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Cuties led to a lot of cancellations


Yeah, I didn't cancel though I really felt like it. But now with this price raise I can't help but feel like I'm funding that trash, which doesn't sit well with me. /soapbox


Including mine, that was upsetting.

Also, the shows I watch, such as Narcos, Stranger Things, etc. are released once every 2 years and I realized I had not used the service in a while.


My friend was actually one of the grad students working on this project. I’ve wondered what progress had been done, glad for the follow up


You could lessen the sugar even further by combining this with stevia to cover the bitterness that can happen with Stevia. More choices for the win


He ruined Star Wars


Have you looked into the portable CPAPs they are much smaller, Resmed has one. Still a pain but nice for travel. I’ve also seen online cpap companies that send you a at home test that qualifies for coverage.


But your house. If you want to freedom to move around then find a good management company and rent it out.


Agree or disagree on his take, the data deserves some consideration. Having started my own business young with success, I’ve been of the mindset that staring a risky venture is wiser in your youth. I’ve always told my friends to try something out while they’re young before they have all the monthly expenses of a family etc. But start small and validate the demand, and don’t quit your job because it’s funding your business. Otherwise debt can kill your runway and discourage taking further chances.


Make the switch to DST permanent. Much better having longer days in the summer, which also helps not having to fight against light telling your body to not go to bed. This switch messes people up so bad for days or weeks


Unless you can also convince businesses and schools to open later in the winter, permanent DST is terrible then at higher latitudes.

In the Seattle area, for instance, under permanent DST sunrise could be as late as a few minutes before 9 AM. That puts a lot of people out traveling as much as 2 hours before sunrise.


How is that any worse than what you have now, where no one gets to see the sun after work until March?


Morning tends to be more concentrated. You've got people going to work, kids walking or biking to school, people taking their dogs out for the first walk of the day, deliveries starting, people heading out to shop for things they'll need that day, and things like that.

Evening isn't as concentrated, because there is much more variation in when people come back than in when they go out.

If we only can do one of them in the light, morning probably makes the most sense because of it having more traffic volume and more traffic diversity.


Is it actually true that 6:30am is more concentrated than 5:30pm?


If those same folks leave work at six in the evening, they’re travelling two hours after sunset. Same difference. Fact of the matter is, there isn’t eight hours of daylight in winter in Seattle. You’ll spend time in the dark before or after work one way or another.


Better for the sun to rise after 8 than set before 5.


No. For our circadian rhythm, it's more important that the sun rises early enough in the morning. The moment when it sets has less impact.

Human society has historically been active after dark for social activities, like sitting around camp fires etc. Not so much early in the morning before the dark ends. We should adapt to what is natural for us humans, which is getting up around sunrise and possibly staying up after sunset. "Daylight Saving Time" is a move in the wrong direction. Let's at least stick to standard time.


I think people just have different set schedules. I have no problem being up before sunrise, and hate having no daylight in the evening. It seems many people feel similarly.


Well, it's the conclusion I got from the things sleep researchers write.


Days and nights will be the same length, regardless of which time zone you choose.


How does it make the day longer?


This will make 12:00 not Noon, but an hour off noon. I think I like to keep it as close to a noon point at given ___location, but I am probably in minority on that one.


These have a transparency setting to let through ambient sounds


I’m intrigued to actually try this. Turning the transparency setting on and off.

On an active phone call I can carry on a conversation in the room im in 10 feet away from the person. To have that cancelled out would be interesting to try.


Noise cancelling cancels out white noise - not people's conversations.

Also - the "transparency" mode is quite common feature of noise cancelling headphones. All of the Bose NCs have had this for years. When you seal off the ear to provide NC you need to be able to hear yourself when youre on a phone call. So its more a necessity than a "nice to have".


They also have venting to equalize pressure.


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