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New comment by jadyoyster in "Mayor of Paris removed parking spaces, reduced the number of cars"

jadyoyster — Sat, 21 Mar 2026 15:14:58 +0000

Imagine how "hounded" everyone else feels by driver friendly polies in other cities.

New comment by jadyoyster in "Leaving the U.S. for the Netherlands"

jadyoyster — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 16:58:58 +0000

Because Belgium didn't have capital gains tax it was actually common to (fake) retire to Belgium for wealthy individuals. There's supposed to be a capital gains tax from 2026 though.

New comment by jadyoyster in "Uber is turning data about trips and takeout into insights for marketers"

jadyoyster — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 16:50:35 +0000

Exactly, all you need to start is "a significant amount of people from this area want to go to those areas".

New comment by jadyoyster in "Uber is turning data about trips and takeout into insights for marketers"

jadyoyster — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 15:36:27 +0000

There should be a law forcing ride hailing apps to give anonymized ride data to local governments so that they can plan public transport better. If they sell it to marketers they must be able to do this technically.

New comment by jadyoyster in "Widespread power outage in Spain and Portugal"

jadyoyster — Mon, 28 Apr 2025 22:44:42 +0000

Surprisingly mobile networks seemed to stay up in Portugal. I'm not sure to what extent and if they lasted for the whole duration of the blackout. They definitely limited consumer use though.

New comment by jadyoyster in "When your last name is Null, nothing works"

jadyoyster — Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:38:13 +0000

You can book a seat for an instrument. I've seen EXTRA, ITEM SEAT mentioned as name for one particular airline but maybe it can get more specific with others?

Exposing the Honey Influencer Scam [video]

jadyoyster — Sun, 22 Dec 2024 00:33:49 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vc4yL3YTwWk

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42483500

Points: 253

# Comments: 86

New comment by jadyoyster in "In Defense of Y'All"

jadyoyster — Thu, 19 Dec 2024 14:04:01 +0000

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singular_they

You might just not notice it.

New comment by jadyoyster in "USC Student Rocket Group Shatters International Amateur Space Record"

jadyoyster — Tue, 03 Dec 2024 14:10:19 +0000

Even if they were high enough they would just fall back to earth. There are lots of videos explaining orbit, this one looks good: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcvnfQlz1x4

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

jadyoyster — Thu, 21 Nov 2024 11:37:58 +0000

I think if you tried them out you'll find these bike paths are not unsafe (and I bet the accident numbers back that up), because it's a whole system. Design like this will have features to force drivers to take slow turns when crossing the bike paths, and they are raised so that it's clear to drivers they don't have right of way.

NL always goes for the transit stops that poke out like you mention as well when possible.

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

jadyoyster — Thu, 21 Nov 2024 11:32:38 +0000

That's probably an Amsterdam thing, smaller Dutch cities are lovely and awesome to cycle in. Rotterdam was also not enjoyable to cycle due to aggressive drivers when I visited.

New comment by jadyoyster in "Windows 11 vs. Ubuntu 24.10 Performance For Intel Core Ultra 7 Lunar Lake"

jadyoyster — Wed, 09 Oct 2024 15:24:09 +0000

I think it must somehow use a recent kernel, otherwise Lunar Lake wouldn't be supported?

New comment by jadyoyster in "Ryanair – when every page is a dark pattern"

jadyoyster — Fri, 19 Jul 2024 13:15:15 +0000

I like that they do it this way. The bins always had plenty of space when I took the option, and otherwise you travel with a backpack which fits under the seat in front of you for the lowest ticket price.

The boarding and disembarking procidures are also much faster with Ryanair in part thanks to this policy, the other being air stairs boarding from both ends of the plane.

They offer a cheap 10kg hold luggage option in case the overhead bins have been sold out or you need to take a small suitcase with forbidden items.

New comment by jadyoyster in "Ryanair – when every page is a dark pattern"

jadyoyster — Fri, 19 Jul 2024 11:47:17 +0000

IIRC the difference with the first option is that you get seat selection too, but in reality, only amongst the cheapest seats.

New comment by jadyoyster in "Ryanair – when every page is a dark pattern"

jadyoyster — Fri, 19 Jul 2024 11:42:23 +0000

WizzAir is even worse than Ryanair with dark patterns in my experience. Super annoying.

New comment by jadyoyster in "Ryanair – when every page is a dark pattern"

jadyoyster — Fri, 19 Jul 2024 11:39:18 +0000

I don't think Ryanair does this.

New comment by jadyoyster in "Show HN: I made a split keyboard for large palms"

jadyoyster — Thu, 04 Jul 2024 14:10:46 +0000

I was taught touch typing with pinky on the Z and index on the V for the bottom row. I think that's how it's designed to work, and that in this context stagger is a historical accident that ergonomic keyboards fix.

New comment by jadyoyster in "'The big problem is water': UK ebike owners plagued by failing motors"

jadyoyster — Sun, 16 Jun 2024 08:47:30 +0000

> Don't people bike because they want to get fit?

People bike because they want to get around. Also, a bicycle is a lot less bulky and more quiet than a motorbike and it doesn't require a license.

New comment by jadyoyster in "Earl Grey tea intoxication (2022)"

jadyoyster — Mon, 05 Feb 2024 22:18:18 +0000

You're right, I should have added genetics and disease as well! The gist is if your urine is of a light color and you have no issues there is no need to worry or try to force yourself to drink.

New comment by jadyoyster in "Earl Grey tea intoxication (2022)"

jadyoyster — Mon, 05 Feb 2024 19:44:11 +0000

The idea that you need to drink liters of water a day is a modern invention due to misreading of research. It completely depends on the weather, exertion, and how much water is in the food you eat.

https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/health-nutrition/water-myt...