Hacker News: kryptoncalm

New comment by kryptoncalm in "EU-banned pesticides found in rice, tea and spices"

kryptoncalm — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 19:47:25 +0000

More relevant is that 14 out of 64 samples had levels above the legally allowed limit (MRL), of which 12 pesticides that are not approved in the EU (page 12 of report). This is more severe than products 'containing' pesticides, which could as well be advancements in measurement.

Problematic products are: Peppers, dried (6x), Cumin (3x), Rice grain (2x), Tea leaves and stalks (1x), Non-fermented tea leaves (1x), Mix of spices (1x).

New comment by kryptoncalm in "A website to destroy all websites"

kryptoncalm — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 00:08:58 +0000

While I agree it’s a good resource, please note there’s quite a few controversies[1] with the site, e.g. “The excessive monetization model of user-generated content has been criticized by several newspaper outlets, such as the British newspaper The Guardian”

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fandom_(website)

New comment by kryptoncalm in "Europe is scaling back GDPR and relaxing AI laws"

kryptoncalm — Thu, 20 Nov 2025 15:28:03 +0000

The data [0] begs to differ: in richer countries workers and fewer hours. The gap not shown here is working hours per capita (instead of worker), but I couldn’t find that data quickly.

Also, even if your claim were true, I wonder if joining the rate race of working harder is worth it.

[0] https://ourworldindata.org/rich-poor-working-hours

New comment by kryptoncalm in "AOL to be sold to Bending Spoons for $1.5B"

kryptoncalm — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 23:04:01 +0000

Relevant coverage of some acquisitions doesn’t bode well for AOL staff:

1. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/bending-spoons-lay-off-75-185...

2. https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/route-planning-app-kom...

New comment by kryptoncalm in "Denmark to raise retirement age to 70"

kryptoncalm — Sun, 25 May 2025 20:42:52 +0000

Building on that, instead of viewing retirement (age) from a cost perspective (i.e. we have x budget and y lifespan, hence retirement age is z), it would be refreshing to see a high-quality and long retirement as starting point, and then figure out how to organize for that. One way would be to reduce burden on services indeed. A low retirement age (for those who want it) is a sign of a wealthy nation and something to strive for.

Soap bubble wiki – Guar gum-based bubble juice

kryptoncalm — Wed, 31 Jul 2024 22:27:22 +0000

Article URL: https://soapbubble.fandom.com/wiki/Recipes_Guar

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41124176

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by kryptoncalm in "Swiss' Entire Boeing 777 Fleet Now Has Shark Skin Technology"

kryptoncalm — Sat, 18 May 2024 21:02:12 +0000

Most relevant part: “By applying a total of 950 square meters of AeroSHARK riblet film to the fuselage and engine nacelle surfaces of a Boeing 777, fuel savings of approximately 1.1 percent can be achieved.”

New comment by kryptoncalm in "Monitoring energy usage with smart plugs, Prometheus and Grafana"

kryptoncalm — Sun, 05 May 2024 20:45:26 +0000

I have two plugs in use that ship to EU (at least NL) and are made (or at least certified) in the EU. The latter matters to me because of fire hazards etc (e.g. [1]). Both can handle 16A and connect over zigbee which helps to reduce idle power consumption. 1. Innr plugs, e.g. SP240 https://www.innr.com/en/product/innr-smart-plug-eu-with-powe... 2. Robb zigbee smart plug https://www.robbshop.nl/robb-smarrt-slimme-stekker-zigbee-36...

[1] https://hackaday.com/2023/11/03/just-how-dodgy-are-cheap-usb...

New comment by kryptoncalm in "Monitoring energy usage with smart plugs, Prometheus and Grafana"

kryptoncalm — Sun, 05 May 2024 20:36:22 +0000

Note this vendor is different than the Athom company making the Homey smart hub: https://homey.app/

New comment by kryptoncalm in ""Advanced Tracking and Fingerprinting Protection" Leaks DNS Queries to Apple"

kryptoncalm — Sun, 29 Oct 2023 09:19:57 +0000

I noticed I couldn't reach my home servers which use split dns resolution, and it turns out that's because iOS 17 routes DNS queries via Apple DNS servers when using 'Advanced Tracking and Fingerprinting Protection'.

Good to know

* when setting up home networks or

* you want to use DNS for content filtering or

* you prefer your DNS queries to stay private

"Advanced Tracking and Fingerprinting Protection" Leaks DNS Queries to Apple

kryptoncalm — Sun, 29 Oct 2023 09:19:57 +0000

Article URL: https://community.cloudflare.com/t/advanced-tracking-and-fingerprinting-protection-leaks-dns-queries-to-apple-dns-server/559364/6

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38056941

Points: 47

# Comments: 12

New comment by kryptoncalm in "I stopped buying new laptops (2020)"

kryptoncalm — Sun, 09 Jul 2023 12:37:53 +0000

I have the same problem on my 2015 Macbook Pro, I can do all usual work I want, but website are getting slower and slower burdened by heaps of JavaScript, autoplaying video and what not. Sometimes I even have input lag when typing in a search bar(!). The Ikea website is a good example of bloated website.

Adblock only helps a bit, and most websites don't work without javascript.

New comment by kryptoncalm in "Gandi.net – Pricing Update"

kryptoncalm — Wed, 14 Jun 2023 15:53:28 +0000

Exactly this. I didn’t know they were acquired, it seems they’re acting quickly. Any recommendations on how to migrate e-mail address + IMAP boxes?

New comment by kryptoncalm in "Photoprism – open-source Google Photos Alternative"

kryptoncalm — Thu, 09 Feb 2023 13:00:07 +0000

I’m a big fan of PiGallery2 myself [1]. Very simple and fast, meant for running on a Raspberry Pi (hence the name).

I remember photoprism having some subscription requirement for certain features.

Other notable alternatives:

- PiWiGo [2]

- Photoview [3]

- Zenphoto [4]

[1] http://bpatrik.github.io/pigallery2/

[2] https://piwigo.org/

[3] https://photoview.github.io/

[4] https://www.zenphoto.org/

New comment by kryptoncalm in "Files – Single-file photo gallery and file manager"

kryptoncalm — Sun, 13 Feb 2022 21:29:07 +0000

Two more noteworthy alternatives that focus on photo gallery:

* https://github.com/bpatrik/PiGallery2/

* https://piwigo.org/

I’m using the first one as personal album and it works very well, including things like infinite scroll and link-based album sharing.

The latter is more sophisticated and has a native accompanying app but I found pigallery easier to work with.