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New comment by frxx in "New 14‑inch MacBook Pro with M6"

frxx — Wed, 28 Oct 2026 07:50:45 +0000

Surprising somehow, to me. One would imagine Apple could make a good amount of money by selling storage and thoughts-off safety for normies? And catch up to what Google offered like then years ago already with ChromeOS.

New comment by frxx in "Deutsche Bahn "joke" is no longer funny"

frxx — Sat, 03 Oct 2026 00:26:50 +0000

I don't want to doxx myself, but they don't put anything on the departure display anymore. So the train that comes at some point, after 5, 10 minutes, which train is it? Impossible to tell. I just factor it in.

I also hear the same from others riding the busy lines inside of the city. I think it's due to the amount of people getting in/off during the high traffic times, but still, many trains are late 5 out of 7 days at the minimum.

New comment by frxx in "Deutsche Bahn "joke" is no longer funny"

frxx — Tue, 29 Sep 2026 01:12:10 +0000

I'm not sure if most people know but you need to distinguish between two kinds of trains here.

The Shinkansen system is rarely late, that is true. Part of the reason for that is that they are running on their own, isolated tracks. Downside here is that they are quite expensive. Flights between, let's say Tokyo and Osaka, are often faster and cheaper.

The trains that normal people take every day to get to work, are, depending on city and line/owner of course, partially late every single day during rush hour. They don't even show the time or kind of the next train that will come.

The commuters of course know this and just leave the house a bit earlier, so in practice it's not a huge problem.

New comment by frxx in "Ask HN: What did you find out or explore today?"

frxx — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 11:41:51 +0000

Depending on the measurement method and your method of calibration, I'd assume "slightly below atmospheric" is probably just atmospheric. Funnily enough, more CO2 in the blood can actually increase athletic performance and resilience against it is also helping with that. I just open my windows though from time to time.

New comment by frxx in "The snail farm don: is this the most brazen tax avoidance scheme of all time?"

frxx — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 12:11:42 +0000

Wildest article I've read in a while.

New comment by frxx in "Udo Kier"

frxx — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 10:53:44 +0000

RIP, Wolfgang Kortzfleisch :(

OS Malevich – how we made a system that embodies the idea of simplicity (2017)

frxx — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 10:52:37 +0000

Article URL: https://www.ajax-systems.uz/blog/hub-os-malevich-story/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46032623

Points: 17

# Comments: 4

New comment by frxx in "I think nobody wants AI in Firefox, Mozilla"

frxx — Sat, 15 Nov 2025 23:23:06 +0000

That's what I've been saying for some time now... "No one really wants AI! They want their software to be faster or better, but do they care if the people in the background of the image have been removed by AI or not?" And in fact they don't.

Managers think they want AI but they actually want their people to work faster or better. Higher managers think they want AI so they can save money, or at least not fall behind the competitors, if those were to use AI to get an advantage.

Companies making software think they want AI because their competitors are using it, and they think the users want AI so the software can be perceived as modern, not falling behind.

And so on, and so on... other than Nvidia, openAI, Anthropic, etc, no one really wants AI.

New comment by frxx in "CYBERSPACE: text-only social network"

frxx — Sat, 15 Nov 2025 22:24:14 +0000

I tried it out and it is a lot of fun! Still evolving, still getting developed.

New comment by frxx in "Making a smart bike dumb so it works again"

frxx — Wed, 23 Apr 2025 07:26:29 +0000

Ahh I see. Yeah there are still many problems with "connected" bikes like this that are easier solved with a hardware hack!

New comment by frxx in "Making a smart bike dumb so it works again"

frxx — Wed, 23 Apr 2025 04:03:40 +0000

Nice article and hack! Two things are confusing me here though:

If this is a VanMoof, I believe they were sold in Japan and even had a Store in Shibuya

Secondly, they were bankrupt, but to my knowledge were bought and is therefore still (again?) in business.

WeTransfer Scooped Up by Filmic Pro's Parent Company Bending Spoons

frxx — Thu, 01 Aug 2024 06:50:44 +0000

Article URL: https://petapixel.com/2024/07/31/wetransfer-scooped-up-by-filmic-pros-parent-company-bending-spoons/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41126730

Points: 5

# Comments: 1

How to build a solar plant watering system with Arduino Part 1

frxx — Mon, 12 Jun 2023 11:50:07 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytJKlYyTg6U

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36291986

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

Turing, a fully self-driving (Japanese) EV manufacturer

frxx — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 07:54:32 +0000

Article URL: https://www.turing-motors.com/en

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34515612

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by frxx in "Japan was the future but it's stuck in the past"

frxx — Sun, 22 Jan 2023 02:14:10 +0000

Read this article and agree on many of it's points. Have been here for some years now. If you've read just one of Patrick McKenzie / @patio11's articles on Japanese banking, you'll understand too.