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New comment by lolftw in "All phones sold in the EU to have replaceable batteries from 2027"

lolftw — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 16:02:34 +0000

A GoPro fits all of those requirements and has easily replaceable batteries. Now, I understand that the shape and sizes are different. But I wouldn't mind some extra mm of thickness (I already get a pretty big camera bump anyway) if that means I can replace a battery faster.

New comment by lolftw in "Orion 1.0"

lolftw — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 18:35:49 +0000

I love Orion on iOS especially because the ability to use desktop extensions in it (some may not work)

Ask HN: How to better understand studies and papers?

lolftw — Thu, 16 Dec 2021 10:27:50 +0000

Hi,

I have a bachelors degree in a non-science related field so I have never conducted a research study myself. I find it very difficult to understand if the study I am reading is well thought out, with good practices or just comes from shady interests or publications.

How can I be better informed to distinguish between good and valid studies from the others?

How do I know if a study has been peer reviewed and what were the conclusions of those reviews?

How do I know if the methodology chosen for trials was right or flawed?

Is there any "Research Studies for Dummies" resource out there I can read to improve my knowledge on this?

Thank you

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29576872

Points: 1

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New comment by lolftw in "Adobe XD for Visual Studio Code"

lolftw — Mon, 26 Oct 2020 09:16:25 +0000

Figma supports Windows

New comment by lolftw in "Ask HN: How to be sure that an app on a store is running the open source code?"

lolftw — Mon, 07 Sep 2020 13:02:06 +0000

> If you are concerned about that, don’t use iOS.

The advantage of Android is that you can get the apk from a trusted source or build it yourself, right?

New comment by lolftw in "Ask HN: How to be sure that an app on a store is running the open source code?"

lolftw — Mon, 07 Sep 2020 12:59:19 +0000

Precisely. My concern was raised thinking about contact tracing apps. I'll have a look at the link you shared, thank you!

Ask HN: How to be sure that an app on a store is running the open source code?

lolftw — Mon, 07 Sep 2020 12:05:16 +0000

Let's say for example Bitwarden: How do I know, the app I am installing from the App Store, is running the code that is Open Source and not something else?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24398822

Points: 6

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New comment by lolftw in "I deleted my Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram accounts, and felt great since"

lolftw — Thu, 25 Jun 2020 09:26:27 +0000

Also, if you try to follow any type of discussion in the comments its surprisingly difficult. Hard to find the parents of a comment, hard to scroll up to the original comments. And to be honest... I think this is for the best of the platform.

New comment by lolftw in "Elevator.js – A “back to top” button that behaves like a real elevator"

lolftw — Wed, 24 Jun 2020 07:47:03 +0000

Or shift+space if you want to take steps until the top (maybe you just want to navigate up faster, and not to the top)

New comment by lolftw in "Twitter Will Allow Employees to Work at Home Forever"

lolftw — Wed, 13 May 2020 08:48:01 +0000

I fully agree with you. Although office interactions play a big part in socialization, I think most of the uneasiness I feel right now is due to the fact that I can't even socialize outside of work, or with non-coworkers. Not caused by remote work per se.

New comment by lolftw in "Deploys at Slack"

lolftw — Thu, 09 Apr 2020 08:33:59 +0000

Interested!

The Aftermath of a YouTube Apology

lolftw — Thu, 13 Feb 2020 19:08:31 +0000

Article URL: https://pudding.cool/2020/01/apology/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22320418

Points: 2

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New comment by lolftw in "What's SAP?"

lolftw — Thu, 06 Feb 2020 15:02:44 +0000

Care to share what you product is?

New comment by lolftw in "Ask HN: How do you keep your files organized on macOS?"

lolftw — Fri, 08 Mar 2019 09:31:02 +0000

I like your rule based approach. I think I'll try it for myself.

My main "problem" with organization methods, is that I feel they get in the way of my creation process.

If i'm creating a PPT and I need an icon pack I don't want to think to where should I donwload it, if the project as a folder, where to export it or whatever... Just give me the icons, right now Im creating a presentation, I could care less about how my files are structured.

The final presentation will end up on google drive, or somwhere else "safe".

Your approach allows me to do this, and keep everything organized at the same time.

New comment by lolftw in "Ask HN: How do you keep your files organized on macOS?"

lolftw — Fri, 08 Mar 2019 09:16:03 +0000

> It's like "saving things" on my physical desk - a bad habit I tell myself not to do, but still find myself doing. (chucks a few things that have been on my desk).

But on a physical desk I don't have options to sort, search etc. I do on the mac. I use the desktop as place for non-critical files everytime (like a screenshot that I have to attach to an email, or to export a image without background that I am going to use on a ppt). Basically just as a temp folder.

It is absolutly cluttered, but the ability to drop a temporary file there without thinking of structure or what it relates to trumps the clutter it creates.

Besides, with the addition of Stacks (https://support.apple.com/en-in/HT209101) it makes everything more manageable.

New comment by lolftw in "Alibaba acquires Berlin-based data Artisans for $103M"

lolftw — Tue, 08 Jan 2019 09:40:20 +0000

Farfetch comes to mind:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/20/business/dealbook/farfetc...