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New comment by veemjeem in "Hister – A private, full content search index that you control"

veemjeem — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 06:03:12 +0000

I'm running hister locally, I see in the MCP docs that a third party can query the server, but is there a way to import data as well? I find that I often do research using pi, and would love to save the context to hister to query later on. The closest thing I see is the "hister import file" command, which is great, but inconvenient. If MCP allowed third parties to dump text data in, that would be ideal.

New comment by veemjeem in "Nanoplastic Ingestion Causes Neurological Deficits"

veemjeem — Thu, 08 Jun 2023 19:54:20 +0000

I did some more research, and it looks like tires are the 2nd largest part of the pie in terms of single origin. The largest is textiles which are 35%.

New comment by veemjeem in "Air quality monitors: paying more does not get you more accuracy"

veemjeem — Thu, 08 Jun 2023 15:48:29 +0000

The AirGradient uses the D1 wemos as the microcontroller & network connectivity. There are D1 ethernet shields that have PoE that would make it pretty easy to slap on top of the d1 and provide this exact feature, however you might need to tweak the code a bit to switch the network access from wifi to ethernet.

New comment by veemjeem in "Nanoplastic Ingestion Causes Neurological Deficits"

veemjeem — Thu, 08 Jun 2023 15:27:03 +0000

I've read that the majority of microplastics come from tire wear (national geographic quoted 28% of the total), and because there's no good alternative to wheel tires, it's unlikely we'll see a decrease of pollution here. So even if we found an alternative to bottles, plastic bags, clothing, etc, it still won't make a dent in pollution unless we convince the world to use a form of public transit that doesn't make use of plastic tires.

We could reduce human consumption of the particles if we only consumed lab-grown meat & hydroponically grown vegetables where the water is ultra-filtered before use.

New comment by veemjeem in "Moskva cruiser sank while being towed in a storm – Russian Defense Ministry"

veemjeem — Thu, 14 Apr 2022 21:35:01 +0000

Do you know what happens to explosives on sunk ships generally? Are they usually left at the bottom of the ocean, and could they have the potential to detonate?

New comment by veemjeem in "You and the planet need a heat pump"

veemjeem — Sun, 20 Mar 2022 22:44:05 +0000

Still better than electrical resistive heating (space heaters) which has a COP of 1. Even when it's super cold outside, heat pumps with a HPSF around 10 would still have a COP around 2. See the graph: https://www.researchgate.net/figure/e-efficiency-of-an-Air-S...

Of course space heaters are far easier to move around the house compared to a mini-split system and would use less power if you only plan to heat a small room.

New comment by veemjeem in "You and the planet need a heat pump"

veemjeem — Sun, 20 Mar 2022 22:36:30 +0000

Sadly most popular window a/c units don't have true heat pump abilities. Usually the heating portion of window units use resistive heating.

New comment by veemjeem in "The case against masks at school"

veemjeem — Fri, 28 Jan 2022 00:14:28 +0000

Why would it be the fault of hospitals? They have no incentive to construct more ICUs. A large percentage of covid patients entering the ICU for ventilation will die, and you can't collect on a dead patient. ICUs are a money hole -- they require specialized equipment, isolation construction, experienced medical team, etc. If a hospital is motivated by profit, they would construct as few ICUs as legally possible.

New comment by veemjeem in "The case against masks at school"

veemjeem — Thu, 27 Jan 2022 19:24:25 +0000

Nurses working in the ICU during the beginning of the pandemic would use the same mask for an entire week without losing efficacy. If the masks didn't work, we would have seen a huge number of them infected in the NYC hospitals but that didn't happen. Most viruses don't survive very long on surfaces.

New comment by veemjeem in "Show HN: I bought and tested the filtration of every mask on Amazon"

veemjeem — Tue, 11 Jan 2022 05:36:15 +0000

you can reuse n95s, nurses do it all the time. let them sit near a sunny window, off-smells will dissipate in a day. each mask is good for around 8 hours of continuous usage, but it's likely that the mask becomes too soiled before the electrostatic charge is neutralized.

New comment by veemjeem in "N-Acetylcysteine to Combat Covid-19: An Evidence Review"

veemjeem — Mon, 27 Dec 2021 01:18:26 +0000

walmart has them otc

New comment by veemjeem in "Show HN: I made a voice activated golf bag that shoots your clubs"

veemjeem — Fri, 17 Dec 2021 01:34:26 +0000

also could have used a worm drive gearbox, they also have high torque, and possibly a rotary encoder for sensing position.

New comment by veemjeem in "The Fluoride Wars Rage On"

veemjeem — Thu, 28 Oct 2021 20:18:29 +0000

Once we figure out how to repair the tooth enamel properly, there will be no need for fluoride in dental care. We're still relying on epoxies & other glues.

New comment by veemjeem in "The Fluoride Wars Rage On"

veemjeem — Thu, 28 Oct 2021 20:15:04 +0000

With such a small amount in tap water, it seems like it would be hard to conduct a controlled study.

New comment by veemjeem in "Lesson of ivermectin: meta-analyses based on summary data alone are unreliable"

veemjeem — Sat, 25 Sep 2021 00:41:01 +0000

Yes, it seemed like it worked in hamsters, but as we well know, most drugs that work in mice don't work in humans. Besides, we already have many anti-inflammatory drugs that can reduce the cytokines, so it's a stretch to use ivermectin strictly as a steroid.

New comment by veemjeem in "Lesson of ivermectin: meta-analyses based on summary data alone are unreliable"

veemjeem — Wed, 22 Sep 2021 23:22:42 +0000

Dr. Pierre Kory was one of the main dudes promoting ivermectin -- he references the meta-analysis study on ivermectin that was later redacted. Of course when this interview was released (june 22), the study was not yet redacted (july 14) so it looked like the drug worked far better all the drugs including steroids & antibody treatment.

New comment by veemjeem in "Lesson of ivermectin: meta-analyses based on summary data alone are unreliable"

veemjeem — Wed, 22 Sep 2021 22:49:27 +0000

Many things are effective against covid-19 in-vitro. When it was administered in hamsters, there was no effect on viral load.

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.11.21.392639v1

New comment by veemjeem in "Michelin's airless tires are scheduled for market launch in 2024"

veemjeem — Wed, 15 Sep 2021 16:13:32 +0000

Has anyone done analysis on microplastics to figure out what percentage are from vulcanized rubber? It's probably a high percentage, but would be nice to have an actual scientific study on the figure.

New comment by veemjeem in "The mutation that helps Delta spread"

veemjeem — Fri, 20 Aug 2021 22:27:44 +0000

It's still lower than the peak of 3300 (7-day average) during the winter season, and that's when we had 250k cases daily. We're almost at 150k daily cases, but with only 1k daily deaths. At least based purely on numbers, the CFR is lower. The CFR is lower because most of the infections are happening in younger people.

New comment by veemjeem in "How do vaccinated people spread Delta? What the science says"

veemjeem — Fri, 13 Aug 2021 06:47:08 +0000

There's an in-vitro study that shows efficacy with common nasal spray ingredients (carrageenan & xylitol): https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.08.19.225854v1....

Also, the I-MASK+ early outpatient protocol mentions using a nasal & oral rinse: https://covid19criticalcare.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/F...