Earlier quoted context omitted.
L-DOPA as well as L-Citrulline are Rx only, so you're either outside of US/EU or you suffer from some condition that requires that medication.
What does Rx mean?
"Prescription"
Ask HN: What did you purchase that measurably improved your quality of life?
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#152Lunch at my favorite diner 3 times a week, during my bike ride. I'm familiar with all the staff (students at the college) and owners, I'm current on their families and situations. They make special food for me; they try out ideas on me and talk food.
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#1531. Apple Watch Series 5 w/GPS:
- Surprisingly, my iPhone Xs battery lasts longer because I'm checking it less.
- Counter-intuitively, I'm spending less time on my phone because I'm less likely to get sucked into my Watch than my phone. Now I just read non-urgent messages and Dismiss them.
- I use the compass all the time now that I'm travelling[^1] in the UK and I use the compass all the time to learn the city layout. Apple Maps is still crappy on the Watch compared to Google Maps on iPhone, but because my Watch vibrates before every important turn, I have less navigation anxiety.
- I feel safer walking in the city because I don't have to hold my phone in my hand.
2. Macbook Pro 16":
It was f*cking expensive, but:
- Rust compile times have come down 10x compared to my mid-2015 MBP15.
- Screen is 200% better.
- Sound is 500% better.
- Keyboard is 200% better.
- Track Pad is way better.
...hate the Touch Bar, though :).
- [^1] If you are a professional dev in London, hit me up for a beer, esp. if you write Clojure for a living.
(PS. @dang please can we have list formatting support?)
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#155A proper office chair for working at home. You have no idea.
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#156Earlier quoted context omitted.
I recommend the studies from the Royale Institute. They looked at yields on a longer term and discovered, that after a transition phase of around 5 years the numbers were comparable, but with organic agriculture realizing better yields in times of draught. Additionally they looked at caloric yields per acre. I just grabbed an explanatory blog post from said institute: https://rodaleinstitute.org/blog/can-organic-feed…
Rodale compares their own experimental farm, not organic yields on real commercial organic farms (many of which are run for more than 5 years). Their conventional yield is also on their farm, not real conventional farms. Edit: Looking a bit further rodale has rest years that they don’t count for their organic fields. 25% of the years they literally don’t grow anything on a given plot, but they only compare the growth…
It is a scientific institute. So it isn't an organic farm either. So I am not sure if this argument applies in any direction.
It I am totally aware of studies like Verena Seufert et al. showing reduced yields between 5 to 39% depending on the context and used methodologies.
Edit: Regarding rest years. At least were I live both, organic or non organic farmers do that. Not sure how it is in other parts of the world.
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#157Automated cat infrastructure: automatic USB water fountain[0], food dispenser[1], Litter Robot 3[2] (as of recently, with a homebrew controller[3]). These allow me a good four days of absence from the house - for camping or whatever else. Doesn't happen often that both the wife and I are MIA, but when it does, these things are indespensable. [0]: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07WGLYV22/ [1]: https://www.amazon.c…
I second this. It’s an incredible time saver. I don’t do the powered water fountain anymore though. The last two filled with a disgusting bio film in the pump that was nearly impossible to clean and is unhealthy for the cat. I had to dump both. You need to clean them super regularly. Easier to just use a bowl and swap it out every few days. Or a large bowl when we go on a trip.
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#158A bidet to save on toilet paper and improvement the quality of your life. I learned about bidets from a HN post a few years ago. Any bidet is pretty good compared to nothing and they are surprisingly easy to install.
It's more hygienic
Also, buying and carrying toilet paper is not really practical.
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#159A dedicated high-end under-counter ice machine. Most of my family members and I tend to drink water all day long. We have a reverse-osmosis water filter setup, which is great. For years we used it to fill up bottles that we stored in the refrigerator so we could have cold water through the day. But we had to constantly clean and refill the bottles, and it takes some time for them to get cold. With a good ice machine,…
Wondering what brand of reverse osmosis system you recommend? It’s hard to tell what is genuinely good.
Also, what to do about replacing mineral content?
Thanks in advance.