Hacker News: wossab

New comment by wossab in "Meta takes down a critical video about meta AI Glasses after filming at Meta"

wossab — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 09:39:57 +0000

Corporation under no obligation to uphold journalistic standards. In other news, water still wet.

New comment by wossab in "Show HN: I made a flight simulator, except you're just a passenger"

wossab — Wed, 16 Sep 2026 10:54:58 +0000

I dig it. Got it bookmarked. Nice job, keep it up.

New comment by wossab in "The first early human eggs from stem cells"

wossab — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 08:58:56 +0000

How would you know?

New comment by wossab in "Cyberdecks, going analog, and convivial technology"

wossab — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 10:48:50 +0000

I live in a village with 2.000 people and about 25 common Whatsapp channels. And it is hell. Sometimes, you really don't want to interact with your neighbors beyond the courtesy "hello". These people don't have anything in common with you, other than your coordinates on the map. That's no basis for a functional community in the online sense.

New comment by wossab in "Ultra-processed foods in the global food system: The role of tobacco companies"

wossab — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 12:55:18 +0000

And teeth. This stuff will do nasty things to your gums. And receded gums never recover.

New comment by wossab in "Nightingale – open-source karaoke app that works with any song on your computer"

wossab — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 14:02:50 +0000

What would you consider the best "Singstar-like" alternative atm?

New comment by wossab in "Iran war wreaking havoc on shipping and air cargo, could create global delays"

wossab — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 13:19:26 +0000

Iran is firmly sided with China and Russia. China buys all their oil and doesn't want to see US/Israel expand their reach. They are very likely to support Iran.

On their end, Iran has been preparing for exactly this for decades. If anything, the complexity of the globalized market means more weak points to strike. Which in 2026 is cheap and easy with swarms of drones. Meanwhile, the US is still carrying out precision attacks with expensive ordnance which they have limited supplies of.

TL;DR: Capital might very well lose this one.

New comment by wossab in "Show HN: CIA World Factbook Archive (1990–2025), searchable and exportable"

wossab — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 06:59:39 +0000

Yeah. Please don't. This is such a breath of fresh air. Dense data should be presented like a book, not a pamphlet-like hyperlinked website.

New comment by wossab in "Microsoft's new Outlook client moves your email to the cloud"

wossab — Fri, 27 Sep 2024 07:57:01 +0000

Outlook has been falling apart at the seams for a while now. But I cannot find a email client that supports multiple exchange servers and parses calendar invites in a way that's compatible with Teams. I'm the first to jeet Outlook if Thunderbird will do this but I'm also open to suggestions here.

New comment by wossab in "Blender Open Movies. Featuring all the production files, assets, and artwork"

wossab — Tue, 27 Feb 2024 12:01:11 +0000

You spelled 'brands' wrong. We will see a cascade of advertorials and sponsored video content. The low cost to entry and cheap hardware will make video advertising more prevalent in places where we now have stills or even print. Moving images everywhere.

New comment by wossab in "Linux Air Combat: free, lightweight and open-source combat flight simulator"

wossab — Mon, 31 Jul 2023 11:17:41 +0000

War Thunder has a zillion planes, 3 modes of realism (including the one you want), runs native on LINUX and is free to try.

New comment by wossab in "Underwater ears everywhere"

wossab — Mon, 17 Jul 2023 12:44:06 +0000

While your post is informative, it's kind of disingenuous to claim a link between two phenomena when there is none, seemingly because you needed to say something bad about Dutch ships in some way. It's a shame really, because it detracts from the quality of your other links.

New comment by wossab in "Underwater ears everywhere"

wossab — Mon, 17 Jul 2023 07:30:05 +0000

It wasn't just a sunk craft. They sunk a carrier. That's painful. Your wikipedia entry is kind of weird, since it's about Australia and there are no Dutch ships in the list for the last century or so.