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  1. Comment on Here are your choices for a self-hosted ebook server in ~books

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    Has anyone tried any of the alternatives to Calibre Web? I have one setup and running and it's really hit or miss on any of the functions actually working. If it did work properly it would be...

    Has anyone tried any of the alternatives to Calibre Web? I have one setup and running and it's really hit or miss on any of the functions actually working. If it did work properly it would be wonderful since I have my server running and have tailscale enabled on my eBook Reader (Boox Go 7).

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  3. Comment on Recommend me some deep dive YouTube videos / Portland trip recs! in ~travel

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    Japanese Gardens. It's the most authentic japanese gardens in the world outside of Japan and the only place in the world that has four different styles in one place. Prepare to spend just two...

    Japanese Gardens. It's the most authentic japanese gardens in the world outside of Japan and the only place in the world that has four different styles in one place. Prepare to spend just two hours walking around, you will feel absolutely at peace. Absolutely wonderful experience and 100% worth it.

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  4. Comment on new Date("wtf"); How well do you know JavaScript's Date class? in ~comp

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    Check out this list, some incredibly perfect things for the most special and perfect language there is, love that it powers practically the world: wtfjs

    Check out this list, some incredibly perfect things for the most special and perfect language there is, love that it powers practically the world: wtfjs

    1 vote

  5. Comment on new Date("wtf"); How well do you know JavaScript's Date class? in ~comp

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    perfectly sane language for perfectly sane people

    perfectly sane language for perfectly sane people

    20 votes

  7. Comment on What science says we’ve been getting wrong about exercise in ~health

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    Good catch, not sure how I missed that!

    Good catch, not sure how I missed that!

    3 votes

  8. Comment on What science says we’ve been getting wrong about exercise in ~health

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    Movement-tracking studies show even tiny, regular bursts of effort --- as short as 30 seconds --- can capture many of the health benefits of the gym. Climbing two to three flights of stairs a few times per day could change your life. Experts call it VILPA, or vigorous intermittent lifestyle physical activity. "The message now is that all activity counts," said Martin Gibala, a professor and former chair of the kinesiology department at McMaster University in Canada... Just taking the stairs daily is associated with lower body weight and cutting the risk of stroke and heart disease --- the leading (and largely preventable) cause of death globally. While it may not burn many calories (most exercise doesn't), it does appear to extend your health span. Leg power --- a measure of explosive muscle strength --- was a stronger predictor of brain aging than any lifestyle factors measured in a 2015 study in the journal Gerontology...

    How little activity can you do? Four minutes daily. Essentially, a few flights of stairs at a vigorous pace. That's the effort [Emmanuel Stamatakis, a professor of physical activity and population health at the University of Sydney] found delivered significant health benefits in that 2022 study of British non-exercisers. "We saw benefits from the first minute," Stamatakis said. For Americans, the effect is even more dramatic: a 44 percent drop in deaths, according to a peer-reviewed paper recently accepted for publication. "We showed for the first time that vigorous intensity, even if it's done as part of the day-to-day routine, not in a planned and structured manner, works miracles," Stamatakis said. "The key principle here is start with one, two minutes a day. The focus should be on making sure that it's something that you can incorporate into your daily routine. Then you can start thinking about increasing the dose."

    Intensity is the most important factor. You won't break a sweat in a brief burst, but you do need to feel it. A highly conditioned athlete might need to sprint to reach vigorous territory. But many people need only to take the stairs. Use your breathing as a guide, Stamatakis said: If you can sing, it's light intensity. If you can speak but not sing, you're entering moderate exertion. If you can't hold a conversation, it's vigorous. The biggest benefits come from moderate to vigorous movement. One minute of incidental vigorous activity prevents premature deaths, heart attacks or strokes as well as about three minutes of moderate activity or 35 to 49 minutes of light activity.

    8 votes

  10. Comment on Elon Musk says SpaceX will prioritize a city on the moon instead of a colony on Mars in ~space

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    It was, sadly, never about Mars, that was the marketing since 'the moon' isn't sexy or novel. Now that Artemis II is about to do a roundtrip around the moon within the next month (not using a...

    It was, sadly, never about Mars, that was the marketing since 'the moon' isn't sexy or novel.

    Now that Artemis II is about to do a roundtrip around the moon within the next month (not using a SpaceX rocket, btw), and there are already plans for colonization of the moon (not currently including SpaceX directly either), he is hoping to use this as a "Hey! Look at me! We are doing the moon thing too!" as production for L2-L5 habitats and new moon-based resource gathering and infrastructure projects are starting to procure real funding from the nations of the world, and a lot of new space startups have already set their sites and have secured contracts and funding to get to and use the moon.

    I imagine there will be a number of articles now when the fly-around happens that says something along the lines of:

    Artemis II on their flyby of our nearest celestial neighbor, one where a certain elongated muskrat just recently announced their new intentions for colonization in a post on X (previous Twitter), has been a resounding success and sets the world in a new moment for humankind.

    or something along those lines, its a way to ensure SpaceX (and himself) are in the press cycle when it happens, even though they shouldn't be this time around.

    18 votes

  16. Comment on I'm back in ~talk

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    I don't know, the ones we have in the server rack are well fed and barely have any problems, unlike their cousins, the tumbeasts.

    I don't know, the ones we have in the server rack are well fed and barely have any problems, unlike their cousins, the tumbeasts.

    3 votes

  17. Comment on Microsoft has killed widgets six times. Here's why they keep coming back. in ~tech

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    Imagine what the world could have been if Google hadn't kneecapped and nuked iGoogle, I miss widgets and their possibilities - I have for years wanted to start building my own personal...

    Imagine what the world could have been if Google hadn't kneecapped and nuked iGoogle, I miss widgets and their possibilities - I have for years wanted to start building my own personal iGoogle-like service purely for fun. The only existing one is ProtoPage, but there is the open source Boxento that is new to me.

    They are both nowhere near as interactive or "featureful" as iGoogle was, but its something.

    7 votes

  18. Comment on French prosecutors raid Elon Musk’s X offices in Paris, under investigation for knowingly peddling CSAM, sexual deepfakes, holocaust denial, and fraudulent data extraction as an "organized gang" in ~tech

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    Musk must appear for summons the week of 4/20, which is perfectly apt for a known nazi.

    Musk must appear for summons the week of 4/20, which is perfectly apt for a known nazi.

    25 votes

  20. Comment on I'm back in ~talk

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    Everyone wanted something like kbin/mbin or lemme to take off, but the problem with the federation model is that culture tends to become assimilated by the popular average, and you just end up...

    Everyone wanted something like kbin/mbin or lemme to take off, but the problem with the federation model is that culture tends to become assimilated by the popular average, and you just end up with a different reddit. I miss when forums all had their own style, features, and culture. We have a limited differentiating culture here, but I feel it's a strong one. At the very least we tend to be nicer than Hacker News.

    12 votes