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New comment by ofrzeta in "Ask HN: How do you keep up with HN these days?"

ofrzeta — Sat, 15 Aug 2026 10:46:12 +0000

In addition to things that "come to this industry" HN has a lot of fringe and hacky stuff that is interesting. At some point I was afraid to miss out until I learned that the really interesting stuff will come up again (and again ...).

SOM designs "vertical data center" for Downtown Kansas City

ofrzeta — Thu, 06 Aug 2026 18:05:03 +0000

Article URL: https://www.dezeen.com/2026/08/05/data-center-skyscraper-kansas-city-som/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49200155

Points: 1

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New comment by ofrzeta in "Rice Deserves Better Than a Kochbeutel"

ofrzeta — Thu, 06 Aug 2026 16:48:09 +0000

The Kochbeutel is a German word but the idea comes from the US, I think. At least the brand that advertised parboiled rice in Germany for 50 years was Uncle Ben's (I guess it still is). "Der Gabeltest beweist es" ("the fork test proves it") https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgqrtKxTRGc

Personally I prefer Jasmine rice for every curry-style dish or even Gulasch (pörkölt). Sometimes Basmati but I don't particularly like the grain and it's a bit dry. For risottos we use Carnaroli. Then there's this pudding-like dish called Milchreis which is also short grain like sushi rice.

New comment by ofrzeta in "No Data Centers in My Backyard"

ofrzeta — Wed, 05 Aug 2026 11:44:18 +0000

TFA cites "Each project requires thousands of skilled workers during the two to six year construction period (nearly 10,000 in Mount Pleasant)" so maybe it's not totally fiction (at least during build time).

New comment by ofrzeta in "No Data Centers in My Backyard"

ofrzeta — Wed, 05 Aug 2026 11:40:07 +0000

That's inside the DC, right? I'd think that even with current generation GPUs the noise of the fans won't be audible outside the building but the cooling infra that is outside the building plus (backup) power generation through gas or diesel generators.

EDIT: recently I read about (I guess on HN) a new planned Amazon datacenter that was super environment-friendly. So in fact it might eventually be possible to create silent DCs but we'll see how this turns out.

New comment by ofrzeta in "A Koi Pond Mosaic Made from 10 Pounds of 3D Printer Waste"

ofrzeta — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 07:20:58 +0000

Well, my source (quoting some "Federal Environment Agency") says it does contribute to microplastics. Some googling seems to confirm this.

New comment by ofrzeta in "A Koi Pond Mosaic Made from 10 Pounds of 3D Printer Waste"

ofrzeta — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 05:37:26 +0000

"the term biodegradable used by manufacturers and distributors can be somewhat misleading for the final consumer" https://www.beease.com.hk/post/how-long-does-pla-take-to-dec...

New comment by ofrzeta in "A Koi Pond Mosaic Made from 10 Pounds of 3D Printer Waste"

ofrzeta — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 05:34:48 +0000

It is plastic, nothing else.

New comment by ofrzeta in "A Koi Pond Mosaic Made from 10 Pounds of 3D Printer Waste"

ofrzeta — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 05:32:12 +0000

When the ratio is almost 1:1 it is a bit more than a nit.

New comment by ofrzeta in "MoonBASIC: A modern BASIC for building 2D and 3D games"

ofrzeta — Sat, 18 Jul 2026 05:21:16 +0000

I am torn because on one hand now I have the superpowers to actually implement more complex projects, say a Gameboy emulator, on the other hand I lost the desire to do so because what's the point? As a consumer of software and blogs it is similar because a new BASIC for games just no longer is that interesting when I could vibe code it up myself. It's a bit schizophrenic, I guess ... for instance when you see the clearly formatted README files that's supposed to be a good thing and it certainly is but it is also a bit of a turn-off.

New comment by ofrzeta in "Single Dose of Frog-Derived Gut Bacterium Eradicates 100% of Tumors in Mice"

ofrzeta — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 14:26:40 +0000

How did you diagnose the cancer?

New comment by ofrzeta in "GTA 6 Physical Copies Won't Include a Disc, Will Just Be a Code in a Box"

ofrzeta — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 12:10:40 +0000

I have a hard time believing that even in a perfect world this would work because for that particular game A you have no reference. How will you compare it to sales of game B that also ships a a physical medium. Granted they can figure this out, next is the question of how much loss in sales they are willing to take for the benefit of not producing a medium (no sleeve design, no production, no distribution).

New comment by ofrzeta in "GTA 6 Physical Copies Won't Include a Disc, Will Just Be a Code in a Box"

ofrzeta — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 05:40:40 +0000

How will the seller know you opted out for that particular reason?

New comment by ofrzeta in "Big AI labs are hiring philosophers"

ofrzeta — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 05:13:49 +0000

Maybe it narrows down if you need to bring the right mindset.

Tipp-Kick

ofrzeta — Sat, 20 Jun 2026 21:45:50 +0000

Article URL: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/1644/tipp-kick

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48613272

Points: 3

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Confidential Containers

ofrzeta — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 18:11:49 +0000

Article URL: https://confidentialcontainers.org/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48601390

Points: 3

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Bcachefs exits experimental status in new 'performance release'

ofrzeta — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 15:29:59 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theregister.com/software/2026/06/19/bcachefs-exits-experimental-status-in-new-performance-release/5258801

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48599737

Points: 2

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New comment by ofrzeta in "Let's Encrypt had a higher error rate for 90 minutes today"

ofrzeta — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 05:32:25 +0000

It would be better to say this upfront. I am not blaming you in any way but this would prevent responses such as the parent's (hopefully).

Inside FIFA's World Cup Technology [video]

ofrzeta — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 04:55:57 +0000

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

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48550757

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

New comment by ofrzeta in "A short history of Cerro Torre, the most controversial mountain (2012)"

ofrzeta — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 18:39:51 +0000

I am all for free climbing. But I don't really like this perspective from a high horse. So it's fine for comparatively rich people to fly there by plane to free climb Cerro Torre?