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New comment by nbzklr in "Computer-1 mini-ITX Chassis"

nbzklr — Thu, 28 Oct 2021 19:21:05 +0000

Oh damn, didn't know that they stopped production. Seems like I got lucky then when I ordered mine last month. It is truly an amazing case!

New comment by nbzklr in "Microsoft is building a new Outlook app for Windows and Mac powered by the web"

nbzklr — Mon, 04 Jan 2021 17:28:21 +0000

In this case I have to disagree. I've been using the web version of outlook for at least 8 months now and it is so much better than the rusty windows application.

New comment by nbzklr in "Google announces Pixel 5, Pixel 4A 5G, and Pixel 4A"

nbzklr — Mon, 03 Aug 2020 21:56:54 +0000

Yes it does. I'm using this exact configuration on my Pixel 4 right now. Works great!

New comment by nbzklr in "Ask HN: Programs that wasted you 100 hours?"

nbzklr — Tue, 14 Apr 2020 10:53:39 +0000

You should give the online version at https://outlook.com a try. I've been using it since the corona outbreak and it's actually better than the desktop version imo.

New comment by nbzklr in "Ask HN: What are your favorite low-coding apps / tools as a developer?"

nbzklr — Mon, 06 Apr 2020 07:12:06 +0000

Just wanted to throw in https://apify.com/. I'm using it to monitor changes on different websites and automatically send an email to me with screenshots of the updated content. But you can do all sorts of other useful things with it!

New comment by nbzklr in "German court bans Uber's ride-hailing services in Germany"

nbzklr — Fri, 20 Dec 2019 09:31:10 +0000

If there are laws that your competitor is clearly violating, then defending your business is not "crying for help". The Taxi companies are just doing what they can given the legal framework that our government created.

New comment by nbzklr in "German court bans Uber's ride-hailing services in Germany"

nbzklr — Fri, 20 Dec 2019 09:13:34 +0000

They do have an app, it's called "FreeNow" and works OK imo. The main reason Taxi companies are complaining is that there are different sets of rules for Taxi companies (that are supposed to operate in the public interest) and rental companies with drivers (which are not). E.g. Taxis have to wait at designated parking spots and are not allowed to drive around between rides.

I don't necessarily agree with their arguments, but I also don't think Uber should get a "free ride".

New comment by nbzklr in "German court bans Uber's ride-hailing services in Germany"

nbzklr — Fri, 20 Dec 2019 08:52:49 +0000

I know a few people that are heavily invested into Uber here in Germany, with over 20 cars and drivers each. They will not be happy about this ruling.

Here is some context on how things worked thus far: Since Uber is not allowed to dispatch directly to independent drivers (see the ruling from 2015), they instead partnered with rental-car companies that employ the drivers. So in theory, Uber would dispatch a ride to one of their partners, who then dispatches it to one of their drivers. In practice, however, everything worked just as you know it from other countries, with the only difference being that Uber would send an email to the business owner containing two links: one to accept the ride and one to decline. Whenever the business owner clicks accept, the driver would get a text message with the approval. But at this time, he already would have accepted the ride in the app and be on his way. So effectively, the business owners had zero control.

It is no surprise that the Taxi companies are mad, because they are unable to compete under the current set of rules. In addition, Uber has heavily subsidized rides with discounts of up to 50% for multiple weeks and generous hourly guarantees for their partners.

New comment by nbzklr in "RIOT: Operating System for the Internet of Things"

nbzklr — Tue, 29 Jan 2019 18:36:56 +0000

There are a lot of realtime operatings systems out there right now, competing for a spot on the IoT hypetrain:

- the mentioned RIOT OS (https://riot-os.org/)

- FreeRTOS (https://www.freertos.org/) and Amazon's version of it (https://aws.amazon.com/freertos/)

- Zephyr OS (https://www.zephyrproject.org/)

- MyNewt (https://mynewt.apache.org/)

- Mbed OS (https://os.mbed.com/)

and more... Makes it really hard to choose one!

New comment by nbzklr in "Android vendors, don’t kill my app"

nbzklr — Mon, 14 Jan 2019 16:16:50 +0000

Even stock android does not guarantee that background services can run indefinitely, but Google at least provides clear rules what process may run how long in the background and under which circumstances it is killed. I have no idea why the manufacturers are allowed to blatantly break those rules and still brand their operating system Android.

New comment by nbzklr in "Android vendors, don’t kill my app"

nbzklr — Mon, 14 Jan 2019 09:27:05 +0000

This isn't about protecting the user from badly written and battery draining apps. Almost all of the mentioned manufacturers ship their devices with a long list of pre-installed and whitelisted services, including Facebook and other spyware.

As a developer myself, it is just annoying do deal with and just not scalable if you have to explain each user individually how to turn of these "optimizations" (if that's even possible).

New comment by nbzklr in "Pizza Dough"

nbzklr — Tue, 08 Jan 2019 00:02:06 +0000

Related and also very interesting: The Physics of baking good Pizza [1]

[1]: https://arxiv.org/abs/1806.08790

New comment by nbzklr in "Retro Review: 2009 Mac Pro in 2018"

nbzklr — Sun, 25 Mar 2018 23:19:54 +0000

So he plugs two modern GPUs into the PCIE slots and calls that

> Truly a testament to the engineering that went into designing the 2009 Mac Pro.

I'm sorry but you can upgrade any computer from 2009 in exactly the same way. That's the beauty of using standards you know?

New comment by nbzklr in "NPM and Left-Pad: Have We Forgotten How to Program?"

nbzklr — Thu, 24 Mar 2016 00:22:04 +0000

That's not true. In most javascript implementations, integers will be represented by real 32 bit integers.

New comment by nbzklr in "Why I think Tesla is building throwaway cars"

nbzklr — Sun, 06 Mar 2016 17:01:04 +0000

Tesla is basically selling a "CAAS" (Car As A Service). More and more (Tech) companies try to lock down their products and protect the customer from himself. It's a worrying pattern. How can that be the ideal system?

New comment by nbzklr in "SoundCloud could be forced to close after $44m losses"

nbzklr — Thu, 11 Feb 2016 15:22:27 +0000

How do you manage that?

It takes me ~1h to listen trough all of the tracks posted on one day. And I'm not even listening the full length.

New comment by nbzklr in "SoundCloud could be forced to close after $44m losses"

nbzklr — Thu, 11 Feb 2016 15:06:36 +0000

That's something I could live with.

But honestly, the complete lack of stream customization is just sad for $1B startup that has been in the game since 2007.

New comment by nbzklr in "SoundCloud could be forced to close after $44m losses"

nbzklr — Thu, 11 Feb 2016 14:18:10 +0000

Reposts? They are currently my #1 annoyance on soundcloud. I'm following 300+ artists and they increased my stream's size by at least 4x.

It's not about "finding, sharing and curating" but to spam your stream with duplicate tracks.

Imagine an artist reposting his own tracks. Then his network does. As does his label. And his friend. And then all of them repost a playlist with this track on it. Yay!

Please give us an option to hide them...

New comment by nbzklr in "SoundCloud could be forced to close after $44m losses"

nbzklr — Thu, 11 Feb 2016 13:48:01 +0000

It's the content creators who pay soundcloud. I would totally pay them "a cent", but there are no premium plans for consumers/listeners.

New comment by nbzklr in "Intel to shut down renegade Skylake overclocking with microcode update"

nbzklr — Wed, 10 Feb 2016 11:00:15 +0000

I've never heard of a CPU "breaking" during non-LN2 Level OC.