<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: frankvdwaal</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=frankvdwaal</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 07:16:10 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=frankvdwaal" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by frankvdwaal in "Keyboard differences between Windows and Macs"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>That is quite an angle you are describing, forcing you to roll your thumb under your palm exactly like Apple says you shouldn't do in its Mac Ergonomics document.<p>Resting your pinky naturally on control is quite easy because as it turns out, your fingers are not of equal length. So if you put your hand down on the keyboard in its most relaxed, natural position, most of your fingers may end up on the middle row and a shift. From there you only need to slide your relaxed hand downwards to get it in the perfect position for a ctrl-c/v action: Pinky on control, index finger on the x/c/v.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 00:25:15 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50028226</link><dc:creator>frankvdwaal</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50028226</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50028226</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by frankvdwaal in "Data Protection Commission fines Google €403M over processing of location data"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>You may want to point your ire at the right parties, because that is not a GDPR demand.</p>
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<p>I would also question the reliability of the sources. Who said so? Are they comparing the right numbers?<p>For example, in 2021 Twitter didn't report monthly users, but "monetisable daily active users", a metric that Musk did not understand.<p>I think that 650 million of X comes from a report of the SEC, but it also includes just users of Grok, not just the social media section.<p>So it's a different type of user, over a different time period, for a different service.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2026 17:53:36 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49778177</link><dc:creator>frankvdwaal</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49778177</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49778177</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by frankvdwaal in "Tether: iMessage, SMS, etc. on Linux"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Please elaborate, because sibling comment explained exactly what you have missed.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 05:16:31 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49505870</link><dc:creator>frankvdwaal</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49505870</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49505870</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by frankvdwaal in "Tether: iMessage, SMS, etc. on Linux"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>If you think that something extremely basic seems something that is hard to grasp for other people, it's usually because you're misunderstanding the situation, not because other people are failing to grasp the extremely basic thing.</p>
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<p>Macs are model of PCs of a specific brand that closes their PCs down. Continuing to treat Macs as different from other PCs is exactly what lifts scrutiny if they decide to implement notarisation on MacOS. "After all, it's not like it's a PC."</p>
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<p>A typo? Twice in the same post? In both places where "he" would normally appear? Localized entirely within your kitchen?</p>
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<p>The latter, obviously, and that is what's happening with the Digital Omnibus.</p>
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<p>Because that is the joke.</p>
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<p>Electing a dictator because you like their policies does not change the fact that you end up in a dictatorship.<p>Likewise, having voted for a corporation that takes away freedoms does not make your opinion relevant: you are still not the one in control, and neither is anyone else who bought in.</p>
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<p>What you want is not relevant, because you have no choice.<p>Apple depriving you of that choice may not inconvenience you, but you are still being deprived of that freedom in the first place. I suspect 100% of iPhone users are in the same boat.</p>
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<p>About a decade ago I worked at a water consultancy company (of which Thames Water happened to be a client) to build a catalogue website for pipe condition assessment technologies. Already at the time that I was building it, there were dozens of these finished products with all kinds of sensors for many sizes of pipes, be they dry or with water still flowing inside. Yes, there is some demand for these devices, but there is also a lot of technology out there already for many use cases.<p>All that to say: I too wonder what makes this one so special.</p>
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<p>I wouldn't mind a subtle HUD if I need to find my way to some place. Sure beats having to peer at my phone.<p>Otherwise... Eh. I don't care enough. Yet.</p>
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<p>He's a "Growth Engineer" from ElevenLabs. I'm not sure what that entails, but then I'm not familiar with that area of tech, so maybe someone else can explain it.</p>
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<p>Why one would pay for such a privilege? Because it's the latest new gadget and it's very convenient and its users don't experience any immediate negatives of using it. That's how people will happily let you get away with (digital) murder.</p>
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<p>I am curious, do you have the same anxieties about car drivers using maps applications to navigate?</p>
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<p>You'd first have to make proprietary changes, which you are not allowed to release, and so there's nobody to sell those services to.</p>
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<p>I usually just blurt out "cassis", a blackcurrant soda. I for one don't care about which brand. Does that count?</p>
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<p>The parent comment is not making a causal claim. They're pointing out a double standard: "Anyone arguing this is about childhood IQ and wouldn’t similarly ban (not stop mandating, ban) soft drinks, chips and fast food for kids, they’re signalling this is about something other than kids’ health."<p>In other words, if these people are anti-fluoride because it's supposedly bad for children's IQ, they should also oppose bad food for the same reason. If they don't, the supposed (unproven) health effects are not the reason. That's the point that is made, at least.</p>
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<p>A lot of slang comes from street language, so that thought may still be right. :)<p>It's a decades old word that used to mean trying to one up someone with tough talk, exaggerating, topping someone. That talk would be so high above the others, it would be the cap on top.<p>Now to have a good story, to have that cap, people could be... flexible with the truth, so eventually, over the years, to cap started to mean that you were telling a tall tale, a lie.</p>
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