<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Hacker News: messo</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=messo</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 24 May 2026 21:12:29 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=messo" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by messo in "Show HN: HTML for People"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I have tried so many times to convince non-technical people that they can put together their own website quite easily, but so often they think I'm joking and that it requires a lot of effort.<p>Next time I'll refer the to this site and ask them to give it half an hour and see what they can create in that time. I know that so many would get hooked if they just get that first taste of "wow, i just published something on the actual web!"<p>@blakewatson: Any plans to add i18n to the site and accepting pull requests for translations?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 10 Oct 2024 20:47:10 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41803413</link><dc:creator>messo</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41803413</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41803413</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by messo in "Show HN: Prisma Python – A fully typed ORM for Python"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>How does Prisma compare to EdgeDB? Pros and cons? I have limited experiences with DBs and ORMs, but EdgeDB looks very interesting.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2022 22:16:17 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30421387</link><dc:creator>messo</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30421387</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30421387</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by messo in "State of the Web: Static Site Generators"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Thanks, this is fascinating!</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2022 21:56:00 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30199525</link><dc:creator>messo</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30199525</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30199525</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by messo in "State of the Web: Static Site Generators"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Wow, did not know about XQuery. Can you point to some resources explaning how one would use it as a SSG?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2022 18:11:10 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30151624</link><dc:creator>messo</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30151624</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30151624</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by messo in "UK government plans publicity blitz against encrypted communications"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>The law ("Offentlighetsloven") is quite nuanced and take into account a lot of different situations and edge cases. The law does not only apply to politicians, but to every public servant in any position.<p>The law is available in Norwegian here, if you want to run it trough a machine translation service and have a look: <a href="https://www.regjeringen.no/no/dokumenter/nou-2003-30/id382853/" rel="nofollow">https://www.regjeringen.no/no/dokumenter/nou-2003-30/id38285...</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 17 Jan 2022 18:12:11 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29969572</link><dc:creator>messo</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29969572</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29969572</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by messo in "UK government plans publicity blitz against encrypted communications"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Norwegian politicians are required by law to only use official channels of communication (government email, phone etc) when discussing anything related to their public service. Citizens can demand to get access to these communications, even anonymously. This has made it possible for regular citizens to uncover both small and big abuses of power through the years, most recently exemplified by a close connection between the Police and a private anti-drug-lobby organization that has had a big influence on drug policy for decades.<p>I have, however, heard that apps like Signal has become more common among politicians, but using it for official business is still illegal.</p>
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<p>I was so exited when I tried out Astro yesterday! Their announcement about taking VC money dampens my exitment considerably. VC money almost always means that there will be a less-then-ideal monetization of the project down the road, somehow.<p>How do they plan to monetize a framework for developers? I know that frameworks like Laravel has built convenient services around their project to earn money, and that I have no problem with. But will such a model be enough to satisfy Astros investors? These are questions I woud like to see answered.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2022 22:59:56 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29913954</link><dc:creator>messo</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29913954</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29913954</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by messo in "Imagine Virginia’s icy traffic catastrophe – but with only electric vehicles"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Here in Norway it is common knowledge to not head out into a winter storm or driving over a mountain pass without having a full(ish) tank / charge. It is advised to bring warm blankets, clothes, water and some food. Getting stranded at a moutainpass or in a tunnel waiting for a storm to clear enough to allow the plough truck to lead the way is routine in the winter, it is the rule and not the exeption.<p>Of course there are always some who do not head the warnings, but they are the exeption to the rule.<p>This winter we also experienced a sudden heavy snowfall in the south of Norway, which took thousands of drivers by suprise and caused a 10 hour long traffic jam on one of the main highways. Some electric car owners where running low, but to my knowledge they all made it out without getting stranded.<p>Being prepared is a cultural aspect of winter driving and avoids most problems independent of the energy source used by the car. One advatage of electric cars is their ability to keep warm for hours without expelling any co2, wich have caused some horrible tragedies where people have been poisened due to the fact that the car has been patrly snowed in, trapping the exhaust.</p>
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<p>Yes, some years ago during a distro jump. Went back to Arch pretty fast, like all the other times I went through a distro-curious phase. Fedora 35 has been the only distro where I have not been crawling back to arch within weeks.</p>
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<p>I switched from Arch (btw!) To Fedora last year and it has been an awesome experience. Highly  recommended! 10 years of Arch has thought me alot and I have enjoyed i3 and sway, but now I needed an OS that just works.<p>Nice to hear that Framework plays well with Fedora, it will definitely be the next laptop I buy (if they ever start shipping to Norway).</p>
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<p>I just read a book from 1854 covering a dry agricultural topic. To my suprise, the language was more poetic and rich than most modern prose! It was a delight to read and never felt contrived or difficult to follow. Extending our personal vocabulary can spice up a text ... just make sure it doesn't get too spicy.</p>
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<p>How is IPv6 coverage in the email provider landscape these days? I guess it would be easier to build up a decent IP reputation if it was on a "virgin" IPv6 address used only for this purpose, and not tainted by prior use etc.<p>IPv6-only for email is probably still a pipe dream, I guess...</p>
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<p>That ... is actually an awesome idea! The condition for getting a domain name should be to have a public consumption and battery status page.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 12 Dec 2021 20:07:21 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29533105</link><dc:creator>messo</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29533105</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29533105</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by messo in "Smart Audio for the Smart Home"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>What a great read! I have been playing with DLNA equipment lately and have found that, while extremely niche, is still alive and quite flexible for the few of us who like to curate local copies of our own music.<p>I do sometimes pirate music, but I have found that buying used CDs at thrift-shops and at Discogs is cheap (and much more fun!) and lets me rip to FLAC with my own preferences.</p>
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<p>Jami has improved alot the last few years, and now I do also use it for my business SIP account. I will test out the new conferencing features with family soon, Zoom and Skype has never worked well for us.</p>
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<p>Special interest groups (like MADD) is almost extremist in their single-mindedness, pursuing utopic ideas without any regard for existing laws concerning privacy and personal freedoms.<p>Here in Norway, we have had the same problem with the anti-drug lobby, where police, schools and other government agencies have gotten away with obvious injustices for decades, in the name of the utopia that is a "drug free society". Only now is people and the press waking up to the fact that so much of what has been going on in the service of "the greater good", actually has been illegal and caused a lot of harm and suffering.</p>
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<p>The example with Bill Gates at the bottom is wild! The "teardrop" under one of his eyes makes it slightly gangster, and the smooth face and awkward smile reminds me of a much younger Bill. Fascinating.</p>
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<p>Flarum is a built on PHP / Laravel and is easy to host even on shared hosting providers. It looks and behaves much like Discourse, but less resource intensive in my experience.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2021 13:45:16 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29161611</link><dc:creator>messo</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29161611</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29161611</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by messo in "Mastodon: AGPLv3 FOSS social network server"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Mastodon was hard to "sell" to my peers when I tried to explain how it works. Recently I changed my approach by not explaining all the great technical features related to federation, and instead focused on the fact that it is ad-free, do not use an algorithm (feed is chronological) and is community run. Mastodon is what Twitter once was, before it got ruined by ads and algorithms.<p>A friend who is an artist was frustrated with the experience on Instagram, and finally signed up on an art-related community in the fediverse, and found it to be a breath of fresh air, with more meaningfull interactions, not just likes.</p>
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<p>> How's this working with regard to discoverability?<p>He quickly learned to use the super key or the upper left corner to go to the overview. He mainly uses the browser and the email app anyway so he does not multitask that much.<p>> If these are the only updates run on that computer, wouldn't that leave e.g. browsers unpatched for quite long periods of time?<p>Fedora has an option to auto-update apps on reboot (not sure if it is default or not). He does not reboot often, but it happens often enough that it stays reasonably up to date. The updates are seamless and not forced, so he never experience any interuptions.</p>
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