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New comment by greenimpala in "I was recently diagnosed with anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis"

greenimpala — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 20:25:52 +0000

My wife had anti-NMDA negative Encephalitis two years ago after suffering severe seizures out of the blue - her diagnosis in retrospect is NORSE (new onset refractory status epilepticus). She was put into an induced coma for 2 months, it took a long time before they realised it was encephalitis. Whilst she survived, her recovery is still ongoing. She was 32 when it happened and will never work again due to her brain injury and ongoing epilepsy.

New comment by greenimpala in "Fedora Asahi Remix is now working on Apple M3"

greenimpala — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 18:20:52 +0000

and ProMotion, then its a serious contender

New comment by greenimpala in "US and UK refuse to sign AI safety declaration at summit"

greenimpala — Wed, 12 Feb 2025 21:26:11 +0000

Profit over ethics, self-interest over communal well-being, and competition over cooperation. You're describing capitalism.

New comment by greenimpala in "A Chopin waltz unearthed after nearly 200 years"

greenimpala — Mon, 28 Oct 2024 13:53:51 +0000

Tellefsen? I have been a fan for a while now, Chopin's favourite student I believe.

New comment by greenimpala in "A Chopin waltz unearthed after nearly 200 years"

greenimpala — Mon, 28 Oct 2024 13:44:58 +0000

A really incredible find! It's a massive shame it was plugged with Steinway and Lang Lang, but that's the world we live in.

New comment by greenimpala in "ABC News hacks into popular robot vacuum, watches owner through camera"

greenimpala — Wed, 09 Oct 2024 08:11:50 +0000

I would love to upgrade my ten year old Roborock running Valetudo. But I'm not sure they've been able to figure out a way to root the new machines.

I point blank refuse to have a computer on wheels with cameras and microphones roaming my house with a direct connection to China. It really blows my mind that the majority of people seem to think that's fine.

New comment by greenimpala in "Actors say Hollywood studios want their AI replicas – for free, forever"

greenimpala — Thu, 13 Jul 2023 21:34:19 +0000

The verge cookie warning is cool. Stare at her eyes for 10 seconds, then press back.. An imaginary pink box appears.

New comment by greenimpala in "HDR QR Code"

greenimpala — Mon, 19 Jun 2023 11:29:12 +0000

That's almost so obvious that I never thought of that :D

New comment by greenimpala in "The U.S. birth rate has fallen by 20% since 2007"

greenimpala — Wed, 17 May 2023 09:28:56 +0000

I think your last two points make up most of the drivers. Particularly now many people are in an un-breakable relationship with their smartphones.

I know many people that simply don't want to entertain the "hassle" of a relationship. It's an inconvenience for them to think about somebody else other than their own immediate needs and wants.

New comment by greenimpala in "Linen.dev: A 500 kb Slack alternative"

greenimpala — Thu, 27 Apr 2023 10:56:27 +0000

100%, I just closed the tab straight away. No thanks.

New comment by greenimpala in "DuckDuckGo Traffic"

greenimpala — Sat, 08 Jan 2022 18:53:33 +0000

Agree with this! It's fantastic for most things but unkind with programmer API docs!

New comment by greenimpala in "Kinesis Advantage 360"

greenimpala — Sat, 18 Dec 2021 00:40:56 +0000

oh wow.. had my advantage for 8 years and would never look back!

New comment by greenimpala in "Making the dislike count private across YouTube"

greenimpala — Thu, 11 Nov 2021 11:56:52 +0000

No matter whether you agree or disagree with this change (good reasons for both sides in the comments), what does it say about our society that a minute UI change on a website by a private company can potentially cause huge consequence

New comment by greenimpala in "Why webcams aren’t good enough"

greenimpala — Fri, 22 Jan 2021 09:58:30 +0000

Agree, It's all wonderful comparing quality until you jump on a call and the stream gets throttled to 480p.

New comment by greenimpala in "Google TV"

greenimpala — Thu, 01 Oct 2020 10:20:44 +0000

Agree completely, It's extremely jarring.

Keybreak – Electron app for taking breaks whilst you work

greenimpala — Thu, 30 Jul 2020 14:26:40 +0000

Article URL: https://keybreak.co.uk/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23998546

Points: 1

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New comment by greenimpala in "DuckDuckGo is good enough for regular use"

greenimpala — Fri, 06 Mar 2020 15:38:14 +0000

Switched 6 months ago on all devices, I actually prefer the experience, I have discovered a bunch of really interesting small independent websites and blogs through it too (wasn't that the original idea of the internet!?).

Once or twice a week I need !g to search for a programming specific query. There's still some improvement needed when searching for all the weird characters we use in software.

New comment by greenimpala in "Congrats Dropbox"

greenimpala — Fri, 23 Mar 2018 16:23:55 +0000

cheque

New comment by greenimpala in "YouTube's road to HTTPS"

greenimpala — Tue, 02 Aug 2016 08:09:07 +0000

The irony eh!

New comment by greenimpala in "The Apple Goes Mushy Part I: OS X's Interface Decline"

greenimpala — Tue, 26 Jul 2016 10:43:37 +0000

I really agree with this - I thought it was me getting slower but every time I open finder or Dock I have to spend that split second extra effort to discern between the "Applications" folder or "HD" icons etc.