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johncole

806karma·318submissions·October 18, 2013
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I really loved their plugin.
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The gold standard here is ACTUALLY distillation. It's easy, it doesn't introduce other chemicals, and it pretty much removes everything. https://learn.pfasfreelife.com/resea…
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Fantastic idea! I think asking for the product, description, and the means by which it is designated pfas free would be easy to put up. Thank you!
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Ah one more hack or idea. My kids LOVE books. Our local library has the Libby App and we get tons of free books for car rides and nap time. Get it and get them a kindle fire. Then completely disab…
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Love this response. Remember that having the time and space to give to your kids like this is a luxury not everyone has.
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For a long time we setup a raspberry pi with screen and monitor for our kids to use. It was perfect, the gpu wasn’t strong enough to watch YouTube but it was fun to play some basic games and get curi…
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PFAS Free Life: https://pfasfreelife.com I’m trying to build a consolidated database of PFAS free products that make it easier for shoppers to find safe foods, cleaners, clothes, and othe…
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> While some people might worry about an AI apocalypse, Wait, so if you’re worried about an ai apocalypse, you’re not using it. What does that solve? > Steffen and Wells found that most non-use…
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Thought experiment: what if these apps were owned by non-profits? Would they still be addictive? I don’t think the VC money does much but accelerate the end state, the apps would become addictive if…
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I haven’t seen it mentioned, but a few extra sleep hacks I have learned: - I use the chili-sleep to control temperature. - I use sleep headphones to drift to sleep to a story. If I wake up ruminating…
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Am I able to make an account on the web version?
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I appreciate your comment about gamification. I’ve kept a streak alive on other apps for no other reason than keeping a streak alive. Not learning a thing.
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The original article even alludes to this. The first thing at the top of the list is water from a purifier: https://www.plasticlist.org/product/460 …
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It's a good point. I'm not an ag lawyer, but I am willing to bet that there's wiggle room in any grass-fed definition set by the USDA. And you're right, there's also: plastic…
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Beef cows are accumulators. And their feed often contains plastics.
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This list is amazing, but at some point you have to prioritize what you’re paying attention to. Your most dangerous plastic or microplastic is the PFAS. And the biggest source of PFAS is the water yo…
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It’s almost impossible to remember to do all the things to keep healthy for sure.
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Your biggest exposure is going to be water, hands down. What you store it in, how you filter it, these are going to be major sources of plastics and pfas.
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I love uv. I am a convert, I use it for everything. One area I find it incredible for: deployment. If I have to launch a docker container and install a lot of python packages it saves so much time …
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Could I use a shortcut on iPhone to do something similar?
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Is HN getting political now?
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Wanted to ask the same thing. What did itch have?
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I went to sign up and got sent to a typeform telling me thanks for my email address. Did I fall for the hustle?
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So happy to see this mentioned. I love google cloud run. I had to switch to azure for a while, but wasn’t as easy to use as gcr
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