- Feature Flags: The stupid simple way to de-stress production releases https://boringrails.com/articles/feature-flags-simplest-thing-that-could-work/ 5 comments webdev
- Why the High Plains turns off its turbines to limit wind production while the Texas power grid is stressed "They actually tell the wind generators to stop generating electricity. It gets to the point where [wind farm operators] literally have to disengage the generators entirely " https://www.kcbd.com/2022/08/02/why-high-plains-turns-off-its-turbines-limit-wind-production-while-texas-power-grid-is-stressed/ 41 comments energy
- Study : Employers must be cognizant of the challenges that the pandemic has placed on parents, particularly women and lone parents. Flexible working arrangements and support might therefore relieve stress and increase productivity. https://bmcpsychology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40359-021-00701-8 8 comments science
- Stress Testing The M1 Max For Music Production (Rosetta Vs M1 Optimized DAWs) https://youtu.be/JiuB4fHnkzI 38 comments apple
- Karnataka CM stresses need to sell agri products on e-commerce platforms https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/bangalore/karnataka-cm-stresses-need-to-sell-agri-products-on-e-commerce-platforms-7544521/ 2 comments india
- Fauci stresses need for 'productive partnership' between states and federal government https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/28/politics/anthony-fauci-coronavirus-federal-state-cnntv/index.html 15 comments politics
- 4-day work weeks improve productivity and lower stress – Study https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/programs/hack/four-day-working-week-could-make-us-happier-and-more-productive/10833924 32 comments productivity
- Americans will consume 1.38 billion chicken wings during Super Bowl LIII weekend, which will stress poultry production and inflate prices. https://today.tamu.edu/2019/01/25/chicken-wing-sales-expected-to-spike-ahead-of-super-bowl-liii/ 389 comments nfl
- Migraines may be brain’s way of dealing with oxidative stress. Migraines affect approximately 14 percent of the world's population, or 1.04 billion people. In the United States alone, migraine causes an estimated $36 billion annually in lost productivity, including 113 million lost work days. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/head.13214/abstract 65 comments science
- Any apps you can recommend to help me with productivity without being stressed out? https://www.reddit.com/r/productivity/comments/6pglww/any_apps_you_can_recommend_to_help_me_with/ 22 comments productivity
- Less stress, more productivity: why working fewer hours is better for you and your employer https://codewithoutrules.com/2016/08/18/productive-programmer/ 7 comments coding
- Less stress, more productivity: why working fewer hours is better for you and your employer https://codewithoutrules.com/2016/08/18/productive-programmer/ 375 comments programming
- First Things Productivity Podcasts - Helping you achieve a life of less stress, practical productivity, and greater passion. http://firstthingsproductivity.com/ 4 comments productivity
- 5 productivity habits that will save you a lifetime of stress and anxiety http://productivemotion.com/2013/11/11/5-productivity-habits-that-will-save-you-a-lifetime-of-stress-and-anxiety/ 2 comments productivity
- Improving your productivity and lowering stress by externalizing tasks and events https://www.tracktacular.com/blog/4/reducing-mental-clutter 8 comments productivity
- The Toll of Financial Stress in the Workplace. Life is harder for low-income workers with children than for empty-nesters in the executive suite, a new survey says. Companies can increase productivity with financial education and training. http://www.kiplinger.com/article/business/t020-c000-s001-the-toll-of-financial-stress-in-the-workplace.html 3 comments business
- Open-Plan Offices Create Stress, Lower Productivity | TIME Ideas | TIME.com http://ideas.time.com/2012/08/15/why-the-open-office-is-a-hotbed-of-stress/?xid=gonewsedit&google_editors_picks=true 24 comments business
- Stress kills programmer productivity http://the-programmers-stone.com/2007/12/16/response-to-a-reddit-comment/ 39 comments programming
- A website to fight planned obsolescence: Reviews about broken or worn-out products to identify common stress points and how to fix them. Let's keep corporations accountable, and start caring about the amount of waste we produce! https://www.exitreviews.com 1310 comments internetisbeautiful
- Walking and cycling to work makes commuters happier and more productive, suggest a new Australian study (n=1,121), which also found that long commutes cause physical and mental strains on workers, affecting their work engagement and productivity, and driving was the most stressful way to commute. https://theconversation.com/walking-and-cycling-to-work-makes-commuters-happier-and-more-productive-117819 3 comments science
- Walking and cycling to work makes commuters happier and more productive, but driving is the most stressful way to commute, suggest a new Australian study (n=1,121), which also found that long commutes cause physical and mental strains on workers, affecting their work engagement and productivity. https://theconversation.com/walking-and-cycling-to-work-makes-commuters-happier-and-more-productive-117819 3 comments science
- Walking and cycling to work makes commuters happier and more productive, suggest a new Australian study (n=1,121), which also found that long commutes cause physical and mental strains on workers, affecting their work engagement and productivity, and driving was the most stressful way to commute. https://theconversation.com/walking-and-cycling-to-work-makes-commuters-happier-and-more-productive-117819 12 comments science
- A new University of Chicago study finds social isolation leads to fight-or-flight stress signaling, which can disturb the production of white blood cells in our bodies. http://www.medicaldaily.com/health-risks-loneliness-include-cellular-changes-what-eleanor-rigby-didnt-know-about-362728 168 comments science
- Alzheimer's disease is believed to stem from a combination of genetic, lifestyle, and environmental factors, which contribute to the various pathologies associated with the disease. Research indicates that a stress hormone may contribute to the production of amyloid-beta buildup in the brain. http://www.neurologyadvisor.com/neurodegenerative-disorders/alzheimers-disease-stress-amyloid-beta-production/article/439668/ 238 comments science
- How to get better sleep and relieve stress to increase productivity http://www.appfluence.com/productivity/how-to-get-better-sleep-and-relieve-stress/ 7 comments productivity
- Stress is a big inhibitor of learning thus productivity. But there are certain techniques that should be embraced such as crying to maximize your productivity by reducing that stress that is being experienced by you right now. https://lifespov.wordpress.com/2017/04/29/here-is-why-the-next-time-tears-well-up-in-your-eyes-you-should-cry-the-benefits/ 18 comments productivity
- Growing mega-cities will displace vast tracts of farmland by 2030, study says - urban areas will triple in size, expanding into cropland and undermining the productivity of agricultural systems that are already stressed by rising populations and climate change. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/world-on-a-plate/2016/dec/28/growing-mega-cities-will-displace-vast-tracts-of-farmland-by-2030-study-says 333 comments science
- This year’s extraordinary presidential campaign is taking a toll on American workers, some of whom report feeling stressed, argumentative and less productive because of political discussions on the job, according to a survey released today by the American Psychological Association. http://www.psypost.org/2016/09/employees-negatively-affected-political-talk-work-44959 30 comments politics
- Research suggests impolite emails can have a negative effect on work responsibilities, productivity, and can even be linked to insomnia at night, which further relate to negative emotions next morning. Dealing with rude emails at work can create lingering stress and take a toll on your well-being. https://today.uic.edu/what-new-research-reveals-about-rude-workplace-emails 6 comments science
- Geophysicists have developed a detailed map of the stresses that act in the Earth throughout the Permian Basin in West Texas and southeastern New Mexico, highlighting areas of the oil-rich region that could be at greater risk for future earthquakes induced by production operations. https://news.stanford.edu/2018/02/08/seismic-stress-map-profiles-induced-earthquake-risk-west-texas-new-mexico/ 4 comments science
- Human blood platelets grown in bone marrow-replicating bioreactor - a biomimetic microfluidic platelet bioreactor recapitulates bone marrow and blood vessel micro-environments. Application of shear stress in this bioreactor triggers physiological pro-platelet production, and platelet release. http://www.bloodjournal.org/content/early/2014/07/18/blood-2014-05-574913?sso-checked=1 4 comments science
- Are You Making Your Employees Less Productive? Supporting single-tasking and focus will help employees to feel less scattered and distracted, and therefore less stressed, contributing to their feeling of well-being at work. http://www.texasenterprise.utexas.edu/2013/05/30/workplace/are-you-making-your-employees-less-productive 35 comments business
- Stress breaks loops that hold short-term memory together. Stress has long been pegged as the enemy of attention, disrupting focus and doing substantial damage to working memory — the short-term juggling of information that allows us to do all the little things that make us productive. http://www.news.wisc.edu/21050 242 comments science
- Forests with a large variety of species are more productive and stable under stress than monocultures: forestry scientists have confirmed this with data from the world’s oldest field trial on the diversity of tropical tree species. The trial has been running for almost two decades. https://www.pr.uni-freiburg.de/pm-en/press-releases-2019/diversity-increases-ecosystem-stability 8 comments science
- Studies show that excessive phone use is linked to procrastination, suicide, spoilt sleep, food and water neglect, headaches, lower productivity, unstable relationships, poor physical health (eye strain, body-aches, posture, hand strain), and poor mental health (depression, anxiety, stress) https://cognitiontoday.com/phone-addiction-coping-solutions-research-statistics/ 20 comments nottheonion
- Studies show that excessive phone use is linked to procrastination, suicide, spoilt sleep, food and water neglect, headaches, lower productivity, unstable relationships, poor physical health (eye strain, body-aches, posture, hand strain), and poor mental health (depression, anxiety, stress). https://cognitiontoday.com/2020/08/phone-addiction-coping-solutions-research-statistics/ 201 comments technology
- Combination of water scarcity and demand puts worlds river basins at risk. Asia and North America face a dilemma due to their high stress indices and large exposure: total human and livestock population, reservoir capacity, electricity generation and production of irrigated crops. https://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=298708&wt.mc_id=usnsf_1 5 comments science
- Inhibit Mitochondria to Live Longer? Researchers find that reducing mitochondrial protein production in some animals can increase lifespan by activating a protective stress response. http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleno/35673/title/inhibit-mitochondria-to-live-longer-/ 3 comments science
- Many recreational cannabis companies market their products in a way that appeals to children and teens, despite state-based regulations prohibiting it, according to a new study. The researchers stress that parents need to be aware that their children are likely being exposed to this type of content. https://www.jsad.com/page/news/jan2022 15 comments science
- France seeks ‘clarifications’ after Trump-Juncker meeting, stressing opposition to a blanket trade agreement: "We have high sanitary, food and environmental standards and rules of production, and they guarantee the protection and security of our consumers. Europe will not compromise on these norms." https://gulfnews.com/business/economy/france-seeks-clarifications-after-trump-juncker-meeting-1.2257373 392 comments worldnews