33 strokes per minute. set to 10 resistance on concept2. proper form. go for 30 minutes.

I'm unconvinced this is an easy thing for an unfit individual. I'm fairly sure an unfit individual would only be capable of 2 minutes... at best.

Letting go should be a common response, "How do I systematize this?" should be an almost instant reflex.

Addiction is often poor social connections and relationships. That's why isolation is so dangerous. Most addictions thrive in people who have poor interconnections with others. This isn't the only factor but its a big one. People operate better in tribes or groups of connected people.

The real joke is the fact that most Italians look at US coffee with a sense of either vague or specific disappointment. Does not matter what fancy name you come up with.

On the other hand you could try asking an Italian barista for a Latte and see what you end up with.

The mainframe mindset might be a factor here as well. The giant mainframe where all the magic happens is still a thing to behold and this is definitely part of banking's history and present. Mainframes are beasts and are still far from any kind of obsolescence. A monolithic Bank Python with a standardised set of libraries etc would slot right in to that mindset and way of thinking.

The part about programming languages frequently not having tables is interesting. The closest as mentioned is the hash, but you lose so much in that abstraction eg the relational aspects. The counter argument then becomes the obvious: why aren't you using a database library, or in a pinch, sqlite? Rightly so. Why would you add relational tables to python rather than have a generic python database spec or a collection of database connector libraries. Databases are separate and large projects in themselves.

I'd still be overly disturbed if they were running some old python 2.5 or similar. Just saying. That would be a source of pity.

from Newsweek: "China is also getting the DNA of Americans by buying American companies. China's BGI Group may now have the largest database on Americans after acquiring Complete Genomics in 2013. This year, GNC, which holds customer profiles, was sold to a Chinese entity, Harbin Pharmaceutical Group.

Another Chinese technique is to offer low-cost "large-scale genetic sequencing" to ancestry and other businesses. Ancestry firm 23andMe's chief security officer says China is looking at the firm for its genetic data. There were, as of last year, 23 Chinese-associated companies accredited to perform genetic testing of Americans.

While Beijing is hoovering up American genetic data, it is prohibiting the transfer of Chinese data to foreigners. The State Council announced new restrictions in May of last year, and officials are stepping up efforts to punish genetic data transfers."

I'd not be thinking that this is a good thing. Especially the one-way nature of DNA data transfer to China. The fact they are outlawing the export of such data on Chinese citizens shows the value they put on their own.

Brings back happy memories of running oddball screen resolutions on X Window. 1000x800 I think. Definitely not 1024. Monitor couldn't do 1024. But it could do 1000. The 800 number is hazy but in the ball park.

One thing I did notice was the fonts. Those pixels.

Time to fire up CDE for some nostalgia.

Plus, right now you are slowly (or quickly) burning out. That is not an acceptable result. They are incompetent and unprofessional. Employees should not be burning out due to bad work design.

There is a massive opportunity cost in remaining in a bad environment. You may last awhile longer but only if you adapt to it. Do you really want to adapt to where you are and get comfortable in it?

I'd be returning to the resume stage and put the feelers out into my network. Live is too short for this kind of nonsense.

But in reality I can't advise you more than this because I don't know the full story and basically can't. Hope this helped.

Advantages? Just download the image. Could even delta from old to new in multiple ways. Easy revert as well. Security would then come from the usual deal around privileges but there's the possibility of exotic new approaches. Automatic revert could be a thing as well. OS images could actually have a version. Kind of like a ROM.

Disadvantages? Disk space. Filesystems have come a long way though. Plenty of tricks around that. But I'm sure there are plenty of other downsides I'm sure. Don't corrupt that file.

You can already boot VHD(x?) files stored on, eg C, drive so this isn't actually impossible.

EDIT: These images wouldn't be unpacked on each boot. There would be files inside the image and the image is mounted as a filesystem. This is old tech now in the 2020s and its definitely not exotic. If images really are too much overhead then change the word "image" to "partition". Or some combination thereof (eg image for each app). But in reality, I'm not really convinced the overhead is really that great. Disk encryption uses significant processing power already so accessing a filesystem from an image isn't that great a leap.

Walking increases blood flow to the brain and the brain relies on blood to provide all kinds of nutrients and material as well as to remove waste. Exercise is a required activity for humans and impacts brain function and digestion to name just two significant aspects. eg walking helps with passage of food through intestines. Walking is therefore not optional if you want your major organs to operate effectively in the long term.

To put this in harsher terms: if you spend 8 hours sitting without a break you are operating your brain in a sub-optimal way. This doesn't mean you can't come up with ideas at all but your brain is now operating at less than its best. You might think you're getting away with it but later in life if you keep the no-walking habit you'll have issues.

Sleep is another piece of this puzzle and people love to brag about operating on less sleep. Don't believe their hype. You probably need more and better quality sleep. Sometimes you might sleep for 15 hours especially if you've disturbed your normal sleep patterns. This is not some shameful aberration since its the body resetting from a deficit. But aim for an average of around 7-8. You likely shouldn't be averaging 10 hours since that can be a sign of illness. If you are one of the rare people who can actually operate on 5 hours then do so. Personally I have a goal of making money while I sleep so, from my perspective, sleep is a profit center not a liability. Make your waking hours more productive rather than optimizing your sleep hours down to meet some arbitrary number to be one of the cool kids.

Plus, I don't think the projects were duds. They were instead simply buds - still too immature. Exactly how you execute an idea is often far more important than the actual idea. This isn't some catchy phrase, its how people take failing businesses and rework them to massive profits.

I agree that more iteration was required. Focusing on a particular set of real customers is also a useful activity. Real people have real needs. Developers often have no clue what people want because people in general have problems and your shiny thing is weird and wonderful and they don't (yet) understand it.

eg That time tracker... omg. Plenty of people use worse. Plenty are better. Its minimal, but a start. If this had been pushed in front of a large enough group of real people and left to grow with multiple iterations from feedback it could have ended up in all sorts of useful directions.

Well played.

This is not stopping me from using HN as such but there are plenty of posts I'd otherwise comment on. But what is the point if they just vanish? If the goal is to only be seeing the approved groupthink, what is the point?

A possible solution is to force people to comment if they want to downvote.

I think I'll resurrect my old reader tool and ditch the HN web site as such. This little experience has reawakened an old gripe.