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I got glasses that were focused at approximately the distance my monitor is from my face (~1 arm length).

I'm near sighted and the monitor starts getting blurry at just the right distance. I have glasses for nearsightedness that are focused very far out (the common case). Wearing them for constant work at arms length really tired my eyes out. So, I'd frequently work without my glasses, but hunch forward a little to make seeing things easier.

With glasses dedicated for computer work, I can read everything I need to, my body can stay in the position it should be, and my eyes don't get nearly as tired.

As a side benefit, the glasses help me focus in other areas of my life. I frequently wear them while cooking, and it helps me do one thing at time, as other stuff is blurry.

Standard Notes: https://standardnotes.org/

Mostly text, Web/iPhone/Android, private, freemium+self hosted

Articles [0][1] cite a study [2] that people driving cars and bicycles admit to breaking the law at the same rate. I've just now found the study itself, so will be reading it's additional findings.

[0]: https://www.pri.org/stories/2015-07-18/survey-finds-bicyclis... [1]: https://usa.streetsblog.org/2017/03/16/busting-the-myth-of-t... [2]: https://jtlu.org/index.php/jtlu/article/view/871/875

Looks like this was meant to be in reply to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17971740

I built syncthingfuse to do partial syncs. Currently unmaintained, though.

https://github.com/burkemw3/syncthingfuse

I am a US transportation cyclist. I mostly dislike vehicle (including bicycle) horns.

If it's a close enough call with another vehicle, my voice has been enough of a 'horn' to alert drives. If there's a less close conflict, then there's probably positioning/visibility change that should have happened upstream.

For me, horns are a too frequent, rude disruption in the world.

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I like many of rgersten's features too: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17752320

You can wear glasses that filter blue light.

The article mentions wearing them outside, but they work inside as well.

I wear them, and they provide other benefits for me as well (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16529054#16531413)

How does web connect actually work? I've never found any description of the method

In addition, optimize for dealing with those situations: secret rotation plans

Many retailers have their own cards: https://wallethub.com/credit-cards/store/

In addition to reform, there are non-profits assisting people within the current system. The Bronx Freedom Fund [0] and their Dollar Bail Brigade [1] are particularly interesting to me.

[0]: http://www.thebronxfreedomfund.org/our-work/ [1]: http://www.thebronxfreedomfund.org/dollarbailbrigade/

MythTV has commercial skip: https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Commercial_detection

The fed rate commonly publicized isn't a bond rate. It's like the rate on a personal checking account. It can vary at the fed's desire. See https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_funds_rate.

Changing that rate does cause impacts on the rest of interest rates (e.g. bonds), though.

Please don't disengage mentally from driving. If you think you need to do that, take a break instead.

I didn't expect there was much electronics manufacturing in the US at all, let alone it has been driving manufacturing "growth". I honestly expected a solid chunk of design happened in the US, then the fab happened elsewhere. This article got me to do a bit more reading (yay!). So, I'm sharing a bit of that, as a starting point for anyone else that wants to dig in more.

This commerce.gov report [0] taught me a few pieces of the puzzle. I especially like the graphics on pages 5 and 7, showing major semiconductor manufacturing and lots of output from Cali, Oregon, and Texas.

This wiki page [1] shows lists semiconductor fab plants. The ones I recognize (as my own proxy for size) are Intel, TI, Broadcom, Seagate, former Fairchild, and NXP/Freescale.

[0]: https://www.commerce.gov/sites/commerce.gov/files/migrated/r... [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_semiconductor_fabricat...

YT link without a time point: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saCdvAp5cow

https://github.com/egh/ledger-autosync has been real handy for me with transactions.

My "entry" work is modifying some categories that it gets wrong.

I don't fully understand your situation, so I'm not expecting it necessarily solve your entry problems. I'm only raising awareness.

Quicken has the Web Connect bank connection option. I have a theory that this is similar to a selenium script where you can download a QFX file, but don't need 2FA to do it. Unfortunately, I haven't found any documentation on how this actually works, though.

I also use the referenced ofxclient which is analogous to Quicken's Direct Connect. BofA is inconsistent with applying fees for using Direct Connect.

If anyone can share, I am very interested!

_The Power of Habit_ helped me understand it isn't just catching yourself, but catching yourself in the right place. The book calls discusses keystone habits. ([0] has some digital overview a the beginning)

I think finding those keystone habits is difficult. GP figured it out, great!

If you haven't figured yours out, I recommend continuing to observe and try different reactions to triggers, thoughts, feelings, etc.

[0]: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/rl-adams/6-keystone-habits-to...