Hacker News: martin_bech

New comment by martin_bech in "My insulin pump controller uses the Linux kernel. It also violates the GPL"

martin_bech — Fri, 26 Dec 2025 21:31:34 +0000

Its also for security.. outside the US, you still cant use a regular phone with the omnipod.

New comment by martin_bech in "My insulin pump controller uses the Linux kernel. It also violates the GPL"

martin_bech — Fri, 26 Dec 2025 21:30:24 +0000

Security… The PDM is walled off completely, it cant install apps, its not on wifi, you cant change any settings. The issue is that a PDM technically could easily kill you, by giving you a lethal dose of insulin.

Funny thing is that the newer Omnipod 5 from the same company works with regular phones now, but only in th US.

New comment by martin_bech in "Denmark: Minister for Digitalization wants to phase out Microsoft"

martin_bech — Tue, 10 Jun 2025 16:38:31 +0000

In this instance, they sre trying out libre office

New comment by martin_bech in "Finland Bans Smartphones in Schools"

martin_bech — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 13:57:48 +0000

Yeah the first thing isnt 100% true, there is no law here in Denmark, but in many many schools, kids hand over their phones in the morning, and get them back at the end of the day. Is up to the schools how they want to handle it

New comment by martin_bech in "Overbooking – how providers divide up the bandwidth"

martin_bech — Sun, 29 Sep 2024 17:39:40 +0000

I would guess about 10% of an ISPs customers are gamers. Maybe lower. Again game updates are not that big, compared to your connection, so most of the day your connection is idle

New comment by martin_bech in "Overbooking – how providers divide up the bandwidth"

martin_bech — Sun, 29 Sep 2024 17:37:20 +0000

Yeah.. they are not.. even tens of GiB per day is not a lot compared to your connections 1000gb/s. Netflix 4k stream is not the norm, and still only about 20mb/s so you would need to be running 50 4k streams, and even then, chances are you neighbours out of the house, or flipping instagram, so the bandwith is available..

Btw netflix did colocate with isps at one point, they might still do.

New comment by martin_bech in "Overbooking – how providers divide up the bandwidth"

martin_bech — Sun, 29 Sep 2024 17:31:31 +0000

I worked at a large ISP and telco in my youth, and ofc this is how its done, its been this way forever, and is also basicly how phone networks where and are built, because you know that everyone is not going to call everyone at the same exact time, so you use an Erlang B calculation to figure out what you actually need..

For reference ths ISP i worked for, that was pretty damn big, started out with 40 modems, and that lasted a looong time..

Btw. Biggest issue with traffic when i worked there was the advent of p2p sharing, that required massive upgrades

New comment by martin_bech in "Comparing Google and ChatGPT"

martin_bech — Thu, 01 Dec 2022 16:39:31 +0000

Google already does this

New comment by martin_bech in "Apple M2 Pro to use new 3nm process"

martin_bech — Thu, 25 Aug 2022 22:43:17 +0000

Well dosent Apple usually prepay? Thats normally why they get preferential treatment.

New comment by martin_bech in "TikTok videos leave teens thinking they have rare mental disorders (2021)"

martin_bech — Mon, 01 Aug 2022 14:42:09 +0000

Fashion has moved on, so the anorexic has been largely replaced with bikini fitness. This is not a joke. You will also find that among bikini fitness athletes, you will find a lot who have been previously anorexic.

New comment by martin_bech in "Ford's answer to EV supply chain hell: Cheaper batteries"

martin_bech — Tue, 26 Jul 2022 14:02:47 +0000

Thats yoyr problem right there.. its 10x the cost and only feasible if hydrogen cars become the norm, and hydrogen cars will not be the norm if no fillingstations are available. Meanwhile with an EV, I will never really need to visit a charging station, unless Im on a road trip.

New comment by martin_bech in "Denmark bans Gmail and Co from schools due to privacy concerns"

martin_bech — Tue, 26 Jul 2022 12:40:09 +0000

Denmark has alternatives, thats why this is done rather easily. The biggest problem is a slew of chromebooks bought by schools that will now be scraped, but the schools hated them anyway because of poor performance. Source Danish Guy with a daugther in 5th grade in Denmark.

New comment by martin_bech in "Ford's answer to EV supply chain hell: Cheaper batteries"

martin_bech — Mon, 25 Jul 2022 10:42:15 +0000

That looks promising, but the costs are still way higher then putting in EV chargers, and you can set up EV charging at home, for almost no cost.

Again the scale of hydrogen fueling stations needed would be massive

New comment by martin_bech in "Ford's answer to EV supply chain hell: Cheaper batteries"

martin_bech — Sun, 24 Jul 2022 09:55:57 +0000

Because the infrastructure needed would be bonkers, and creating fuelibg stations is not really a solved problem. You also loose a big amount of energy converting from electric to hydrogen and back. The cars themselves almost always have low storage because the tanks are very big. Hydrogen car performance is also a lot lower then pure EV.

New comment by martin_bech in "Dutch schools must stop using Google's email and cloud due to privacy concerns"

martin_bech — Fri, 22 Jul 2022 01:03:08 +0000

Same here in Denmark. After the summerbreak, no google accounts and no chromebooks.

New comment by martin_bech in "Germany Ends Ban on Abortion Advertisement"

martin_bech — Sun, 26 Jun 2022 12:06:00 +0000

Ads for cigarettes have been banned in Europe for a long time, thats why there is zero tobacco in Formula 1. In Denmark its now illegal to show the tobacco in the store, it has to be hidden

New comment by martin_bech in "Facebook says Apple is too powerful – they're right"

martin_bech — Mon, 20 Jun 2022 23:02:37 +0000

Paying 30% to get access to millions of users, with money and having distribution, backups, creditcard handling, user management etc. Handled for you.. seems like a pretty good deal.

New comment by martin_bech in "Tell HN: Google does not list application permissions in the Play Store any more"

martin_bech — Fri, 10 Jun 2022 19:40:45 +0000

Probably because all apps are now required to target the latest api, which means most permissions are done by user prompts, and not just by downloading the app.

New comment by martin_bech in "Credit Scores Can Run – and Ruin – Our Lives"

martin_bech — Wed, 25 May 2022 18:57:54 +0000

As a European, the credit score system seems completely bonkers..

New comment by martin_bech in "Importance of muscle mass, strength and cardiorespiratory fitness for longevity"

martin_bech — Sun, 28 Nov 2021 19:03:19 +0000

Its really great for results, and motivation. Unfortunately with age, its also how I get injured very easily if going full tilt.