Hacker News: kalms

New comment by kalms in "Show HN: Extend UI – open-source UI kit for modern document apps"

kalms — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 20:18:36 +0000

Seeing a lot of criticism in here, some valid, some not. Just wanted to say that, to me, this is really well put together - and seems like a lot of thought went into this. Appreciate you releasing this publicly!

New comment by kalms in "Show HN: A Dark Cave – Minimalistic Graphics in the Age of AI Slop"

kalms — Sat, 16 May 2026 22:30:03 +0000

Inspired by https://adarkroom.doublespeakgames.com?

New comment by kalms in "The SaaS Org Chart"

kalms — Tue, 27 Jul 2021 10:26:43 +0000

I actually don't disagree with you on this. Can absolutely see how this can create friction, but it's also one of those cases when dealing in absolutes is fraught with peril. A CTO is not a CPO and having strategies being defined - or steered by a singularly technically-minded person can work fine in a lot of scenarios, but for others, it's important to foster a certain level of autonomy for managing, growing and building the product, feature set and roadmap. Same thing in reverse.

There's definitely overlap between the two, but a collaborative approach works better in my opinion. As a disclaimer, I'm a CPO myself - and enjoy the working relationship and collaboration with the CTO, while reporting directly to the CEO and the board. Also, I guess that sometimes it really comes down to the types of personalities that are present in the management team - as well as the type of product being built.

New comment by kalms in "When Your 11-Year-Old Says No to a Smartphone"

kalms — Fri, 20 Sep 2019 07:07:10 +0000

Did you really read the article? Or are you talking in more general terms?

The mother is full on accepting of her son and use it to question her own motives in life. As a parent, I found the read very refreshing.

New comment by kalms in "Apple suspends Siri response grading in response to privacy concerns"

kalms — Fri, 02 Aug 2019 07:34:06 +0000

What are basic things to you?

New comment by kalms in "It's Never Too Late to Be Successful and Happy"

kalms — Tue, 09 Jul 2019 10:27:23 +0000

I feel compelled to answer here, mostly because I've been and to a degree still are where you are.

It's extremely common to gradually move into a state of mind where you denigrate yourself – and the effort you've put forth in life. You need to ensure your own happiness, and no one in here, or anywhere else, can tell you how to do that. Mindfulness is a great tool, because it allows you to become more certain of yourself. To discover what it is that you feel and where it is you need to go.

That being said, here's what works for me: Acknowledging that creation is hard, but that I love creating and helping people around me. That family is important and love even more so. I also remind myself to do something new every day that somehow moves the boundary of what it means to be me.

Added note: A book that also helped me realise my own tendency to create barriers around myself was "The Flinch" by Julien Smith. It's awesome and I highly recommend giving it a read – and practice some of what it champions. I suspect you will gain a lot from it, but then again: Only you can know that.

New comment by kalms in "After landing a lucrative job at a tech startup, I had made a terrible mistake"

kalms — Tue, 11 Dec 2018 08:49:48 +0000

I find that a lot of companies that refer to themselves as being bearers of startup culture, is mostly trying to cater to younger people or at least a young mindset - not because they're necessarily trying to hide insane working hours or demands. Sometimes it truly is about passion and keeping a "beginner's mind". Definitely not for everyone, but to me it feels very inspiring and empowering.

(I work for 15+ year company that like to view itself as a startup - but the partying is definitely optional)

New comment by kalms in "Denmark to ban petrol and diesel car sales by 2030"

kalms — Wed, 03 Oct 2018 16:41:11 +0000

They're already common along the highways in DK (incl. a few Superchargers)

Map: https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=tesla+s...

New comment by kalms in "Denmark to ban petrol and diesel car sales by 2030"

kalms — Wed, 03 Oct 2018 16:36:08 +0000

20% I believe

https://www.tesla.com/da_DK/support/incentives (Danish)

New comment by kalms in "SEC Sues Musk and Seeks Ban for His Tweets on Go-Private Deal"

kalms — Thu, 27 Sep 2018 20:35:55 +0000

Because he made short sellers look like idiots? I think not. I just bought more.

New comment by kalms in "Tesla won’t give drivers their own crash data without a court order"

kalms — Tue, 05 Jun 2018 14:43:06 +0000

You don't usually own the plane that crashed. Unless if you're Elon Musk of course.

New comment by kalms in "Bitcoin Sees Wall Street Warm to Trading Virtual Currency"

kalms — Tue, 08 May 2018 08:44:22 +0000

I think the community is fine with it, if not outright wishing for it.

Institutional money can add a big boost to crypto, although it in turn provides amble opportunity to control the market. Which they're probably already doing to some extent.

We'll see how it plays out, but I'm pinning my hopes on tokens and networks provided by Ethereum, EOS or similar.

New comment by kalms in "Tesla Plunges After a Conference Call"

kalms — Thu, 03 May 2018 18:41:58 +0000

Maybe he knows something you don’t.

New comment by kalms in "Palantir is using War on Terror tools to track American citizens"

kalms — Thu, 19 Apr 2018 13:15:31 +0000

Welcome to Denmark.

New comment by kalms in "GDPR: sorting the fact from the fiction"

kalms — Sun, 11 Feb 2018 10:28:13 +0000

It sounds like you just made a simple log into something that definitely belongs to the GDPR ruleset!

But that's just my interpretation.

Can anyone, with citation, please shed some light on this. What's fair use, in broad terms, when it comes to simple HTTP logs or similar structures?

New comment by kalms in "Like an AI Could Ever Spot Sarcasm"

kalms — Wed, 31 Jan 2018 22:54:03 +0000

You even left a comment on the site writing that. Don't be an asshole.

New comment by kalms in "New Model Warns About Crispr Gene Drives in the Wild"

kalms — Fri, 15 Dec 2017 10:58:43 +0000

Mosquitoes are a large food source for birds, especially migratory birds in the northern regions.

Eliminating them would be devastating to Scandinavia's biodiversity.

New comment by kalms in "Dark Matter May Be Trapped in All the Black Holes"

kalms — Tue, 08 Aug 2017 20:40:52 +0000

You're leaving out quasars.

New comment by kalms in "Improving air conditioner efficiency could reduce worldwide temps"

kalms — Thu, 13 Jul 2017 20:57:31 +0000

+1 to this statement. Just had extra insulation sprayed into the walls of our 1973 house, and replaced the windows with triple layer thermo glass. The difference it made during summer is remarkable, since the added insulation keeps the house from heating up excessively, while retaining heat during nighttime.

New comment by kalms in "Sliding right into disaster: Left-to-right sliding windows leak"

kalms — Mon, 03 Jul 2017 10:57:24 +0000

Having just installed massive sliding doors in my home, this was also my first thought.

I was actually disappointed!