 70th floor => living on ground floor why?

The next item on the list suggests he/she bought a house.

Re: Ask HN: What are the changes you made in your life and never look back?

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Here's mine: scrambled eggs --> poached eggs --> raw eggs jogging --> sprinting sun cream --> no cream metal pots --> ceramic pots pasteurized dairy --> raw dairy Australia --> Israel

what differences / or benefits have you seen from sprinting instead of running/jogging ?

Sprinting gives a rush of endorphins and hgh. Sprinting is anaerobic exercise for the heart, and jogging is more aerobic. However, both are important. Sprinting not only involves power, but technique and arms, it yields a different physique by using faster twitch muscles and requires flexibility. Jogging is more harmful to the body when one gets addicted to constantly pushing and playing with the pain threshold, or ignoring it, which happens when schedules and distances are embraced by ego.

I am inclined to think we're built to go for a walk to a hunting ground, sprint and throw an arrow, and walk home with a carcass on our backs, sleep while the women cooks and disects its organs, then eat it. Jogging serves no purpose other than to save time. If we're jogging a lot, we haven't positioned our tribe properly. What animal would you pursue jogging? Would you take your army out jogging? Would you rather jog or ride a horse into war?

Re: Ask HN: What are the changes you made in your life and never look back?

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landline => mobile blah clamshell cellphone => iPhone PC/Windows => Mac/OSX Java => Python The Man's corporate cubicle => home office => my business office 9-to-5 salary grind => my own schedule, ROWE, contracting/consulting used cars => new 2010 Hyundai backpack 4 laptop => padded laptop bag => hard shell reinforced briefcase SVN => git laptop's boot filesystem on magnetic platter hard drive => SSD TV for visual veg…

living on the 70th floor => living on ground floor why?

it's 2am, high wind, tower starts to sway back and forth and you can feel it

fire breaks out on 60th floor

both happened to me. not fun. never again. interesting experience to have at least once though. :)

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