Hacker News: philippnagel

New comment by philippnagel in "On whether changes in bedroom CO2 levels affect sleep quality"

philippnagel — Mon, 21 Jan 2019 21:30:25 +0000

Wasn't there a recent discussion on HN on the Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon?

New comment by philippnagel in "Show HN: Bubblin – Bandcamp for books"

philippnagel — Tue, 18 Dec 2018 18:18:18 +0000

Would love to get notified. My email address is public.

New comment by philippnagel in "How IBM’s ThinkPad Became a Design Icon (2017)"

philippnagel — Mon, 22 Oct 2018 17:08:06 +0000

I still have one of these in storage. I did upgrade to an older T-series model before trying to install it. Feel free to email me if you want to have it in exchange for shipping costs (located in Germany).

New comment by philippnagel in "Going FLOSS-only on Android"

philippnagel — Sun, 19 Aug 2018 15:49:20 +0000

One tangential issue I have, is that all NFC-payment apps seem to use Google Pay or some sort of API detecting custom roms or root, disabling NFC-payment features.

Ask HN: Do you now any dead open-source projects looking for maintainers/BDFL?

philippnagel — Sat, 07 Jul 2018 21:36:25 +0000

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17480745

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Ask HN: Would you be interested in refurbished and upgraded used Thinkpads?

philippnagel — Sun, 17 Jun 2018 14:26:40 +0000

I am big fan of older Thinkpads and their maintainability and upgradeability. Whenever I am talking to coworkers and friends about these possibilities all of them are at least intrigued. The same want for something like that pops up here regularly in threads e.g. about failing Macbook keyboards.

My idea is to source a small amount of laptops (e.g. Thinkpad X-Series or T-Series) from eBay et al., service and upgrade them and sell them to people looking for productivity. Warranty and service included. Additionally I would like to curate parts and service information for these models.

Thoughts on this little side project idea?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17332491

Points: 3

# Comments: 4

New comment by philippnagel in "Berlin-Munich high-speed train services carry 2M passengers in first six months"

philippnagel — Sun, 17 Jun 2018 04:02:38 +0000

Probably Bitterfeld.

New comment by philippnagel in "Zuckerberg on Cambridge Analytica situation"

philippnagel — Wed, 21 Mar 2018 19:45:05 +0000

"formally". Technically you cannot.

New comment by philippnagel in "New ThinkPad Guts Bring Intel Core I, DDR4, USB 3 to Cult Laptops"

philippnagel — Tue, 13 Mar 2018 07:40:42 +0000

It's much better with a card inserted. Infact the ExpressCard-slot made me choose an X220 over the X230. It can be used to connect an external GPU!

New comment by philippnagel in "Forbes on why we need to shut Bitcoin and all other cryptocurrencies down"

philippnagel — Sun, 11 Mar 2018 17:37:58 +0000

1. The author does not acknowledge the existence of non-POW crypto assets.

2. Illicit mining is easy to detect and mitigate.

3. If you can't stop it, make it illegal? Sounds hardly like a compelling argument.

New comment by philippnagel in "Austerity and the rise of the Nazi party [pdf]"

philippnagel — Sat, 10 Mar 2018 18:41:57 +0000

Following this explanation this doesn't explain the political developments in Germany. Or perhaps it does, as the rise of right-wing politicians and extremists is still rather limited. Worrisome nevertheless.

New comment by philippnagel in "Austerity and the rise of the Nazi party [pdf]"

philippnagel — Sat, 10 Mar 2018 17:57:37 +0000

So, what's the solution to prevent such escalations? As per the discussion, there are at least some hints that some countries are heading in that direction again.