Hacker News: ddoeth

New comment by ddoeth in "Gemini 4 Carbon"

ddoeth — Wed, 28 Oct 2026 20:47:51 +0000

I don't think calling a model europium will be seen as political if it is a clear line of alphabetical animals, but who knows what the fine president can cook up

New comment by ddoeth in "Muse Wonder"

ddoeth — Wed, 14 Oct 2026 05:24:12 +0000

There is a reason this is US only, in Europe stuff like that does not fly

New comment by ddoeth in "Fingerprints are the new cookies"

ddoeth — Tue, 13 Oct 2026 20:10:10 +0000

don't give them ideas!

New comment by ddoeth in "Fingerprints are the new cookies"

ddoeth — Tue, 13 Oct 2026 20:08:32 +0000

nice of you to assume I restart my browser every two weeks

New comment by ddoeth in "French supermarket's Christmas advert is worldwide hit (without AI) [video]"

ddoeth — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 13:32:33 +0000

Well the reason apple trees make apples is actually that someone can eat them, and then ideally poop out the seeds so that a new tree can grow. But that is literally their purpose.

New comment by ddoeth in "Pebble Index 01 – External memory for your brain"

ddoeth — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 14:51:03 +0000

> So people should make their own choices about the products they buy? A little, yeah. Buy and don't use: your problem. Buy and can't use because I can't change the battery: subject to regulation. We can't stop anyone from making dumb monetary decisions, but we can stop products not being repairable.

New comment by ddoeth in "Pebble Index 01 – External memory for your brain"

ddoeth — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 07:20:40 +0000

I on the other hand love it. I am often out without my phone closeby and having a way to take notes with one hand during some activity would be great.

New comment by ddoeth in "Pebble Index 01 – External memory for your brain"

ddoeth — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 07:19:37 +0000

My main concern here is that i live in an area that regularly get's below -20° and my electronic devices are regularly dying around me. And while I try to keep my hands warm-ish, they do get cold sometimes, and it would suck if a non replaceable battery died on me early because of this.

New comment by ddoeth in "Pebble Index 01 – External memory for your brain"

ddoeth — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 07:17:20 +0000

Then don't buy it? I'm not buying these toys, and why would I?

New comment by ddoeth in "Pebble Index 01 – External memory for your brain"

ddoeth — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 07:15:54 +0000

Hearing aids have had replaceable batteries since they were invented basically. I still remember my grandma 20 years ago fiddling with the small batteries, so that really is not a problem.

New comment by ddoeth in "Pebble Index 01 – External memory for your brain"

ddoeth — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 20:47:25 +0000

Me too, i hate that I would have to throw out a fully functioning device if the battery dies.

New comment by ddoeth in "Pebble Index 01 – External memory for your brain"

ddoeth — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 20:42:44 +0000

I really like the thought and the format, but I do not like that I can't change the battery. Even if it is not easy, I still think there should be a way to change the battery.

New comment by ddoeth in "Pebble Index 01 – External memory for your brain"

ddoeth — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 20:23:01 +0000

It's still easier to turn around a ring than to fiddle with a a phone. And more legal as well, no laws against rotating a ring while rinding your bike. That's fully haptic, no is drawn from traffic for that.

New comment by ddoeth in "Samsung's 60% DRAM price hike signals a new phase of global memory tightening"

ddoeth — Sun, 23 Nov 2025 12:18:08 +0000

Why do you need all of these tabs open? How do you find what you need?

New comment by ddoeth in "Android's sideloading limits are its most anti-consumer move"

ddoeth — Tue, 14 Oct 2025 09:58:20 +0000

I want to preface this by saying that I use almost only signal, but I do get the appeal. Walking out of the house and switching from wifi to mobile is so smooth, signal always takes a hot minute to reconnect, but with facetime (and for that matter meet and whatsapp video calls) you barely get a stutter. For the most part it really is a "it just works" solution whereas signal sometimes feels a little klunky. I don't mind, but I get that people value that.

New comment by ddoeth in "Grapevine canes can be converted into plastic-like material that will decompose"

ddoeth — Mon, 15 Sep 2025 13:40:39 +0000

While they can go in the organic waste bins, they still get sorted out at the end because they don't degrade fast enough.

Study from Australia: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0956053X2... Article from California: https://www.siliconvalley.com/2024/11/21/when-compostables-a... German Trash Company: https://www.zakb.de/keine-fremdstoffe-im-bioabfall

New comment by ddoeth in "The daily life of a medieval king"

ddoeth — Wed, 30 Jul 2025 04:07:13 +0000

And I would hazard a guess that the dentist was also only mildly impressed by the smell

New comment by ddoeth in "The daily life of a medieval king"

ddoeth — Wed, 30 Jul 2025 04:06:11 +0000

While sauerkraut fermentation uses salt, the main technique preserving the cabbage is the fermentation and sauerkraut is thus not super salty (about 1% of the weight is salt)

New comment by ddoeth in " and (2020)"
ddoeth — Mon, 09 Jun 2025 10:26:20 +0000

> Who here remembers frames?
Don't worry, they are still alive, the swedish crime statistics website still uses them [0]. It's a great experience for everyone.
[0]: https://statistik.bra.se/solwebb/action/index

New comment by ddoeth in "Researchers develop ‘transparent paper’ as alternative to plastics"

ddoeth — Sat, 07 Jun 2025 16:26:33 +0000

In 2021 there were 51 Million tons of plastic waste produced in the US [0], which is about 150kg per person.
Burning that is creating between 264 and 750kg of CO2 per person and year, definitely not insignificant.
I'm not saying that big corporations are not responsible for a huge chunk of the emissions, but getting away from using so much plastic is not hurting.
[0]: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1339439/plastic-waste-ma...