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New comment by broost3r in "What it's like to have your insulin pump die while you're on vacation"

broost3r — Sun, 31 May 2026 14:49:49 +0000

cool story, but this is about Type 1.

New comment by broost3r in "Are we tired of social media? (2025)"

broost3r — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 02:58:14 +0000

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 keyboard.

New comment by broost3r in "Rahm Emanuel says U.S. should follow Australia's youth social media ban"

broost3r — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 14:46:18 +0000

they also vote

New comment by broost3r in "What caused the 'baby boom'? What would it take to have another?"

broost3r — Wed, 16 Jul 2025 00:35:15 +0000

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.

New comment by broost3r in "The death of partying in the USA"

broost3r — Thu, 10 Jul 2025 19:54:53 +0000

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 sports is an investment in their child’s future. Roughly two in 10 youth sports parents think their child has the ability to play Division I college sports, and one in 10 thinks his or her child could reach the professional ranks or the Olympics, according to the Aspen Institute survey.

New comment by broost3r in "The key to a successful egg drop experiment? Drop it on its side"

broost3r — Thu, 29 May 2025 19:14:18 +0000

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 under the assumption that the egg needs to be vertical. i'm excited to try again next year after reading this.

oh and at our school, they bring in a big bucket truck from the local power company and send the teachers up to the top with the devices and let them drop them :)

New comment by broost3r in "MCP is the coming of Web 2.0 2.0"

broost3r — Fri, 23 May 2025 22:56:23 +0000

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

New comment by broost3r in "MCP is the coming of Web 2.0 2.0"

broost3r — Fri, 23 May 2025 22:49:59 +0000

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 out of their employees during business hours?

New comment by broost3r in "Continuous glucose monitors reveal variable glucose responses to the same meals"

broost3r — Mon, 12 May 2025 21:42:28 +0000

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 adulthood? i feel like i'm in a position to beta test this with my kiddo and i don't like it at all.

New comment by broost3r in "Port of Los Angeles says shipping volume will plummet 35% next week"

broost3r — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 19:32:56 +0000

for the curious amongst us, will meaningful real-time data be available to track the impact to the supply chain?

New comment by broost3r in "Jepsen: Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL 17.4"

broost3r — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 01:00:00 +0000

long time lurker here who registered on HN many years ago after reading Jepsen: Cassandra

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New comment by broost3r in "MCP is the coming of Web 2.0 2.0"

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