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"Creatine found to improve cognitive performance during sleep deprivation" (2024, 56 comments)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40170474

There are lots like Vitamin water, alkaline, and coconut water. And overpriced salt packets like Nuun and LMNT.

There's also no shortage of expensive water bottles being sold, and smart water bottles that track your drinking frequencies and flavor pods sold via subscription.

I try to get rid of my old stuff ASAP, it reduces clutter both physically and mentally.

I know many people who had their old phones and computers lying around because they didn't invest the time to transfer the data. Not long after, the phone was unusable either due to hardware problems or forgotten passwords, and the data is lost forever.

Also, NY has the highest GDP per capita (excluding DC, which I assume is influenced by lobbying and political money).

Massachusetts, which is the #2 state for GDP per capita, was where Romneycare was introduced, and served as a model for the national Affordable Care Act (ACA).

Not one, but two companies hired the fugitive into high-level roles based on completely false credentials.

Non-video link: https://www.wired.com/story/a-device-hidden-in-cars-across-t...

VTubers separate the actor and the on-screen character, which is good for both the actor and the audience.

Audiences tend to be young (because, in general, they have the free time), and some struggle to distinguish the two, leading to strange parasocial interactions where audiences believe there is an actual relationship between them and the streamer. Some streamers are good at leveraging this relationship for money and clout; at the extreme example, there is OnlyFans.

At the worst, this fake one-sided relationship can lead to stalking and murder, but even lessor forms such as constant rumors over relationship status or sexualized screenshots can take its toll. VTubers reduce or eliminate this from audiences, but their use also helps the streamer since the VTuber is obviously a character they play, it is not them as a person.

This is not different than how some people obsess over actors, musicians, sports players, or models.

Although we are right in the middle of a cyclospora outbreak.

Oura Rings (I don't know about the Index) aren't just like other kinds of jewelry. There are protrusions inside the Ring, just like on other wearables like the Apple Watch, for optical sensors that change how it fits. And these smart rings cannot be stretched or modified in any way.

Often, the homeless programs provide aid to the homeless with food and clothing and health care, not necessarily to make them not homeless.

It is much harder and expensive for homeless programs to create shelters or homes. It is also difficult if not illegal to force people into housing.

Garmin and Pebble also are the watches with custom watch faces. You can change them to serious or silly or incomprehensible.

Whenever I look at my Apple Watch, it's a reminder that Apple owns it and requires it to look a certain way.

I don't use it on my Garmin, because as you said it dramatically lowers battery life, and often shows up as life-threateningly low. It also doesn't do anything with the data, meaning I only see if it I go into the app and click on the Pulse Ox tile.

I leave it enabled on my Apple Watch though, the battery life is already bad and any irregularities would be shown on the vitals app.

The Oura Ring costs $350 now and it has an optional $6/month subscription.

Also, rechargeable does not mean it is infinitely rechargeable. After around four years, the Oura's battery will not hold a charge long enough to be useful (record a night's sleep), so it is also disposable.

We are comparing apples and oranges though because the Index is not a smart ring.

The EU just backtracked on user replaceable batteries for wearables.

https://appleinsider.com/articles/26/07/14/apple-watch-meta-...

I don't know if I would count durability as one of Pebble's strengths. The Pebble 2's silicone buttons often failed, and the bezel of the Time scratched if you looked at it wrong. There's also the whole thing with the company failing and only being propped up by Rebble to restore functionality.

There seem to be a lot of these "reporting irregularities" in the past year or so.

I think the Dodge Charger EV has a lot of the fake engine noises, both inside and out. Sounds like it was a very important feature.

https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a63141971/dodge-charger-da...

Riding on a wheel you have built from parts is a joyous thing.

I'd want to know how that 71% compares to other things; like housing, parks, prisons, or factories; to get a general floor of NIMBY-ness.

But data centers are easy to hate on. They don't provide a lot of jobs, other than initial construction. And being close to a data center has no benefit compared to being far away from a data center.

SpaceX stock has also dropped below their IPO price. It doesn't change their current financials but it may make it more difficult to raise money in the future.

Many of the mods make the car worse in everyday environments, outside of a pristine track.

After I got into my friend's modded-out car, we had to slow to walking speeds to exit the parking lot because it would bottom out on the curb cut. The same happens with speed bumps. Large rims get damaged on potholes that a normal tire and rim combo would just shrug off.

Add a few years to your life and you don't want to crawl and duck into a low car anymore. Stiff suspensions are hard on the back and joints.

I don't know if they can have controls for "specific activity that changes their sleep schedule".

In the past few years I went from having relaxed 11AM daily meetings to rigid 8AM meetings, and my sleep has suffered immensely. But nothing else in my life has changed, so it wouldn't show up in my socioeconomic data.

in my experience Americans are Nazis about littering and recycling.

America is a really big place.

My "progressive" American city has a lot of litter, because there is no money to clean it up or punish litterers.

I've been in quite a few American cities where recycling bins simply do not exist.

Longer range (1000 miles) than a torpedo (50 miles). Much less visible than a cruise missile, the water hides it better than open air.

Historical data: https://counterpointresearch.com/en/insights/global-smartpho...

In general, it seems that Samsung beats Apple every single quarter other than Q4, which is when Apple releases their new phone.

The only notable data point is that Apple beat Samsung in Q1 2026. Otherwise, Samsung shipping more than Apple is completely expected.

Berry Amendment requires US military to buy items manufactured in the US: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berry_Amendment

Funny that you mention the military, as the US military is required by law to buy domestic to ensure some sort of domestic supply chains. Even for trivial things like t-shirts and gloves.

Berry Amendment-compliant work gloves, cost more than 4x more than the imported equivalent: https://www.mechanix.com/us-en/all-work-gloves/GVMP-B55.html

Social media is a skinner box for likes and reposts. You don't even want replies unless it's an opportunity to get more likes.

Mirrored at https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/he-earns-33-an-hou...

The article doesn't emphasize it, but Assisted Access also adds back the home/back button, like older iPhones and Androids. There is no more swipe-up motion that I see my parents struggle with because they did it too slow or started from slightly too high on the screen.

I completely understand why Apple and Google removed the buttons (gotta maximize that screen real estate), but the affordance for an obvious home/reset button is great for some people.