<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Hacker News: dethos</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=dethos</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 18:55:31 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=dethos" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by dethos in "Goodbye Visa and Mastercard: 130M Europeans switching to sovereign payment"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I really want this initiative to succeed. MBway a participant in it, is perhaps one of the most useful apps I ever had on my phone. Extending its functionality to all of Europe would be outstanding. Especially if I can then use it online on international websites.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 15:01:35 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48208980</link><dc:creator>dethos</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48208980</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48208980</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by dethos in "I moved my digital stack to Europe"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Nice and succinct article, and the choices seem reasonable and well thought out.<p>My only question is, what are the selling points that made you choose Lettermint over Scaleway TEM?<p>Using TEM seemed obvious at first sight, given the fact that you already use Scaleway for object storage and compute.</p>
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<p>This is genuinely funny. Spot on.</p>
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<p>We all knew this wouldn't work (at least anyone who grew up during and after the 80s). These "rules", in the best-case scenario, are just useless bureaucracy or bloat in the name of good intentions. In the worst case, they have nothing to do with protecting kids and are just paving the way for what comes next.</p>
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<p>To be sincere, they were never truly ours. A proof of that is they were able to come up with this, and you don't have a way to reject it.<p>What we actually need are (open) alternatives, not to double down on Google's ecosystem and Google-controlled OS. We need to control the device we bought and be able to run whatever we wish on it. Just like we do on PCs.</p>
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<p>Makes sense. I never worked with this particular provider, but I must say that for many (many) use cases, Europe has very capable providers, and the big US players are not necessarily the best choices.</p>
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<p>I would still get a Framework rather than a MacBook. A couple of hundred dollars for the openness, repairability, and upgradability is a great deal.</p>
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<p>The movement of the "bat" is tied to the physical limitations of the arm and the positioning of the body. Something that can't be deduced or even perceived clearly from the movements of this robot.<p>As I mentioned in a previous comment, it would be important to know how many weeks of preparation and training against this sort of robot the player had before the match.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 07:56:34 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47873225</link><dc:creator>dethos</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47873225</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47873225</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by dethos in "Ping-pong robot beats top-level human players"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Exactly. There are cues that an opponent provides when approaching a ball that help the player prepare for and limit the range of possible responses (this happens with most racket games). With these robots, the players only find out after the ball is already coming in their direction.<p>I wonder how much practice these players had against the machine in the weeks leading up to the actual game. That would be significant to ensure they are playing at their pro level.</p>
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<p>Nice. I wonder how hard it would be to take the open-source code of the project and adapt it to other countries.</p>
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<p>As I mentioned previously, the writing is on the wall. It is a matter of time.<p>We definitely need a true alternative on the market, preferably open, to balance things out and to free everyone from the duopoly. The political pressure that is needed is not to “keep” Android open, but to ensure that governments and institutions don't double down on the existing duopoly. Ensure that interoperability standards are in place, and don't lock people into the existing big tech platforms/solutions.</p>
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<p>Bingo</p>
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<p>> If there's a healthy future for socializing on the internet, I think it will happen in small communities.<p>Bingo. Not a big (or even a small) user of social media. But small, focused communities are where I see it bring the most value for the user.<p>They are also where I've seen the most interesting initiatives since the 90s. The rest is just influential "people" broadcasting their content.</p>
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<p>That was a close one. This is getting harder and harder. It is important not to be naive to the point of thinking this is over.</p>
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<p>One of the other comments mentions <a href="https://codefloe.com" rel="nofollow">https://codefloe.com</a>. I haven't tested and haven't yet checked their background, but they seem to allow private repositories.</p>
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<p>This should be applied to the whole EU.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 16:53:28 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47457285</link><dc:creator>dethos</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47457285</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47457285</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by dethos in "Kagi Small Web"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Yes, SU was fascinating at the time. I kind of like this style of exploring the web; it gets a bit addictive, you spend hours on it but end up finding interesting content and other stuff that you wouldn't otherwise.</p>
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<p>But the 10M that care will spend their money elsewhere. That is already something, for OpenAI and also for the other competitors these people will switch to.</p>
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<p>> I like it how everyone says that, but there is no european cloud operator able to offer what AWS/GCP/Azure offer.<p>You don't need all of that. You can go a long way with the basics, and those are well covered.</p>
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<p>Things are really getting ugly there. So sad to witness it happening in “real time.”</p>
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