Hacker News: ff10

New comment by ff10 in "UEFA and its national associations will not participate in FIFA competitions"

ff10 — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 19:49:15 +0000

I secretly hope that Infantino goes ahead with it anyway. UEFA and others will form something new. Something that replaces the incredibly broken and corrupted FIFA with a de-facto and de-jure non-profit governing body.

New comment by ff10 in "AI is just unauthorised plagiarism at a bigger scale"

ff10 — Thu, 21 May 2026 14:53:50 +0000

Nono, actually there are no thoughts. Every utterance is just a copy of a previous utterance plus a slight random mutation. (somewhat /s)

New comment by ff10 in "What nicotine does to your brain"

ff10 — Wed, 19 Nov 2025 09:34:24 +0000

0 Karma / 7 days old account.

New comment by ff10 in "GPT-4o"

ff10 — Tue, 14 May 2024 07:24:15 +0000

I tried to make ChatGPT generate a counterpoint for that but it turns out you're right.

New comment by ff10 in "Apollo will close down on June 30th"

ff10 — Fri, 09 Jun 2023 07:23:20 +0000

Well, as it stands HN is like just another good subreddit.

New comment by ff10 in "U-Bahn station in Berlin is decorated with radioactive uranium glazed tiles"

ff10 — Tue, 07 Feb 2023 14:17:13 +0000

Apparently the amount of radiation is safe:

> Auch an einem eher ungewöhnlichen Ort haben die Mitarbeiter der Behörde schon Messungen durchgeführt. Der U-Bahnhof Rosenthaler Platz rückte wegen seiner vielen orangefarbenen Kacheln ins Visier der Behörde. „Die Farbe wird mit dem Schwermetall Uran hergestellt, weil es beim Brennvorgang sehr hitzebeständig ist“, sagt Leps. Die Strahlung ist laut dem Experten jedoch belanglos. Auch für Menschen, die sich länger auf dem U-Bahnhof aufhalten, besteht keine Gefahr.

In short: "According to experts the radiation is trivial."

Source (from the toot thread): https://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/bleibende-werte-1545553.h...

New comment by ff10 in "U-Bahn station in Berlin is decorated with radioactive uranium glazed tiles"

ff10 — Tue, 07 Feb 2023 14:14:31 +0000

Yes, Pfannkuchen is the name used in Berlin.

New comment by ff10 in "The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2021"

ff10 — Wed, 06 Oct 2021 14:45:29 +0000

I guess it's alway a question of what audience you speak to. OPs explanation could probably be summarized in 2 sentences when aimed at chemists.

New comment by ff10 in "How the World's First Computer Was Rescued from the Scrap Heap (2014)"

ff10 — Tue, 16 Feb 2021 10:48:42 +0000

Obligatory comment that the Z3 was the world's first digital computer. Not sure what the "real" refers to in the headline, but it turns out that the Z3 was indeed Turing complete.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z3_(computer)

New comment by ff10 in "YouTube bans coronavirus-related content that directly contradicts WHO advice"

ff10 — Thu, 23 Apr 2020 20:03:51 +0000

You’re on a slippery slope and don’t consider that this is an exceptional situation. The danger of losing civil liberties comes when the exception becomes the rule.

AFAIK, no amendments have been violated since YouTube is a private entity. They can editorialize what they, how they want. It’s is their liberty to make a choice here, the same as your liberty to not support that choice.

New comment by ff10 in "American Suburbs Swell Again as a New Generation Escapes the City"

ff10 — Tue, 02 Jul 2019 12:35:37 +0000

Take a guess.

New comment by ff10 in "Germany's car industry faces a perfect storm"

ff10 — Sat, 02 Mar 2019 12:29:42 +0000

You imply that traditional dashboards are too complicated. However, Tesla is merely hiding that complexity behind one or a few screens an a few buttons. I like the approach to minimalism, but in my opinion there has to be a balance between pragmatism and beauty. The learning curve and ease of access is just lower in German (or traditional) dashboards in general. I am not sure if Tesla found that particular balance. I hear a lot of hate towards the giant screen and no love, but that is just anecdotal. I assume Tesla went so radical in the Model 3 to save costs, rather than to stay minimalistic.

New comment by ff10 in "Gatwick drones: Two arrested over flight disruption"

ff10 — Sat, 22 Dec 2018 09:47:30 +0000

I wonder, does that mean loss of precision or complete failure?

New comment by ff10 in "Wall Street Rule for the #MeToo Era: Avoid Women at All Cost"

ff10 — Mon, 03 Dec 2018 17:34:05 +0000

I wonder how gay men handle this situation. Are situations that are symmetrical to the heterosexual version causing similar issues?

New comment by ff10 in "iPad Pro"

ff10 — Tue, 30 Oct 2018 17:36:45 +0000

For the record, it seems to work both ways with desktop Safari.

New comment by ff10 in "Google drops plans for Berlin campus after protests"

ff10 — Fri, 26 Oct 2018 12:59:18 +0000

... or Adlershof for that matter.

New comment by ff10 in " Tim Cook Says Apple Is Focusing on an Autonomous Car System"

ff10 — Tue, 13 Jun 2017 13:36:39 +0000

What does Apple stand for and why does it clash with a speculative future outlined here?

New comment by ff10 in "iOS 11 Location Privacy: "Only While Using" is now always an option for users"

ff10 — Wed, 07 Jun 2017 15:35:18 +0000

iOS does that too – after a while of carrying it around.

New comment by ff10 in "NSA secretly conducted illegal searches on Americans for years"

ff10 — Wed, 24 May 2017 10:14:30 +0000

You're exactly describing the reason why there is checks and balances. "People in power" is supposed to be a heterogenous group with different interests and formal functions. Your post suggests that it doesn't work properly in your country anymore. I wonder where exactly one could pinpoint the weak spots and systemic issues.

New comment by ff10 in "Tesla Passes Ford by Market Value"

ff10 — Mon, 03 Apr 2017 15:53:09 +0000

Continue in the same vein: Musk works for Tesla.