Hacker News: tailspin2019

New comment by tailspin2019 in "European Alternatives"

tailspin2019 — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 18:02:11 +0000

Agree, I’ve been impressed with Scaleway so far during some early experiments. Including a quick support response to a query I had.

New comment by tailspin2019 in "Eight European countries face 10% tariff for opposing US control of Greenland"

tailspin2019 — Sun, 18 Jan 2026 12:13:27 +0000

> “throw caution to the wind”

Would you say the US government is acting with “caution” regarding a country (not their country) of 57,000 “stressed-out” people who don’t want to be acquired?

New comment by tailspin2019 in "Trump to impose tariffs on European nations over Greenland"

tailspin2019 — Sat, 17 Jan 2026 21:18:25 +0000

As a Brit, I agree!

New comment by tailspin2019 in "Eight European countries face 10% tariff for opposing US control of Greenland"

tailspin2019 — Sat, 17 Jan 2026 21:09:29 +0000

Being from the UK - one of the privileged few to be tariffed - I couldn’t give a fuck about this.

The thing that makes me viscerally angry in my soul though is reading about Greenlanders who are now stocking up on food and/or making plans to leave their country if the worst case happens.

What the actual fuck. I can’t believe this is the reality we’re living in.

So, tariff away. As someone else said, it’s a badge of honour at this point.

New comment by tailspin2019 in "Aaron Swartz died 13 years ago today"

tailspin2019 — Sun, 11 Jan 2026 15:18:01 +0000

Thanks for posting this

New comment by tailspin2019 in "Exercise can be nearly as effective as therapy for depression"

tailspin2019 — Sat, 10 Jan 2026 15:08:33 +0000

What a bizarre response.

New comment by tailspin2019 in "Claude Code sessions should be encrypted"

tailspin2019 — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 15:14:08 +0000

I don’t disagree but the proposal to encrypt this data locally vs talking about this data being stored remotely on Anthropic’s servers (exposed to risks of hacks or legal disclosure) seems to be missing the much bigger privacy concern.

Also from the quoted tweet:

> “The trick is to forget that it’s called Claude Code and instead think of it as Claude Local or Claude Agent. It’s essentially a super-intelligent AI running locally”

WTF? Do they think that Claude Code is a locally running LLM?

New comment by tailspin2019 in "Stop Doom Scrolling, Start Doom Coding: Build via the terminal from your phone"

tailspin2019 — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 23:16:46 +0000

From that page:

> The opencode serve command runs a headless HTTP server that exposes an OpenAPI endpoint…

Unless I missed it, there’s no mention of a web UI?

New comment by tailspin2019 in "US attack on Venezuela raises fears of future Greenland takeover"

tailspin2019 — Mon, 05 Jan 2026 14:20:44 +0000

I’d love to know exactly which clearly stated threats towards other sovereign nations we should take seriously, because it isn’t at all clear.

New comment by tailspin2019 in "US attack on Venezuela raises fears of future Greenland takeover"

tailspin2019 — Mon, 05 Jan 2026 14:18:10 +0000

> Will be interesting to see if Europe could actually replace things quickly

“Quickly” is unlikely, but it has already started.

New comment by tailspin2019 in "I changed my personality in six weeks"

tailspin2019 — Mon, 05 Jan 2026 00:39:09 +0000

Would you be willing to expand on what you mean by “change the environment”?

New comment by tailspin2019 in "Go Gray, Not Cray: Why You Should Grayscale Your Phone"

tailspin2019 — Sun, 28 Dec 2025 10:23:13 +0000

I just installed Foqos[0] (iOS, free) for this exact purpose. Excellent app. You can require scanning an NFC tag or QR code to disable app/web blocking.

I plan to put an NFC tag in my car, so that (while I’m home or working at my desk) I have to physically go outside if I really want to unlock my blocked apps before the end of the preset schedule. Meaning…. in reality…. I’m not likely to.

[0] https://www.foqos.app

New comment by tailspin2019 in "Tell HN: Merry Christmas"

tailspin2019 — Thu, 25 Dec 2025 05:40:06 +0000

I remember this awesome guy’s posts but didn’t know he’d passed.

Thank you for posting this.

New comment by tailspin2019 in "Skydiver suspended below aircraft after accidental reserve chute deployment"

tailspin2019 — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 14:06:06 +0000

Skydiver landed safely with only minor injuries.

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjCOd-JQ2ts

Full ATSB report: https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2...

Skydiver suspended below aircraft after accidental reserve chute deployment

tailspin2019 — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 14:06:06 +0000

Article URL: https://www.atsb.gov.au/media/news-items/2025/skydiver-suspended-below-jump-aircrafts-tailplane-after-snagged-handle-deploys-reserve-chute

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46231506

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

New comment by tailspin2019 in "No more O'Reilly subscriptions for me"

tailspin2019 — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 12:00:55 +0000

I don’t think you get the same level of access though? I tried an O’Reilly subscription directly then went the ACM route and remember being disappointed that it was a more limited subscription.

New comment by tailspin2019 in "Alan.app – Add a Border to macOS Active Window"

tailspin2019 — Wed, 26 Nov 2025 21:43:32 +0000

Maybe derived from “a line”?

New comment by tailspin2019 in "After my dad died, we found the love letters"

tailspin2019 — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 02:07:11 +0000

I think they may have replied to the wrong comment

New comment by tailspin2019 in "Are you stuck in movie logic?"

tailspin2019 — Mon, 17 Nov 2025 15:52:35 +0000

FWIW I don’t get the “AI slop” spidey-sense when reading this, despite the liberal use of em dashes. I thought it was well written and makes some interesting points.

New comment by tailspin2019 in "How cops can get your private online data"

tailspin2019 — Mon, 10 Nov 2025 16:30:38 +0000

Needs the “How” adding back to the beginning of the title