Hacker News: hansc

New comment by hansc in "The 'invisible crew' who have 35 seconds to prevent a Eurovision blunder"

hansc — Thu, 15 May 2025 10:31:24 +0000

Same with tradeshows: I have many times been on tradeshows on buildup days. It is a huge mess, full of crates and packaging. Next day, everything is glorious and neat. Just for 3-4 days of 'show'

New comment by hansc in "Ask HN: How can I learn to better command people's attention when speaking?"

hansc — Thu, 09 Jan 2025 10:29:25 +0000

Also similar: Join a local Toastmasters group. This is a global organization where you learn and practice to speak in front of a group, both prepared speeches and spontaneous. It may find weird to join it, but I would advice to visit one once in your neighborhood: They are all super friendly and I have seen dozens of people come in and move from shy and awkward to great storytellers in just a year or so.

New comment by hansc in "A common urban intersection in the Netherlands (2018)"

hansc — Thu, 21 Nov 2024 11:26:31 +0000

I live in The Netherlands (actually in the same city as the photo's were taken): There is a very large difference in traffic density and complexity between the larger cities such as Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague, Utrecht and the rest of the country (including middle sized cities).

When I visit one of those larger cities, I am also constantly looking for bikes everywhere not to be crashing into me.

Yopp: Super Simple File Sharing

hansc — Mon, 30 Sep 2024 14:17:28 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/josephernest/Yopp

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41697356

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by hansc in "Sleep duration, chronotype, health and lifestyle factors affect cognition [pdf]"

hansc — Mon, 09 Sep 2024 09:12:05 +0000

I do sleep 8+ hours each night (Netherlands): Up at 7.30, leave at 8.15, 30m commute. Leave work at 5.15, get to sleep around 10.45.

New comment by hansc in "Stable Fast 3D: Rapid 3D Asset Generation from Single Images"

hansc — Thu, 01 Aug 2024 17:31:28 +0000

Looks very good on examples, but testing a few Ikea chairs or a Donald Duck image gives very wrong results.

You can test here: https://huggingface.co/spaces/stabilityai/stable-fast-3d

New comment by hansc in "Ask HN: Is it just me or is mobile web browsing awful?"

hansc — Fri, 13 Oct 2023 14:50:44 +0000

I use nextDNS to block all ads on my iPhone X, works like a charm

New comment by hansc in "Wireshark Is 25: The email that started it all and lessons learned along the way"

hansc — Sat, 15 Jul 2023 18:54:20 +0000

Also fun debugging VoIP traffic to the local network, and seeing dns-queries from collegues PCs on the network, then asking them: Are you visiting xyz-webpage, and seeing their reaction!?

New comment by hansc in "Wireshark Is 25: The email that started it all and lessons learned along the way"

hansc — Sat, 15 Jul 2023 10:27:47 +0000

Such a great tool and 100% free. Use it often to debug network issues and see where devices connect to. Like someone else said: a multimeter for networks.

Also used it to learn about WiFi connection setup with acces point. Can see all the beacon packets and WiFi packets

Build mini OS for rasp pi from sources (Open-WRT) [2020]

hansc — Tue, 27 Jun 2023 17:58:24 +0000

Article URL: https://www.cnx-software.com/2020/01/12/build-customize-openwrt-for-raspberry-pi/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36496423

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by hansc in "Bolwoningen: Living in spherical homes"

hansc — Tue, 27 Jun 2023 11:11:29 +0000

Nice, these are located less than a mile from my home and nicely situated along a stream, just like a bunch of mushrooms in a forest.

They have been around for decades and were an innovation project from an alternative living cooperation in the city (Den Bosch).

I think they are now mostly occupied by students and 30-.

New comment by hansc in "Farming technologies tackle climate-change threats"

hansc — Sun, 11 Jun 2023 14:15:11 +0000

I would add biocyclic vegan farming: Vegatable farming without use of manure or artificial fertilizer. https://www.biocyclic-vegan.org/

New comment by hansc in "Ask HN: What's your opinion on weekly 1:1s?"

hansc — Fri, 09 Jun 2023 09:30:23 +0000

Author here. Thanks for all the great and different insights and experiences. Especially also about 'feeling being listened to'.

To be fair, I was a bit short in my description: I do have a great relationship with my manager and he is one of the best managers I ever had. Also, I am not a developer, but a product manager, so already used to steering the 'ship'. We are in a relatively small team of 6 and we are all sitting together (including manager).

Ask HN: What's your opinion on weekly 1:1s?

hansc — Fri, 09 Jun 2023 06:48:21 +0000

I am 40+ years old and have never had weekly 1:1s with my manager in my career. I think I can manage myself well enough and when I need his help or vice versa, I just schedule an hour together. What's your experience and opinions on this. I feel like I am the only one feeling like this?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36254217

Points: 41

# Comments: 58

New comment by hansc in "Ask HN: What is the most cost effective way to do backups?"

hansc — Thu, 08 Jun 2023 14:25:46 +0000

Maybe not what you are looking for, but I do it the manual way. Low-end, but reliable once in a while: USB3.2 external SSD (example 60usd on NewEgg for SanDisk 1TB)

New comment by hansc in "Parents in Ireland town to voluntarily ban smartphones for kids as old as 13"

hansc — Mon, 05 Jun 2023 07:14:09 +0000

My kids worried about this as well when they got a smartphone. Turns out there is not much of an issue, some of their friends are on the phone a lot of the time, some of them not. Their friends get used to it and both kids don't have issues getting friends.

Printed circuit board that solders itself

hansc — Sun, 04 Jun 2023 11:57:46 +0000

Article URL: https://hackaday.com/2023/01/18/internal-heating-element-makes-these-pcbs-self-soldering/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36184911

Points: 34

# Comments: 3

New comment by hansc in "Ask HN: What other news feeds do you read besides Hacker News?"

hansc — Sat, 03 Jun 2023 14:45:14 +0000

Embedded HW (commercial): https://www.cnx-software.com/

Electronics (diy): https://hackaday.com/blog/

New comment by hansc in "A DIY business card that runs Linux (2019)"

hansc — Sat, 03 Jun 2023 13:54:29 +0000

Author also wrote a post on the design process, very interesting I think: https://www.thirtythreeforty.net/posts/2019/12/designing-my-...

A DIY business card that runs Linux (2019)

hansc — Sat, 03 Jun 2023 12:41:53 +0000

Article URL: https://www.thirtythreeforty.net/posts/2019/12/my-business-card-runs-linux/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36176198

Points: 220

# Comments: 58