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New comment by klondike_klive in "Solar-based sleep patterns compared to modern norms"

klondike_klive — Fri, 15 May 2026 09:01:45 +0000

"Here's the nap room. Don't be seen using it."

New comment by klondike_klive in "Using the internet like it's 1999"

klondike_klive — Sat, 25 Apr 2026 10:39:47 +0000

I've been resisting this for various reasons. Parking apps, maps, camera, podcast app, many many timers, and banking apps are all phone functions I use quite often and I can't see obvious ways around them which don't involve lots of other gubbins which I will inevitably lose or forget.

I could possibly uninstall everything but the absolute necessities on a smartphone for when I need it, and otherwise carry a flip phone. Maybe use the flip phone for tethering so the smartphone doesn't need a Sim card. But it seems that might be introducing lot of extra stress into my life, especially for stressful jobs like parking before a meeting, keeping up to date with clients, etc

New comment by klondike_klive in "Using the internet like it's 1999"

klondike_klive — Sat, 25 Apr 2026 10:28:25 +0000

Yes, it does help. But it's too easily switched off. I basically have to be my own worst enemy I have to order to prevent myself from being my own worst enemy!

New comment by klondike_klive in "Using the internet like it's 1999"

klondike_klive — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 11:05:25 +0000

That's just what I've been doing after deleting Instagram from my. phone. I can't trust my evening dopamine-seeking behaviour with the phone app, but there's much much less stickiness in the browser.

New comment by klondike_klive in "'Seeking connection': video game where players stopped shooting, started talking"

klondike_klive — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 10:50:30 +0000

A while ago when I got Resident Evil on the Wii. I found myself really fed up and depressed with the pee and poo coloured levels and relentless misery (maybe I should have known better than to rent Resident Evil!)

I had the idea of taking classic 3d videogame levels and landscaping them with flowers and benches. Executive function got the better of me, I but I still muse about it from time to time.

New comment by klondike_klive in "Music for Programming"

klondike_klive — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 21:21:52 +0000

Have you listened to his "business funk" mixes? Too stimulating for work (for me) but so much fun. In my head it's the soundtrack to me striding through an open plan office barking nonsense business jargon.

New comment by klondike_klive in "Personal Encyclopedias"

klondike_klive — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 10:49:46 +0000

that is beautiful. and inspirational. although I know that I don't have anywhere near enough energy to carry through on this kind of thing!

New comment by klondike_klive in "US private credit defaults hit record 9.2% in 2025, Fitch says"

klondike_klive — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 22:35:38 +0000

What's the betting that it's (somehow, eventually) the taxpayers?

New comment by klondike_klive in "Why the global elite gave up on spelling and grammar"

klondike_klive — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 00:16:31 +0000

Surely the American way of saying "REN-uh-saunce" is further from the French than the British pronunciation?

New comment by klondike_klive in "Building Better Country Selects"

klondike_klive — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 00:07:22 +0000

It's a mess. Do I look in the list of frequently-selected countries and hope to find that we're still in there? Or look for UK? United Kingdom? Great Britain?

I've been foxed before in American forms where I'm forced to select UK but it shows up as GB, even though there is no GB in the list! Every time I come to fill out the form I look at what I did last year and go through the same anti-pattern.

New comment by klondike_klive in "Triumph of the toons: how animation came to rule the box office"

klondike_klive — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 20:06:36 +0000

Animation is having it's best year yet, apparently. And yet nearly all of my peers (in our late 40s,early 50s now) who worked on world famous shows, are having terrible trouble getting a job and are pivoting to literally anything else.

New comment by klondike_klive in "Poor Man's Polaroid"

klondike_klive — Sun, 08 Mar 2026 18:17:27 +0000

Can you post a link or maybe just the name? I'm curious!

New comment by klondike_klive in "Screeching Sound of Peeling Tape"

klondike_klive — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 16:31:03 +0000

I really like the doppler effect (?) of the sound as the tape gets longer.

New comment by klondike_klive in "How to record and retrieve anything you've ever had to look up twice"

klondike_klive — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 09:15:35 +0000

I do this too. A7 is the sweet spot for me because it fits in my back pocket and so it's always there when I need it. I write the date started on the front cover and the same when I finish them and file them away. The hard part about using physical notebooks is resurfacing old info, I really need to work on processing and triage.

New comment by klondike_klive in "I baked a pie every day for a year"

klondike_klive — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 01:19:22 +0000

Yes please! I'm getting pretty decent at bread now, I've been making a loaf every three days or so for a few months. But I would love to add pizza dough to my skills.

New comment by klondike_klive in "How far back in time can you understand English?"

klondike_klive — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 20:56:42 +0000

switch the double-u for a w. Uuhiles becomes "whiles" (or "while")

New comment by klondike_klive in "A word processor from 1990s for Atari ST/TOS is still supported by enthusiasts"

klondike_klive — Thu, 19 Feb 2026 10:49:49 +0000

That is genuinely remarkable! Even indentation?

New comment by klondike_klive in "Cistercian Numbers"

klondike_klive — Wed, 18 Feb 2026 19:01:58 +0000

Wow, it's a while since I've seen one of those lists of hundreds of vampires that you have to deselect!

New comment by klondike_klive in "Adventure Game Studio: OSS software for creating adventure games"

klondike_klive — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 09:00:36 +0000

Also Graphical Adventure Creator for the Amstrad CPC. I loved it, but failed to produce even a single adventure. My perfectionist tendencies made sure any progress ground to a halt almost immediately over text, logic or graphics!

New comment by klondike_klive in "Vitamin D and Omega-3 have a larger effect on depression than antidepressants"

klondike_klive — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 18:48:22 +0000

Are you riding on roads or trails? How are you treated by other road users? I'm tempted by ebikes but live in semi-rural UK with very poor (and getting worse) road surface and lots of blind bends.