jibbit

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by jibbit 20d ago
so you're saying people with aphantasia test worse for memory?
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by jibbit 20d ago
people who don't have aphantasia are demonstrably and measurably better at .. something, right?
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by jibbit 4mo ago
I'm now actively aware/vigilant of my blood pressure while coding in a way I never was before. That's a sentence I'd have found absurd five years ago.
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by jibbit 6mo ago
This was genuinely one of the best bits of TV i've ever seen
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by jibbit 6mo ago
there is and always has been a strong prohibition of anything political on HN. it is widely and frequently discussed as the main problem with HN. Usually, a post like this would be removed very quickly
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by jibbit 10mo ago
seems a bit vague to me.. not saying i know better just that i'd like more info - there a small wildcats all over europe. presumably these are older than the domestic cats? but it's well known they can be tamed from kittens, and m
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by jibbit 11mo ago
If you could see a photographic-quality image in your mind, you could answer questions about it the way you’d answer questions about a photograph in front of you. 'what’s written on the sign?' 'how many windows?' That&#x
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by jibbit 11mo ago
this bugs me because what actually happened.. vi being the last survivor of a once universal interaction paradigm - is way more interesting than this unfathomably incorrect 'what a strange historical quirk' version.
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by jibbit 1y ago
it is less of an oversimplification than 'nothing like what existed either before or after'
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by jibbit 1y ago
unfortunately this is just not true though. there was nothing abstract or disconnected from real life about MVC in smalltalk. while we're here.. this claim that 'Smalltalk's OOP is nothing like what existed either before or
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by jibbit 1y ago
Despite decades of being told about the benefits of exercise, I had absolutely no idea what the actual time investment looked like to go from unfit to fit. I couldn't put a number on it, and part of me assumed it must be enormous other
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by jibbit 1y ago
age verification starts tomorrow
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by jibbit 1y ago
it's intentionally ironic that this is written in the style of ai slop?
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by jibbit 1y ago
there was an 'arms race' in detergent strength throughout the 2000s. modern detergent contains more specialised enzymes, is more concentrated, and is more effective - but is (reportedly) much harder on the lifespan of garments
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by jibbit 1y ago
a really high percentage of the runners i see out i the street are forefoot striking in zero drops - clearly that's not barefoot but i'd also question whether you can call it 'short lived'
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by jibbit 2y ago
I used to think background noise was my enemy.. until a week in a stifling motel with a clunky window unit proved me wrong. It started with me having tantrums that i'd never sleep and ended with me having some of the best sleep ever. I
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by jibbit 2y ago
did you buy a house? when?
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by jibbit 2y ago
so in practice climate change is de-facto off limits
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by jibbit 2y ago
i was just reading the very active comments on a post about climate change, and it just.. disapeared. Is HN hostile to climate change posts?
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by jibbit 2y ago
i've never seen a post with so many upvotes disappear so quickly
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by jibbit 2y ago
this, for example, is a state grammar school https://www.queenelizabeths.derbyshire.sch.uk
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by jibbit 2y ago
is this true? If everyone prepared their own food from scratch, but still had as many carbs, outcomes wouldn't improve?
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by jibbit 2y ago
People being an obstacle to positive change, because they believe a better change is possible.. when the changes wouldn't in any way prevent further positive changes from happening.. are the bane of my life. 'bikeshedding' pr
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by jibbit 2y ago
for the past few years i've been watching the salmon return to a spot in the uk they've not been to for over 200 years. i had no idea growing up there that these were salmon spawning grounds, then some wiers were removed. such a w
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by jibbit 2y ago
one by one, steadily overcoming the social media addiction
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by jibbit 2y ago
tbh it still is kind of a feature given that we (collectively) also don't really know how to ventilate old houses and many many who have tried to tackle the insulation problem live with terrible mould problems
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by jibbit 2y ago
> upper classes pour first the tea, while the lower classes poured the milk first this is because of the fear that boiling water will crack your best tea cups?
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by jibbit 2y ago
fwiw the railway verges in london seem to be predominantly this - which also incidentally - i've never heard anyone call Summer Lilac before
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by jibbit 2y ago
A couple of things I noticed while teaching drawing to students (who were quite good) and i was a bit obsessed by Aphantasia.. It's always easy to distinguish a drawing done from life, a drawing done from a photograph, and a drawing do
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by jibbit 2y ago
"unroll your loops" is not something i had on my bad advice bingo card for today

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