<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: eterpstra</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=eterpstra</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 08:49:52 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=eterpstra" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by eterpstra in "US Visa Applications Must Be Submitted from Country of Residence or Nationality"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Can anyone explain a rational political motivation behind this? I realize "less immigrants" is the hand-wavy explanation, but how does this benefit those in charge?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2025 17:17:23 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45160110</link><dc:creator>eterpstra</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45160110</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45160110</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by eterpstra in "A 1980s toy robot arm inspired modern robotics"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I had this thing and loved it but it WAS SO G$DD$MN LOUD!!!!!<p>It was like the sound of a pile of silverware dumped into a garbage disposal played at full volume over an AM radio.<p>Great controls, though.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 20 Apr 2025 15:17:35 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43744326</link><dc:creator>eterpstra</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43744326</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43744326</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by eterpstra in "Show HN: Live-updating version of the 'What a week, huh?' meme"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Welcome to ZOMBOCOM</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Feb 2025 12:47:23 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43088877</link><dc:creator>eterpstra</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43088877</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43088877</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by eterpstra in "Stargate Project: SoftBank, OpenAI, Oracle, MGX to build data centers"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>According to the business plan, solving world hunger and ending disease comes AFTER the 1/2 trillion dollar AGI buildout.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jan 2025 22:40:46 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42786019</link><dc:creator>eterpstra</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42786019</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42786019</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by eterpstra in "Show HN: Trmnl, a hackable e-ink dashboard that helps you stay focused"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Saw your comments in the MomBoard post. This is <i>exactly</i> what I've been looking for. Ordered a dev edition in white :)</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 14 Nov 2024 17:33:21 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42138699</link><dc:creator>eterpstra</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42138699</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42138699</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by eterpstra in "Bitcoin has made a new all-time high price"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>So I should not believe attestations by third parties because they are all lies then? <a href="https://tether.to/en/transparency/?tab=reports" rel="nofollow">https://tether.to/en/transparency/?tab=reports</a><p>I guess that would be not much different than Moody's lying about debt ratings prior to 2008.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 06 Nov 2024 14:49:30 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42063130</link><dc:creator>eterpstra</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42063130</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42063130</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by eterpstra in "Bitcoin has made a new all-time high price"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>What about this one? <a href="https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/8450-21" rel="nofollow">https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/8450-21</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 06 Nov 2024 14:47:08 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42063087</link><dc:creator>eterpstra</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42063087</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42063087</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by eterpstra in "Bitcoin has made a new all-time high price"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I don't know. What's going to happen with Tether?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 06 Nov 2024 14:40:38 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42062967</link><dc:creator>eterpstra</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42062967</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42062967</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by eterpstra in "Bitcoin has made a new all-time high price"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Don't buy bitcoin because it will crash... <a href="https://www.youtube.com/shorts/vII3xWrXzwY" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/shorts/vII3xWrXzwY</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 06 Nov 2024 14:39:27 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42062952</link><dc:creator>eterpstra</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42062952</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42062952</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by eterpstra in "The quiet art of attention"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>You know, the entire point of this website is to comment on articles with our own thoughts, experiences, and opinions - even if it's moralizing and/or grandstanding.<p>Can we stop discouraging comments in the comment section? It gets so tiresome.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 13 Oct 2024 17:23:50 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41829763</link><dc:creator>eterpstra</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41829763</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41829763</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by eterpstra in "Ask HN: Platform for 11 year old to create video games?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>> > It's disheartening for kids when the thing they've worked hard on simply isn't fun — particularly when they share it with friends and are met with, at best, a shrug.<p>An easy way around this is to have kids include their friends as characters. Even if it's just a name and reasonable facsimile.  And add some silly humor.<p>Yet another run and jump platformer game with a made-up character is going to be boring.  A platformer where Billy from down the street farts jelly beans every time he jumps will probably get a few playthoughs and shares.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Sep 2024 13:41:02 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41647420</link><dc:creator>eterpstra</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41647420</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41647420</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by eterpstra in "The Meaning of Bitcoin"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Exactly, but the value proposition of crypto is that it's *very* difficult to disrupt.  See Nigeria for a current example of a national government trying and failing to get its population to give up on crypto.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2024 13:39:33 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40633579</link><dc:creator>eterpstra</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40633579</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40633579</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by eterpstra in "The Meaning of Bitcoin"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Sir, this is the internet. Nobody reads past the headline before spouting their opinion.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2024 13:37:01 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40633558</link><dc:creator>eterpstra</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40633558</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40633558</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by eterpstra in "The Meaning of Bitcoin"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>It's unfortunate that the loudest advocates of crypto in the US and Europe are screeching libertarians and grifters/scammers.  They drown out the everyday users in far off places like Argentina and Nigeria that nobody (in the US and Europe) seem to care about.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2024 13:35:26 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40633537</link><dc:creator>eterpstra</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40633537</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40633537</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by eterpstra in "The Meaning of Bitcoin"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Different countries have different regulations and differing levels of permeation within society.  Nobody in the US will take crypto as payment (other than a few niche retailers), but it's a pretty popular payment option in places like Argentina, Estonia, El Salvador, Vietnam, India, Singapore, and Nigeria.  So popular in Nigeria, in fact, that it's displacing the local currency and the government is (unsuccessfully) trying to ban p2p transactions.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2024 13:33:00 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40633503</link><dc:creator>eterpstra</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40633503</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40633503</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by eterpstra in "The Meaning of Bitcoin"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>No. If you're happy with USD, then use USD.  If you are Argentinian (or Venezuelan, or Iraqi, or Zimbabwean) and your currency is getting devalued to nothing and the government is restricting access to your funds and preventing you from holding USD, then Bitcoin or Stablecoins are a pretty good option.<p>The attitude I see a lot (mostly by Americans and Western Europeans) is that "Crypto is not useful to me, therefor it is not useful to anyone" - forgetting that it's a global network open to everyone and anyone. And that other countries exist that are difficult places to live at times.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2024 13:26:49 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40633428</link><dc:creator>eterpstra</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40633428</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40633428</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by eterpstra in "Rabbit R1 source code [part 1]"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Maybe they hacked together something that can feasibly me marketed as an AI-assistant knowing that whatever they build now will get "steamrolled" by GPT-5 (Sam's words, not mine). When GPT-5 gets released, update the OS and it'll work as advertised... EZ-PZ!</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2024 19:20:47 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40136059</link><dc:creator>eterpstra</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40136059</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40136059</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by eterpstra in "46yr-old man claims to have a teen's body, wants to build nation of immortals"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>He's doing exactly what he wants with purpose and determination. Probably enjoying himself.  It's not what I would do, but you know - to each his own.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Feb 2024 13:35:42 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39537678</link><dc:creator>eterpstra</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39537678</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39537678</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by eterpstra in "46yr-old man claims to have a teen's body, wants to build nation of immortals"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>"Avoiding the sun" does not mean "avoid going outside"
Long sleeves, hat, sunglasses go a long way to prevent burns and skin cancer. Sunscreen, too, but something tells me this guy doesn't do sunscreen.<p>source: married to a dermatologist.</p>
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<p>Mine is definitely one of those.</p>
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