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New comment by ducktastic in "Ask HN: Have you successfully treated forward head posture ("nerd neck")?"

ducktastic — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 04:21:02 +0000

If the past few years has taught us anything: it is that practices which are not mainstream and designated with a specific insurance code will not be mainstreamed as much as other mainstream practices. Agree with poster saying that rolfing is just one of many approaches to physical alignment. Ultimately people have to move the body and correct imbalances. Just sharing what worked for me. Many of my colleagues and friends, even younger than myself suffer from lack of movement and tight fascia/overcompensation.

New comment by ducktastic in "Why DuckDuckGo is building its own web search index"

ducktastic — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 04:02:08 +0000

Same here exclusive ddg user. Sounds like they already have like a diff of bing's results versus their own and are ready to launch. That said, I was really disappointed video did not show an actual duck working in leadership

New comment by ducktastic in "Ask HN: Have you successfully treated forward head posture ("nerd neck")?"

ducktastic — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 16:36:21 +0000

I would seriously consider visiting a Rolfer. There was a point where due to period of inactivity and stress, I began having issues which started in the neck and migrated to pain in the wrists also. After some adjustments and time totally fine now.

New comment by ducktastic in "Florida Senate Clears 'Medical Freedom Act,' Over-the-Counter Sale of Ivermectin"

ducktastic — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 03:32:44 +0000

Parasites are hugely ignored in people and can cause all sorts of issues long term. Most people don't realize these parasites dump and circulate waste throughout the body that collects and stagnates etc.

New comment by ducktastic in "Why Do They Want to Get Rid of Software Engineers?"

ducktastic — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 18:41:23 +0000

From what I am seeing in the consulting space for enterprisey companies is that there is an extreme push to normalize /standardize all tools/platforms not even talking about AI tools to be able to replace tribal knowledge with cheaper workers. The narrative and in some cases reality of AI is just bringing the badhavior to the forefront

New comment by ducktastic in "Blogpost: Postgres Work_mem Production Incident"

ducktastic — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 16:14:38 +0000

Thought this was an interesting oom killer postmortem

Blogpost: Postgres Work_mem Production Incident

ducktastic — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 16:14:38 +0000

Article URL: https://mydbanotebook.org/posts/work_mem-its-a-trap/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47337527

Points: 3

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New comment by ducktastic in "Revise age verification terms for MidnightBSD"

ducktastic — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 02:07:37 +0000

I wasn't under 18 when I started playing with *BSD/Nix systems on my own, but how tragic that kids who would be drawn to understanding these systems are essentially 'outlawed' from learning them. As another HNer pointed out in a related post, I think this stems from not understanding the delineation between an OS/App/Platform.

New comment by ducktastic in "YouTube ads are about to get even longer and they'll be unskippable"

ducktastic — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 17:25:42 +0000

They really are unbearable: I use Duck Player primarily to view Youtube, connected via city wifi and every so often, I receive a message saying that youtube thinks I am a bot presumably because they are not getting ad revenue. Of course I have a workaround for this but annoying nonetheless.

New comment by ducktastic in "Hisense TVs add unskippable startup ads before live TV"

ducktastic — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 14:22:10 +0000

It's ridiculous that going to a Target/Bestbuy/etc you cannot find any non-smart TVs generally. I have had several older models of non-smart tvs that suddenly stop working after a few years. It's disgusting

New comment by ducktastic in "The Banality of Surveillance"

ducktastic — Sat, 07 Mar 2026 19:24:29 +0000

Had a similar experience: over a decade ago our firm opened an office in Canada and being scrappy and startup-like I had to cross into Canada with some networking equipment to help set up the new office. The amount of scrutiny was insane: thankfully it never stuck and I was eventually let on to do the work and return

New comment by ducktastic in "Plasma Bigscreen – 10-foot interface for KDE plasma"

ducktastic — Sat, 07 Mar 2026 15:47:21 +0000

I'm totally with you on this and a great idea. Always used flux/openbox whenever I could on my own workstations, and the idea that it could be used for a big screen device would be great.

New comment by ducktastic in "'Our consciousness is under siege': On chatbots, social media and mental freedom"

ducktastic — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 05:49:34 +0000

I mean, everyone has a choice where to put their att/int-ention. It takes a lot of boundary-setting to not get overwhelmed

New comment by ducktastic in "MacBook Neo"

ducktastic — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 19:20:12 +0000

Maybe I am in the minority but MacOS always feels so bloated and heavy to me.

New comment by ducktastic in "The AI Bubble Is an Information War"

ducktastic — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 19:17:34 +0000

The answer is easy: more corruption. No AI God needed

New comment by ducktastic in "How to talk to anyone and why you should"

ducktastic — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 14:36:01 +0000

When I encounter people with dogs I always do a smooch sound to the dog and keep going, automatic at this point. Usually where I am they are driving by or in shopping centers. If outdoors I will say hi to owners also but usually just the dogs are greeted.

New comment by ducktastic in "Guilty Displeasures"

ducktastic — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 03:34:45 +0000

I have gotten into watching Street Fighter tournaments online and recently found out about Tool Assisted gameplay for emulators. Not sure I have time for hacking ROMs but do enjoy those tournaments

New comment by ducktastic in "Ask HN: How are you all staying sane?"

ducktastic — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 01:57:31 +0000

Playing an instrument

New comment by ducktastic in "Bars close and hundreds lose jobs as US firm buys Brewdog in £33M deal"

ducktastic — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 19:52:39 +0000

A few years ago there was a group formed in the UK to designate cask ale/pub culture to be recognized as intangible cultural heritage through UNESCO-- following Belgium's successful foray into its brewing/beer culture being designated this way. There are a few documentaries on youtube

New comment by ducktastic in "Show HN: I built a self-hosted course platform in Clojure"

ducktastic — Sat, 28 Feb 2026 17:44:26 +0000

Hello thank you for this. Off and on I have looked into Clojure/Clojurescript but in most day jobs I haven't been able to use it or implement it. Looking forward to the courses!