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New comment by precommunicator in "Why travellers are obsessed with foreign supermarkets"

precommunicator — Thu, 20 Aug 2026 02:52:35 +0000

My favorite thing when travelling across Europe is visiting local Lidl and comparing it to my own home Lidl. There is always something slightly different, but the base is most often the same.

For example in Belgrade they didn't have kaiser rolls in Lidl. That's a first for me.

New comment by precommunicator in "New era for Gibraltar with removal of border controls with Spain"

precommunicator — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 10:24:17 +0000

my experience with border control in Gibraltar (foreign car, 2023):

entering: Spanish side: passport scan, UK side: 5 second look

exiting: waving through

Opening of a trial for planned obsolescence against Epson: a historic first step

precommunicator — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 11:18:54 +0000

Article URL: https://repair.eu/news/lawsuit-against-epson/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48717734

Points: 6

# Comments: 0

New comment by precommunicator in "All phones sold in the EU to have replaceable batteries from 2027"

precommunicator — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 15:26:40 +0000

I have a Samsung Galaxy from 2022 that has exactly that and it's still supported by manufacturer. Unfortunately it's a Samsung Galaxy Tab Active4 Pro.

New comment by precommunicator in "Old laptops in a colo as low cost servers"

precommunicator — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 06:48:19 +0000

They say:

> We might modify your laptop to remove or power down the battery

New comment by precommunicator in "Amazon is adding a fuel surcharge to fees it collects from third-party sellers"

precommunicator — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 02:28:47 +0000

Who says anything about e-mail? Government could legislate specific government electronic inboxes, with e-mail and SMS notifications of delivery, as has been happening in several, if not all EU countries.

I haven't got a snail mail from my government for years at this point, nor did I needed to send one that way.

Backblaze Pricing and Product Updates

precommunicator — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 16:09:14 +0000

Article URL: https://www.backblaze.com/blog/backblaze-pricing-and-product-updates/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47414632

Points: 63

# Comments: 18

New comment by precommunicator in "We asked 15k European devs about jobs, salaries, and AI [pdf]"

precommunicator — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 17:26:55 +0000

in question

> How much do AI tools improve your productivity at work?

there is no 0-10% range

New comment by precommunicator in "HTTP Cats"

precommunicator — Sat, 31 Jan 2026 06:56:03 +0000

I always post a cat from it whenever I need to specify a response code in an issue ;)

New comment by precommunicator in "HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS)"

precommunicator — Wed, 31 Dec 2025 11:38:45 +0000

you can type "thisisunsafe" on HSTS error page to bypass

New comment by precommunicator in "Swapping SIM cards used to be easy, and then came eSIM"

precommunicator — Mon, 29 Dec 2025 21:26:13 +0000

there is the e164.arpa domain, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telephone_number_mapping

New comment by precommunicator in "What is the nicest thing a stranger has ever done for you?"

precommunicator — Sun, 14 Dec 2025 12:04:27 +0000

Random passers by towed me out of a ditch in Norway, once in summer, once in winter.

Detonator (railway)

precommunicator — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 12:05:19 +0000

Article URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detonator_(railway)

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46033192

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by precommunicator in "RFK Jr.'s loathesome edits: CDC website now falsely links vaccines and autism"

precommunicator — Fri, 21 Nov 2025 00:16:07 +0000

I highly recommend this deep dive, with some entertainment value: Vaccines and Autism: A Measured Response [1]. It shows how absurd those claims are

[1]: https://youtube.com/watch?v=8BIcAZxFfrc

New comment by precommunicator in "A down detector for down detector's down detector"

precommunicator — Wed, 19 Nov 2025 11:05:34 +0000

No, it's just one layer deeper.

New comment by precommunicator in "Microsoft confirms Windows 11 is about to change"

precommunicator — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 05:48:50 +0000

Sometimes while traveling I just watch movies on my laptop, I don't even bother to connect to Wi-Fi as there is simply no need. I wonder how Windows 11 would even work without internet, and probably it's not a bad assumption that it will refuse after a while.

Anyway, just wiped W10 out of this laptop and installed KDE (underlying distro doesn't matter that much), it works amazing.

New comment by precommunicator in "We cut our Mongo DB costs by 90% by moving to Hetzner"

precommunicator — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 23:18:56 +0000

keep in mind, for dedicated servers, traffic is free and unlimited - see the page you've linked

New comment by precommunicator in "I Am Mark Zuckerberg"

precommunicator — Sun, 09 Nov 2025 09:56:12 +0000

already did https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yk810pgkko

New comment by precommunicator in "Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity"

precommunicator — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 03:48:05 +0000

> and you're a working adult, then you wouldn't be home anyway

As of 2024, 36% of Australians work from home (https://www.ceda.com.au/research-and-policy/research/economy...)

New comment by precommunicator in "Addiction Markets"

precommunicator — Sat, 01 Nov 2025 04:28:11 +0000

I guess it depends on the person. I gamble away exactly ~$3 every month, never felt the need to increase that. I call it "randomness fund"