Hacker News: juujian

New comment by juujian in "My phone detects going on a run as "someone snatching my phone and running off""

juujian — Thu, 06 Aug 2026 18:56:02 +0000

I remember Google maps working well for walking around in Europe. Ever since I've moved to America, not so much. Go figure...

New comment by juujian in "U.S. debt-to-GDP ratio reaches 123%"

juujian — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 15:53:54 +0000

Upsetting how we are reaching these lows while the administration is accusing everyone else of wasting taxpayer money except for themselves. At least under previous administrations you would get something for your money, like science funding and healthcare for the needy, not just bombing runs and posturing.

New comment by juujian in "French firefighters face 'pyrocumulonimbus' for first time"

juujian — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 23:31:29 +0000

Nope, read a couple stories about climate credits over the years, and this is a problem. The credits are permanent, even if the new grown forest burns down.

New comment by juujian in "Show HN: IKEA Complexity Index"

juujian — Sat, 18 Jul 2026 10:58:33 +0000

Time estimate is way off for the Smastad loft bed, that thing was such a pain.

New comment by juujian in "Stripe and Advent have made a joint offer to acquire PayPal – sources"

juujian — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 18:24:48 +0000

I don't know if popular is quite the right word. It certainly is widely used though...

New comment by juujian in "Ditching Zotero for a Text File"

juujian — Sun, 12 Jul 2026 16:00:46 +0000

Zotero obviously stores data in an SQL db. It's not quite a text file, but it's been around forever, and it's easy to parse directly, too.

New comment by juujian in "Europe's Largest Unions Demand Right to Cancel Work on Days Above 30C"

juujian — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 16:03:08 +0000

That's been a thing for a long time. "Hitzefrei".

New comment by juujian in "Linux 7.1"

juujian — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 19:10:55 +0000

I know it's a bit of a meme but I'm on Debian Stable and I am running the backport kernel, which is on version 6.19. So only one minor version away from the current 7.0.

I wish more people would consider Debian for their devices. It is a very stable system, which I appreciate, and, unlike Ubuntu, it was really an "it just works" experience, without any of the friction points that smaller distros have. I installed Debian Trixie on a very recent device (granted, all AMD for compatibility) when Trixie was still the Testing version, and all the necessary drivers were present.

Now if only I could figure out how to build packages and contribute back to Debian... Also if only AMD could get their NPU support for Linux figured out...

New comment by juujian in "Chess Invariants"

juujian — Fri, 22 May 2026 12:18:23 +0000

And discovered check means that it is not sufficient to check the position of the piece you have moved, you also need to check the position of other pieces to see whether there is a new check.

New comment by juujian in "Maybe you shouldn't install new software for a bit"

juujian — Fri, 08 May 2026 00:29:37 +0000

How so?

New comment by juujian in "UAE to leave OPEC in blow to oil cartel"

juujian — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 13:23:14 +0000

That would also explain why UAE is oddly in favor of a war in their region.

Ask HN: How many tabs do you have open in the browser(s) and why?

juujian — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:30:46 +0000

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47884063

Points: 11

# Comments: 17

New comment by juujian in "Native Instant Space Switching on macOS"

juujian — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:51:51 +0000

Don't know about customizability on MacOS but I've always been very accustomed to animations and recently I just turned them off on Android and Linux and I... Don't miss anything. Turned out they don't add anything other than an initial wow factor.

New comment by juujian in "German men 18-45 need military permit for extended stays abroad"

juujian — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 17:13:12 +0000

IIRC there is actually a practice of nullifying laws that cannot be enforced (Vollzugsdefizit). One example I remember is that the enforcement of minor drug possession charges was declared unconstitutional because that law was only selectively enforced.

New comment by juujian in "Global warming has accelerated significantly"

juujian — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 16:23:51 +0000

It is already published at Geophysical Research Letters, a highly (if not the most) reputable source in the area. But that journal is behind a paywall: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/202...

New comment by juujian in "I fixed Windows native development"

juujian — Sun, 15 Feb 2026 17:23:55 +0000

> Hours-long waits: You spend an afternoon watching a progress bar download 15GB just to get a 50MB compiler.

What year is it?! Also, haven't heard any complaints regarding VS on MacOS, how ironic...

Rotten Tomatoes Desperately Claims 'Impossible' Rating for 'Melania' Is Real

juujian — Sat, 07 Feb 2026 12:45:06 +0000

Article URL: https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/rotten-tomatoes-desperately-claims-impossible-rating-for-melania-is-real/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46923415

Points: 10

# Comments: 3

New comment by juujian in "A case study in PDF forensics: The Epstein PDFs"

juujian — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:25:20 +0000

Look, what I'm saying is that I don't have a scanner at home or at work and I've find this.

New comment by juujian in "Everyone Is Stealing TV"

juujian — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 18:39:56 +0000

Even now living in the states, I cannot comprehend how someone can end up paying hundreds of dollars a month for tv streaming. Can someone enlighten me?

New comment by juujian in "A case study in PDF forensics: The Epstein PDFs"

juujian — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 19:22:58 +0000

Not that I can speak from personal experience or anything... But somebody on an email chain may have requested a scanned version of the document to ensure there is no metadata and the employee might have found it easier to just flatten the pdf and apply a graphical filter to make the document appear like a scanned document. There might even be a webtool available somewhere to do so, I wouldn't know...