Hacker News: throwaway270925

New comment by throwaway270925 in "Digital euro clears key hurdle as EU seeks to break free from U.S. credit cards"

throwaway270925 — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 20:26:12 +0000

What are you talking about? When have you last been to Europe!? Of course you can pay with debit cards all over Europe, every card terminal accepts them!

Online the same, you just use your card details like a credit card, the payment system is the same for years now anyway - thats the whole point of initiatives like this digital euro and Wero!

New comment by throwaway270925 in "Digital euro clears key hurdle as EU seeks to break free from U.S. credit cards"

throwaway270925 — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 20:06:08 +0000

> crazily centralized digital currency

Boy, will you be pissed when you learn about non-digital currency!

New comment by throwaway270925 in "Tesco moving 40k server workloads off VMware amid Broadcom's abusive conduct"

throwaway270925 — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 07:29:26 +0000

> 192TB VM

Why? Honest question, what leads to that Kind of size and why cant it use NAS shares or SAN disks for most of that data? Kudos on the migration!

New comment by throwaway270925 in "Chrome is looking to permanently drop MV2 extension"

throwaway270925 — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 18:21:53 +0000

> The dominos pizza website (at least in Ireland) basically never works with Firefox.

Sounds more like a feature than a bug /s

New comment by throwaway270925 in "Apple decided not to roll out Siri in EU after denied request for exemption"

throwaway270925 — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 12:39:41 +0000

> Because when you open it to Proton, you have to open it to Meta.

No? You dont!? Why would you "have to"?

New comment by throwaway270925 in "The quiet renovation at Bitwarden"

throwaway270925 — Wed, 20 May 2026 13:43:13 +0000

Doesnt have individual plans, you can only selfhost it unless you subscribe for at least 10 users or more - makes it basically useless as a personal bitwarden alternative unfortunately.

New comment by throwaway270925 in "Kv4p HT – A homebrew 1W radio (VHF or UHF) that plugs into an Android phone"

throwaway270925 — Wed, 20 May 2026 09:45:49 +0000

> share photos via Bluetooth across manufacturers and OSes

You can still do that! It never went away.

New comment by throwaway270925 in ".at TLD is top on CF Radar"

throwaway270925 — Tue, 19 May 2026 11:32:14 +0000

My guess would be a reporting error, all the .at queries from last weeks ESC only now getting reported/counted in the final tally for monday?

New comment by throwaway270925 in "The quiet renovation at Bitwarden"

throwaway270925 — Mon, 18 May 2026 21:26:50 +0000

No they aren't. They have a minimum of 10 users on their cloud plans and no offers at all for individuals, except self hosting - and you can just use vaultwarden at that point anyway...

New comment by throwaway270925 in "Bitwarden scrubs 'Always free' and 'Inclusion' values from its site"

throwaway270925 — Sat, 16 May 2026 09:38:58 +0000

Looks promising. But no hosted offers for individuals as far as i can see.

New comment by throwaway270925 in "Nintendo announces price increases for Nintendo Switch 2"

throwaway270925 — Fri, 08 May 2026 12:17:17 +0000

Probably related to "we are getting away with it in the current climate" just like with the PS5.

I Bought a TV with No 'Smart' Features [video]

throwaway270925 — Tue, 05 May 2026 13:15:43 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJh72_O4pXE

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48022128

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by throwaway270925 in "Trademark violation: Fake Notepad++ for Mac"

throwaway270925 — Mon, 04 May 2026 14:18:27 +0000

Any pointers on what exactly you miss compared to Linux alternatives like Kate, Sublime, VSCode, etc? (Assuming you already tried them)

New comment by throwaway270925 in "Wire to Replace Signal as Standard in the Bundestag"

throwaway270925 — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 10:30:25 +0000

Sure, but maybe your red herring is just another red herring: the phishing attack is just as good an excuse as any to switch from an US based messenger to an EU based one.

New comment by throwaway270925 in "Networking changes coming in macOS 27"

throwaway270925 — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 20:55:20 +0000

> Should 2026 computers have a ISA interface as well?

Fun fact: Yes! Basically all still do, because TPM chips are connected to the CPU via ISA.

See for example: https://hackaday.com/2023/03/23/isa-over-tpm-to-your-pc/

New comment by throwaway270925 in "Framework's new Linux laptop is selling faster than its Windows one"

throwaway270925 — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 12:00:48 +0000

Are these edu prices? Or is frameworks EU pricing just nuts?

Here a comparable configuration to the neo is close to 800€!

New comment by throwaway270925 in "Framework's new Linux laptop is selling faster than its Windows one"

throwaway270925 — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 10:31:38 +0000

> The framework 12 is comparable in cost to a macbook neo

No it isnt, not by a long shot! Only if you buy the basic entry level version (DIY) without any RAM, storage, ports or a charger. At which point we arent remotely talking about the same thing anymore!

New comment by throwaway270925 in "Palantir Wants to Reinstate the Draft"

throwaway270925 — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:46:54 +0000

Of course you do, thats how fire brigades work!? Though you are somewhat right, its closer to only 1.1 million firefighters across the US.

https://www.nfpa.org/education-and-research/research/nfpa-re...

New comment by throwaway270925 in "PCI Express over Fiber [video]"

throwaway270925 — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 20:52:59 +0000

Better yet, keep it inside and save big on heating!

New comment by throwaway270925 in "PCI Express over Fiber [video]"

throwaway270925 — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 20:45:07 +0000

Easy, fs.com has 1.6Tbps OSFP for about 570€ - though only up to 1m lenght apparently.