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by beznet 3y ago
reads this comment as I drink coffee from an Aeropress
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by beznet 3y ago
Anecdotally I started getting more on board with this movement from the increased information on urban planning from Youtube channels like Not Just Bikes & City Beautiful. I personally never conceived of walkability, having lived in car
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by beznet 3y ago
Abe Flips has amazing tutorials showing you different nudging techniques: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeRcCbNNTeU
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by beznet 3y ago
Joined a pinball league last year after moving cities. Not only did I fall in love with pinball(didn't grow up with any machines in my hometown) its just a phenomenal community of people who get together each week. I highly recommend a
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by beznet 4y ago
There's lots of things that happen in the wild that us humans shouldn't use as a moral compass. Also eating them involves causing these great creatures mass amounts of pain and suffering before they die. It's best to just lea
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by beznet 4y ago
I love this quote by Ira though I believe the article linked and this quote aren't really discussing the same thing but certainly have overlapping themes.
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by beznet 4y ago
I used to have a very large stride and was always known as a fast walker. Started having hip/back pain and reassessed how I move entirely and realized my long strides meant my hip and lower back shifted dramatically with each step to g
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by beznet 4y ago
I like to remind myself that the society that we live in is/was created by people generally no smarter than you or I. People accept things as if a higher power is imposing their will against them to fit into these mental and physical c
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by beznet 4y ago
for me, I take showers at night close to bed time. The last thing I want to experience is a cold shock to my system at that time of day. I can see it being useful in the morning though
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Web Design Museum(webdesignmuseum.org)
4 points by beznet 4y ago|0 comments
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by beznet 5y ago
vomit emjoi + anything else is pretty hilarious
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by beznet 5y ago
If this post gets #1 I expect to see results titled "Results from being #1 on HN about being #1 on HN"
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by beznet 6y ago
I have a date/time bug that I really dont feel like figuring out right now
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by beznet 6y ago
I was royally confused because I thought 'billboards' was some alt tech jargon I wasn't familiar with in relation to geography. But no, literally billboards, go figure. I haven't seen one yet but thats pretty cool
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by beznet 6y ago
Came here to say this basically. If a project only has surface level interest, I'll never finish it. The only projects I've ever finished are ones that I found that would be legitimately useful for me or other people. It has to so
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by beznet 7y ago
I wonder how long they've been waiting to use that phrase for an article
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by beznet 7y ago
I might be living under a rock, but what is IPTV? Even a Google search on it makes me scratch my head. I use Netflix, Hulu, etc but those have always been referred to as 'Streaming Services' , are those somehow categorized in the
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by beznet 7y ago
In the video at the bottom of that link, what is inside of that rubber balloon that causes it to become firm once air is (presumably) removed?
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0.30000000000000004(0.30000000000000004.com)
768 points by beznet 7y ago|402 comments
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by beznet 7y ago
Im in the same boat, I find the concepts very fascinating but almost all of it is trying to solve problems that don't even exist for me. The only thing my friends with IoT devices do are party tricks on voice command with their smart l
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by beznet 7y ago
How brilliant. It's a shame the post didn't get any traction at the time
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by beznet 7y ago
I try and do this but end up usually just working through tutorials each day rather than making something. I suppose its a balance. I've been thinking of making little tutorial videos of me making little dinky web apps, I probably just
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by beznet 7y ago
Exactly, you can do a lot of amazing things with less money than certain things sell for. Most people spend that premium because the time required to build X for cheaper isn't worth it in the long run. (unless, like you said, its apart
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by beznet 7y ago
There was a 60 Minutes episode with Fatal1ty that I saw when I was in high school and it showed him playing sports and exercising to make sure his reactions were sharp. I was competing in Counter Strike when I saw this and started regularly
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by beznet 7y ago
It's a new audience that these games attract, not necessarily the way gaming is heading. Everyone has a gaming device in their pocket now where as 10 years ago only people who sought out gaming would play games.