<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: johnsea</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=johnsea</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2026 19:05:40 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=johnsea" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by johnsea in "Microsoft exec called AI scraping 'the largest theft of labor in human history'"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>> Nowadays you just fish out a song ... Spotify didn't make me enjoy music more.<p>Maybe change your perspective? Treat Spotify like a valuable  audio lexicon. You read about an artist, a song, a time and immediately you can hear what is it about. Incredible!<p>If Spotify is only treated as a lazy background feelgood provider (while reading Marx;)), no wonder you feel that way. But it's your power/choice to appreciate it (or not), regardless of money.</p>
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<p>(Thanks for your work!)</p>
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<p>The Limits to Growth is (should be)   an important concept in a small country with finite land resources. But the consequences, read external pressure, would have been too severe.<p>Regarding ignorance/swayed. I think in much of the EU and especially Germany, the currently ruling parties are completly ignorant about needed changes in the migration approach. The "public" knows this. And its the rulers which need to be nudged by e.g. direct democracy.</p>
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<p>You can buy used Pixels, e.g. from 8a up. I'd claim that this is much more ecological than buying a new Fairphone. I suppose that a Pixel is of a higher quality and has less defects than a Fairphone (which changed the ODM several times). --<p>This said, I would never use /e/ and Murena as I read too many things I don't like.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 17:34:21 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49349311</link><dc:creator>johnsea</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49349311</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49349311</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by johnsea in "Organic Maps"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Organic Maps was founded by two of the Maps.Me authors (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organic_Maps#History" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organic_Maps#History</a>).<p>With CoMaps I don't think, there are any original authors involved (?). In any case I prefer organic, the original. Donated and very grateful that this app works so well (except for search where I sometimes use another app).</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2026 17:41:13 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48796168</link><dc:creator>johnsea</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48796168</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48796168</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by johnsea in "Job: Head of Stonehenge"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>While my common sense may be a collection of old prejudices, some have surely changed over time. I suspect that my opinions are informed <i>and</i> received. Reading newspapers, discussing things with friends, HN, books. A lot of influences. And then I muse on what makes sense, who is compassionate and what is important atm. Perhaps common sense a bit like Treebeard: deeply rooted but able to walk.<p>> I don't see an a priori answer either way<p>Fair enough. But my common, naive sense would say, cis/trans bodies are objectively different (and this settles it in my favour ;-)). -- I'll stop here, public hn for this subjects is too demanding for me, I might fall over Queers for Palestine or Druids for Israel and become unwell...<p>Nice talking to you!</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 17:41:14 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48479870</link><dc:creator>johnsea</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48479870</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48479870</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by johnsea in "Job: Head of Stonehenge"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>For me it's not about morality, anything goes afaic.<p>My arguments were that biological men can enter women spaces, even though some women are not ok with that. Or compete in women's sports, violating fairness as male/female bodies are different. Or cases like the female gym-owner who was fined.<p>I don't think such laws existed or were being pushed for with homosexuality previously? That debate was more about what adults do in their private live.<p>Drag queens, yes, but no legal system which allowed a man to almost instantly become a lawful women (Germany had a "famous" such case..). I like simple, friendly programming languages. The same goes for law and common sense (~trans violates this somewaht).</p>
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<p>I disagree with the neutral language, this is what some people (including me) would call "woke agenda".<p>Not all LGB people support the expansion to include TQ+ issues. Nor some of the side-effects e.g. women athletes forced to compete against men. Or a women-owned gym in Germany that was fined because the owner didn't want to allow males in the women-only space.<p>There is no disdain for "these people" (or groups, as a poster above suggested) and some of this people exist in my own live too, but disagreement about what is appropriate and neutral in a job ad, particularly of a charity which receives?/received public funding.</p>
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<p>Maybe I could have left out the final remark. But I was quite astonished by the large amount of identity-focused language. The English Heritage Stonehenge job description (and the website) should use more neutral language.</p>
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<p>What do you mean?</p>
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<p>DEI, "woke ideology". It is not ideology in a strict sense.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 07:39:45 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48457884</link><dc:creator>johnsea</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48457884</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48457884</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by johnsea in "Where to buy a non-Apple, non-Google smartphone"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>This article fails to mention GrapheneOS.<p>The article starts with Murena, Punkt, Volla which are all based on Android. If you do this, then imho you must mention GrapheneOS, the by far better option (updates, privacy, security, organisation).<p>Google Pixel with GrapheneOS is the best non-Google phone... ;-)</p>
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<p>Thanks for your reply. Only used PLA so far. But later I'll need "engineering parts", Nylon/PA12 or something like this. Strong, water and UV resistant, outdoor.<p>It shouldn't be too complicated and not too expensive. E.g. while the Prusa Core One+ seemed nice (from a superficial look) it costs more than I wanted to spend. P1S came out as the best (barely) adequate printer for what I thought I would need when I looked at it. But it's difficult to say if you are a beginner and basically have no idea...</p>
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<p>As long as Onshape let THEIR servers work for MY public projects for free I don't see how your "make YOU pay more" statement applies.</p>
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<p>Nice post. May I ask what you would buy instead (e.g. for the P1S)?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 06:50:32 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48118619</link><dc:creator>johnsea</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48118619</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48118619</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by johnsea in "They Built a Legendary Privacy Tool. Now They're Sworn Enemies"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>"They Built"... I wonder how a quite (formerly) formidable magazine like Wired can choose such a wrong title? Only one built.. Only one attacked...</p>
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<p>I'll also pay and support their work to provide a really good browser (which needed a bit debloating).</p>
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<p>The leadership is great. Persistent, patient and friendly.<p>They were able to improve. I don't think many of the often negative and ad-hominem critics would be able to endure such a pressure as they had in the past.</p>
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<p>GrapheneOS phones are <i>not</i> rooted.</p>
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<p>I "fell" for Comaps but switched back to Organic Maps (where the original real good devs are). Comaps felt a bit too much like fork, "fabricate" nice media and beg for donations. Both are imho inferior to (non-foss) Magic Earth but consume much less power.</p>
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