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New comment by landgenoot in "Kindle loyalists scramble as Amazon turns page on old e-readers"

landgenoot — Sun, 24 May 2026 12:55:15 +0000

Mine doesn't remember the last opened books when the date isn't correct. Unfortunately you cannot set the date manually.

New comment by landgenoot in "Hanoi’s humble beer glass and the memory of a nation"

landgenoot — Wed, 20 May 2026 02:35:44 +0000

I use them on a daily basis, but I have my doubts about the health aspects. They have literal rough edges. I had to throw 10% away because I hurt myself while cleaning them and they are hard to clean.

On the streets I saw some buildup dirtiness behind those edges directly below the part you touch with your mouth.

Moreover, they are cooled down during the production process in the ashes, so they are very dirty when delivered.

New comment by landgenoot in "Kv4p HT – A homebrew 1W radio (VHF or UHF) that plugs into an Android phone"

landgenoot — Tue, 19 May 2026 07:18:20 +0000

> 1 watt transmit can go miles yet sips your phone’s battery

How far can such a device reach in a typical urban environment with the longer antenna?

New comment by landgenoot in "Ploopy Bean: a trackpoint for every computer"

landgenoot — Sat, 16 May 2026 03:06:46 +0000

Isn't the point that it's integrated in the keyboard, so that you don't have to move your hands away to use it?

New comment by landgenoot in "Drunk post: Things I've learned as a senior engineer (2021)"

landgenoot — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 09:08:57 +0000

Until you have a real life scenario and are dependent on 3 external services that spit out enormous JSON's.

It's nice for writing libraries though

New comment by landgenoot in "Your Smart TV is taking screenshots of your screen every 15 seconds (2024)"

landgenoot — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:07:29 +0000

What is the framework of the TV's these days? I still have a 2011 high end Samsung that has no Wifi, but this thing is not going to last forever.

New comment by landgenoot in "IPv6 is the only way forward"

landgenoot — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 08:09:39 +0000

> The INET6 data type is intended for storage of IPv6 addresses, as well as IPv4 addresses assuming conventional mapping of IPv4 addresses into IPv6 addresses.

New comment by landgenoot in "First lab-grown T-Rex leather handbag unveiled in Amsterdam could fetch €575,000"

landgenoot — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 06:32:46 +0000

> "He's got all the money in the world but there's one thing he can't buy." "What's that?" ... "A dinosaur."

This is getting close

New comment by landgenoot in "CBP tapped into the online advertising ecosystem to track peoples’ movements"

landgenoot — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 01:25:10 +0000

The lightning network supports transactions starting from 1 Satoshi.

One Satoshi is currently worth $0.000713.

New comment by landgenoot in "We installed a single turnstile to feel secure"

landgenoot — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 21:20:21 +0000

I think it's the coffee machine at the office

New comment by landgenoot in "GrapheneOS – Break Free from Google and Apple"

landgenoot — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 12:52:48 +0000

You need an active internet connection to pay via QR.

NFC (EMV) works offline.

New comment by landgenoot in "IKEA for Software"

landgenoot — Sat, 17 Jan 2026 07:29:27 +0000

Reminds me of some frameworks that did the top to bottom approach.

Yii (PHP) had a code generator that created all the CRUD logic for you. After generation, you could remove the code that you didn't need.

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

landgenoot — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 16:15:20 +0000

So, don't do targeted advertising then?

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

landgenoot — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 15:50:19 +0000

I don't think the problem is these kind of suggestions.

Are people suddenly moving more between corp A and corp B? Must be something going on, let's buy the stock.

Suddenly multiple Ubers are dropping off people at a residential building during the night? They probably know each other. Let's flag that as a potential risk.

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

landgenoot — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 15:41:15 +0000

This is very insightful

New comment by landgenoot in "Show HN: CoThou – Control what AI search engines say about your business"

landgenoot — Wed, 03 Dec 2025 03:26:31 +0000

I'm worried some bad actors are reverse engineering this as well.

New comment by landgenoot in "Please donate to keep Network Time Protocol up – Goal 1k"

landgenoot — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 11:59:03 +0000

You are thinking to much in emoji's and emdashes.

New comment by landgenoot in "Find Bitcoin-Friendly Coffee Shops – We Need Submissions"

landgenoot — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 08:10:09 +0000

Basically you split your bitcoin and send one part to the recipient and one part back to yourself.

New comment by landgenoot in "The cryptography behind electronic passports"

landgenoot — Sat, 01 Nov 2025 14:00:01 +0000

Depends on the country. In Belgium: hospitals, pubic libraries, prescription medication,

New comment by landgenoot in "What if tariffs?"

landgenoot — Sun, 26 Oct 2025 08:56:20 +0000

I like that it's priced at 139