Hacker News: Glawen

New comment by Glawen in "Green card seekers must leave U.S. to apply, Trump administration says"

Glawen — Sat, 23 May 2026 15:35:56 +0000

In EU, I don't think an underclass is what is wished. What we lack is being able to chose who is allowed to stay or not. Currently it's whoever manages to come illegaly is allowed to stay. It's madness

New comment by Glawen in "Russian Troops' Fear Grows as Ukraine AI "Slaughterbot" Drones Headhunt Them"

Glawen — Wed, 20 May 2026 21:09:18 +0000

I read that ukrainian army starts enroling at 25 to 60, making it a significantly older army than russia

New comment by Glawen in "50K Tahoe residents need power as utility eyes redirecting lines to data centers"

Glawen — Wed, 13 May 2026 16:54:17 +0000

Why ? Many country have public generation without any shortages.

New comment by Glawen in "Pilots Shut Off Both Engines Before China Eastern 737 Crash"

Glawen — Mon, 04 May 2026 20:06:25 +0000

Using a russian swear word as name

New comment by Glawen in "Israeli strike kills infant girl in south Lebanon during father's funeral"

Glawen — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 05:40:56 +0000

Everyone not agreeing with you is a fascist. It's the new trick to close any discussion. Next step is to kill all fascists by the way, that's what Russia is doing right now as according to them Ukraine is fascist.

New comment by Glawen in "US carmakers say proposed EU rules could block large pickup trucks from Europe"

Glawen — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 21:27:09 +0000

7000 sales per year, come on. They are too big and unpractical for Europe.

New comment by Glawen in "How Paris swapped cars for bikes – and transformed its streets"

Glawen — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 18:20:56 +0000

When you wait for green you start at the same time as cars. Cars seem incapable of staying behind a cyclist and feel the need to overtake them at all costs. It feel much safer as a cyclist to start at red light when there is noone, you then have a head start with cars

New comment by Glawen in "Employers use your personal data to figure out the lowest salary you'll accept"

Glawen — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 10:44:42 +0000

Have a look at german Schufa company. I was there pre RGPD, so maybe things have changed.

New comment by Glawen in "US forces locate and evacuate downed airman in Iran"

Glawen — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 09:57:24 +0000

How twisted as it sounds, I do believe that the outcome is beneficial to the US. China and EU are weakened by this mess big time. The US will bear costs in the future.

EU does not expect to be paid back for Ukraine, they are paying with their lives and by being a lab for testing weapons and strategies. I'm just flabbedgasted by pro russian europeans thinking it'll be great to live under Putin. It's not like it hasn't been the case already.

New comment by Glawen in "The road signs that teach travellers about France"

Glawen — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 08:13:22 +0000

They are not as common in Germany as in France in my experience. I would rather prefer to visit a german castle than waiting for the Stau to disappear.

New comment by Glawen in "The road signs that teach travellers about France"

Glawen — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 08:06:25 +0000

They are shown on Michelin maps and atlas. We love to travel using the atlas and stopping on interesting sights or roads. Usually in France you can go from A to B the fast and boring way, or the slow and scenic way which is perfect for holiday time

New comment by Glawen in "Why Sora Failed: $15M/day inference cost vs. $2.1M lifetime revenue"

Glawen — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 10:16:41 +0000

At least it loaded, it did not on my side.

New comment by Glawen in "How Ford burned $12B in Brazil (2021)"

Glawen — Sun, 22 Mar 2026 12:40:14 +0000

Fiat has been doing great in Brazil for years. They also have some R&D there too

New comment by Glawen in "Iran launched unsuccessful attack on UK's Diego Garcia"

Glawen — Sun, 22 Mar 2026 08:25:46 +0000

To surprise your ennemy. I've heard recently that they tune military hardware differently in peace than in war, e.g. radar signals frequency.

New comment by Glawen in "Israel used thermal and thermobaric weapons in Gaza?"

Glawen — Sat, 14 Feb 2026 13:50:25 +0000

> The world would definitely be a safer place if everyone was a pacifist.

Misery, hunger and human exploitation would still exists, as recent history shows. War is a tool in resolving some issues, and you better have the best tools there is.

New comment by Glawen in "UK government launches fuel forecourt price API"

Glawen — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 08:01:16 +0000

Yes but the real feature that makes it viable, is that petrol station in France can change price only once a day. I forgot how it works in the UK, but in Germany they change wildly depending on the hour in the day. For example they show low price in the morning, so that workers who are late for work notice it and fill on the way back, only to find a price 10-20cents higher at 17h.

New comment by Glawen in "Is It Time for a Nordic Nuke?"

Glawen — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 22:09:26 +0000

Yes I would not feel safe with nukes in Germany

New comment by Glawen in "France Aiming to Replace Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, etc."

Glawen — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 21:45:39 +0000

Impossible n'est pas français !

And you seriously are saying Teams is the greatest thing since sliced bread? Ok I concede the videoconferencing works, but it's quite a feat to make a text chat window so slow and buggy. Sometimes when I type, it is spelling stuff backwards! Message texting is a solved problem since IRC or ICQ

New comment by Glawen in "Tell HN: Bending Spoons laid off almost everybody at Vimeo yesterday"

Glawen — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 20:14:19 +0000

I'm discovering Bending Sppon withn this thread, and I think they really got their business right. I hope they IPO soon

New comment by Glawen in "An Elizabethan mansion's secrets for staying warm"

Glawen — Sat, 17 Jan 2026 21:12:10 +0000

My last year Airbnb experiences in Scotland. I could not believe my eyes it still existed (I used to go often in the UK in the past).