Hacker News: ndr42

ISPs' long nightmare of having to list all the fees they charge is finally over

ndr42 — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 20:44:02 +0000

Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/07/isps-long-nightmare-of-having-to-list-all-the-fees-they-charge-is-finally-over/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49013160

Points: 39

# Comments: 5

Linux creator Linus Torvalds puts foot down on anti-AI comments

ndr42 — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 14:57:31 +0000

Article URL: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/linux-creator-linus-torvalds-puts-foot-down-on-anti-ai-comments/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48921843

Points: 15

# Comments: 3

New comment by ndr42 in "Relax with Coax"

ndr42 — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 18:01:16 +0000

"I put every Star Trek series into a Collection on my Plex, pointed Coax at it and now I have a channel that's playing a random Star Trek episode at any given moment. It's fantastic." (https://mastodon.social/@Moltz/116896945313382677)

Relax with Coax

ndr42 — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 18:01:16 +0000

Article URL: https://coaxtheapp.com/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48863163

Points: 1

# Comments: 1

The virtual power plant era has arrived

ndr42 — Sat, 04 Jul 2026 09:19:03 +0000

Article URL: https://www.pv-magazine.com/2026/06/29/the-virtual-power-plant-era-has-arrived/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48784013

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by ndr42 in "AI Poisons Creativity [video]"

ndr42 — Sat, 04 Jul 2026 07:31:37 +0000

It's ironic that I had to download the video to get the original version in english language. Youtube thinks that I would like the awful ai-translated german version. And there's no other way to disable this behavior.

AI Poisons Creativity [video]

ndr42 — Sat, 04 Jul 2026 07:31:37 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeCSzEtZcUw

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48783386

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

Russian citizens told "switch to Android" after Apple blocks key Russian apps

ndr42 — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 13:17:31 +0000

Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/06/russian-citizens-told-switch-to-android-after-apple-blocks-key-russian-apps/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48698030

Points: 33

# Comments: 1

Cancer Myths and Falsehoods Can Be Deadly

ndr42 — Sat, 20 Jun 2026 15:53:14 +0000

Article URL: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/misguided/202606/cancer-myths-and-falsehoods-can-be-deadly

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48610170

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

The LLM industry must keep the RAM prices at absurd levels

ndr42 — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 11:02:04 +0000

Article URL: https://infosec.exchange/@masek/116775772309957886

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48597189

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

New comment by ndr42 in "Taxonomy of the Occlupanida (parasitoids on bread bag tags)"

ndr42 — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 08:06:57 +0000

Well, if the ecological niches are the same there could be analogous developments that are not homologies. So I without a reconstruction of the environment I'm not certain that the proposed tree is valid.

How to Measure WWDC

ndr42 — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 16:30:02 +0000

Article URL: https://asymco.com/2026/06/08/how-to-measure-wwdc/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48543667

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Dutch solar owners asked to switch off during peak to ease distribution crisis

ndr42 — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 22:54:10 +0000

Article URL: https://www.pv-magazine.com/2026/06/05/grid-connection-delays-affect-thousands-of-dutch-customers-liander/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48419391

Points: 15

# Comments: 4

Consultants advised moving away from dependency on 600 small excel scripts

ndr42 — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 12:45:01 +0000

Article URL: https://bitbang.social/@NanoRaptor/116677099077549296

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48369520

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

New comment by ndr42 in "The problem with the P/E ratio"

ndr42 — Tue, 26 May 2026 16:13:15 +0000

The article is about the valuation of companies invested in AI - but have a look at the valuation of Tesla in the graphs.

The problem with the P/E ratio

ndr42 — Tue, 26 May 2026 16:09:58 +0000

Article URL: https://asymco.com/2026/05/26/the-problem-with-the-p-e-ratio/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48281689

Points: 1

# Comments: 1

New comment by ndr42 in "You Need a PC for PC Games: Sunsoft's Shanghai"

ndr42 — Mon, 25 May 2026 20:22:39 +0000

Oh my. I was about 11-12 years old in 1987, my father promised me a game for the Atari ST, we were in a computer store and the Dragon looked so cool on the cover so I chose the game without knowing what it was.

My parents played Shanghai for more than 10 years daily. Me not so much.

Edit: I repeated this kind of mistake a bit later by choosing "Knight Orc", a text adventure game with static pictures but with a cool cover. In english. Not the best choice when you start learning english in school when you're 10.

Staggering dip in US tourism is a troubling sign for the future

ndr42 — Mon, 25 May 2026 19:36:47 +0000

Article URL: https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/25/travel/analysis-tourism-fewer-international-visitors-2025-vis

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48270755

Points: 7

# Comments: 2

New comment by ndr42 in "Paper Airplane Designs"

ndr42 — Mon, 25 May 2026 11:45:56 +0000

I really like the idea to print lines on the paper so that you can see more easily where every fold comes from. But why are they used only in the overview/thumbnails and not in the step by step folding directions.

(leaving hn to print lines with different colors on every side on sheets of paper)

New comment by ndr42 in "Searching for 'Disregard' Breaks Google"

ndr42 — Sat, 23 May 2026 08:17:11 +0000

In case you didn’t know xkcd before: https://xkcd.com/1053/ (It’s worth checking out regularly.)