Hacker News: codfrantic

New comment by codfrantic in "216M Spy TVs – The LG Smart TV Problem [video]"

codfrantic — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 09:10:02 +0000

unless this VLAN doesn't allow internet access the issue persists. And if it doesn't, not connecting it would be the more logical choice.

New comment by codfrantic in "A $1k Wheelchair"

codfrantic — Thu, 03 Oct 2024 09:59:16 +0000

Don't forget Dutch people. I own and use four bicycles. My wife owns three.

New comment by codfrantic in "Electronics are built with death dates. Let’s not keep them a secret"

codfrantic — Tue, 09 Aug 2022 11:35:24 +0000

I guess this is because they are making their money on the replacement brushes, not the toothbrush itself.

New comment by codfrantic in "The Electric Car Atop Europe’s Sales Charts Isn’t a Tesla or VW"

codfrantic — Mon, 27 Jul 2020 13:48:02 +0000

This was specifically because starting in January this year tax breaks for electric cars were changed considerably for people leasing an electric car, specifically the more expensive ones.

New comment by codfrantic in "Turn your phone into a wireless webcam"

codfrantic — Wed, 08 Jul 2020 08:06:18 +0000

I have a gopro clone 'eken H9R' which does exactly this, bought it for €20 euro's from a local sort of craigslist.

If you plug it into your PC without an SD card inserted it will act as a webcam perfectly.

New comment by codfrantic in "Airport Stuffed with Airliners"

codfrantic — Wed, 29 Apr 2020 08:13:48 +0000

I know most of the KLM fleet in Europe is parked up at Schiphol airport. It was dry here the last few weeks but that stopped yesterday..

https://www.luchtvaartnieuws.nl/nieuws/categorie/2/airlines/...

New comment by codfrantic in "16-inch MacBook Pro"

codfrantic — Fri, 15 Nov 2019 13:38:15 +0000

same with their phones. If you know walk out of a mac store with a new laptop and a phone you can't charge the phone from the laptop...

New comment by codfrantic in "Luxembourg to be first European country to legalise cannabis"

codfrantic — Thu, 08 Aug 2019 14:29:07 +0000

> The Netherlands should legalize weed. They have two economic incentives (1) weed tax and (2) sustained tourism.

(3) professional agriculture can start producing high quality cannabis in greenhouses instead of the often dangerous attic setups with stolen electricity. (although people do get very creative! https://nltimes.nl/2016/07/22/cannabis-farm-found-eindhoven-...)

New comment by codfrantic in "How to Find Hidden Cameras in Your Airbnb"

codfrantic — Wed, 17 Jul 2019 11:01:21 +0000

Which then in turn isn't really enforced and the commercial guys running multiple appartments as full time rentals find intricate ways around the rules...

New comment by codfrantic in "Temperatures in France cross 45°C threshold for first time since records began"

codfrantic — Mon, 01 Jul 2019 15:14:22 +0000

Thanks to eneveu's googling a copy of the comment by the original GP is here :)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17046753

New comment by codfrantic in "Trinity: PSP Emulator Escape"

codfrantic — Mon, 24 Jun 2019 12:59:29 +0000

I remember a guy who mounted his PSP on the handlebars of his motorbike and used it for navigation with a GPS dongle. No rerouting but turn by turn instructions to get us to follow a pre-planned route :)

New comment by codfrantic in "Have we forgotten to make heat traps? (2012)"

codfrantic — Fri, 17 May 2019 06:58:13 +0000

I was really curious to read about this type of heating, then I read your comment. Quickly imagegoogled the term and found that this is the standard in most of north/west Europe.

New comment by codfrantic in "Sweden Wants to Revive Europe’s Overnight Trains"

codfrantic — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 13:02:09 +0000

Here in the Netherlands 1 liter of gasoline was very low a few months ago at about €1,55. Now back up to €1,60 if you do your best or €1,78 on the highways. Portugal is not that bad :)

Compared: https://autotraveler.ru/en/spravka/fuel-price-in-europe.html

New comment by codfrantic in "[dead]"

codfrantic — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 06:59:55 +0000

Google Tulip (aimed at the Netherlands but in English.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsPQvZm_rgM

New comment by codfrantic in "Ask HN: Recommendation for noise cancelling headphones?"

codfrantic — Fri, 03 Aug 2018 12:14:33 +0000

I use the Sony WH-H900N (h.ear 2) and absolutely love them, since I bought them (and a second set for my wife recently) three different colleagues ordered one after trying mine for < 10 minutes :-)

They cost around €220,-

New comment by codfrantic in "Cherry MX History"

codfrantic — Wed, 01 Aug 2018 10:02:51 +0000

The UK is the champion at this.

Hoover

Biro

Transit van

New comment by codfrantic in "France seizes france.com from man who's had it since 1994"

codfrantic — Mon, 30 Apr 2018 08:00:27 +0000

It's even worse. france.com forwards to france.fr at the moment..

New comment by codfrantic in "Ask HN: Weirdest hack that you ever saw in production?"

codfrantic — Mon, 26 Mar 2018 15:00:04 +0000

close:

https://thedailywtf.com/articles/The-Speedup-Loop

New comment by codfrantic in "Google collects cell tower info even if location services are disabled"

codfrantic — Thu, 23 Nov 2017 13:59:42 +0000

Same in the Netherlands, more and more shops are electronic payment only. Cash is a cost and a risk to them.

New comment by codfrantic in "Longest Lines of Sight on Earth"

codfrantic — Thu, 27 Jul 2017 12:00:45 +0000

You must be Danish, I though us Dutch had it bad (320 max) I guess we do go below sea level more which also makes this calculation more difficult :)

I do agree on the utter amazement of visiting less flat places :)