Hacker News: schandur

New comment by schandur in "“Nothing” is the secret to structuring your work"

schandur — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 12:01:37 +0000

I have started to do this in real life where I get a sudden feeling of urgency (that I am needed somewhere or have to check for messages from my team or respond to the CEO's text). As soon as I catch it, I press both feet down firmly on the ground for just a few seconds. It immediately calms me down. Stop and smell the roses, as they say.

I find myself doing this a couple dozen times a day.

New comment by schandur in "Open Sourcing DOS 4"

schandur — Sat, 27 Apr 2024 04:19:01 +0000

You said the magic keyword: "curiosity", when it comes to computers and tech at least. Something that I find severely lacking among - for lack of a better term - Gen Z.

New comment by schandur in "'Lavender': The AI machine directing Israel's bombing in Gaza"

schandur — Fri, 05 Apr 2024 06:37:00 +0000

"apartheid officers in Tel Aviv"

First time I am reading this on Hacker News.

New comment by schandur in "Interactive tour of James Clerk Maxwell's house"

schandur — Sat, 16 Dec 2023 09:28:56 +0000

I was there earlier this year, well worth a visit - try to make it to one of their guided tours, I believe they have two per day.

New comment by schandur in "‘Dystopian’ Cyber Firm Could Have Saved Mossad Assassins from Exposure"

schandur — Mon, 26 Dec 2022 15:36:21 +0000

Archived link: https://archive.ph/sFBnA

‘Dystopian’ Cyber Firm Could Have Saved Mossad Assassins from Exposure

schandur — Mon, 26 Dec 2022 15:35:46 +0000

Article URL: https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/security-aviation/2022-12-26/ty-article-magazine/.highlight/this-dystopian-cyber-firm-could-have-saved-mossad-assassins-from-exposure/00000185-0bc6-d26d-a1b7-dbd739100000

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34138404

Points: 4

# Comments: 3

Equity for All?

schandur — Wed, 22 Jul 2020 22:30:41 +0000

Article URL: https://medium.com/@emilykramer/equity-for-all-1ae9ac42679e

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23922296

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

SoftBank-backed Lemonade files to go public

schandur — Tue, 09 Jun 2020 12:13:47 +0000

Article URL: https://techcrunch.com/2020/06/08/softbank-backed-lemonade-files-to-go-public/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23465904

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

The Confessions of Marcus Hutchins, the Hacker Who Saved the Internet

schandur — Thu, 14 May 2020 10:49:46 +0000

Article URL: https://www.wired.com/story/confessions-marcus-hutchins-hacker-who-saved-the-internet/#intcid=recommendations_default-popular_912570c7-9512-4d74-9324-efd290489968_popular4-1

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23177931

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

New comment by schandur in "Twitter kills off SMS notifications and posting in most countries"

schandur — Mon, 27 Apr 2020 23:19:31 +0000

One favorite recollection of the Twitter API usage was this guy who hooked up a pressure sensor to a Twitter account, and placed the sensor under his newly married friend's bed - and the thing would tweet when the couple got in bed. [0]

[0] https://techcrunch.com/2009/12/12/newlywed-sex-tweets/

Samsung says will soon patch Galaxy S10 fingerprint recognition problem

schandur — Thu, 17 Oct 2019 17:20:50 +0000

Article URL: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-samsung-elec-smartphone/samsung-to-patch-galaxy-s10-fingerprint-problem-idUSKBN1WW0Q5

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21284242

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Cyber attack hits email users probing Russian intelligence

schandur — Sat, 27 Jul 2019 15:50:51 +0000

Article URL: https://www.ft.com/content/876fb2d8-af92-11e9-8030-530adfa879c2

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20542556

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

New comment by schandur in "The disturbing Facebook scandal we're all ignoring"

schandur — Thu, 03 Nov 2016 02:57:05 +0000

The Business Insider article is sourced from http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/Columns/2016/11/01/Disturbing-...

And to answer your question, no, other than using a click-baity title.

New comment by schandur in "Introducing docs.microsoft.com"

schandur — Wed, 04 May 2016 20:55:04 +0000

I'm in.

New comment by schandur in "Breakup, as captured by my fitbit"

schandur — Tue, 19 Jan 2016 21:27:31 +0000

He mentions in a tweet reply it was the other party that initiated it.

Unfree basics

schandur — Fri, 25 Dec 2015 03:24:18 +0000

Article URL: http://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/editorials/unfree-basics/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10790304

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by schandur in "Indian Regulator Temporarily Suspends Facebook’s Free Basics"

schandur — Wed, 23 Dec 2015 14:51:49 +0000

> The majority of the content on my Facebook feed is links to external websites.

Not sure if you are joking, but with features like "Instant Articles", Facebook has every reason to keep people on facebook.com rather than sending them to external websites.

When you are locked down in a walled garden that allows messaging (within the garden) and every other service is blocked, people will simply believe that walled garden is all there is.

New comment by schandur in "Who Y Combinator Companies Want"

schandur — Tue, 08 Dec 2015 22:00:47 +0000

> I've never written a line of Ruby

I say this exact same thing on my Linkedin profile: "I have never written a line of Ruby... but I bet you can make me if it comes to that."

New comment by schandur in "Lyft, Didi, Ola and GrabTaxi Partner in Global Tech, Alliance to Rival Uber"

schandur — Thu, 03 Dec 2015 22:08:10 +0000

Is the self-driving fleet really that close?

New comment by schandur in "Adblock Sold to Mystery Company"

schandur — Fri, 02 Oct 2015 15:08:03 +0000

Several Business Insider articles are like that, which is why I almost always avoid opening BI links.