Hacker News: flyingjoe

New comment by flyingjoe in "Air Conditioning Is Not a Luxury, It Is a Necessity"

flyingjoe — Thu, 27 Aug 2026 12:17:35 +0000

For sure. I'm from Germany (but with an AC) as well and am always amazed when people tell me that AC makes you sick. Even young people sometimes replicate this "Oh you gotta be careful not to get sick" and would rather be in 30+°C indoors. How come Germans get sick while the rest of the world seems to be doing fine and is even productive during summer (it feels like Germany grinds to a halt during heatwaves).

New comment by flyingjoe in "Firefox 157 will include JPEG XL by default on all platforms"

flyingjoe — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 12:14:05 +0000

Aren't they translating to JPG on upload automatically anyways?

New comment by flyingjoe in "Firefox 157 will include JPEG XL by default on all platforms"

flyingjoe — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 12:00:47 +0000

because updating a single app via the app store is faster than updating the whole OS. Having a security vulnerability in a browser could be fixed immediately, but having to ship out a whole new OS leaves it open for a while. Especially with users generally being against/too lazy to do OS updates

New comment by flyingjoe in "Apple introduces M6 and M5 Ultra"

flyingjoe — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 13:29:02 +0000

More like an "ecosystem company".

It's the Hardware, Software and Services in combination. None would work without the other (to reach the scale apple is)

New comment by flyingjoe in "Cursor launches Origin, GitHub alternative"

flyingjoe — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 17:05:04 +0000

When I click "Get Started" I get greeted with a Github Login button which is kind of ironic

New comment by flyingjoe in "Apple announces changes for apps in the European Union"

flyingjoe — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 16:57:39 +0000

It's very obvious from just reading comments on youtube, instagram etc. It drives people towards extreme right parties and not believing in science anymore..

New comment by flyingjoe in "Apple announces changes for apps in the European Union"

flyingjoe — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 16:40:37 +0000

don't feed the trolls - most of his comments are focussed on how bad Europe or the EU is. Weird.

New comment by flyingjoe in "US strikes $1.2B deal to pay German firm to halt offshore wind projects"

flyingjoe — Fri, 07 Aug 2026 12:54:40 +0000

More and more it seems like we're trying to do a speed run of killing our planet (or rather a planet worth living on).

New comment by flyingjoe in "Apple to skip high-end M6 Mac chips in favor of AI-focused M7 line"

flyingjoe — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 08:56:25 +0000

Thanks, I didn't know that one! Very impressive speed although quality seems very bad

New comment by flyingjoe in "How do I cancel my ChatGPT subscription?"

flyingjoe — Sat, 28 Feb 2026 09:31:02 +0000

Do you have some reference on what setup you're talking about? I'd like to integrate it into my IDE (cursor/vscode) - are there docs on such a setup?

New comment by flyingjoe in "Sovereignty in a System Prompt"

flyingjoe — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 09:25:17 +0000

Can someone try this one? https://gist.github.com/lucasmrdt/4215e483257e1d81e44842eddb...

New comment by flyingjoe in "Resist and Unsubscribe"

flyingjoe — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 21:00:11 +0000

What would be your suggestion on how to reach his 1.6 million followers to join this movement if he can't use instagram?

New comment by flyingjoe in "Helsinki records zero traffic deaths for full year"

flyingjoe — Sun, 03 Aug 2025 07:12:52 +0000

Also Americans drive cars that have a much higher probability to kill pedestrians and will go everywhere by car (instead of walking, biking or taking public transport) due to their city architecture.