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refresher | 5 years ago | on: From its name to its drug interactions, there’s a lot going on with grapefruit

Any relation between furanocoumarins and coumarins? The latter is in cinnamon which I’ve read lately can be quite hazardous depending on the ingested amount.

refresher | 5 years ago | on: Vocational Awe and Librarianship: The Lies We Tell Ourselves

I think if you understand the job creep, or like yourself if you understand the role they can play in democracy and free speech, the relevance will be understood. A surface level 'why do I need libraries I can just google', which I (possibly wrongly) assume many people have, might cause the questioning.

Then again, often when municipal libraries are threatened in some way, there does seem to be an earnest community outpouring of support for them. Perhaps the understanding and appreciation is there, but just quiet.

refresher | 5 years ago | on: Vocational Awe and Librarianship: The Lies We Tell Ourselves

As someone with a masters and phd in library science fields but not actually working a library, some of the sentiment described here always came across, to me, as librarians (understandably) trying to make themselves relevant in a world where their relevance is increasingly easy to disregard. The enthusiasm they feel for their profession has always seemed extremely high as a result.

refresher | 5 years ago | on: Show HN: Strongweek, an iOS app focused on weeks months and years, not due dates

I do like the concept but no way to trigger a reminder is a bit of a personal dealbreaker.

refresher | 5 years ago | on: Show HN: Strongweek, an iOS app focused on weeks months and years, not due dates

iOS Reminders does

refresher | 5 years ago | on: New Schema.org support for retailer shipping data

Helps keep Linked Data somewhat relevant, at least.

refresher | 5 years ago | on: The Fairphone 3+ is a repairable dream that takes beautiful photos

Certainly was expecting more highlighting of the camera in the article going by that title.

refresher | 5 years ago | on: Vitamin D, part 3 – The Evidence

>3. Act in moderation. Low to moderate doses of Vitamin D (e.g. 400 to 2000 IUs daily) have proven to be safe in trials. If you think there is a benefit and we just don't have enough data to prove it yet, you may be right. We do know the harms of taking too much, though, so supplement in moderation. And if you are taking Vitamin D, ask your doctor to check your blood levels.

I'll probably carry on with this then. I was taking a single 4000 IU pill every four days (which was the suggested dosage) but once a week for around 570 IUs a day should be fine. Frankly I hate blood tests and don't believe I'm D deficient, so I'd rather take a lower, even if useless, amount.

refresher | 5 years ago | on: A floppy-disk Walkman using a Raspberry Pi

Similar in size to many portable setups you already see on HeadFi.

refresher | 5 years ago | on: Winamp Skin Museum

I notice if I submit a URL & title that already exist, the story doesn't get submitted and HN forwards me to the previously submitted post, but I submitted this yesterday so how does this avoid said redirection?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24366172

refresher | 5 years ago | on: Most-favorited Hacker News posts

I use it pretty often. There are stories, show HN apps, or just random coding things that I feel I may want to have access to in the future, but are in a domain don't have enough of an interest in to bookmark. I guess if I had a generic "misc." bookmark folder that I didn't care to organize it would go here but I like keeping browser bookmarks minimal.

refresher | 5 years ago | on: Amazon deletes job listings for analysts to track ‘labor organizing threats’

The relevant excerpts from the job listings:

>Analysts must be capable of engaging and informing L7+ ER Principals (attorney stakeholders) on sensitive topics that are highly confidential, including labor organizing threats against the company, establish and track funding and activities connected to corporate campaigns (internal and external) against Amazon, and provide sophisticated analysis on these topics

>Analysts must be capable of creating and deploying sophisticated search strings tailored to various business interests and used to monitor for future risk; Engaging business leaders (L6+) directly is core to this support, and may cover topics including organized labor, activist groups, hostile political leaders.

>Analysts are expected to close knowledge gaps by initiating and maintaining engagement with topical subject matter experts on topics of importance to Amazon, including hate groups, policy initiatives, geopolitical issues, terrorism, law enforcement, and organized labor

refresher | 5 years ago | on: I was excited for Neuralink, then I watched the demo

>But that didn’t stop me from getting hyped up to the point of forgetting that Musk is a con-artist at worst and just some dude with a bunch of money and charisma at best.

Seems a bit harsh.

refresher | 5 years ago | on: Show HN: Vimac – Productive macOS keyboard-driven navigation

The headlining quote on the site seems a bit silly. Does anyone consider their Mac trackpad to be "clunky"?

refresher | 5 years ago | on: Retrobatch – flexible batch image processing for Mac

Alright, thanks for the reply. I've not found Affinity Photo or Pixelmator's to be that great, at least compared to the paint.net plugin I was using on Windows, so was hoping for an alternative.

refresher | 5 years ago | on: Retrobatch – flexible batch image processing for Mac

Does Acorn have a ‘content aware fill’ type feature?

refresher | 5 years ago | on: ReMarkable 2.0 – A digital notebook that feels like paper

Regarding the claim that it feels more like paper than the first version, the Engadget reviewer felt otherwise:

>The company says it used a new textured resin layer on top of the glass to make writing on the reMarkable 2 feel more like writing on paper, which I don't buy. If anything, the original reMarkable's screen had a more pronounced, paper-like grittiness that doesn't come through here. That's hardly a dealbreaker, though, because writing on the r2 still feels absolutely fantastic, I think this one strikes a better balance of tactility and flow. [0]

[0] https://www.engadget.com/remarkable-2-tablet-e-ink-hands-on-...

refresher | 5 years ago | on: RSI, ergonomics and why you should consider a split keyboard

>In the end I was considering between the Minidox , the Iris and the Dactyl-Manuform and the Gergo.

Kyria is another option - https://splitkb.com

refresher | 5 years ago | on: How satellite ‘megaconstellations’ will photobomb astronomy images

Considering the end result, 'Dyson Sphere' would have been a more interesting name choice than Starlink.

refresher | 5 years ago | on: Gallup: 81% of Black Americans Want Police to Retain Local Presence

All of these feel grossly oversimplified, but #2 and 4 especially. Many of the people protesting that are black, for example, may be unhappy with their lives and don't have high paying jobs, placing the blame on lack of opportunities in their area or the cost of education or whatever, but are far from being 'against education' and 'pro gangs'. To say that people who are vocal about current issues are not 'hard-working', are 'pro gang', 'against education', and not 'pro civilization' is borderline offensive.