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New comment by luxuryballs in "Can we have the day off?"

luxuryballs — Thu, 28 May 2026 01:56:07 +0000

Instead they are going to say “oh you’re 10Xing?” sweet we can get rid of 9 people and you can keep working all week long qq

New comment by luxuryballs in "Erin Brockovich made a map to track data centers around the country"

luxuryballs — Wed, 27 May 2026 18:19:54 +0000

the one gripe I do have is with the power companies in one state building new infrastructure for a neighboring state to pipe power out for data centers but then raises rates on the locals to fund it, something def needs to be done about that

New comment by luxuryballs in "SimCity 3k in 4k (2025)"

luxuryballs — Wed, 27 May 2026 18:16:08 +0000

What A View! Sims Thrilled As Local Landscaping Artist Hosts DIY Expo

New comment by luxuryballs in "Erin Brockovich made a map to track data centers around the country"

luxuryballs — Wed, 27 May 2026 02:00:37 +0000

I don’t get the issue with the data centers, maybe instead of looking at just the data centers they should look at all the rest of the land in the US along with it and see how truly small these things are.

New comment by luxuryballs in "I manage teams without a single call"

luxuryballs — Mon, 25 May 2026 17:55:08 +0000

Is this feeling about a call being such a potential meteor strike on your day normal and acceptable? I’ve always been of the mind it’s a skill I need to improve, but this reads like it’s an acceptable but insurmountable personality quirk to work around, am I too much of a perfectionist and stressing myself out? Feels like a soft skill but maybe I’m just burning myself out trying to get good at everything.

New comment by luxuryballs in "Memory has grown to nearly two-thirds of AI chip component costs"

luxuryballs — Sun, 24 May 2026 22:58:30 +0000

it’s fun and ironic that “having a memory” is what AI appears to lack the most in practice while at the same time it demands more computer memory than anything to run

New comment by luxuryballs in "Texas woman arrested for Facebook post about town water quality"

luxuryballs — Sun, 24 May 2026 21:07:21 +0000

welcome to Earth where the law of the jungle never needed any endorsement or approval

New comment by luxuryballs in "Texas woman arrested for Facebook post about town water quality"

luxuryballs — Sat, 23 May 2026 19:59:31 +0000

they said to make sure you boil it slowly though, so the local frogs don’t jump out! /s

New comment by luxuryballs in "Texas woman arrested for Facebook post about town water quality"

luxuryballs — Sat, 23 May 2026 19:58:40 +0000

fine for who? Texans? this is a silly mentality, no need to compare any other location, Texas as a standalone entity and the many stakeholders wouldn’t reasonably think it’s fine

New comment by luxuryballs in "Sleep research led to a new sleep apnea drug"

luxuryballs — Sat, 23 May 2026 19:53:35 +0000

yeah true, maybe it could be good for a power nap “table” if we can make it comfy enough, I did see a massage table head/face cushion adapter that hooks into a normal bed so might be inexpensive to try it out

New comment by luxuryballs in "Sleep research led to a new sleep apnea drug"

luxuryballs — Sat, 23 May 2026 02:30:58 +0000

To expand on this, the posture is really so important, this muscle the iliopsoas connects inner hip to low back on opposite sides, forward head sometimes also has anterior pelvic tilt, anyways your diaphragm is connected to this muscle and if it’s tight, or holding your pelvic in a tilt, it can make the diaphragm not be able to take full breaths. I’ve done some relaxation stretches you can search for this muscle, like laying down with one knee bent and leg up like a square and other leg straight out or slightly elevated, and “dead bug” yoga, and found my breathing suddenly improved on several occasions.

New comment by luxuryballs in "Sleep research led to a new sleep apnea drug"

luxuryballs — Sat, 23 May 2026 02:26:04 +0000

I always thought as a stomach sleeper why not get one of those massage table head rest things, face down symmetrical and wouldn’t gravity help keep things open then? Just have to build it into a cozy bed, not sure if that would be comfortable though.

New comment by luxuryballs in "Chewing gum restores dad's taste and smell years after Covid"

luxuryballs — Thu, 21 May 2026 18:04:56 +0000

the damage seems to be neurological / local nerves, I haven’t tried chewing gum but the best/fastest results I’ve had for this so far has been lions mane + micro dose of other mushrooms, smell therapy has been reported to show benefit also which probably matches the chewing gum thing, rebuilding/recalibrating the nerves slowly over time

New comment by luxuryballs in "Bill to block publishers from killing online games advances in California"

luxuryballs — Wed, 20 May 2026 14:12:45 +0000

the auth servers aren’t a meaningful blocker in terms of technical debt imo

New comment by luxuryballs in "Bill to block publishers from killing online games advances in California"

luxuryballs — Sat, 16 May 2026 00:48:13 +0000

This makes the Minecraft model look all that much better than it already was, users pay for an account, the servers are self hosted by the community, as far as I can tell on the surface level Minecraft would already comply with this legislation.

New comment by luxuryballs in "I believe there are entire companies right now under AI psychosis"

luxuryballs — Sat, 16 May 2026 00:46:06 +0000

This is def true but I also wonder if AI models and context sizes and capabilities will scale to keep up and eventually be able to untangle the mess.

New comment by luxuryballs in "Mullvad exit IPs are surprisingly identifying"

luxuryballs — Sat, 16 May 2026 00:40:38 +0000

how about this I’ll downvote it for you and you can downvote mine and we’ll just fade out together lol

New comment by luxuryballs in "Mullvad exit IPs are surprisingly identifying"

luxuryballs — Sat, 16 May 2026 00:37:44 +0000

anybody remember Lavabit?

New comment by luxuryballs in "AI is making me dumb"

luxuryballs — Thu, 14 May 2026 23:07:07 +0000

When it comes to writing I only use AI for writing technical documentation or basic page copy, never for anything that is purely writing or for communication like a blog post, or a paper, or an email, or a letter, or a book, or even marketing copy.

Basically only use it for anything I wouldn’t otherwise have the time to write but isn’t important to be written by me.

I actually can’t fathom using it for writing as a principle, to me it’s just a keyboard extension for code generation, never a replacement for the written word that should be in my voice and fully a stream coming from my mind that I should have full editorial awareness and memory of.

Now that I think about it I’m a snob in this regard, I turn my nose up at people that use AI to write things that are purely written, in my mind using it for writing is defeating the purpose of writing!

New comment by luxuryballs in "Bitcoin trader recovers wallet with help of Claude"

luxuryballs — Thu, 14 May 2026 18:09:24 +0000

So you’re telling me he used a computer to search all the files and found the old backup? computer file systems are truly proving to be revolutionary technology!