Hacker News with Generative AI: Lifestyle

I hated Dubai until I learned about it (sive.rs)
Dubai was in my “Top 5 places where I NEVER want to go”. I heard it was commercialized hedonism, glorified overindulgence, pandering to millionaires and influencers — extravagance and opulence. Everything I hate. That's why I had never gone there.

Travel, Personal Opinion, Dubai, Lifestyle

5 points by Michelangelo11 22 hours ago | 1 comments

Ask HN: What projects are you going to work on if no need to work? (ycombinator.com)
Ask HN: What projects are you going to work on if no need to work?

Personal Projects, Motivation, Work-Life Balance, Lifestyle

13 points by hnthrowaway0328 2 days ago | 20 comments

Don't sit on the toilet for more than 10 minutes, doctors warn (cnn.com)

Health, Medical Advice, Lifestyle

78 points by RyeCombinator 2 days ago | 110 comments

A day in the life of a New Delhi roadside barber (aljazeera.com)
They come from far and wide to provide affordable haircuts and grooming services to the city’s labourers - and anyone who fancies a chat.

New Delhi, India, Barbering, Social Commentary, Lifestyle

7 points by mooreds 3 days ago | 1 comments

Standing desk might be as bad as sitting all day (sciencealert.com)
In recent years, standing has been touted as a remedy to a sedentary lifestyle, especially for desk workers who spend long hours seated at their screens.

Health, Science, Ergonomics, Lifestyle

155 points by zdw 10 days ago | 221 comments

You might want to stop making your bed in the morning (thestar.com)
Even if you live by yourself, you’re never sleeping alone.

Sleep, Health, Hygiene, Lifestyle

28 points by amichail 14 days ago | 18 comments

I wanted to live cheaply, I bought a boat, moved in to travel the world (theguardian.com)
After his 92-year-old mother died in 2019, Stephen Payne decided it was time for a change. But having spent the previous six months at her home in Torquay, where he is from, and the 27 years before that living in Los Angeles, Payne, a 60-year-old photographer, wasn’t sure where to go next.

Travel, Lifestyle, Personal Stories, Retirement

5 points by tosh 24 days ago | 0 comments

The life-changing magic of Japanese clutter (aeon.co)
In 1990, a young Japanese photographer named Kyoichi Tsuzuki began capturing a rarely seen view of domestic life in one of the world’s most densely populated cities.

Japan, Photography, Culture, Lifestyle, Minimalism

46 points by herbertl 41 days ago | 21 comments

When net worth stops mattering (stanislavkozlovski.com)

Personal Finance, Lifestyle, Psychology

12 points by enether 43 days ago | 11 comments

An unbroken night's sleep is a myth. Here's what good sleep looks like (theconversation.com)
What do you imagine a good night’s sleep to be?

Sleep, Health, Science, Lifestyle

31 points by gnabgib 43 days ago | 0 comments

A guide to working remote and not paying rent (ghuntley.com)
Here I am, sitting at my favourite pub in Melbourne drinking an expensive pint of craft beer and not really caring that much about the cost that much because so far this month because I've spent a grand total of $0 on rent.

Remote Work, Lifestyle, Finance

51 points by tosh 52 days ago | 82 comments

Ted Kaczynski's Low-Tech Lifestyle (thetedkarchive.com)

Criminology, History, Technology, Lifestyle

42 points by Sajarin 53 days ago | 24 comments

Hot Friend Compounds: The 'let's all buy a house together' dream, but real (sfstandard.com)
The ‘live near friends’ movement has morphed into Hot Friend Compounds.

Real Estate, Housing, Friendship, Community, Lifestyle

6 points by archagon 54 days ago | 0 comments

Retiring from the idea of retirement (candost.blog)
I'm not here to tell you that you should be working for a monthly salary for the rest of your life. Also, it’s not about passive income or financial independence and definitely not a promoter of a hustle culture. That's not the main idea.

Retirement, Lifestyle, Work-Life Balance

90 points by mooreds 67 days ago | 102 comments

Hi-Tech Bifocals Improved My Eyesight but Made Me Look Like a Dork (gizmodo.com)
There comes a time in some adults’ lives when they have to grab a pair of bifocals to do some light bedtime reading.

Technology, Lifestyle, Personal Experience, Fashion

238 points by amichail 70 days ago | 105 comments

They're Breaking Every Retirement Rule to Be Off Now, Not Later (wsj.com)

Retirement, Finance, Lifestyle

16 points by mooreds 73 days ago | 38 comments

Sleep duration, chronotype, health and lifestyle factors affect cognition [pdf] (bmjpublichealth.bmj.com)

Sleep, Health, Cognition, Lifestyle

285 points by susam 74 days ago | 185 comments

Simon Verity believed in working the medieval way (economist.com)
The first thing you noticed about Simon Verity was his hair. It stuck out in wild grey corkscrews, as if sprayed with the fiercest sort of gel. That grey was not a sign of age, or only partly. It was mostly stone-dust, accumulated until he could never wash it out. That same dust covered the rest of his comfortably trampish clothes. When he walked down the street, he liked to think, he looked like an apparition.

Biography, People, Lifestyle

51 points by Bluestein 76 days ago | 36 comments

My tryst with polyphasic sleeping (2010) (akshatrathi.com)

Sleep, Personal Experiences, Lifestyle

4 points by thunderbong 79 days ago | 0 comments

Cosy Computing (datagubbe.se)

Computing, Software, Personal Computing, Lifestyle

74 points by zdw 80 days ago | 24 comments

I Swore Off Air-Conditioning, and You Can, Too (nytimes.com)

Lifestyle, Environment, Sustainability

11 points by joak 81 days ago | 17 comments

The Blue Zone Distraction (cremieux.xyz)