Hacker News: brg1007

New comment by brg1007 in "Removing the modem and GPS from my 2024 RAV4 hybrid"

brg1007 — Thu, 14 May 2026 19:56:59 +0000

On Android there is an option called "Bluetooth tethering - Share phone's internet connection via Bluetooth" . If it is On and you are connected to the car's bluetooth it will have internet access via your phone.

Porsche Taycan breaks the Guinness World Records for coast-to-coast charging

brg1007 — Mon, 31 Jan 2022 23:14:48 +0000

Article URL: https://newsroom.porsche.com/en_US/2022/products/porsche-taycan-coast-to-coast-charging-guinness-world-record-wayne-gerdes-27225.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30156182

Points: 25

# Comments: 16

New comment by brg1007 in "Half Doses of Moderna Vaccine Produce Neutralizing Antibodies"

brg1007 — Mon, 15 Feb 2021 08:25:34 +0000

One of the many problems in poorer nations is the cost to get people to the vaccination centers. Multiplying that cost 3-4 times does not help.I don't know if mobile vaccination teams are really possible for Moderna and Pfizer, due to temperature requirements.

New comment by brg1007 in "Saharan dust: Orange skies and sandy snow in southern Europe"

brg1007 — Sat, 06 Feb 2021 20:41:30 +0000

Pretty common maybe, but skiing at 2500 - 3000 m on slopes covered in sand made today a very unique experience .

New comment by brg1007 in "Empress trees absorb about 103 tons of carbon a year per acre"

brg1007 — Fri, 02 Aug 2019 18:25:34 +0000

Does anyone knows the scientifical name for the tree pictured in the article ?

New comment by brg1007 in "Show HN: Baxx – Unix-friendly backup service"

brg1007 — Mon, 25 Mar 2019 14:45:00 +0000

".... 750E profit - 50% tax = 375E profit"[1]. 50% Taxes in DE, nice place to do business ...

[1] https://github.com/jackdoe/baxx/blob/master/infra-and-pricin...

New comment by brg1007 in "Suse is once again an independent company"

brg1007 — Sun, 17 Mar 2019 11:30:03 +0000

Yes, SAP seems to be the main selling point ... "SUSE Linux Enterprise Server was the first OS for SAP HANA and SUSE continues to be a co-innovation partner for solutions such as SAP S/4HANA, SAP Cloud Platform, SAP Data Hub and many more. ... "

New comment by brg1007 in "An Amoeba-Based Computer Found Solutions to 8-City Traveling Salesman Problem"

brg1007 — Fri, 21 Dec 2018 19:55:19 +0000

So if I understood well the concept, this type of amoeba is like an ASIC for traveling salesman problem. Interesting concept, to find bio-organisms that can be used very efficentlly to "solve" a certain type of problem.

New comment by brg1007 in "WireGuard is submitted for Linux kernel inclusion"

brg1007 — Wed, 01 Aug 2018 12:41:35 +0000

You can install pretty easy the F-Droid repository / store and download DNS66 from there. ( FOSS Ad-Blocking via DNS ).

New comment by brg1007 in "Orcas can imitate human speech, research reveals"

brg1007 — Wed, 31 Jan 2018 18:32:09 +0000

You can buy horse meat at the supermarket in Switzerland and I think in Italy also if I'm not mistaking.

New comment by brg1007 in "“I thought I could ship at least 700 units to stay in business”"

brg1007 — Thu, 23 Nov 2017 10:16:41 +0000

Totally agree with you. But based on my experience most Romanian people do not have a very good "plan ahead" culture. Usually they start something as soon as they have the minimum requirements met and that is because they really want to not let the opportunity pass, because in the past opportunities were very very scarce (in every domain) . And this lack of opportunities made a very deep dent in the Romanian culture.

New comment by brg1007 in "“I thought I could ship at least 700 units to stay in business”"

brg1007 — Thu, 23 Nov 2017 08:46:16 +0000

Romania - without paying rent - 550 USD will suffice for 1 month of daily spending. He mentioned that he has a low mortgage which probably splits with his girlfriend and for a 1 bedroom apartment can be as low as 250 USD per month. 750 USD is the average gross monthly income (before taxes ). Usually software developers earn double that.

New comment by brg1007 in "The impossible task of creating a “best VPNs” list"

brg1007 — Fri, 03 Jun 2016 19:10:15 +0000

You can use a script for setting up an OpenVpn on a Digital Ocean box in max 2 min. Check this one https://github.com/Nyr/openvpn-install .

New comment by brg1007 in "Bitcoin's $137k Jackpot"

brg1007 — Fri, 29 Apr 2016 22:14:00 +0000

Meanwhile in Europe I'm paying 30 cents for bank transfers within the EU up to 50K.

New comment by brg1007 in "Tracking North Korea’s Kwangmyongsong-4 Satellite Using OSINT"

brg1007 — Sun, 07 Feb 2016 23:14:49 +0000

> Why is it widely condemned when North Korea launches a satellite?

Because 18 million reasons.[1] When so many people are always on the brink of famine, you can stop "playing war" and you can help your people in need.

[1]http://reliefweb.int/report/democratic-peoples-republic-kore...

New comment by brg1007 in "End the U.S. Embargo on Cuba"

brg1007 — Sat, 11 Oct 2014 17:53:42 +0000

Maybe the time is right. With Russia flexing its muscle you may never know when it could turn its attention back to Cuba.

New comment by brg1007 in "Cosmos Browser – Connect to the Internet via SMS, no data or wifi required"

brg1007 — Thu, 11 Sep 2014 20:58:46 +0000

I know that in the past in US and Canada carriers billed incoming SMS, but I thought that alongside with the new age of messaging apps like WhatsApp and iMessage they dropped this nonsense. In Europe even when in Roaming there is no cost for incoming SMS.

New comment by brg1007 in "Cosmos Browser – Connect to the Internet via SMS, no data or wifi required"

brg1007 — Thu, 11 Sep 2014 20:13:13 +0000

Not really. 1 SMS = Request URL, so depending how many URLs do you request results the bill.

New comment by brg1007 in "Show HN: A simple IP address API"

brg1007 — Fri, 14 Feb 2014 20:48:46 +0000

This is the first service I tried in 8 years which returned correctly the location of an IP that i know physically where it is.

New comment by brg1007 in "Uber car attacked by Paris cab drivers on strike"

brg1007 — Mon, 13 Jan 2014 16:51:41 +0000

Try to read the first paragraph in this article[1] to understand better how technology improvements were handled in the past in France:

[1]http://www.economist.com/node/21524883