Hacker News: h0nd

New comment by h0nd in "The AirPods Effect"

h0nd — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 08:50:01 +0000

Most headphones these days are also a headset, allowing for bi-directional communication. Does it make a difference?

New comment by h0nd in "Earth just experienced its hottest 12 months in recorded history"

h0nd — Mon, 26 Feb 2024 13:11:47 +0000

Since when are we able to (correctly) record the temperature of the earth?

New comment by h0nd in "Gmail and Yahoo’s 2024 inbox protections and what they mean for email programs"

h0nd — Fri, 12 Jan 2024 21:00:48 +0000

Yahoo cracked down on my wanted emails - they simply deleted my first 10 years of emails.

New comment by h0nd in "Macs can now inform Apple if any liquids have been detected in the USB-C ports"

h0nd — Tue, 09 Jan 2024 16:24:46 +0000

How is the difference between liquids and humidity detected?

New comment by h0nd in "In 2024, billions of people will vote under the shadow of misinformation"

h0nd — Wed, 03 Jan 2024 16:06:36 +0000

No wonder their focus is solely on social media ignoring legacy media.

New comment by h0nd in "Submarine Cable Map 2023"

h0nd — Mon, 04 Dec 2023 14:20:37 +0000

I was looking for this as I was surprised that a map would be displayed the way it is in the shared link.

New comment by h0nd in "Submarine Cable Map 2023"

h0nd — Mon, 04 Dec 2023 13:37:44 +0000

Maybe to avoid politics, the name of the region was used.

New comment by h0nd in "Google no longer offers new domain registrations"

h0nd — Mon, 11 Sep 2023 13:29:45 +0000

Even their own domains are abused by spammers heavily.

New comment by h0nd in "Google Maps has become an eyesore"

h0nd — Fri, 11 Aug 2023 09:55:59 +0000

The reason I uninstalled google maps is because it would open in a random place not related to me (I live in Europe and it opens in Tucson,AZ,USA).

AppleMaps is a great map and even better for guiding directions, but their servers are extremely slow so it is very annoying to browse.

New comment by h0nd in "Gene linked to long Covid found in analysis of thousands of patients"

h0nd — Mon, 17 Jul 2023 08:03:01 +0000

What you are describing is called choice.

New comment by h0nd in "Akan Names"

h0nd — Sun, 16 Jul 2023 20:08:58 +0000

In Indonesia, people name their children after the name of the months:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesian_names#Origin_of_nam...

New comment by h0nd in "Delta flight lands in Charlotte without front landing gear"

h0nd — Thu, 29 Jun 2023 11:48:35 +0000

Is the video available without IP-restrictions?

New comment by h0nd in "French govt. says users of uBlock Origin, Signal etc. are potential terrorists"

h0nd — Thu, 22 Jun 2023 08:27:48 +0000

What is really disturbing for me is that authorities go after such rather well behaving protesters instead of terrorists in disguise as protesters.

New comment by h0nd in "Himalayan glaciers may lose 75 percent of ice by 2100"

h0nd — Tue, 20 Jun 2023 09:05:24 +0000

Switzerland has already lost much more.

Here is a video showing the growth and decline over time: https://vimeo.com/294517816

New comment by h0nd in "My 24 year old HP Jornada can do things an iPhone still can't do"

h0nd — Fri, 16 Jun 2023 08:55:08 +0000

Android phone usually come with a walled garden, too.

New comment by h0nd in "Netflix loses 1M users in Spain over password policing"

h0nd — Fri, 05 May 2023 12:33:07 +0000

Same situation with sports broadcasting rights.

Exclusivity does not serve the customer.

New comment by h0nd in "Predicting Google Closures (2013)"

h0nd — Mon, 03 Oct 2022 09:53:50 +0000

https://killedbygoogle.com/

New comment by h0nd in "Britain being forced to go cashless 'against its will'"

h0nd — Thu, 31 Mar 2022 08:52:50 +0000

Cash is freedom and independence. Its not about convenience or struggles.

New comment by h0nd in "Apple unveils contactless payments via Tap to Pay on iPhone"

h0nd — Tue, 08 Feb 2022 16:03:07 +0000

I think it only allows contactless payments. No matter if from a card or phone or whatever that is equipped with NFC payments that is compatible with the merchant app.

New comment by h0nd in "How to Mislead with Facts"

h0nd — Wed, 02 Feb 2022 11:17:03 +0000

I have established a way of dealing with and taking from 'facts' by following these steps:

1. What is said? Do I understand it? Where does it come from?

2. How is it to be understood? How to interpret it?

3. What does it signify? Can it be classified and/or compared with other known things?

4. What can be taken from it? What implications does it have?

Looking at news in this way, it is clearly visible, how most things that are communicated answer 3. and 4., omitting its foundations 1. and 2. Sometimes the bias is created by changing 2.

(The fine-definition of the steps is still in the works. So far, I am very happy with this method. It helps me a lot to understand things and what things are really about. Suggestions?)