<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Hacker News: betaby</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=betaby</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 22:40:14 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=betaby" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by betaby in "European "age verification" "app" forcing everyone to use Android or iOS"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>> It worked great for the last several hundred years.<p>No, it did not.<p>> E.g. In a country of 100M people, if 60% agree with a bill and it becomes law<p>That's not how that law was adopted.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 19:42:42 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48912039</link><dc:creator>betaby</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48912039</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48912039</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by betaby in "EU Parliament greenlights Chat Control 1.0"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>More interesting that that mostly childless politicians are in favor of such things. That's makes sense since those legislations are NOT about children.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 13:35:13 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48845608</link><dc:creator>betaby</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48845608</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48845608</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by betaby in "EU Parliament greenlights Chat Control 1.0"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>> The defence against this is widespread truly peer to peer messaging services<p>Spain would label you criminal for merely using alternative Android builds: <a href="https://www.androidauthority.com/google-pixel-organized-crime-preferred-phone-3573578/" rel="nofollow">https://www.androidauthority.com/google-pixel-organized-crim...</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 13:33:03 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48845574</link><dc:creator>betaby</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48845574</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48845574</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by betaby in "Europe's company websites are mostly served by US vendors"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Surely that not the case. Check any public BGP looking glass: Arelion/Telia uses RIPE space in the USA, Lumen/Level uses APNIC space in Europe and so on.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 13:03:54 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48831411</link><dc:creator>betaby</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48831411</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48831411</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by betaby in "Why skilled workers come to Germany and then leave again"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>It doesn't feel like that for me. I reached professionally assessed B1 in French about 6 years ago and I don't feel I've reached B2 yet.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 01:29:56 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48826344</link><dc:creator>betaby</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48826344</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48826344</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by betaby in "Europe's company websites are mostly served by US vendors"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Interesting fact. Is there a list of local government mx servers?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 18:19:48 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48821513</link><dc:creator>betaby</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48821513</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48821513</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by betaby in "Europe's company websites are mostly served by US vendors"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>> If one has ever tried to announce an ARIN IP in the EU or a RIPE IP in the US they will send warnings that the allocations will be pulled back if that is not fixed.<p>Who are "they" in this case?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 18:16:01 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48821463</link><dc:creator>betaby</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48821463</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48821463</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by betaby in "Egypt Is Building a New Nile"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>People born yesterday are alive today and will be alive in the next ~70 years mostly.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 00:56:31 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48812429</link><dc:creator>betaby</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48812429</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48812429</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by betaby in "Egypt Is Building a New Nile"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>With a such rapid demographic growth they have no choice. 
The population of Egypt doubled in last ~35 years. (quadrupled in the last ~60 years)</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 21:27:47 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48810732</link><dc:creator>betaby</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48810732</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48810732</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by betaby in "The End of North America"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Indeed. I live in Canada and while USMCA benefited some industries it did not others. Also as a Canadian I suspect the new agreement most likely will be even less beneficial to Canadians.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 17:21:34 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48787077</link><dc:creator>betaby</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48787077</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48787077</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by betaby in "EU Court of Justice allows criminal prosecution for reposting RT videos"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p><a href="https://curia.europa.eu/site/upload/docs/application/pdf/2026-07/cp260094en.pdf" rel="nofollow">https://curia.europa.eu/site/upload/docs/application/pdf/202...</a><p>"The Court replied that it is irrelevant whether or not the broadcasting of the prohibited content takes place in the
course of an economic activity. The concept of ‘operator’ covers, in the present context, any person responsible, directly
or indirectly, for making the prohibited content available, including in the context of a non-remunerated activity or in the
operation of a website financed by voluntary contributions from third parties. The Court also clarifies that that classification
depends neither on the extent nor on the duration of the broadcasting
"</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 17:03:50 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48764332</link><dc:creator>betaby</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48764332</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48764332</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by betaby in "EU Court of Justice allows criminal prosecution for reposting RT videos"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p><a href="https://curia.europa.eu/site/upload/docs/application/pdf/2026-07/cp260094en.pdf" rel="nofollow">https://curia.europa.eu/site/upload/docs/application/pdf/202...</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 17:01:38 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48764300</link><dc:creator>betaby</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48764300</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48764300</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by betaby in "Xonaly – Canada's Independent Search Engine"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>It can't find any major event happened in Canada in the last 10 days.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 00:05:55 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48713145</link><dc:creator>betaby</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48713145</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48713145</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by betaby in "EU to legislate about Chat Control behind closed doors"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>What 'big money' you have in mind in this very specific case?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2026 19:10:05 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48710459</link><dc:creator>betaby</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48710459</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48710459</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by betaby in "I used Claude Code to get a second opinion on my MRI"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I feel the same when visiting a doctor in Canada. In that 2 minutes I have with they in one appointment per year I hear a standard text.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2026 17:08:54 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48709321</link><dc:creator>betaby</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48709321</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48709321</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by betaby in "Michigan spent $1.8B and only created 602 jobs"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>> selectively giving away free money to big business is straight corruption<p>Liberals in canada call that 'making housing affordable', <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/prime-minister-mark-carney-responds-vancouver-bc-condo-plan-9.7248862" rel="nofollow">https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/prime-minist...</a><p>It feels that in Canada business is impossible unless it's directly funded by the government.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 23:50:25 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48702942</link><dc:creator>betaby</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48702942</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48702942</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by betaby in "Apple raises prices of MacBooks, iPads"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>"What Andy Giveth, Bill Taketh Away"</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 16:40:37 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48675973</link><dc:creator>betaby</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48675973</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48675973</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by betaby in "Did my old job only exist because of fraud?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>> One pattern I saw repeatedly was a contractor being let go, only to return via a large outsourcing provider.<p>That's 'normal' in Canada and France.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 00:01:28 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48623895</link><dc:creator>betaby</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48623895</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48623895</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by betaby in "US holds off blacklisting DeepSeek, more than 100 firms deemed security risks"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>> wiping out competition by undercutting them using state subsidies<p>The same tactic is in the USA. Like every new AI datacenter has ~10 tax waiver + explicit subsidies + favorable loans, etc, etc.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 20:58:21 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48576797</link><dc:creator>betaby</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48576797</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48576797</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by betaby in "Facebook is paying people overseas promoting Alberta separatism"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>If Facebook propaganda is so effective (and cheap) Western democracies should promote democratic values in Belarus/Kazakhstan.<p>Canada should use this channel to promote tariff cancellation in the USA.<p>I doubt that Facebook is efficient on important matter.
If I'm wrong then Canadian government is doing very bad job in promoting democratic values in and outside Canada.</p>
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