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New comment by fyt2024 in "FaSTer: Atari ST Digital Magazine"

fyt2024 — Fri, 22 Nov 2024 20:38:04 +0000

Fun fact, some software developed for the Atari ST survives until today. For example one of the fastest word processors https://www.papyrusauthor.com

New comment by fyt2024 in "Ensō: design constraints of a focussed writing tool"

fyt2024 — Wed, 20 Nov 2024 20:56:13 +0000

I would use emacs in a blink of an eye. It is such an incredible and powerful software. Unfortunately it lacks a decent editor.

New comment by fyt2024 in "Air traffic failure caused by two locations 3600nm apart sharing 3-letter code"

fyt2024 — Mon, 18 Nov 2024 20:42:09 +0000

Is nm the official abbreviation for nautical miles? I assume it is natural miles. For me it is nanometers.

New comment by fyt2024 in "More Oracle Layoffs Started Nov. 1, Cloud Unit Impacted"

fyt2024 — Wed, 06 Nov 2024 01:44:04 +0000

Interesting. Tell me more. The stock looks wild. Time to go short?

New comment by fyt2024 in "How Excessive Red Meat Consumption Increases Colorectal Cancer Risk"

fyt2024 — Fri, 25 Oct 2024 20:05:51 +0000

Just getting celiac disease would counter iron intake :-)

New comment by fyt2024 in "How Excessive Red Meat Consumption Increases Colorectal Cancer Risk"

fyt2024 — Fri, 25 Oct 2024 20:03:57 +0000

I remember a paper long time ago that claimed that one reason why women have higher life spans than men is lower iron content in their blood due to menstruation.

New comment by fyt2024 in "Ask HN: How to store and share passwords in a company?"

fyt2024 — Sun, 01 Sep 2024 21:40:17 +0000

enpass.io

New comment by fyt2024 in "I wag, therefore I am: the philosophy of dogs"

fyt2024 — Tue, 20 Aug 2024 20:54:37 +0000

"I go to campsites and wilderness areas where dogs are allowed off leash." In the US?

I move with my golden retriever back to the states. Should someone have a dog friendly place to rent in NJ close to NYC, Hoboken....

New comment by fyt2024 in "Deutsche Bahn struggles to shake off 'travel hell' reputation"

fyt2024 — Wed, 03 Jul 2024 11:55:17 +0000

I think at one point they consired a gouche of 10 meters (about 10 yards?). They wanted to transport ships by train

New comment by fyt2024 in "Deutsche Bahn struggles to shake off 'travel hell' reputation"

fyt2024 — Wed, 03 Jul 2024 11:52:59 +0000

Well. They run. Compare to public transport in the US. They have Internet on board. Not always, often slow, but they have it. They have bullet trains and you can use all slow trains as much as you want for 49 euros a month.

Sure, China is better, cheaper. At my time without wifi, maybe this has changed. But compared to most countries DB is pretty good. I love trains.

New comment by fyt2024 in "Deutsche Bahn struggles to shake off 'travel hell' reputation"

fyt2024 — Wed, 03 Jul 2024 11:14:36 +0000

Deutsche bahn should reconsider European railways. Think big!

https://weaponsandwarfare.com/2019/03/19/the-breitspurbahn-o...

Just kidding

New comment by fyt2024 in "Deutsche Bahn struggles to shake off 'travel hell' reputation"

fyt2024 — Wed, 03 Jul 2024 11:12:19 +0000

DB is better than it's reputation. What is really amazing is German postal service. Contrary to some reports it is reliable. And they do understand how to work digital.

Compare with Belgium. For many years it ranked below moldovia in the world postal reliability report. Delivery is unreliable, many packages disappear. During COVID I wanted to buy stamps. In Germany you just print the stamps. No printer? Just use a pen and write a code on the letter. In Belgium they offered to send me stamps by postal mail. After I lost many packages and one was going back already to the US (address cant be found) I wrote a real nasty email to the Belgian minister in charge of the post office. They actually rerouted my us package back and were able to deliver it :-). The postman got a nasty talk with his both for forging my signature for packages he just put in front of the door and that goes stolen. 500 dollar loss...

New comment by fyt2024 in "Tracking Illicit Brazilian Beef from the Amazon to Your Burger"

fyt2024 — Thu, 09 May 2024 15:23:12 +0000

Give Brazil time. Things will improve again. I hope the EU Mercosul FTA puts protections in place if it is ever signed.

Brazil reached 92 percent renewable energy. So there are good news.

https://www.gmexconsulting.com/cms/brazil-hits-92-renewable-...

New comment by fyt2024 in "How Bad Are Ultraprocessed Foods, Really?"

fyt2024 — Thu, 09 May 2024 15:18:45 +0000

Related to obesity

Are plastics killing us?

https://senecaeffect.substack.com/p/are-plastics-killing-us

I think very highly of ugo bardi

New comment by fyt2024 in "How Bad Are Ultraprocessed Foods, Really?"

fyt2024 — Thu, 09 May 2024 15:17:32 +0000

I guess it depends https://m.youtube.com/@ZDFbesseresser

Best cocking show ever. German but still watchable. You will realize that you must be nuts to eat processed food

New comment by fyt2024 in "Defending the city: An overview of defensive tactics"

fyt2024 — Tue, 07 May 2024 21:46:04 +0000

the ghost division :-)

New comment by fyt2024 in "Show HN: I made a privacy friendly and simple app to track my menstruation"

fyt2024 — Tue, 30 Apr 2024 09:58:39 +0000

Are you male or female?

New comment by fyt2024 in "Ozempic will disrupt big tobacco, candy companies, and alcohol brands"

fyt2024 — Sun, 28 Apr 2024 20:43:40 +0000

Yes. I am very worried about the long term effects of this. While I have no need for this drug, I worries me for the broad population. There are problems known already (cancer).

I understand that it is a trade off if you are obese. A buddy of mine died with 43 bc a combination of obesity and COVID. Yes, it might be justified for high risk patients but currently it looks like it will become a life style drug like Viagra. And a drug that digs so deep into your metabolism and take it for life? Call me a sceptic.

New comment by fyt2024 in "Synth wars: The story of MIDI (2023)"

fyt2024 — Sun, 28 Apr 2024 14:41:13 +0000

Yes. Forgot the name but it was midi maze

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIDI_Maze

New comment by fyt2024 in "SVG Viewer – View, edit, and optimize SVGs"

fyt2024 — Sun, 28 Apr 2024 13:27:09 +0000

I use Inkscape. And if I miss something then it is Xara Xtreme or the former free version vor linux

But what does it mean to optimize an SVG?