Hacker News: davidodio

New comment by davidodio in "Quien – A better WHOIS lookup tool"

davidodio — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 10:34:40 +0000

> Does not specify if it's vibe coded or not, which I think should be normal practice now

I am trying to say that when people freely share software with the world, I do not think you are entitled to try to add conditions. People are free to share whatever they like, in the conditions they like - in this case the MIT license. Everybody else is free to take the code AS IS.

There is a difference between a commercial transaction and software which is shared without any expectations in return. With software shared without any expectations in return. I don’t believe that we should be trying to create normal practices on top of existing licences or trying to specify under what conditions somebody can share something

> It's fine when someone cares about that kind of thing. And it's fine if they don't care, too. > We're allowed to like what we like. It's good to have options, and it's OK to prefer one way over another.

I agree and never said anything different, but if somebody wants to share under different conditions, then their conditions will always trump yours

New comment by davidodio in "Quien – A better WHOIS lookup tool"

davidodio — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 06:15:40 +0000

why would it be normal? the code is there for you to look at and use or not. It is open-source, licensed as open source and is very clear about that. Why would you feel that the author(s) should need to specify anything else at all to satisfy your curiosity?

New comment by davidodio in "Vite 8.0 Is Out"

davidodio — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 08:25:16 +0000

why? jsx is a great language for templating, the ui being a function of state is an incredible model. i am not a huge nextjs fan but React, mdx and friends are great for pre-rendered static content

New comment by davidodio in "Launch YC: Optifye.ai – AI performance monitoring for factory workers"

davidodio — Wed, 26 Feb 2025 05:49:11 +0000

well many workers can’t walk out the door anytime they want.

https://www.ilo.org/topics-and-sectors/forced-labour-modern-...

you may want to ask some of them about their experiences before displaying your privilege

New comment by davidodio in "A laptop stand made from a single sheet of recycled paper"

davidodio — Mon, 13 Jan 2025 18:52:09 +0000

“Costs” often ignore externalities like environmental damage and inequality. Landfilling or dumping plastic may be cheaper now, but it shifts the true cost — centuries of pollution —onto vulnerable communities today. There is a reason the clothing dumps are in Ghana and Chile, rather than wealthier nations like the US or Germany.

If the price to companies profiting from plastics included exteralities I could possibly agree with you but as it stands these costs are normally paid by disadvantaged individuals or marginalized ecosystems.

New comment by davidodio in "Ente: Open-Source, E2E Encrypted, Google Photos Alternative"

davidodio — Sat, 02 Mar 2024 08:52:08 +0000

Honestly, everyone can do what they want with their money but working in tech and being on a site like this and seeing this comment makes me really sad

We all want cool things, secure, where our data is protected and we are not the product, but 3 euros a month is too much?

No wonder big tech gets bigger and the rich get richer. The silicon valley VC funded feifdoms become more entrenched and, in the end, we all suffer for it

A year out of this world: NASA seeks volunteers to simulate Mars mission

davidodio — Tue, 20 Feb 2024 17:24:02 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/feb/20/year-mars-simulation-volunteers-nasa

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39444015

Points: 1

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New comment by davidodio in "Google pays Apple 36% of the revenue it earns from searches in Safari"

davidodio — Tue, 14 Nov 2023 09:35:09 +0000

using Kagi is pretty clumsy. We iOS users get to pick from a pretty limited list. In reality we should be able to set search to any endpiont that handles the ‘q’ param

New comment by davidodio in "Google's plan to stop Apple from getting serious about search"

davidodio — Fri, 27 Oct 2023 20:21:00 +0000

Interesting take. I’ve de-giogled my life so I didn’t think about chrome. Fair enough

New comment by davidodio in "Google's plan to stop Apple from getting serious about search"

davidodio — Fri, 27 Oct 2023 12:44:08 +0000

People installing what they like on their devices doesn’t change how your device works

Heat from extinct volcano could be piped into Dutch homes

davidodio — Fri, 28 Jul 2023 13:50:02 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/28/heat-from-extinct-volcano-could-be-piped-into-dutch-homes

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36906751

Points: 2

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‘Not soulless blocks of rice’: the secret world of Japan’s robot sushi chefs

davidodio — Sun, 22 Jan 2023 11:02:31 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/22/japans-hi-tech-restaurants-secret-world-robot-sushi-chefs

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34476199

Points: 2

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“The metaverse will be our slow death ’ Is Facebook losing its $100B gamble?

davidodio — Wed, 07 Dec 2022 08:20:52 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/dec/07/metaverse-slow-death-facebook-losing-100bn-gamble-virtual-reality-mark-zuckerberg

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33891949

Points: 10

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New comment by davidodio in "German state of Hesse has banned the use of Microsoft 365 in its schools"

davidodio — Fri, 25 Nov 2022 13:30:20 +0000

Indeed, maddening, especially as the wonderful https://mediasoup.org/ is developed here. Europe will never have great tech companies when the answer seems to be throwing €€€ away instead of investing locally

Porsche Goes Glamping: Iconic Automaker Launches Rooftop Tent

davidodio — Fri, 16 Sep 2022 04:01:30 +0000

Article URL: https://gearjunkie.com/motors/porsche-rooftop-tent

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32861911

Points: 2

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Human Trash Discovered on Mars

davidodio — Mon, 20 Jun 2022 20:03:33 +0000

Article URL: https://www.ecowatch.com/human-trash-discovered-mars.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31815092

Points: 2

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New comment by davidodio in "What One-person SaaS Healthchecks.io uses for hosting, hardware and software"

davidodio — Tue, 24 May 2022 09:05:49 +0000

The monthly Hetzner bill is €484.

New comment by davidodio in "You block ads in your browser, why not in your city?"

davidodio — Sun, 26 Dec 2021 12:25:30 +0000

Maybe watching ads would be a fair exchange if there was an option to pay, often (mostly), there isn’t. Additionally to some (most), ads aren’t the problem, its tracking, creation of shadow profiles etc

Never used photopea, hope it works out for you, but I wish website creators stopped thinking that invasion of my privacy is a currency

New comment by davidodio in "You block ads in your browser, why not in your city?"

davidodio — Sun, 26 Dec 2021 12:20:18 +0000

Honestly, going full subscription or bankrupt would be fine with me. It’s the publisher’s responsibility to find a business model that works. What exactly am I stealing by blocking ads? I have no moral or ethical oblication to view them or to allow them to follow me round the web… nowhere was I asked or consented to the exchange of my personal information and resources to view their content

Can big tech ever be reined in?

davidodio — Sun, 21 Nov 2021 17:53:25 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/nov/21/can-big-tech-ever-be-reined-in

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29298163

Points: 2

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