<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: geden</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=geden</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 17:13:26 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=geden" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by geden in "Stripe and Advent have made a joint offer to acquire PayPal – sources"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>They've been abysmal and borderline criminal since the start.<p>They randomly withheld £20k from a business I was involved with for no stated reason and no direct means to talk to a human about it. It took months to resolve.<p>And as for their actual website...</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 20:18:08 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48926514</link><dc:creator>geden</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48926514</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48926514</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by geden in "I'm a USB-C Maximalist"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>(Not recommended at home kids) use a key (or, safer, an upside down UK Earth pin) in the Earth hole to open the Live/Neutral shutter - then insert the EU prongs. The width of the EU prongs is handily the same as the UK holes.<p>Touring musicians do it if venues don’t have convertors.<p>Doesn’t work if the EU plug needs a live earth of course.</p>
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<p>What is the solution?<p>Where are the free nuclear plants?<p>Sizewell C = £40 billion<p>That’s a lot of PV solar and battery storage.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 19:16:31 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48590144</link><dc:creator>geden</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48590144</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48590144</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by geden in "Apple reveals new AI architecture built around Google Gemini models"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>It doesn't.</p>
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<p>Neither are other capex heavy items like chip fabs.</p>
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<p>Oh so exactly like Apple Maps via Carplay then.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 22:17:25 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48453084</link><dc:creator>geden</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48453084</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48453084</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by geden in "Principles of Vasocomputation"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Is a fascinating theory I’ve been following for several months. It certainly feels truthy, would be great to have a little more hard science backup.</p>
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<p>Never used a screen protector, have been using iPhones since iPhone 3G, never shattered or cracked a screen.<p>I started using a silicone case with iPhone 6S as found it was slippy. Have a leather case for iPhone 15 Pro but considering going naked again.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 21 Sep 2025 11:05:03 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45321707</link><dc:creator>geden</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45321707</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45321707</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by geden in "U.S. alcohol consumption drops to a 90-year low, new poll finds"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>How understanding of you.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2025 06:54:05 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44897477</link><dc:creator>geden</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44897477</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44897477</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by geden in "What does it mean to be thirsty?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I  also discovered that dehydration was a migraine trigger for me. I tend not to get big headaches now but get quite intense visual aura / disturbance.<p>Interestingly I also discovered that electrolyte supplements were also migraine triggers for me.<p>Leading me to think that electrolyte imbalance was the actually trigger. Caused by too little water increasing the concentration or added salts increasing it.<p>I tend not to feel thirst very strongly and think I do often confuse it with hunger.<p>I pay loose attention to urine colour as a gauge and make sure I drink plenty, kinda robotically when playing sports / walking in heat etc.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2025 12:14:05 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44875264</link><dc:creator>geden</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44875264</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44875264</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by geden in "What does it mean to be thirsty?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Well clearly it is complicated as this comment thread shows. Many people don't feel thirst because of age or other reasons or confuse thirst with hunger.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2025 12:08:31 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44875216</link><dc:creator>geden</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44875216</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44875216</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by geden in "FDA approves eye drops that fix near vision without glasses"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Dailies were a vast improvement in comfort and convenience for me over permanent lenses that required cleaning and storing overnight.<p>Permanent lenses had also led to some blood vessel overgrowth due to lack of oxygenation.<p>Using a new pair everyday does make quite a few tricky problems go away downside being slight extra cost and extra plastic pollution.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2025 07:53:29 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44821767</link><dc:creator>geden</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44821767</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44821767</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by geden in "Emailing a one-time code is worse than passwords"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Passkeys work very smoothly with Safari and Apple Passwords.<p>Apple Passwords now sufficiently good to replace 1Password for me and I’m slowly transitioning.<p>I don’t mind subscription models per se but there was something about subscription for your own passwords that made me refuse to jump the fence when 1Password switched to that model.<p>Would be a bit faffy if you’re a Chrome user.</p>
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<p>Bad how?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2025 08:16:06 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43791389</link><dc:creator>geden</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43791389</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43791389</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by geden in "Clinical trial: novel nutritional formula treats gut microbial overgrowth"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Presumably fasting would achieve the same result?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2025 06:05:50 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43779736</link><dc:creator>geden</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43779736</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43779736</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by geden in "Jumping Spiders"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I thought the second and third books were also great, but different flavours, he didn’t just repeat.<p>The second goes for more of a horror angle and has some incredible moments. The third is one of the most ambitious books SF novels I’ve read. Blurry and confusing on purpose, which is a fine line to tread (reminiscent of the latter Jeff Vandermeer Southern Reach books).<p>Recently went to a book reading and Q&A for his new one Shroud, really smart and humble chap. Deeply into his research.<p>Also, notably, he wrote a book a year for 17 (one seven) years before being published. And then it took 12? more novel before he had a hit with Children Of Time. He didn’t seem to have a shred of resentment about that which felt remarkable and and incredible example of perseverance and enjoyment of process over result.<p>A fourth Children Of book is imminent.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 06 Apr 2025 07:26:32 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43599592</link><dc:creator>geden</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43599592</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43599592</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by geden in "Show HN: Codemcp – Claude Code for Claude Pro subscribers – ditch API bills"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Cline is great in terms of VS Code integration but was costing me about $5 an hour in API tokens working on a small two page next.js webapp.</p>
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<p>I cannot reproduce that Notes crash.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2025 09:40:11 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43252474</link><dc:creator>geden</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43252474</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43252474</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by geden in "Who killed the rave?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Simultaneously delighted and appalled.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jan 2025 14:55:17 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42646233</link><dc:creator>geden</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42646233</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42646233</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by geden in "Who killed the rave?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I disagree with your definition of a “proper” rave. Not inclusive enough.<p>There was loud rave music & ravers having a great time, ie it was a rave.<p>Raves happened in secret and in the open. I went to both kinds. Pros and cons to both.</p>
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