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New comment by tbirdny in "12k Tons of Dumped Orange Peel Grew into a Landscape Nobody Expected (2017)"

tbirdny — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 19:47:26 +0000

I'm surprised they would just throw orange peels away. There are beneficial compounds in orange peels that can be extracted: limonene, hesperidin, naringin, pectin, insoluble and soluble fiber. Or, could be added to animal feed.

New comment by tbirdny in "Neanderthals survived on a knife's edge for 350k years"

tbirdny — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 15:19:37 +0000

Can you imagine how many grass grazing animals would have been just standing around waiting to be eaten? During the Pleistocene, some regions supported huge, stable herds of grazing megafauna that could provide reliable food. You just needed some friends to help you hunt. In areas with relatively mild climates and predictable seasons, people likely experienced long stretches, even generations, of comparatively low stress and easy resources. Granted, life could quickly become difficult when climate, animal populations, or competition shifted.

New comment by tbirdny in "The US is flirting with its first-ever population decline"

tbirdny — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 17:15:17 +0000

The exchange of value between men and women has changed. Women used to have time but no money. Men had money but no time. Men and women exchanged these with each other. Now everyone has to have a job to even support themselves, and no time to raise a family.

New comment by tbirdny in "The US is flirting with its first-ever population decline"

tbirdny — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 17:01:47 +0000

Because it's not just money. It's time and money. You can have lots of money and nice things, but if you don't have time to raise your kids, you can't do it. And if you had the time, you wouldn't have the money.

New comment by tbirdny in "Qwen3-Max-Thinking"

tbirdny — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 21:20:37 +0000

I couldn't even ask ChatGPT what dose of nutmeg was toxic.

New comment by tbirdny in "The struggle of resizing windows on macOS Tahoe"

tbirdny — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 16:36:11 +0000

I agree. I would like to buy a new Mac but that would mean I'm forced to use macOS 26. It may be years before I buy a new Mac.

New comment by tbirdny in "Sugar industry influenced researchers and blamed fat for CVD (2016)"

tbirdny — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 00:21:10 +0000

"The recommendation to limit dietary saturated fatty acid (SFA) intake has persisted despite mounting evidence to the contrary. Most recent meta-analyses of randomized trials and observational studies found no beneficial effects of reducing SFA intake on cardiovascular disease (CVD) and total mortality, and instead found protective effects against stroke." PMID 32562735 - Jun 2020, Journal of the American College of Cardiology

New comment by tbirdny in "Apple reports fourth quarter results"

tbirdny — Fri, 31 Oct 2025 22:24:28 +0000

I wish it took 2 hours. For me it's spend 2 hours shopping for the right part, finding it for a good price, and ordering it. Then spend an hour watching youtube videos for how to do it. Then spend 4 hours gathering the right tools, getting the car jacked, tires off, etc., then put everything away, and clean up. That's the best case. I could get the wrong part, my car looks different than the videos, I do it wrong, or break something. I recently replaced my front brakes. I maybe saved $400. I'm proud of myself. I kind of enjoyed it, but it's hard to justify.

Mini South Park Episode with Sora 2

tbirdny — Sat, 04 Oct 2025 15:48:18 +0000

Article URL: https://twitter.com/ResellCalendar/status/1974341754179756477

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45474174

Points: 2

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New comment by tbirdny in "Terence Tao: The role of small organizations in society has shrunk significantly"

tbirdny — Wed, 24 Sep 2025 19:58:31 +0000

One could argue the opposite: that the mass entry of women into the paid workforce expanded the labor supply, contributing to wage stagnation and, eventually, the erosion of the middle class. But that wasn’t the only cause. Globalization, declining unions, automation, and regressive taxes were also factors.

New comment by tbirdny in "Terence Tao: The role of small organizations in society has shrunk significantly"

tbirdny — Wed, 24 Sep 2025 18:26:31 +0000

Before WWII, middle-class married women were strongly discouraged from working for pay outside the home. If their husbands could provide, "respectable" women were expected to stay home as homemakers.

New comment by tbirdny in "How can I influence others without manipulating them?"

tbirdny — Mon, 22 Sep 2025 13:53:17 +0000

I didn't know Charlie Krik before. After watching these videos, I don't believe he was such a hateful person: Amir Odom: https://youtu.be/N14ywRyTWVI Bill Maher: https://youtu.be/OblCcO7-Alg Jordan Peterson: https://youtu.be/dP0TagcNvCg

New comment by tbirdny in "New Mexico is first state in US to offer universal child care"

tbirdny — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 18:55:18 +0000

No one does because everyone needs to have a job to survive in the US today. It used to be that many couples could survive on a single income. Not only did that allow them to better care for their kids, it also allowed them to help their siblings, parents, other family members, friends, neighbors, and community.

New comment by tbirdny in "New Mexico is first state in US to offer universal child care"

tbirdny — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 16:39:27 +0000

The reason we need this is because both parents need to work because wages are so low families cannot live on a single income. I wish we could fix that rather than allowing even more people to work putting more downward pressure on wages.

New comment by tbirdny in "We may not like what we become if A.I. solves loneliness"

tbirdny — Sat, 02 Aug 2025 18:01:04 +0000

Yes, money is a huge factor. So is time. You need both. I see these major factors: housing costs, health insurance costs, and the two-income trap. The fact that both people in almost every couple must have a job just to survive and pay for housing makes it so that no one has any time. If couples could survive on a single income, there would be a lot more time to manage the home, support the family, friends, neighbors, and community. Those are social activities that few have time for anymore.

New comment by tbirdny in "OpenAI's ChatGPT Agent casually clicks through "I am not a robot" verification"

tbirdny — Thu, 31 Jul 2025 16:23:28 +0000

This is the reason Orb was created. Sam Altman wants ChatGPT to click through CAPTCHAs so we all have to use Orb.

New comment by tbirdny in "Psilocybin decreases depression and anxiety in cancer patients (2016)"

tbirdny — Fri, 18 Jul 2025 14:43:44 +0000

And it might slow aging: https://x.com/bryan_johnson/status/1943824432419811437

New comment by tbirdny in "Office is too slow, so Microsoft is making it load at Windows startup"

tbirdny — Thu, 01 May 2025 15:19:43 +0000

Numbers used to be painfully slow. It was just maybe 3 years ago or so it improved a lot. It was practically unusable for large spreadsheets. I swear spreadsheets from 20 years earlier performed better on much slower hardware. If you haven't used Numbers for a few years, maybe give it another try.

New comment by tbirdny in "U.S. Economy Contracts at 0.3% Rate in First Quarter"

tbirdny — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 14:45:09 +0000

The jumps are short squeezes. You get the biggest up days in a bear market. When everyone is shorting and buying puts, if it starts going up a little bit, many of them cover, and to cover they have to buy, so it goes up.

New comment by tbirdny in "America underestimates the difficulty of bringing manufacturing back"

tbirdny — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 14:18:53 +0000

America doesn't underestimate it, its president does.