broost3r

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by broost3r 22d ago
and in reverse chronological order, so you can actually pick up where you remember leaving off previously. what a novel idea.
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by broost3r 3mo ago
thank you for asking, it helped me realize i was probably using downtime within screen time wrong and it can probably get me what i really care about during school hours
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by broost3r 3mo ago
yeah of course, it's all or nothing though. i have a 14 year old who is supposedly in a "no phones allowed" school, but they're on them all the time anyway (this is a separate issue) being able to setup a schedule with o
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by broost3r 3mo ago
granular control over push notifications would be great see: recent article about Snap sending pushes to kids during school hours
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'Teachers Are Going to Hate It': How Social Media Apps Hooked Teens at School(nytimes.com)
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by broost3r 4mo ago
i live in FL and i think the banning data centers thing is also just political posturing - we are in hurricane alley after all. i really don't think anyone was seriously considering building an AI data center in like St. John's Co
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by broost3r 4mo ago
cool story, but this is about Type 1.
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by broost3r 8mo ago
as a long time FPS gamer on PC, the change to the matchmaking style feels like it coincided with the rise of consoles and crossplay. it feels odd playing Battlefield with console players who can’t use the game chat cause they don’t have a k
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by broost3r 9mo ago
they also vote
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by broost3r 1y ago
some of the younger people i work with also mention climate change and global instability, amongst other things. they don’t want to bring kids into this world as it exists today.
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by broost3r 1y ago
check out this article (gift link) from yesterday about private equity in youth sports https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/business/youth-sports-pri... > For many families, the money they spend on spor
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by broost3r 1y ago
i've done this experiment 2 years in a row with my youngest kiddo as a STEM challenge in elementary school. i thought we got pretty close this year with using heavy duty sponges, paper plates, and a parachute, but was always operating
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by broost3r 1y ago
anil, your tone is spot on. keep it up. most of us enjoy it. source: decade-old HN lurker acct who lurked for years before that until registering
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by broost3r 1y ago
completely agree. huge enterprises are full of engineers who want to do amazing things from 9-5 and then sign off and forget about work until the next day. what kind of business wouldn't want to make sure they're getting the most
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by broost3r 1y ago
dad of an 8 y/o T1D here, and tbh, "how about just ..." is about the worst thing you can say to anyone dealing with this, especially given the subject of this post. things are just never the same. maybe they will be later in
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by broost3r 1y ago
for the curious amongst us, will meaningful real-time data be available to track the impact to the supply chain?
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by broost3r 1y ago
long time lurker here who registered on HN many years ago after reading Jepsen: Cassandra the Jepsen writeups will surely stand the test of time thank you!
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by broost3r 1y ago
Congrats and welcome!
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by broost3r 2y ago
what a great username to go with this comment