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I put my whole life into a single database

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Re: I put my whole life into a single database

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TomSwirly wrote: post #76
scrollbar wrote: post #7

This is super cool. In case you don't make it through to the project's webpage howisfelix.today, and read through to the end, here is the creator's conclusion: Overall, having spent a significant amount of time building this project, scaling it up to the size it’s at now, as well as analysing the data, the main conclusion is that it is not worth building your own solution, and investing this much time. When I first s…

I think it's fascinating - and horrifying - that he tracks everything except his environmental impact on the planet. He has to be in the top 1% of polluters, given his obsessive flying and consumption of technology. Dozens if not hundreds of charts, depicting every single thing except the thing that is destroying our world. I filed an issue on his github.

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Re: I put my whole life into a single database

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spiderice wrote: post #138
Semaphor wrote: post #121

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> How much does your household spend on furniture and appliances each month? A little = 140€ / month. Wow. What do people do, redecorate every year? edit: 11 tons of CO₂ per year That's 64% less than the Germany average for your household size. I guess the two of us are pretty ecological ;) But I just realized they didn’t ask about heating (afaik oil based and I have only costs, no usage numbers), so that might make…

> A little = 140€ / month. Wow. What do people do, redecorate every year? Buy one new couch and there goes your budget for the year.

I recently did, thanks to a sale it came down to only 800€, the last one lasted almost 7 years, that translates to 10€/month.

Re: I put my whole life into a single database

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Post by basisword »

grsmvg wrote: post #139
basisword wrote: post #127

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>> But given the time we live in know it seems like something you don't want to wear with pride or without a disclaimer I disagree (although 'I fly lots' would be a strange thing to ever be 'proud' of imo, regardless of the climate issues). While we should all be mindful of our individual impact, asking people to restrict themselves personally (or shaming them) on such an important and positive freedom as being able…

I partially agree with that shaming strangers might not be a good way forward. But I also believe in some basic level of 'holding each other accountable'. Maybe, besides political leaders and businesses, that should be limited to inner circle family and friends with whom you have a more complex relationship, and where there is a little bit more receptiveness towards critique. Even in that context it's probably better…

>> But I also believe in some basic level of 'holding each other accountable'.

I agree. There are certainly climate-related things I try to hold my extended family to account over (e.g. basics like recycling). I guess where we disagree is where the line is and how much criticism we’re willing to accept and impart :)

Thanks for discussing it with me so pleasantly.

Re: I put my whole life into a single database

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Post by shalmanese »

scrollbar wrote: post #7

This is super cool. In case you don't make it through to the project's webpage howisfelix.today, and read through to the end, here is the creator's conclusion: Overall, having spent a significant amount of time building this project, scaling it up to the size it’s at now, as well as analysing the data, the main conclusion is that it is not worth building your own solution, and investing this much time. When I first s…

Men will literally devote hundreds of hours to building a bespoke database tracking every moment of their lives instead of going to therapy.

Re: I put my whole life into a single database

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Post by dabedee »

krausefx wrote: post #101
dabedee wrote: post #45

This project is super cool. I would recommend the author starts tracking the amount of CO2 he emits in a year, which could easily be approximated with the flight/transportation and food data he has. Carbon emissions per Capita per year in the US: 18 metric tonnes. In Italy: 8 metric tonnes [1]. Author is probably close to 60-80 with all the transatlantic flights. [1] https://www.theguardian.com/environment/datablog/2…

Author here - thanks for the feedback to include CO2 emissions, I just updated the page to include the numbers, via Nomadlist's built-in CO2 emissions calculator: https://github.com/KrauseFx/howisFelix.today/commit/91c766b7...

Really great that you shared all that data and even added additional graphs, thanks for the inspiration. I think there were some recommendations that floated around that suggested we should be at 2 metric tonnes per person by 2050 to be able to maintain +2 C°.

Re: I put my whole life into a single database

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Post by lancesells »

joshspankit wrote: post #110
stavros wrote: post #95

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What was the quality of life improvement in tracking water intake? I find it interesting, because your body tracks it whether you want to or not, and I never found forcing myself to drink more water beneficial.

It’s surprisingly easy for some to get disconnected from the signs of dehydration. For example: when focused on a project I can go a couple days before realizing that I did not drink any water at all.

Are you not drinking anything to supplement your loss of water? You don't feel thirsty?

Re: I put my whole life into a single database

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Post by tphummel »

Super awesome work. Obligatory plug for https://nomie.app/. Fantastic tracking tool I have no affiliation with.

I would like to push back on the position that if there are no insights gleaned then there is zero value in this work.

There is plenty of value in owning your data and bringing awareness to what companies are storing about you. Further I find tracking my data satisfying and meditative in itself. Digital collecting. Example: https://data.tomhummel.com/sneezes/

Re: I put my whole life into a single database

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Hey, can you please stop posting unsubstantive comments? You've done it repeatedly and we eventually ban such accounts—it's not what this site is for, and it destroys what it is for.

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