Hacker News: mrjh

New comment by mrjh in "Turning away from smartphones: 'We need to go places and touch things'"

mrjh — Fri, 14 Jun 2024 11:22:21 +0000

If you've never picked up your phone to do one thing and half an hour later found yourself trawling through Instagram, having forgotten what you originally meant to do with your "just a tool", you are in a tiny minority of incredibly focused people.

The majority of us, through no fault of our own, find these 'tools' regularly sucking us into a vortex of distractions and time-wasting. The struggle against cheap dopamine hits is real.

New comment by mrjh in "Infinite Craft"

mrjh — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 17:12:53 +0000

Not dumb at all. It's bad UI.

New comment by mrjh in "Show HN: I made a website to find best bus seat to avoid the sun while traveling"

mrjh — Wed, 17 Jan 2024 11:49:29 +0000

This reminded me of the fabulously British song from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BzjPukTLoY

New comment by mrjh in "Ask HN: What apps have you created for your own use?"

mrjh — Wed, 13 Dec 2023 10:49:32 +0000

Speaking as a fellow product designer... Stunning work. What an awesome portfolio!

New comment by mrjh in "Browsing the Eastern Side of the Personal Web"

mrjh — Thu, 07 Dec 2023 12:12:19 +0000

Please god no...

New comment by mrjh in "San Francisco now at 35% office vacancy rate, highest ever recorded: data"

mrjh — Tue, 05 Dec 2023 09:08:34 +0000

"Looks to be related to COVID policy"

COVID policy? Isn't that history now?

New comment by mrjh in "Tinnitus linked to undetected auditory nerve damage"

mrjh — Sun, 03 Dec 2023 08:14:25 +0000

The number of medical ‘professionals’ who just automatically dismiss possible connections like this is utterly depressing. I’m sure they must hear plenty of crackpot theories, but that’s no excuse for failing to help people who can be helped. I’m glad you managed to find a professional who was willing to take the time to actually consider your suggestions and help you.

New comment by mrjh in "Tinnitus linked to undetected auditory nerve damage"

mrjh — Sun, 03 Dec 2023 07:57:04 +0000

Hmmm, it was within a week or two of getting AirPods Pro (and heavily using the noise cancelling mode) that I developed a strange dull ache/pressure throughout my sinuses and upper jaw. Stopped using noise cancelling and it seems to have improved a lot but hasn’t completely gone away.

Some googling suggests noise cancelling tech has negative side-effects for quite a lot of people.

I strongly suspect that many others must be suffering from environment-/diet-/tech-induced ailments but are simply not inquisitive enough to experiment and identify the sources of discomfort.

New comment by mrjh in "Children, left behind by suburbia, need better community design"

mrjh — Tue, 21 Nov 2023 23:54:10 +0000

Yup, I have older relatives who are exactly like this and they ALL have a 24/7 news channel almost constantly playing on TV.

It’s an utterly toxic diet of fear-mongering and negativity that cripples anyone who gets addicted to it.

New comment by mrjh in "Breakfast cereal is in long-term decline"

mrjh — Sun, 17 Sep 2023 22:23:57 +0000

Muesli isn’t just plain oats.

Muesli is a mixture which contains CEREALS (e.g. oats, wheat, barley) dried FRUIT (e.g. sultanas, raisins, dates) and NUTS (e.g. almonds, hazelnuts).

Here’s an example of a typical British muesli… https://www.amazon.co.uk/Jordans-Natural-Muesli-Kg-Pack/dp/B...

And here’s the Wikipedia entry… https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muesli

New comment by mrjh in "Microplastics detected in the marine air from Norway to the high Arctic"

mrjh — Fri, 18 Aug 2023 07:56:05 +0000

Who on earth cooks over fire with a LEAD pot? Pretty sure that has never been a thing…

New comment by mrjh in "Retro Computer Museum"

mrjh — Wed, 17 May 2023 13:13:46 +0000

A bit tangential, but 'Leicester' is one of those wonderful British place-names that doesn't really follow any English pronunciation rules and you just have to know the right one...

In this case 'Leicester' is pronounced 'Lester'.

New comment by mrjh in "Imgur Updates TOS, Banning NSFW Content"

mrjh — Thu, 20 Apr 2023 11:33:44 +0000

Yeah, the content took a HARD turn to the left in the last few years. I don't remember it being anywhere near as political even as recently as 5yrs ago. That suggests either a dramatic change in audience, or some algorithmic change that pushed that content more. I'd love to know what actually happened.

New comment by mrjh in "What it’s like to fall into the deadly Australian plant, gympie-gympie"

mrjh — Fri, 07 Apr 2023 15:17:00 +0000

“Topping himself” is definitely a common phrase in the UK too

New comment by mrjh in "Zero energy ready homes are coming"

mrjh — Thu, 09 Mar 2023 07:48:05 +0000

“'In the sticks' is just a reference to an area where there are lots of twigs, that is, the countryside.”

https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/in-the-sticks.html

New comment by mrjh in "Zero energy ready homes are coming"

mrjh — Wed, 08 Mar 2023 07:39:16 +0000

“when you say cities didn't always have more services than small towns and that life in a city wasn't that bad if you were poor”

Pretty sure they said the exact opposite of that.

“small towns suck because they lack services and big cities suck if you aren't one of the wealthy”

Beware of Blurbs

mrjh — Thu, 02 Mar 2023 15:25:40 +0000

Article URL: https://themillions.com/2023/03/beware-of-blurbs.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34996806

Points: 3

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FBI chief Christopher Wray says China lab leak 'most likely'

mrjh — Wed, 01 Mar 2023 10:53:27 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-64806903

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34980931

Points: 8

# Comments: 2

New comment by mrjh in "Creation happens in silence"

mrjh — Tue, 21 Feb 2023 07:00:52 +0000

I’m quite gobsmacked at the arrogance and dismissiveness of your responses in this thread. Maybe tone it down a bit and be less defensive?

Monzo and the Pitfalls of Staff Surveillance

mrjh — Sat, 18 Feb 2023 20:39:54 +0000

Article URL: https://www.raconteur.net/talent-culture/monzo-and-the-pitfalls-of-staff-surveillance/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34850835

Points: 3

# Comments: 0