https://www.costco.com/p/-/berkshire-life-heated-throw/40001...
I was very skeptical until my partner plugged it in, turned it on and put it on me and was like holy cow this is amazing.
My best book of 2025 was Dungeon Crawler Carl, the entire serious.
Also, that video is really making me want to get an OP-1 haha.
Shameless plug: my favorite calculator "app" is wxMaxima. It uses similar techniques[1] as those described in the fantastic article at the top of this 2025 list. Implemented in Lisp[2].
[0] https://chadnauseam.com/coding/random/calculator-app
[1] https://feb.kuleuven.be/public/u0003131/WBT23/wxMaxima/wxM_i...
The chart on page 24 gives the very first division of the US phone into area codes, many of which have of course remained unchanged today.
From page 82, when discussing automated in-band signaling on the phone lines:
> The signal component is a band about 100 cycles [Hz] wide centering on the signal frequency [2600 Hz]. [...] In the talking condition (tone off in both directions) the guard detector sensitivity is such that almost a pure tone is required to operate the receiver since other than signal frequencies will produce a voltage opposing its operation. The guard feature prevents false operation of the receiver from speech signals.
Of course in hindsight, the flaw in this is obvious. The guard band prevents accidental triggering of the signal mechanism by ordinary speech. It does nothing to stop someone from intentionally playing a pure 2600 Hz tone into the telephone handset, using e.g. a whistle from a cereal box.
The link between gluten and my 2 decade long bad insomnia, on edge mind, and restlessness.
Simply cutting gluten changed many things. Now I sleep so deeply I sometimes need a brief reality check to know what year it is, where I am, and how long I've been asleep.
Probably not for everyone, but if you have similar problems, definitely go gluten free for a few days and check the impact.
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I wonder, does the author really find deep life satisfaction in all this? Presumably the answer is yes, but that doesn’t match my intuition which intrigues me somewhat. Is the satisfaction gained, at least in part, from the performance of making this sort of list and getting external approval from HN, conference audiences, etc? Is the production of this list and the stated desire to speak at conferences a statement that all the journaled activity is not enough, that it cannot be done privately? That if done privately, anonymously, it really is just not that great a way to live your life?
I am happy that I don’t live alone diving so deep into various hobbies that I ultimately start hitting the firmament underneath. What my life would look like had I not gotten married and had children is not so hard to imagine when I read these sorts of blogs, and I smugly think I am better off.
Highly recommended.
Fogus: Things and Stuff of 2024 - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42495077 - Dec 2024 (44 comments)
The best things and stuff of 2022 - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33969300 - Dec 2022 (47 comments)
The Best Things and Stuff of 2021 - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29702698 - Dec 2021 (23 comments)
The best things and stuff of 2020 - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25593828 - Dec 2020 (37 comments)
Things and Stuff of 2019 - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21932647 - Jan 2020 (11 comments)
Great things and people that I discovered, learned, read, met, etc in 2017 - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16075626 - Jan 2018 (24 comments)
Best things and stuff of 2015 - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10807501 - Dec 2015 (85 comments)
The best things and stuff of 2014 - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8809710 - Dec 2014 (26 comments)
The best things and stuff of 2013 - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6971351 - Dec 2013 (29 comments)
The best things and stuff of 2012 - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4969569 - Dec 2012 (13 comments)
The best things and stuff of 2011 by Fogus - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3410990 - Dec 2011 (20 comments)
(I am a big fan of egg punk and a true devo-tee)
Last year they came to Australia, which I didn't know about, and it's the first time I've ever felt like I missed out on a musical event.
Then they released a new album this year, " infants under the bulb" which has been growing on me.
I also started Warhammer this year, and one of my frigates is driven by a small grey man
The Dream Factory was a great book this year on Shakespeare.
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