Hacker News: randunel

New comment by randunel in "Safari introduces Adaptive Dark Mode in 27.3"

randunel — Wed, 04 Nov 2026 10:52:43 +0000

> Effects like masks and mix-blend-mode can create undesirable results on an element whose colors have been transformed, so in some cases Adaptive Dark Mode turns such effects off

This is how you get designers to work around your browser's limitations. "This CSS won't work for Safari users with dark mode on, so let's use this combination of javascript frameworks instead"

New comment by randunel in "Revolut down as users report app not working"

randunel — Fri, 30 Oct 2026 08:50:44 +0000

Thank you for this! I agree, but I still don't see the difference between a ledger and a relational DB when both write "Bob withdrew $20". Maybe I'm a bit thick.

You're right that I assumed there would only be one database or one ledger.

New comment by randunel in "We're releasing the weights of Mistral Large 4"

randunel — Fri, 30 Oct 2026 08:46:05 +0000

The system is a $25k custom build with 8 video cards (4x RTX PRO 4000, 2x RTX 4090, 2x RTX 3090). That price was only valid for early 2026.

New comment by randunel in "SS United States to be sunk as largest artificial reef"

randunel — Wed, 28 Oct 2026 07:27:50 +0000

I'm surprised there's HN folk without ad blockers, what gives?

New comment by randunel in "iPhone Duo Teardown"

randunel — Mon, 26 Oct 2026 07:15:58 +0000

You might like this concept https://www.thezoomablemap.com/

New comment by randunel in "Revolut down as users report app not working"

randunel — Tue, 20 Oct 2026 12:42:41 +0000

I don't see the difference between a ledger (possibly with a unique sequence enforcement) which would take the balance to a negative number, and a mutable row in a relational database with optimistic locking (same unique sequence enforcing). Would you mind helping me out, how would a ledger work better to prevent a negative balance, given that the enforcement isn't specific to ledgers and can be used in relational DBs? After all, both can go to negative balance by applying atomic subtractions, and both can prevent writes with the wrong sequence.

New comment by randunel in "Toyota is taking the Corolla electric"

randunel — Fri, 25 Sep 2026 10:47:37 +0000

Dacia Spring is also made in China.

New comment by randunel in "I said no and Apple said yes"

randunel — Tue, 22 Sep 2026 10:53:07 +0000

Fanboys, including management, push macs down our throats and there's little you can do when apple fanboys are also decision makers, since they don't listen to reason.

New comment by randunel in "Nike exits the S&P 100 after 18 years and a $200B market-cap wipeout"

randunel — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 11:58:20 +0000

It's so annoying that more than half of the videos on there show up as "private" to users from my country.

New comment by randunel in "Nitter has more working instances than before the takedowns"

randunel — Sat, 05 Sep 2026 18:50:28 +0000

Name and shame them.

New comment by randunel in "FBI Probes Service Selling 153M+ Drivers Licenses"

randunel — Wed, 02 Sep 2026 08:27:55 +0000

Actually GDPR is exactly what they're asking to. Possession of personal data that is not required for a service's functionality is illegal under GDPR.

New comment by randunel in "Welcoming the Nepalese Government to Have I Been Pwned"

randunel — Fri, 07 Aug 2026 03:00:02 +0000

I'm surprised they can get past the CF captcha, I still can't. Ever since the beginning: https://imgur.com/a/AzNSreV

New comment by randunel in "Our position on open-weights models"

randunel — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 07:17:54 +0000

I'd like you to familiarise yourself with a legal and societal principle we use in civil law countries:

> de minimis non curat praetor

Which basically means judges are not interested in minor disputes. When you add the USA to the mix, China's actions pale in comparison to the point of being negligible, no point in discussing them given the scale of USA's warmongering, overseas and local crimes. "They never interfered in [...]" is an exaggeration which shows the lack of importance of China's crimes when compared to the USA's, that's all.

The "whataboutism" here isn't a deflection strategy, it shows the hypocrisy and correctly minimises the scale of China's actions in comparison to the hypocrites'.

New comment by randunel in "US citizen charged after GrapheneOS phone wipes during airport search"

randunel — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 08:07:23 +0000

Clear legal guidelines for which country? Or, better yet, for which subdivision within said country?

New comment by randunel in "git's –end-of-options Flag"

randunel — Thu, 23 Jul 2026 05:16:48 +0000

That's still the default in my localhost, but I get a warning that it'll change.

New comment by randunel in "Precursor"

randunel — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 16:44:54 +0000

They don't do that, but they do force endless loops of checkbox ticking onto users from unwanted countries https://imgur.com/a/AzNSreV

New comment by randunel in "Professor denounces mass AI fraud on an exam at Brown"

randunel — Sun, 28 Jun 2026 23:33:57 +0000

Nice way to paywall a comment on HN.

Map2Model has been shut down [due to legal notices]

randunel — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 13:29:23 +0000

Article URL: https://map2model.com/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48698126

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by randunel in "Gov.uk has replaced Stripe with Dutch provider Adyen"

randunel — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 19:16:10 +0000

No point in marketing when you outright reject customers:

Thank you very much for the comprehensive feedback.

I have taken a look at the information you have provided and unfortunately, at this time, Adyen is only able to support businesses currently transacting more than €5M per year or businesses which are currently supported by a Plugin built by Adyen. The reason for this is so that we are able to provide the right level of support and resources to our merchants at the right stage of their company growth.

If you would like to stay up to date with our payment offering please do sign up to our newsletter here.

In the interim, I want to ensure that you find the right provider, so I would like to direct you about payments. They are specialists in finding the most relevant payment solutions for all business models and I have no doubt they will offer you several great options.

I wish you the best of luck with your business moving forward, and hopefully we can reconnect in the future.

Kind Regards,

Ana Sales Specialist

New comment by randunel in "How turkey hacked the hair-transplant industry"

randunel — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 18:07:41 +0000

Shouldn't you spell it Tuerkiyesh government, then?