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New comment by maxldn in "Tell HN: Claude 4.7 is ignoring stop hooks"

maxldn — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 15:01:06 +0000

Because they don’t remember anything?

New comment by maxldn in "The AI Great Leap Forward"

maxldn — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 11:32:02 +0000

But you can just re-roll until you get something good.

New comment by maxldn in "A DuckDB-based metabase alternative"

maxldn — Wed, 18 Feb 2026 14:01:42 +0000

Really? How large? I’ve only managed to crash it with hundreds/thousands of files so far, but haven’t so many huge files to deal with.

New comment by maxldn in "EU must become a 'genuine federation' to avoid deindustrialisation and decline"

maxldn — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 13:35:42 +0000

I kind of assumed brexit would make people give up pretending, but that doesn’t seem to have happened

New comment by maxldn in "Dutch experts warn US takeover of DigiD platform poses security risks"

maxldn — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 15:19:14 +0000

That doesn’t make a difference though because of the cloud act

New comment by maxldn in "NYC congestion pricing cuts air pollution by a fifth in six months"

maxldn — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 06:20:24 +0000

According to a quick search the nyc subway is $2.90 rising to $3 next year. This is comparable to, but slightly less than a zone 1 off peak ticket in London at £2.70. Most journeys are more expensive (on the train, busses are pretty cheap here)

New comment by maxldn in "Netherlands – Capital Growth Tax and Capital Gains Tax for Box 3"

maxldn — Tue, 02 Dec 2025 11:13:44 +0000

While I don’t disagree, I think it’s worth noting that the Netherlands has a pretty good level of social housing. Not perfect, but I think it’s 26% based on the stats link in the parent. Also rent controls. Although these also tend to reward people who have been in the system longer (which _might_ be by design, but that’s just like my opinion)

New comment by maxldn in "Netherlands – Capital Growth Tax and Capital Gains Tax for Box 3"

maxldn — Tue, 02 Dec 2025 10:59:01 +0000

Maybe? You can deduct losses. If you have to sell a little of your crypto while the price is high to pay your taxes, then what have you lost after it goes to zero? At least the tax office get something out of it in tat case.

New comment by maxldn in "Things I don't like in configuration languages"

maxldn — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 08:21:04 +0000

I’ve often wondered the same. The op doesn’t go far beyond:

> The era of XML is in the past.

Which is about as deep as it seems to get. My suspicion is that the reason people don’t like it is because it’s a bit of a pain to work with in JavaScript

New comment by maxldn in "A new documentary about the history of forced psychiatric treatment in Spain"

maxldn — Sun, 16 Nov 2025 15:41:18 +0000

Why do you keep saying she wasn’t imprisoned? She was imprisoned in a convent and then in a mental institution.

Edit: clarification

New comment by maxldn in "A New Form Factor for Drones: Vertical and Coaxial"

maxldn — Fri, 21 Mar 2025 11:49:30 +0000

I guess they decided that auto play video wasn’t _quite_ irritating enough

New comment by maxldn in "What should I expect from moving tech jobs from USA to Europe?"

maxldn — Fri, 21 Feb 2025 11:19:00 +0000

I’d say that it’s pretty normal in the Netherlands to be very close to a park. It’s a very densely populated country. In Amsterdam specifically I think they consciously decided a few hundred years ago the parks should be everywhere. It’s hard to generalise about the EU as it’s pretty large and diverse, but most of the places I’ve been, 3 miles would be a long way to go in a city. I would expect to come across several parks of varying sizes, shops, schools, etc. In the countryside there are fewer facilities generally, but less need for parks.

New comment by maxldn in "What should I expect from moving tech jobs from USA to Europe?"

maxldn — Thu, 20 Feb 2025 14:56:03 +0000

Three miles is quite a long way though. From central Amsterdam, for example, it’s basically as far as the ring road and contains all the main parks

New comment by maxldn in "“Wherever you get your podcasts” is a radical statement"

maxldn — Fri, 09 Feb 2024 10:29:39 +0000

I'm trying to understand what you mean by this. Their podcasts still show up in e.g. Apple Podcasts and Pocketcasts. If you look at the 'podcasts' page for e.g. '13 Minutes to the Moon'[1] (which I hadn't realized there was a third season of), there is a (small) link to the rss[2]

[1]: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w13xttx2/episodes/downloads [2]: https://podcasts.files.bbci.co.uk/w13xttx2.rss