Hacker News: achikin

New comment by achikin in "School cell phone bans and student achievement"

achikin — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 03:54:27 +0000

I agree, but something being distraction does not automatically mean it’s addictive. Gear shifting is a distraction, but we don’t consider it addictive.

New comment by achikin in "School cell phone bans and student achievement"

achikin — Wed, 03 Dec 2025 07:12:15 +0000

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6174603/

The main idea here is that overuse not equals addiction.

New comment by achikin in "School cell phone bans and student achievement"

achikin — Wed, 03 Dec 2025 07:06:38 +0000

There are a lot of reasons for distraction while driving, but we don’t call all of them addiction on that premise. If a driver was not looking at his phone - maybe he’d be looking at something else. The phone is not the reason - it’s just a very suitable object.

New comment by achikin in "School cell phone bans and student achievement"

achikin — Wed, 03 Dec 2025 05:28:26 +0000

Because it is proven that phone usage is not an addiction like drugs or alcohol. People put phones away easily if they have a reason to do so.

New comment by achikin in "We shouldn't have needed lockfiles"

achikin — Fri, 08 Aug 2025 13:43:31 +0000

What are we trying to achieve by removing the lockfiles?

New comment by achikin in "No focus, no fights, and a bad back – 16 ways technology has ruined my life"

achikin — Sun, 18 Feb 2024 17:21:03 +0000

«14. I have consistently risen to the level of disorganisation that any new technology allows At the time of writing, I have 77 tabs open on my browser”

Huh, before computers I can remember 77 open notebooks scattered across my bedroom. Nothing changes.

New comment by achikin in "The Ukraine war is ultimately about Poland"

achikin — Mon, 12 Feb 2024 01:58:28 +0000

Putin tried to do that at the beginning of his presidency. He was talking a lot about joining NATO and even EU, but that didn’t go anywhere. Russia is much more valuable to the EU as a fossil colony.

New comment by achikin in "Russia's tax database and backups destroyed"

achikin — Wed, 13 Dec 2023 23:43:59 +0000

ЦГК ФТС is a Central Clinical Hospital of the Federal Customs Service it has nothing to do with the Federal Tax Service.

New comment by achikin in "Bad NEWS, Emacs"

achikin — Sun, 10 Dec 2023 21:45:04 +0000

Here is the recap of someone is interested https://metaredux.com/posts/2023/09/09/clojure-support-in-em...

New comment by achikin in "Bad NEWS, Emacs"

achikin — Sun, 10 Dec 2023 21:38:04 +0000

I wonder why wasn’t this patch given time before merging it? Isn’t that the whole purpose of patches and merge process?

New comment by achikin in "VanMoof, the e-bike startup, officially declared bankrupt in The Netherlands"

achikin — Wed, 19 Jul 2023 16:25:37 +0000

Bafang is even more popular than Bosch in the Netherlands. Many popular brands like VanMoof and Veloretti prefer them due to lower prices, more power and better repairability.

New comment by achikin in "VanMoof, the e-bike startup, officially declared bankrupt in The Netherlands"

achikin — Tue, 18 Jul 2023 11:48:41 +0000

It's 2000-3000 eur worth. You can sell it for less or take out the proprietary details like battery or automatic gear shifter and sell it. Or you can steal it just for fun, because they are usually left unchained and unlocked all over the city. Easy target.

New comment by achikin in "VanMoof, the e-bike startup, officially declared bankrupt in The Netherlands"

achikin — Tue, 18 Jul 2023 11:46:35 +0000

100% stolen. Two were stolen from my neighbours in Amsterdam this month, one of them just yesterday.

New comment by achikin in "VanMoof, the e-bike startup, officially declared bankrupt in The Netherlands"

achikin — Tue, 18 Jul 2023 11:42:30 +0000

I own Union E-Fast https://www.union.nl/e-fast

New comment by achikin in "VanMoof, the e-bike startup, officially declared bankrupt in The Netherlands"

achikin — Tue, 18 Jul 2023 11:40:10 +0000

You can check Bosch Chinese competitor Bafang - they copy Bosch solutions and also very popular among bicycle makers. https://bafang-e.com/en/home/

New comment by achikin in "VanMoof, the e-bike startup, officially declared bankrupt in The Netherlands"

achikin — Tue, 18 Jul 2023 11:27:19 +0000

I’ve heard that the biggest complaint is the automatic gear shifter which broke quite frequently.

New comment by achikin in "VanMoof, the e-bike startup, officially declared bankrupt in The Netherlands"

achikin — Tue, 18 Jul 2023 11:24:33 +0000

Any bike that uses Bosch battery/motor kits. Those batteries are available on the market separately.

New comment by achikin in "VanMoof, the e-bike startup, officially declared bankrupt in The Netherlands"

achikin — Tue, 18 Jul 2023 11:21:36 +0000

Many people didn’t lock their vanmoofs because of that. It made no sense to steal, but now when thieves know that vanmoof went bankrupt - they are stolen in enormous amounts.

New comment by achikin in "Now Reddit are coming for the individual personal subreddits"

achikin — Thu, 22 Jun 2023 18:16:36 +0000

Reddit asked ~2M$ per month. In his rant Apollo creator told that he‘ll be ok paying half of that. Can you imagine how much is he making on free Reddit APIs?

New comment by achikin in "Soviet Union sold titanium to US believing they needed it for pizza ovens"

achikin — Sun, 18 Jun 2023 23:37:41 +0000

Many people across the USSR made it at home. Recipes sharing was very popular.