Hacker News: flopbobhttps://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=flopbobHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Fri, 10 Apr 2026 06:42:42 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by flopbob in "Help Keep Thunderbird Alive"]]>You can buy their Products. Afaik if you buy i.e. Firefox relay the revenue does not go to the foundation.

Edit: I just checked the Invoice, payment goes indeed to Mozilla Corporation, not the foundation.

]]>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 14:05:25 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47703951flopbobhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47703951https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47703951<![CDATA[New comment by flopbob in ""Privacy preserving age verification" is bullshit"]]>That would be an unlikely scenario. No one would just sell their ID just like that because you have to go to the police to make a report on what happened exactly which then gets distributed in whole Europe and also getting a new ID is quite a procedure and costly unfortunately

]]>Thu, 14 Aug 2025 21:29:43 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44905928flopbobhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44905928https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44905928<![CDATA[New comment by flopbob in "Discontinued and unreleased Microsoft peripherals revived by licensing deal"]]>Even if you would, the games don't support it anymore. It really was the best joystick I've eveused

]]>Sun, 07 Jan 2024 11:38:02 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38900401flopbobhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38900401https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38900401<![CDATA[New comment by flopbob in "Grid operator to interfere in Finnish electricity market after bidding error"]]>Small correction, they sold 5787 MWh every hour on Friday! So the 24-fold

]]>Fri, 24 Nov 2023 09:05:01 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38401914flopbobhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38401914https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38401914<![CDATA[New comment by flopbob in "Austria rail operator OeBB unveils new night trains"]]>Afaik did ÖBB manage to reach net zero with night trains pre covid. That would be good enough for me

]]>Sun, 08 Oct 2023 16:28:08 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37811883flopbobhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37811883https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37811883<![CDATA[New comment by flopbob in "The German group buying ticket dodgers out of prison"]]>You might want to check your online banking portal thoroughly. I stumbled by accident over a semi-hidden place in mine that listed every SEPA Mandat and let me revoke them

]]>Thu, 28 Sep 2023 07:38:12 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37686514flopbobhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37686514https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37686514