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New comment by sersi in "Firefox is now the last major browser that still supports uBlock Origin"

sersi — Sat, 15 Aug 2026 06:22:08 +0000

What do you use for virtualization for tools from developer repositories? Run them in a VM or sandboxing like bubblewrap?

New comment by sersi in "Hello, me. It's been a while"

sersi — Fri, 14 Aug 2026 08:40:04 +0000

Yes, the wait is annoying but I do love doctors like this. It's a sign of a great doctor. Just always found it funny that they don't just adjust their appointment time given that the estimate they have is never actually attained in practice.

New comment by sersi in "Hello, me. It's been a while"

sersi — Fri, 14 Aug 2026 08:14:47 +0000

> Also, it’s a deeply eastern European thing to have to wait around too much at the doctors office. I remember waiting for an hour or so at the doctor's office in France. The doctor would give appointment times that assumed he'd spend 15 minutes per patients but he was friendly and patient with answering questions so he'd always end up being very late by the time evening came. Had that with multiple doctors so doesn't seem to be unique to Eastern Europe.

New comment by sersi in "Hello, me. It's been a while"

sersi — Fri, 14 Aug 2026 08:12:57 +0000

I've found that swimming helps me to do that. When I walk, it's too easy to take my kindle and read but swimming, it's a relaxing and repetitive movement where I can only focus on thinking.

New comment by sersi in "Midlife Vascular Risk Burden and Dementia-Free Survival Years"

sersi — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 19:47:53 +0000

You can add having a child to the list. Nothing has caused more disruption to my sleep as my son has done

New comment by sersi in "Mea Culpa – Dark Hours"

sersi — Sun, 09 Aug 2026 14:04:32 +0000

Gruner is a true fan and tends to be overly positive about Apple but I don't doubt his integrity for a second. In cases when his reporting is overly favorable to Apple in my eyes, I do believe that he truly believes what he says.

New comment by sersi in "Melatonin impairs morning cognition in healthy young adults (2023)"

sersi — Sun, 09 Aug 2026 12:32:17 +0000

It's been the standard recommendation for dealing with jetlag in the last 15-20 years. And usually people who regularly experience jetlag due to repeated international professional trips are not elderly.

New comment by sersi in "The Boeing 747 begins its final descent"

sersi — Sun, 28 Jun 2026 21:47:23 +0000

Lufthansa first class on the 747 is definitely something to try once.

New comment by sersi in "A man was gifted his dream car by Kevin Mitnick, who he helped put in prison"

sersi — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 06:54:08 +0000

How would they have been able to install a hijacked Chrome if your computer was on the lock screen?

New comment by sersi in "Ice water drowning survival of young patient (2025)"

sersi — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 06:34:28 +0000

I've done it (it's standard in many countries). Honestly, it's a bit horrifying because you are completely at the mercy of someone else but it's bearable. Colonoscopy is definitely easier.

My only experience with global anesthesia was as a child waking up with a massive asthma attack unable to breathe so I try to avoid it.

New comment by sersi in "How to earn a billion dollars"

sersi — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 05:41:49 +0000

Would jk rowling have been as popular without the marketing from her publisher? What about the work of the editor from the publisher?

New comment by sersi in "Statement on US government directive to suspend access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5"

sersi — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 06:52:09 +0000

Cheaply designed datacenter that don't use a close loop for watercooling and use too much water are a problem

New comment by sersi in "Reading for pleasure is sharply down among schoolkids, report shows"

sersi — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 07:25:45 +0000

At the Montessori school my kid goes to, children read a lot. They have access to the Library, can ask the teacher to go there when they need/want to. The school has a no phone policy, children are not allowed to bring them to school. Computers are only in the computer room for children to access when they want to do research and there are no laptops in the class room.

It works well and the children are both happy and do well academically

New comment by sersi in "Building from zero after addiction, prison, and a felony"

sersi — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 13:56:47 +0000

> Let's say they are correct. What would the solution look like from there? Personally after being diagnosed at 36, I started taking concerta occasionally. Mostly once a week to deal with all the things I have a tendency to not do otherwise. It's helped a lot.

And I'm saying this as someone who lost circa 120k in work I never invoiced because of ADHD

New comment by sersi in "Can the stockmarket swallow Anthropic, SpaceX and OpenAI?"

sersi — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 10:29:18 +0000

Interesting, thanks. Actually slightly cheaper than I expected.

New comment by sersi in "Codex just found a "workaround" of not having sudo on my PC"

sersi — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 10:28:27 +0000

oh I just told it it could install any dependencies it needed. To be fair, the VM runs arch linux and well arch does come with foot guns.

New comment by sersi in "Toy Story 5 shows 'terror' of children's screen addiction, says Tom Hanks"

sersi — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 10:25:46 +0000

which one?

New comment by sersi in "Can the stockmarket swallow Anthropic, SpaceX and OpenAI?"

sersi — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 03:41:21 +0000

Only $3mm needed?

New comment by sersi in "Can the stockmarket swallow Anthropic, SpaceX and OpenAI?"

sersi — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 03:38:18 +0000

If the S&P adopt those rules would there be any index fund that is S&P without the new rules?

New comment by sersi in "United Airlines 767 returns to Newark after Bluetooth name sparks alert"

sersi — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 14:25:03 +0000

Usually the mile high club doesn't involve walking around in the nude though?