Hacker News: gersg

New comment by gersg in "Tell HN: Anyone else happy that crypto and Bitcoin spam is over?"

gersg — Wed, 31 May 2023 23:29:08 +0000

I am tired, in general, of single topics taking over the entire internet. In that regard crypto and AI are not that different. For a few weeks it was amusing, now I'm simply tired. And the next thing will tire me too.

New comment by gersg in "Rarbg Is No More"

gersg — Wed, 31 May 2023 12:56:28 +0000

Google takes down content when they get notified, rarbg doesn't.

New comment by gersg in "Rarbg Is No More"

gersg — Wed, 31 May 2023 11:54:02 +0000

Linking to pirated content is illegal in many European countries.

New comment by gersg in "Why won’t Google give an answer on whether Bard was trained on Gmail data?"

gersg — Wed, 31 May 2023 08:42:53 +0000

Thank the Lord for that "Readers added context" marker that tweets now can have.

New comment by gersg in "Tackling plastic pollution: ‘We can't recycle our way out of this’"

gersg — Wed, 31 May 2023 00:22:22 +0000

I walk. It's like 10 minutes to the supermarket. So I'd rather carry weight for 10 minutes, on my way back, instead of 20, both ways.

This discussion is a waste of time. There are two options. One is easier than the other. Like everyone else, I want to take the easier one. Period.

New comment by gersg in "Tackling plastic pollution: ‘We can't recycle our way out of this’"

gersg — Tue, 30 May 2023 23:54:16 +0000

Carrying weight on the way to the supermarket is worse than carrying no weight on the way to the supermarket... plus everything I already said.

New comment by gersg in "Tackling plastic pollution: ‘We can't recycle our way out of this’"

gersg — Tue, 30 May 2023 23:30:59 +0000

Imagine how bloody annoying it would be if we had to bring a bag full of empty glass bottles to the supermarket every time we wanted them refilled. Thank God for plastic

New comment by gersg in "Tackling plastic pollution: ‘We can't recycle our way out of this’"

gersg — Tue, 30 May 2023 22:59:28 +0000

And you can't drop them, you can't crush them to make them take up less space in the rubbish... they are objectively worse in all regards I can think of

New comment by gersg in "JMAP – a modern email open standard"

gersg — Tue, 30 May 2023 21:52:14 +0000

If you don't enable "smart" features in gmail you don't see ads either.

New comment by gersg in "A terminal case of Linux"

gersg — Mon, 29 May 2023 23:55:32 +0000

Please don't use lossy formats to show screenshots of a terminal.

New comment by gersg in "Removing support for forwarded ports"

gersg — Mon, 29 May 2023 18:09:42 +0000

If neither side has their ports open there is no way to make the initial connection.