Hacker News: bschwarz

New comment by bschwarz in "German implementation of eIDAS will require an Apple/Google account to function"

bschwarz — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 10:02:49 +0000

If they have to support something that most everybody has they will soon stop supporting alternatives that are not required by law. What then?

New comment by bschwarz in "Arno's Engram Keyboard Layouts"

bschwarz — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 08:45:51 +0000

The Svalboard with just the old default QWERTY based layout was enough to save my hands after having tried pretty much every ergonomic keyboard out there. I'll never get tired of recommending this keyboard!

New comment by bschwarz in "Global warming has accelerated significantly"

bschwarz — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 17:44:10 +0000

China is also replacing old, inefficient coal power plants with new ones.

New comment by bschwarz in "We installed a single turnstile to feel secure"

bschwarz — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 12:03:41 +0000

Considering caning often creates scars I don't see how it avoids permanent injury.

New comment by bschwarz in "Back end where you just define schema, access policy, and functions"

bschwarz — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 09:31:30 +0000

I don't think Elixir's Ash is too far off: https://ash-hq.org

New comment by bschwarz in "AI is not a coworker, it's an exoskeleton"

bschwarz — Fri, 20 Feb 2026 10:52:04 +0000

Please check your links, 3/7 don't work and it's the most interesting ones.

New comment by bschwarz in "Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month"

bschwarz — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 06:11:44 +0000

I would say the main thing that got people to switch to Discord was the fact that voice chat was free, paid for by VC money.

New comment by bschwarz in "What I learned building an opinionated and minimal coding agent"

bschwarz — Sun, 01 Feb 2026 10:31:48 +0000

The only moat in all of this is capital.

New comment by bschwarz in "Two days of oatmeal reduce cholesterol level"

bschwarz — Fri, 30 Jan 2026 17:33:06 +0000

Patient compliance is notoriously fickle, especially when it comes to changing one's lifestyle (diet).

New comment by bschwarz in "Finding and fixing Ghostty's largest memory leak"

bschwarz — Sun, 11 Jan 2026 15:28:46 +0000

How little guidance can you give Claude Code to a) find and b) fix this memory leak? Summoning @simonw

New comment by bschwarz in "Claude Code CLI was broken"

bschwarz — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 09:48:31 +0000

Was it Steve Yegge who introduced "but is it good? [yes]"? I can't find the first instance of this.

New comment by bschwarz in "HPV vaccination reduces oncogenic HPV16/18 prevalence from 16% to <1% in Denmark"

bschwarz — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 17:34:19 +0000

HPV is also responsible for very unsightly genital warts. I'd think people would want to avoid that if possible.

New comment by bschwarz in "Resistance training load does not determine hypertrophy"

bschwarz — Thu, 01 Jan 2026 12:06:47 +0000

Be sure to not take strengthlevel.com too seriously.

New comment by bschwarz in "Independent review of UK national security law warns of overreach"

bschwarz — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 16:25:23 +0000

The skill set required to reach leadership positions does not necessarily match the skill set of a good leader.

New comment by bschwarz in "Show HN: Aidlab – Health Data for Devs"

bschwarz — Mon, 13 Oct 2025 15:01:16 +0000

Very commendable approach!

Are you using Movesense as the chest movement sensor per chance? I've been looking into breathing rate lately, but haven't made the jump just yet.

New comment by bschwarz in "Way past its prime: how did Amazon get so rubbish?"

bschwarz — Sun, 05 Oct 2025 08:24:07 +0000

Amazon.de customer service has consistently been much better than anything else in Germany, so it's probably not the law.

New comment by bschwarz in "Bundler Belongs to the Ruby Community"

bschwarz — Thu, 25 Sep 2025 14:14:12 +0000

> DHH and Lutke don’t have the community’s best interests at heart.

How does this manifest?

New comment by bschwarz in "Germicidal UV could make airborne diseases as rare as those carried by water"

bschwarz — Tue, 23 Sep 2025 10:58:53 +0000

This moderate amount of UV is enough to accelerate skin aging which is why we wear sunscreen.

New comment by bschwarz in "The health benefits of sunlight may outweigh the risk of skin cancer"

bschwarz — Sat, 20 Sep 2025 04:58:24 +0000

SPF 4: https://www.health.harvard.edu/skin-and-hair/are-there-benef...

New comment by bschwarz in "Red meat consumption within high-quality diets may support mental health"

bschwarz — Tue, 26 Aug 2025 12:35:46 +0000

Best taken with a grain of salt as this study was funded by the National Cattlemen's Beef Association.