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New comment by pentacent_hq in "Ask HN: European Tech Alternatives?"

pentacent_hq — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 19:25:33 +0000

Nice!

New comment by pentacent_hq in "Ask HN: European Tech Alternatives?"

pentacent_hq — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 19:24:02 +0000

Scaleway has cold storage [1], but Hetzner [2] also has quite cheap storage for stuff like backups.

[1] https://www.scaleway.com/en/glacier-cold-storage/ [2] https://www.hetzner.com/storage/storage-box/

New comment by pentacent_hq in "Process-Based Concurrency: Why Beam and OTP Keep Being Right"

pentacent_hq — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 08:09:44 +0000

> The Node.js community had figured this out long before BEAM or even Elixir existed.

Work on the BEAM started in the 1990s, over ten years before the first release of Node in 2009.

New comment by pentacent_hq in "Oban Comes to Python"

pentacent_hq — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 14:09:53 +0000

Let's hope our Python-using friends will soon discover the joy and ease of using Oban in their ecosystem. Thanks for building Oban!

Oban Comes to Python

pentacent_hq — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 12:18:59 +0000

Article URL: https://oban.pro/articles/introducing-oban-python

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46704624

Points: 12

# Comments: 6

New comment by pentacent_hq in "Is beef tallow making a comeback?"

pentacent_hq — Sat, 10 Jan 2026 23:50:41 +0000

> Canola and other seed oils are made using toxic solvents which are not full removed from the final product.

This is simply untrue. Independent bodies all over the world regularly test commercially available oils for toxic solvents. While the solvent Hexane is indeed commonly used in the extraction of refined vegetable oils, it is later removed in the refining process.

For example Stiftung Warentest, an independent consumer advocacy organization tested 23 rapeseed oils available in German supermarkets and they all came out clean [1].

A few years earlier, they tested 25 "specialty oils" and found traces of Hexane in only one of them - but still way below the EU threshold of 1 mg/kg. [2]

Here is a study from Japan that tested a bunch of vegetable oils and came to the conclusion that none of the products contained dangerous levels of Hexane. The maximum amount the researchers found was 42.6 µg/kg (again way below the EU threshold) - but in most samples the amount they found was so low they couldn't even get a reading or they didn't find any Hexane at all.

Besides, for cold-pressed oils, no solvents are used at all.

[1] https://www.test.de/Rapsoel-im-Test-1816151-0/

[2] https://www.test.de/Gourmet-Oele-Fast-jedes-zweite-ist-mange...

[3] https://openaccesspub.org/experimental-and-clinical-toxicolo...

New comment by pentacent_hq in "Want to sway an election? Here’s how much fake online accounts cost"

pentacent_hq — Sun, 14 Dec 2025 00:15:02 +0000

CA was not spun out of Cambridge University. There's even a statement from the university about this: https://www.cam.ac.uk/notices/news/statement-from-the-univer...

> Cambridge Analytica has no connection or association with the University of Cambridge whatsoever.

New comment by pentacent_hq in "Europe is scaling back GDPR and relaxing AI laws"

pentacent_hq — Thu, 20 Nov 2025 08:27:34 +0000

There's the idea of creating a so-called 28th regime under which a streamlined registration process would allow the creation of business entities in all EU countries. See: https://www.eu-inc.org/ - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/28th_regime

New comment by pentacent_hq in "Replacing a $3000/mo Heroku bill with a $55/mo server"

pentacent_hq — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 05:54:39 +0000

Yes, I try to keep my CI pipelines somewhat platform-agnostic so even though I'm mostly using GitHub, my workflow is typically to first build a Docker image and push it to a registry, then use Kamal to deploy that image.

New comment by pentacent_hq in "Replacing a $3000/mo Heroku bill with a $55/mo server"

pentacent_hq — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 21:36:12 +0000

Cool project!

From looking at your docs, it appears like using and connecting GitHub is a necessary prerequisite for using Disco. Is that correct? Can disco also deploy an existing Docker image in a registry of my choosing without a build step? (Something like this with Kamal: `kamal --skip-push --version latest`)

New comment by pentacent_hq in "Meta appoints anti-LGBTQ+ conspiracy theorist Robby Starbuck as AI bias advisor"

pentacent_hq — Thu, 14 Aug 2025 18:03:56 +0000

That's exactly why I submitted it here.

New comment by pentacent_hq in "Meta appoints anti-LGBTQ+ conspiracy theorist Robby Starbuck as AI bias advisor"

pentacent_hq — Thu, 14 Aug 2025 17:35:41 +0000

Since a previous submission of this link by another user was flagged by someone claiming the term "conspiracy theorist" was a "spin" and unfounded: Here is a source for that claim: https://www.advocate.com/news/robby-starbuck-dei-lgbtq-consp...

> He and his wife, Landon, produced a documentary together perpetuating the same conspiracy theory spouted by disgraced commentator Alex Jones — that toxic chemicals are causing children to identify as LGBTQ+. Starbuck falsely asserted that exposure to the pesticide atrazine turned amphibians "gay,” prompting male frogs to mate — a claim that has been repeatedly debunked.

> Starbuck has also claimed that displaying pride flags is “grooming and indoctrination," and supported the unsubstantiated notion that transgender people transition to assault women in public bathrooms (transgender people are far more likely to be the victims of violent assaults.)

Meta appoints anti-LGBTQ+ conspiracy theorist Robby Starbuck as AI bias advisor

pentacent_hq — Thu, 14 Aug 2025 17:35:41 +0000

Article URL: https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/08/14/meta-robby-starbuck-ai/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44903290

Points: 117

# Comments: 31

New comment by pentacent_hq in "Show HN: I built this to talk Danish to my girlfriend – works with any language"

pentacent_hq — Tue, 15 Jul 2025 15:57:18 +0000

Just a small comment: The textarea has a white background and almost white text for me on iOS (dark mode), so it's not readable at all there.

AI_POLICY.md (Ash Framework AI Policy)

pentacent_hq — Mon, 14 Jul 2025 15:08:34 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/ash-project/.github/blob/main/AI_POLICY.md

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44561111

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by pentacent_hq in "Solar is EU’s biggest power source for the first time ever in June 2025"

pentacent_hq — Fri, 11 Jul 2025 07:04:01 +0000

Oops, thank you, I fixed it!

New comment by pentacent_hq in "Solar is EU's biggest power source ever in June 2025"

pentacent_hq — Fri, 11 Jul 2025 06:30:47 +0000

> At least 13 EU countries also had their highest ever month of solar generation in June, as new solar capacity installed in recent years paid off amid hot and sunny weather. The top record setters were the Netherlands (40.5%) and Greece (35.1%).

Solar is EU’s biggest power source for the first time ever in June 2025

pentacent_hq — Fri, 11 Jul 2025 06:30:47 +0000

Article URL: https://ember-energy.org/latest-updates/solar-is-eus-biggest-power-source-for-the-first-time-ever-in-june-2025/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44528960

Points: 16

# Comments: 3

New comment by pentacent_hq in "Lua for Elixir"

pentacent_hq — Thu, 15 May 2025 18:38:33 +0000

I've been considering adding Lua support to Keila for a while already. It seems like a perfect fit for when I'm going to implement email automation and want to allow custom business logic. This would certainly make that plan easier. Thanks OP for sharing the library with the community!

New comment by pentacent_hq in "Choviva: Chocolate replacement with less CO2 emissions"

pentacent_hq — Mon, 07 Apr 2025 19:46:27 +0000

Interestingly, they have a whole bunch of products (both from renowned brands and store brands) in their home market in Germany on the shelves already: https://choviva.com/products