Hacker News: nsbk

New comment by nsbk in "If AI writes your code, why use Python?"

nsbk — Tue, 12 May 2026 06:15:27 +0000

EVERYTHING in Python is an object. I’m not sure how that could have been bolted onto the language

New comment by nsbk in "Remind HN: Today is Mother's Day, call your moms"

nsbk — Sun, 10 May 2026 17:11:14 +0000

And Latvia

New comment by nsbk in "Apple reports second quarter results"

nsbk — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 21:51:09 +0000

All this while passing on the leap of faith everybody else is taking in the form of crazy AI investments.

If the bubble bursts, Apple with its mountain of cash will be ready to buy the carcasses of whatever is left.

New comment by nsbk in "Irony as Meta staff unhappy about running surveillance software on work PCs"

nsbk — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 10:58:48 +0000

Surveillance for thee, not for me

New comment by nsbk in "Sauna effect on heart rate"

nsbk — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 14:03:30 +0000

I recently listened to a podcast about the benefits of sauna or deliberate heat exposure and the gist is that if you get your core temperature at about 39 degrees celsius your cardiovascular system is working comparably hard to light exercise.

My take is that your heart and lungs are working out, even if your body is not. Do you get the same benefits as going for a run or bike ride for a comparable amount of time? no, since your limbs don't get fit, but your heart and lungs do.

New comment by nsbk in "Good sleep, good learning, good life (2012)"

nsbk — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 13:50:40 +0000

Practice makes perfect! Keep on showing up and it will most likely get easier :)

I currently do not do guided NSDR that much, but it helped a lot at the time learning how to calm my thoughts and become deeply relaxed, especially the Ally guided sessions (as everything else, takes practice) so I would recommend to try the guided ones even if it feels awkward, until you learn how to stop your mind from wandering. I find it helps both with quick reset/recharge naps and falling back asleep if I wake up in the middle of the night (happens often for me).

New comment by nsbk in "Good Sleep, Good Learning (2012)"

nsbk — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 12:07:24 +0000

Fellow Spaniard here. Our ancestors were definitely onto something! I think the most important thing when it comes to napping is to show up: find a comfortable spot, use an eye mask, and set a timer for whatever time you have (I typically do something between 10 to 30 minutes). Just close your eyes and don’t open them until the alarm goes off.

I don’t always nap, but I make sure to do so if I haven’t had enough sleep or when I’m stressed or overworked. The more work I have, the more naps I take. Three back to back meetings? 15 minutes nap for your brain to organize and process the information dump. You get the gist. Doesn’t have to be after lunch, just a few minutes when you need/have them.

I used to do the Dali nap: find a comfortable spot, hold a spoon in your hand, and close your eyes. Once you fall asleep the spoon will fall from your hand and wake you up. That makes sure you go into hypnagogic state, great for problem solving as the brain is in a creativity sweet spot.

The technique I use now is not strictly a nap but a relaxation technique called NSDR: Non-Sleep Deep Rest. It’s kind of a guided meditation that deeply relaxes your body and nervous system. Just 10 minutes can feel as restorative as hours of sleep. You can check Andrew Huberman's scripts or Youtube videos for a more body-hacking, science-backed vive, or channels like are Ally Boothroyd's [0] for a more spiritual take on the concept, also known as Yoga Nidra.

I hope that helps. And best of luck with your napping, honor the ancestors!

[0] https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL19-3B-OVYoc1sdjBBKLB...

New comment by nsbk in "Migrating to the EU"

nsbk — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 18:04:04 +0000

I'm in the process of migrating to self-hosted immich and the experience is being great so far. If you have a beefy home lab it is incredibly fast and performant. One thing to mention is that you should have a good backup strategy not to risk losing your photo library

New comment by nsbk in "Astral to Join OpenAI"

nsbk — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 18:34:22 +0000

Let the forks roll!

New comment by nsbk in "AirPods Max 2"

nsbk — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 14:08:22 +0000

I've been waiting for this release for a long time. I lost my first gen Maxes and was expecting for a significant upgrade to get a new pair. This feels like a very minor update to the originals and not really a new product.

Considering the modest update and the fact that they lose many of the quality of life features if outside of the Apple ecosystem, which I am becoming increasingly disenchanted with, I will be looking elsewhere.

New comment by nsbk in "Stanford researchers report first recording of a blue whale's heart rate (2019)"

nsbk — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 22:25:48 +0000

I watched the whole video and there is no heartbeat sound, which is what I was expecting as well. I think that they recorded the signal, not the sound that the heart makes when pumping blood.

New comment by nsbk in "The MacBook Neo"

nsbk — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 07:59:30 +0000

Caring for the planet

New comment by nsbk in "Yann LeCun raises $1B to build AI that understands the physical world"

nsbk — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 09:23:35 +0000

Or LeX

New comment by nsbk in "My Homelab Setup"

nsbk — Sun, 08 Mar 2026 19:50:37 +0000

My off-prem backups are in a Tailscale connected NAS at my parent's house. I'm in the process of talking a friend into having Tailscale configured to host more off-prem backups at his place as well. I'm moving out of iCloud for photo library management and into Immich. I really don't want to lose my photos and videos hence the off-prem backups. Tailscale has been a blessing for this kind of use case

New comment by nsbk in "MacBook Pro with M5 Pro and M5 Max"

nsbk — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 16:30:40 +0000

The fact that avoiding Apple-made software provides an overall better user experience is very telling

New comment by nsbk in "MacBook Pro with M5 Pro and M5 Max"

nsbk — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 15:04:20 +0000

Safari routinely using 20+ Gb of memory with a handful of tabs open. Safari tabs refusing to close. Unresponsive System Settings window. Random application freezes and crashes, Apple Music not playing music. This is on a 32Gb M1 Max. My M1 Air on Sequoia doesn't experience any of these issues, even if it has half the unified memory.

New comment by nsbk in "MacBook Pro with M5 Pro and M5 Max"

nsbk — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 14:10:08 +0000

The hardware looks amazing! Too bad they will ship with Tahoe installed. I’m not upgrading until I see in which direction the next Mac OS release goes

New comment by nsbk in "Welcome (back) to Macintosh"

nsbk — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 22:19:33 +0000

I’m right where you are. Very happy Apple customer since my first PowerBook G4. Currently have an M1 Max, an iPhone 17 Pro, the iPad Pro, HomePod, Apple TV, and Watch Ultra.

All the _just works_ feeling and reliability seem to be gone. Tahoe is so unstable that I now restart the Mac every day, when in the past it happened on software updates only. Apple Music is another huge mess, I can’t comprehend how can it be so unreliable.

Looking for exits as well and kind of looking forward to migrating to Graphene OS, self-hosted Immich, and Navidrome

New comment by nsbk in "Red Hat takes on Docker Desktop with its enterprise Podman Desktop build"

nsbk — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 15:12:19 +0000

Another alternative (although Mac OS-only) is [0] OrbStack. Some devs in my team are running it as a more performant alternative to Docker Desktop for Mac and they are very happy so far.

[0]: https://orbstack.dev

New comment by nsbk in "Anthropic drops flagship safety pledge"

nsbk — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 13:21:36 +0000

Since it is all about money, I just did vote with my wallet and cancelled the Max subscription