Hacker News: shellkr

New comment by shellkr in "The threat is comfortable drift toward not understanding what you're doing"

shellkr — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 13:47:59 +0000

This is almost the same as going from making fire with a stick to using a lighter.. sure it is simplified but still not wrong. Humans while still doing grunt work can still make mistakes as does the machine.. the machine will eventually discover it. The same can not be said of the human because of the work needed to do so might be too much. In the end we might not learn as much.. but it will not matter and thus is really not an issue.

New comment by shellkr in "Sweden goes back to basics, swapping screens for books in the classroom"

shellkr — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 11:26:29 +0000

I think people are forgetting that handwriting is also a technology. It is kinda a similar shift from using a stick to make fire and a lighter. The more work you put into something the more cognition you are using... so I am not sure those studies are of that much value.. We will not need to write in the future.. we will have AI for that. People are always looking for convenience and it will win in the end.

New comment by shellkr in "Tesla Sales Down 55% UK, 58% Spain, 59% Germany, 81% Netherlands, 93% Norway"

shellkr — Wed, 18 Feb 2026 06:43:27 +0000

Tesla (or Elon) decided to fight the labour union.. people do not like that much. So when there are alternatives people do that.

New comment by shellkr in "Vitamin D and Omega-3 have a larger effect on depression than antidepressants"

shellkr — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 12:05:27 +0000

This made me think of Pauling (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_Pauling) who was a famous scientist and big proponent of high-dosage C-vitamin. He claimed it could cure everything from a cold to heart disease and cancer. Later studies did though not find any benefit of high-dosage C-vitamin and that potentially had a higher risk of prostate cancer. Pauling died of prostate cancer.

Edit: This may also be of interest: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthomolecular_psychiatry

New comment by shellkr in "Package managers keep using Git as a database, it never works out"

shellkr — Sat, 27 Dec 2025 07:49:41 +0000

I am not sure this is necessarily a git issue as it is mostly a GitHub issue. just look at the Aur of Arch Linux which works perfectly.

New comment by shellkr in "Sweden shutsdown 2g and 3g networks"

shellkr — Sun, 30 Nov 2025 22:13:51 +0000

This is kinda huge as a lot of services depend on 2g and 3g and which will now stop working. I think mainly on stuff like built-in remote systems for cars etc..

New comment by shellkr in "Sweden shutsdown 2g and 3g networks"

shellkr — Sun, 30 Nov 2025 22:08:15 +0000

Noted ;)

New comment by shellkr in "Sweden shutsdown 2g and 3g networks"

shellkr — Sun, 30 Nov 2025 22:01:51 +0000

In December 2025, 2G and 3G networks will be shut down in Sweden.

Sweden shutsdown 2g and 3g networks

shellkr — Sun, 30 Nov 2025 22:01:51 +0000

Article URL: https://pts.se/en/news-and-press-releases/operators-must-ensure-access-to-112--certain-mobile-phones-will-be-blocked/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46100875

Points: 2

# Comments: 4

New comment by shellkr in "The terminal of the future"

shellkr — Tue, 11 Nov 2025 23:03:37 +0000

I am all for removing old junk but not that it should be replaced with newer junk.

New comment by shellkr in "The terminal of the future"

shellkr — Tue, 11 Nov 2025 22:02:30 +0000

This I am afraid does not feel as the right thing to do. I think the KISS-principle is a good standard to follow and while terminals have to do more than one thing, it should not do everything. Complexity leads to instability. Terminals has to be nimble and not clumsy behemoths like web browsers.

New comment by shellkr in "EVs are depreciating faster than gas-powered cars"

shellkr — Fri, 17 Oct 2025 22:42:35 +0000

Comparing with Tesla is bad as there is a political aspect why people, especially in EU, do not want to buy it after 2024. Which means the statistics might falter. Also when I look at other sources the data say different. I mean if I look at data from the biggest reseller in Sweden KVD you have EV's that has ~80% of the original worth after three years.

New comment by shellkr in "Top UN legal investigators conclude Israel is guilty of genocide in Gaza"

shellkr — Wed, 17 Sep 2025 10:09:51 +0000

No, I don't think it would have. Israels objective is to occupy everything as it is and have been using illegal settlements to achieve. This prolonged war and genocide of Palestinians is just an excuse to further that goal.

The oppression is the biggest reason Hamas can grow. If that stopped I think with time Hamas would weaken and disappear. Like IRA in Northen Ireland eventually did.

New comment by shellkr in "Top UN legal investigators conclude Israel is guilty of genocide in Gaza"

shellkr — Wed, 17 Sep 2025 09:49:21 +0000

It is sad how history repeats itself.. how the country who should have been on the forefront of preventing genocide is actually the one who does it. Israel is even using similar reasoning for continuing the fight. Similar how the Nazis in Norway was furious over the resistance there.

I think a lot would have been won if the illegal settlements stopped and the apartheid like system ended. Hamas (and any other resistance) lives on the resentment created from that.

It think if Israel went back to the border of -67 and then did not try to expand its territories. It would with time resolve.

New comment by shellkr in "Nobody cares about decentralization until they do (2024)"

shellkr — Sun, 31 Aug 2025 23:44:46 +0000

One of the great things with Mastodon is that in case of your instance shutting down you can just move to another one. I have moved from Mastodon -> Firefish -> Mastodon without issue. In the case of Firefish the instance shut down... So I do not follow your point.

New comment by shellkr in "Do the simplest thing that could possibly work"

shellkr — Sat, 30 Aug 2025 10:40:37 +0000

I think I learned this from Arch Linux and their focus on the KISS principle (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KISS_principle). This is also something that goes beyond the computing sphere. It is really a good principle for life in general.

New comment by shellkr in "Hyprland – An independent, dynamic tiling Wayland compositor"

shellkr — Sun, 10 Aug 2025 15:45:11 +0000

I guess I am still in that phase then, after 25y+ of Linux. Not that I rice constantly but that I configure my desktop exactly how I like it and then let it stay. Usually the ricing/configuring comes when I buy new hardware.. so not that often. Or when a major change like Wayland comes around which is what made switch from Arch/X11/Bspwm to Arch/Wayland/Hyperland. I have tried but can not use vanilla for long... I just have to adapt the system to me. I feel constrained if I have to adapt to the system.

New comment by shellkr in "The global population pyramid"

shellkr — Mon, 22 Apr 2019 20:17:39 +0000

Being able to move where the jobs are... aren't really a bad thing. It helps all participants. The only downside is that you might have a bit of a brain drain. Which is not necessarily bad. Those with brains goes to another country where they can work and then being able to send money back home. Poor countries in Europe did this in the big emigration and populated America. Those countries are among the richest in the world now. Both America and Europe benefited by it.

They might not be able to find jobs in their home country which could be a burden on the country. If they move and start working in another country. They might get a job that is harder to recruit to and not only just fill that spot but also pay taxes.

Most studies I have seen claim that the more exposure one have to people of other cultures, the more acceptance it will have. So it is actually the opposite. The more immigrants, the more acceptance there should be.

New comment by shellkr in "Ask HN: Best things in your bash_profile/aliases?"

shellkr — Mon, 14 Jan 2019 21:16:28 +0000

I have the below for cases when I have to make a quick screencast. It needs ffmpeg and I am not sure how well the yt flag works as I don't really use Youtube any longer. Anyway.. first I do 'ffsc sc' and if I want that video to be smaller I do 'ffsc yt '.

## Make screencast or convert to yt

ffsc () {

vid_name="$HOME/Videos/Screencasts/screencast_$(date +'%y%m%d-%H%M%S')"

        case $1 in
                sc) ffmpeg -f x11grab -s 1920x1080 -i $DISPLAY -r 30 -f alsa -i default -preset ultrafast \
                    -c:v ffvhuff -c:a flac ${vid_name}.mkv
                    printf "${vid_name}.mkv" | xsel -i

                    echo
                    echo "- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -"
                    echo "Output file name: ${vid_name}.mkv"
                    echo "- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -"
                    echo

                    [ -e /tmp/ffsc.tmp ] && { rm /tmp/ffsc.tmp }
                    printf "${vid_name}.mkv" > /tmp/ffsc.tmp
                ;;
                yt) ffmpeg -i $2 -c:v libx264 -crf 18 -preset slow -pix_fmt rgb24 -c:a copy ${2/scr/yt_scr}
                    yt_name=$(cat /tmp/ffsc.tmp)
                    printf "${yt_name/scr/yt_scr}" | xsel -i

                    echo
                    echo "- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -"
                    echo "Output file name: ${yt_name/scr/yt_scr}"
                    echo "- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -"
                    echo
                ;;

                mini) ffmpeg -i $2 -strict -2 -s 1680x1050  -r 60 -c:v libx264 -b:v 164 -crf 22 -preset slow \
                      -pix_fmt yuv420p -c:a copy -an ${2/scr/mini_scr}
                      mini_name=${2/scr/mini_scr}
                      ffmpeg -i ${mini_name} -filter:v "setpts=0.5*PTS" -an ${mini_name/.mkv/.mp4}
                      rm ${mini_name}
                    printf "${mini_name/.mkv/.mp4}" | xsel -i

                    echo
                    echo "- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -"
                    echo "Output file name: ${mini_name/.mkv/.mp4}"
                    echo "- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -"
                    echo
                ;;
        esac

}

And another nice one I didn't see here..

# Python as a calculator

pc() { python -c "print($*)"; }

New comment by shellkr in "Sweden's cashless society is no longer a utopia"

shellkr — Sat, 10 Nov 2018 22:33:10 +0000

Ok... so you went to a festival without money? How would you have solved this without Swish? As you said there was no ATMs. Card readers are expensive and not really viable for most booths. They are also kind of a monopoly.

You don't have to use SWIFT... you can do Paypal, Western union etc.. too.

For Swedes.. Swish is god send. I lost my credit card once at a train and had no cash. I was at a hospital out of town with my son. I was able to Swish to a doctor and then get cash from him.