Hacker News: mklarmann

New comment by mklarmann in "I'm Eric Ries, author of "The Lean Startup" and new book "Incorruptible" – AMA"

mklarmann — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 16:04:55 +0000

The question has been also on our mind. We restructure now towards a https://steward-ownership.com/ company structure (in CH). The hard challenge will be fundraising - so we are actually considering selling "Partizipationsscheine" which are stocks without a vote, but still a dividend. On a open market (maybe through polygon / base coins). I just wonder how to resolve the initial funding question on those companies. Any ideas?

New comment by mklarmann in "iPhone Air"

mklarmann — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 14:10:42 +0000

This is funny, when you think about that our demographic (people with multiple tech devices, in need of a smaller phone, able to pay more for it, etc.) should match perfectly with everyone who works internally at apple on the phones. They must have frequent discussions on this, that get agressively silenced - to keep the focus on the bigger phones :o)

New comment by mklarmann in "Solid protocol restores digital agency"

mklarmann — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 13:40:52 +0000

I’ve been thinking about confidential data sharing in the food supply chain. Imagine using Solid pods as user-owned vaults for provenance docs and contracts under WAC, paired with Matrix’s federated E2EE messaging (via Solid WebID-OIDC SSO) and archiving chats/attachments back into your pod—yielding a fully decentralized, data-sovereign collaboration.

I wonder if this would work

New comment by mklarmann in "Germany and Italy pressed to bring $245B of gold home from US"

mklarmann — Mon, 23 Jun 2025 11:52:33 +0000

IMO the US should have never been trusted, but maybe the argument that this a Trump issue creates critical mass to move this forward.

There is enough incentive for the US to not be transparent about the actual gold that is left.

New comment by mklarmann in "Konva.js - Declarative 2D Canvas for React, Vue, and Svelte"

mklarmann — Wed, 19 Mar 2025 15:26:58 +0000

impressive! But know I am left wondering, what the price is...

New comment by mklarmann in "An electric new era for Atlas"

mklarmann — Wed, 17 Apr 2024 14:44:33 +0000

I guess the big news is, that it runs on batteries

New comment by mklarmann in "Ethereum Foundation removes their canary"

mklarmann — Sat, 23 Mar 2024 22:29:46 +0000

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has launched a probe into Ethereum to determine whether the largest altcoin is a security, Fortune reported.

The SEC sent subpoenas to companies seeking documents and financial records relating to their dealings with the Ethereum Foundation, the story said, citing companies that have received SEC subpoenas.

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

mklarmann — Wed, 19 Jul 2023 19:29:27 +0000

I would even argue, that it is depending on the context (on how you feel) that makes you introvert or extrovert in the situation. Not just a vector. I found it funny doing some tests, but once with the mindset of being a CEO, and in the other situation on the dancefloor, etc.

New comment by mklarmann in "Eating microwave popcorn increases the level of PFAS in body (2022)"

mklarmann — Fri, 23 Jun 2023 08:19:40 +0000

I love popcorn. And this might be arrogant. As I might come around like the extremist (that I am). But I am reading here between the lines, that even with popcorn, there is a lot that could be done better for the environment: - gas is not renewable. I hope we can get away from that - once popping starts you turn of the stove, does this mean you have fairly solid pans that keep the heat long? I don't think that is sustainable either - You put butter in the popcorn? Well that is also not sustainable either. - Then you add Parmesan, well that makes it even worse. - You use a paper towel, that you toss away

Why do we just happen to glance over those issues so easily?

New comment by mklarmann in "Children's Games (Bruegel)"

mklarmann — Sat, 27 May 2023 15:55:00 +0000

Yes. Funny to find this here. This is actually still quite common in my home-town Riedlingen in Swabian Albs during carnival festivites. You can see in the picture [1] that they have attached the bladders to a stick, and the tradition is to hit people on the head with this :o)

[1]: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narrenzunft_Gole

New comment by mklarmann in "The meat industry blocked the IPCC’s attempt to recommend a plant-based diet"

mklarmann — Tue, 28 Mar 2023 07:17:47 +0000

No. Those cows live longer and therefor produce more methane. They are worse in terms of ghg.

New comment by mklarmann in "The meat industry blocked the IPCC’s attempt to recommend a plant-based diet"

mklarmann — Tue, 28 Mar 2023 07:16:29 +0000

If you define “sustainable” in the sense of “enabling human life on earth”, you should be fine.

New comment by mklarmann in "The meat industry blocked the IPCC’s attempt to recommend a plant-based diet"

mklarmann — Tue, 28 Mar 2023 07:13:00 +0000

Seaweed, garlic, etc. has shown to reduce methane. Yet at the same time creates uncertainty around more nitrous oxide, which might makes it even worse.

New comment by mklarmann in "The link between August birthdays and ADHD (2018)"

mklarmann — Thu, 20 Oct 2022 11:00:57 +0000

Usually there is more than one class that starts at the same location. They already would do a great job by just grouping them all by age...

New comment by mklarmann in "YouTube currently testing 5 to 10 unskippable ads before video starts"

mklarmann — Wed, 14 Sep 2022 11:02:12 +0000

I do receive youtube's request to purchase premium about each time I go on the site (I am not logged in, use privacy protection) for years now. I am so pissed off by their aggressive marketing and with every click to get away with the banner my decision becomes more solid. I will never be able to pay for it.

New comment by mklarmann in "Ask HN: What are some cool but obscure data structures you know about?"

mklarmann — Fri, 22 Jul 2022 07:10:23 +0000

I do recall Asami using a HAMT and it is written in Clojure. [1]: https://github.com/threatgrid/asami

New comment by mklarmann in "Germany to Introduce Bill to Accelerate Wind Energy Expansion"

mklarmann — Wed, 08 Jun 2022 15:06:36 +0000

Vaclav Smil told me personally on a conference in Switzerland, Zürich (he was presenting at the european food service summit), that he does not believe in climate change. That's it for me.

New comment by mklarmann in "We’ve got a science opportunity overload: Launching the Wolfram Institute"

mklarmann — Thu, 07 Apr 2022 07:11:46 +0000

I worked with Matthew Cook at ETH Zürich after he left wolfram for that reason. Cooks proof of the Turing completeness of the 110 rule [1] is in my opinion the only interesting piece in the new kind of science book. The dispute emerged from wolfram handling this not with science in mind, but capitalism. Putting an NDA on the publication of cook, to frame himself as the source.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_110

New comment by mklarmann in "Major breakthrough on nuclear fusion energy"

mklarmann — Wed, 09 Feb 2022 16:59:12 +0000

According to Wikipedia (German) the Wendelstein 7-X already did 150 mega joules of "sustained fusion" [1]. So how is this record breaking?

[1]: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendelstein_7-X

New comment by mklarmann in "European researchers achieve fusion energy record"

mklarmann — Wed, 09 Feb 2022 16:58:31 +0000

According to Wikipedia (German) the Wendelstein 7-X already did 150 mega joules of "sustained fusion" [1]. So how is this record breaking?

[1]: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendelstein_7-X