Hacker News: fmkamchatka

Human Dignity

fmkamchatka — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 11:23:52 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nubero.ch/blog/017/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48597351

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by fmkamchatka in "Shunning AI is the human choice"

fmkamchatka — Fri, 22 May 2026 08:07:56 +0000

I’m not sure work sucks (at least as a general statement). Work is a way to be useful in the society and feeling useful is valuable for our wellbeing. I don’t think people who stop working and spend their days laying on the beach feel better.

New comment by fmkamchatka in "Scientists warn Atlantic current at risk of shutting down"

fmkamchatka — Sun, 10 May 2026 21:29:27 +0000

As a family: - We don’t use Uber Eats - We don’t fly - We bike in the city (long tail bikes to carry the kids) - We don’t use A/C (and resist so far installing it) and try to do some passive ventilation, shading to limit the house getting to hot in the summer (it’s gets sometimes around 42 C where we live) - We try to eat local food

…

And we are not sad!

New comment by fmkamchatka in "Scientists warn Atlantic current at risk of shutting down"

fmkamchatka — Sun, 10 May 2026 21:23:25 +0000

But how do you deal with that? How can they ignore the future suffering of our children?

New comment by fmkamchatka in "Scientists warn Atlantic current at risk of shutting down"

fmkamchatka — Sun, 10 May 2026 16:07:39 +0000

I can’t believe there are people in our industry who turn a blind eye (or worse) to these problems. They say that climate scientists are fearmongering and argue there is not a single truth.

The Training Data Paradox

fmkamchatka — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 23:23:08 +0000

Article URL: https://www.ivanturkovic.com/2026/03/01/training-data-paradox-ai-replacing-engineers-who-trained-it/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47255427

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

New comment by fmkamchatka in "Show HN: Local Privacy Firewall-blocks PII and secrets before ChatGPT sees them"

fmkamchatka — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 14:18:20 +0000

Could this run at the network level (like TripMode)? So it would catch usage from web based apps but also the ChatGPT app, Codex CLI etc?

New comment by fmkamchatka in "Reminder to passengers ahead of move to 100% digital boarding passes"

fmkamchatka — Mon, 10 Nov 2025 19:04:58 +0000

> Will deliver a greener experience

LMAO. When you get people on a flight your unprinted paper is meaningless.

Swift by Sundell Is Back

fmkamchatka — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 11:11:48 +0000

Article URL: https://www.swiftbysundell.com/special/swift-by-sundell-is-back/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43533589

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by fmkamchatka in "Everyone knows your location: tracking myself down through in-app ads"

fmkamchatka — Mon, 03 Feb 2025 06:23:31 +0000

I think he meant MAID <> PII

New comment by fmkamchatka in "The Official RevenueCat iOS App"

fmkamchatka — Wed, 23 Oct 2024 10:55:45 +0000

Why does it look so similar to the RCKit app while not beign s feature complete? Couldn’t they just buy the RCKit app and make it free?

New comment by fmkamchatka in "Storing dead people at -196°C [video]"

fmkamchatka — Fri, 04 Aug 2023 01:21:34 +0000

How can the planet sustain nobody dying?

New comment by fmkamchatka in "Heavier cars are safer for their drivers, but far deadlier for everyone else"

fmkamchatka — Mon, 12 Sep 2022 03:28:35 +0000

Do they really need a pickup truck? There are so many alternatives to carry around loads which are much lighter. What do you think construction workers and farmers use in Europe?

New comment by fmkamchatka in "Launch HN: Living Carbon (YC W20) – Trees that capture and store more carbon"

fmkamchatka — Mon, 14 Mar 2022 16:18:57 +0000

So if these trees become an invasive species we can say goodbye to our old regular trees. No thanks.

New comment by fmkamchatka in "Launch HN: Living Carbon (YC W20) – Trees that capture and store more carbon"

fmkamchatka — Mon, 14 Mar 2022 16:18:09 +0000

Solutions is to reduce consumption, insulate houses and stop flying. The planet as finite resources.

Maple Media has acquired the Scanbot app

fmkamchatka — Tue, 03 Mar 2020 18:23:48 +0000

Article URL: https://scanbot.io/blog/a-fresh-start/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22477244

Points: 5

# Comments: 0

Grasshopper 500ft Hovering

fmkamchatka — Tue, 27 Aug 2019 23:11:23 +0000

Article URL: https://www.teslarati.com/spacex-starhopper-flawless-final-flight-second-try/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20815337

Points: 1

# Comments: 2

A study in subscription scam on the App Store

fmkamchatka — Thu, 18 Oct 2018 21:03:15 +0000

Article URL: https://twitter.com/bvirlet/status/1052464554318286848

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18252096

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by fmkamchatka in "What do you do while it compiles?"

fmkamchatka — Thu, 31 May 2018 11:43:06 +0000

I like to use Focus (https://heyfocus.com/) on the Mac to prevent myself from actually doing these context switches.

New comment by fmkamchatka in "Deprecating the Sync and Datastore APIs"

fmkamchatka — Wed, 06 May 2015 17:07:28 +0000

"The Datastore API is somewhat unique in that it, unlike the Core API, deals with non-file data, so we’re working directly with individual developers to help them migrate to an alternative."

I would be interested in what this help means concretely for developers. I imagine Dropbox has limited interest helping small developers who might have used this API.