Hacker News: leonhard

New comment by leonhard in "Sergey Brin's Unretirement"

leonhard — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 08:59:11 +0000

This basically exists in Austria as “Altersteilzeit” [0] (“old age part time”). You even get 50% of your loss of income back through social security. So e.g. when reducing work by 40% you still get 80% of your salary. I’m guessing this is to incentivise employers to keep people near retirement employed as it would be much more expensive for the state to finance them if they were unemployed.

[0] https://www.oesterreich.gv.at/de/themen/arbeit_beruf_und_pen... (only in German unfortunately)

New comment by leonhard in "I sell onions on the Internet (2019)"

leonhard — Thu, 25 Dec 2025 19:54:34 +0000

can you elaborate on the phone basis with engineers? I can’t really imagine how that wouldn’t be much more hassle discussing details without written documents, so I’m intrigued

New comment by leonhard in "Spaced repetition for efficient learning (2019)"

leonhard — Thu, 25 Dec 2025 16:34:32 +0000

Do you have more experiences with learning dance moves and spaced repetition you can share? That sounds interesting. (Also what dance is it?)

New comment by leonhard in "No Socials November"

leonhard — Mon, 03 Nov 2025 20:50:19 +0000

How can you do that in the apps? Or do you just do it for the websites and not install the apps in the first place?

New comment by leonhard in "Show HN: Ikuyo a Travel Planning Web Application"

leonhard — Wed, 11 Jun 2025 23:50:03 +0000

I mean in Europe they’re also just a few hours train ride apart. (Or a few hours drive where your car rides the train.)

New comment by leonhard in "Startup Equity 101"

leonhard — Sun, 08 Jun 2025 21:33:56 +0000

what’s a generational startup?

New comment by leonhard in "How to build Intrinsic Motivation: a review of the science"

leonhard — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 02:08:20 +0000

Can you elaborate on that?

New comment by leonhard in "Europe needs its own social media platforms to safeguard sovereignty"

leonhard — Sat, 05 Apr 2025 12:20:07 +0000

Where you get the free VM from?

New comment by leonhard in "Launch HN: ASim (YC S21) – Mobile app that generates mobile apps"

leonhard — Tue, 01 Apr 2025 18:51:02 +0000

Would like to try it out but I’m not receiving the verification code on my UK number.

New comment by leonhard in "Show HN: Nue – Apps lighter than a React button"

leonhard — Tue, 01 Apr 2025 06:48:29 +0000

I really like the approach but the demo [0] doesn’t really work on iOS Safari (although might be my outdated 16.7.8 version). Scrolling doesn’t work, the layout and buttons have weird line breaks, the native search button is embedded in the custom designed one, leading to 2 icons…

[0] https://mpa.nuejs.org/app/

New comment by leonhard in "Show HN: Metacheck – preview how any link appears on social media and chat apps"

leonhard — Sun, 16 Mar 2025 04:41:22 +0000

I just tried your URL on my WhatsApp and it shows up exactly as in the preview from the tool. My experience is is has to be the full URL with https:// and it only shows the first link, and it sometimes gets confused when you have multiple links in a message and shuffle them around/delete some of them.

New comment by leonhard in "Seven39 – a social media app that is only open for 3 hours every evening"

leonhard — Tue, 11 Mar 2025 02:46:47 +0000

do you have a repo or some starting points already? Would love something like that but always found it too annoying to figure out how to scrape it properly. (I’d especially like story summaries.)

New comment by leonhard in "Who would have won the Simon-Ehrlich bet over different decades?"

leonhard — Sun, 12 Jan 2025 15:00:00 +0000

> The loss or gain for each metal was then summed up to get the total. If the total basket of metals had increased in price, Ehrlich had to pay. If it decreased, Simon had to pay.

I think this is the wrong way around, as the price dropped and that’s why Ehrlich lost and had to pay, no?

New comment by leonhard in "Carving your space"

leonhard — Wed, 13 Nov 2024 08:24:10 +0000

Hey, I’m a new grad and have exactly that skill set. I couldn’t find a way to contact you in your bio, but I’d love to chat if you’re hiring!

New comment by leonhard in "The Collapse of Self-Worth in the Digital Age"

leonhard — Sat, 21 Sep 2024 20:48:20 +0000

Thank you, very interesting. Can you talk more about cold approaching respectfully? How did you overcome that feeling of being a creep in the beginning when you’re not calibrated yet on what works for you?

New comment by leonhard in "Show HN: Uisual – Free Tailwind CSS Components and Templates (No JavaScript)"

leonhard — Mon, 19 Aug 2024 18:58:02 +0000

Can you elaborate how you usually implement this?

New comment by leonhard in "Beyond introvert vs. extrovert"

leonhard — Wed, 19 Jul 2023 19:49:28 +0000

Any advice on how to develop such skills in charm and charisma?

New comment by leonhard in "Apple Maps Gradually Winning over Google Maps Users, Report Suggests"

leonhard — Tue, 18 Jul 2023 13:39:29 +0000

Apple Maps is also the only app that shows the exact entrance and exit to take on public transport in the cities I’ve used it in (Vienna, London: esp. time-saving there with often exits numbered 1–5 without clear indication where they lead to), and the station layout with underground walkways overlayed on the map is also very accurate.

The only annoying UX gripe I have is that it doesn’t show the arrival time, you have to do your own mental math to add the route duration to the start time you’ve entered.

New comment by leonhard in "Ask HN: Has anyone switched from a professional job to a more manual one?"

leonhard — Thu, 25 May 2023 22:03:15 +0000

Very interesting, thanks for the detailed answer!

New comment by leonhard in "Ask HN: Has anyone switched from a professional job to a more manual one?"

leonhard — Thu, 25 May 2023 01:38:10 +0000

Did you have previous experience in the construction industry or why would someone hire an inexperienced desk worker for such a job? (not trying to be demeaning, just curious) And how did you find/get the job?