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New comment by l8rlump in "Sleep regularity is a stronger predictor of mortality risk than sleep duration (2023)"

l8rlump — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 02:25:41 +0000

Fresh fruit and veg, nuts, and other fresh things. Thing is, modern farming and distribution practices have negatively affected the magnesium content. Drinking water also used to naturally contain more minerals but in many places is removed to cause less issues with plumbing and because “hard water” also makes it harder for soap to lather. Absorption also depends on vitamin D, so if you’re low in D, you won’t absorb as much magnesium. I have also read that magnesium is required by the body to make GABA and melatonin; supplements other commenters are mentioning.

New comment by l8rlump in "Canada's only watchmaking school still ticking after 80 years"

l8rlump — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 02:32:57 +0000

I was quoted AUD$300 for the service on my Seiko, so I got it back and learned to service it myself :)

New comment by l8rlump in "New 10 GbE USB adapters are cooler, smaller, cheaper"

l8rlump — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 03:05:29 +0000

I also discovered the other day that you can get high-speed networking between two computers with just a thunderbolt cable. It showed up as a 20G connection anyway.

New comment by l8rlump in "Windows 9x Subsystem for Linux"

l8rlump — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 04:38:26 +0000

Now I know two mathematician jokes. The other one is "A mathematician is a device for converting coffee into theorems."

7 Japanese Musicians That Influenced the World – Tokyo Weekender

l8rlump — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 07:54:39 +0000

Article URL: https://www.tokyoweekender.com/entertainment/music/7-japanese-musicians-influenced-world/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47737088

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

The Max Headroom signal hijacking incident

l8rlump — Sun, 18 Jan 2026 09:16:53 +0000

Article URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Headroom_signal_hijacking

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46666191

Points: 8

# Comments: 0

Why Everyone Is Leaving New Zealand [video]

l8rlump — Thu, 23 Oct 2025 04:09:31 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_VUBpALcVE

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45678084

Points: 10

# Comments: 6

New comment by l8rlump in "The Faroes"

l8rlump — Sat, 04 Oct 2025 01:37:02 +0000

These rich and colourful photos remind me of an internal battle I’m having with my own amateur photography. I’ve always aspired to this kind of styling, but lately been intrigued by how you can sometimes make photos subjectively better by muting the colours, making them less true to life, reducing the contrast, etc. Advocates for that style would call the photos in the blog post “cartoonish”. I guess there’s a place for both styles. For what it’s worth, I think the photos in the blog post are great.

New comment by l8rlump in "The Faroes"

l8rlump — Sat, 04 Oct 2025 01:24:30 +0000

Or how about the Danish “får” (sheep) and “ø” (Island)?

New comment by l8rlump in "I'm spoiled by Apple Silicon but still love Framework"

l8rlump — Wed, 24 Sep 2025 02:58:28 +0000

I think it's worse than that, at least for the AMD-based Frameworks. Ostensibly, S3 sleep isn't supported by the CPU.

https://community.frame.work/t/responded-how-to-enable-s3-sl...

New comment by l8rlump in "Teardown of Apple 40W dynamic power adapter with 60W max"

l8rlump — Mon, 22 Sep 2025 11:12:24 +0000

Diodegonewild might disagree with you.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfUGOPyKWwiriWhjmdtvjBw_J...

New comment by l8rlump in "Teardown of Apple 40W dynamic power adapter with 60W max"

l8rlump — Mon, 22 Sep 2025 11:01:35 +0000

Might be a lesson for us all.

New comment by l8rlump in "Hardening Firefox – a checklist for improved browser privacy"

l8rlump — Sun, 31 Aug 2025 12:02:42 +0000

Tab grouping is here, but not sure about automatic grouping.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43834101

New comment by l8rlump in "Coronary artery calcium testing can reveal plaque in arteries, but is underused"

l8rlump — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 10:36:21 +0000

How can you increase your HDL?

RapidRAW: A non-destructive and GPU-accelerated RAW image editor

l8rlump — Wed, 09 Jul 2025 02:37:28 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/CyberTimon/RapidRAW

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44505876

Points: 278

# Comments: 126

Ansel: Darktable Fork

l8rlump — Tue, 03 Jun 2025 03:48:17 +0000

Article URL: https://ansel.photos/en/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44166083

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by l8rlump in "High vitamin B6 doses over a long period could cause irreversible nerve damage"

l8rlump — Fri, 30 May 2025 07:05:49 +0000

That's interesting. The product I looked up has 50mg of the pyridoxine hydrochloride form of vitamin B6: https://www.bioceuticals.com.au/products/ultra-muscleze

Interesting that they ostensibly make a version with the P-5-P form. I've read that the P-5-P form is less associated with neuropathy. As a personal anecdote, 50mg of pyridoxine hydrochloride daily for a couple of weeks gave me nothing except numb fingers (which resolved after a few weeks). However, 12mg of P-5-P with my magnesium supplement has been life-changing so far. Been taking 350mg of magnesium daily for a year or more but only when adding the P-5-P with it, do I have relief from cramps.

Anyone in the know: is there some condition that would explain this?

High vitamin B6 doses over a long period could cause irreversible nerve damage

l8rlump — Fri, 30 May 2025 05:55:37 +0000

Article URL: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-08/vitamin-b6-toxicity-peripheral-neuropathy-health-supplements/104793006

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44133310

Points: 75

# Comments: 64

New comment by l8rlump in "The Toyota Prius transformed the auto industry"

l8rlump — Sun, 19 Jan 2025 06:53:53 +0000

See here for a counterpoint on hybrids putting less stress on their engines:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eC5FFoCq4s ("It Turns Out, Hybrids Are Really Hard On Engines")

New comment by l8rlump in "A 10-Year Battery for AirTag"

l8rlump — Fri, 20 Dec 2024 03:39:53 +0000

https://github.com/seemoo-lab/openhaystack/?tab=readme-ov-fi...

These won’t inform, I believe.