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New comment by xerp2914 in "Google: Lake Ontario/Lake America name change in the U.S. will appear in Maps"

xerp2914 — Sun, 30 Aug 2026 06:53:52 +0000

Not surprising after their fawning at the inauguration. Google loves the toddler in chief.

New comment by xerp2914 in "Photos capture the breathtaking scale of China's wind and solar buildout"

xerp2914 — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 12:06:39 +0000

Meanwhile POTUS has his head stuck in the sand [0]:

> “All you have to do is say to China, how many windmill areas do you have in China? So far, they are not able to find any. They use coal, and they use oil and gas and some nuclear, not much. But they don’t have windmills, they make them and sell them to suckers like Europe, and suckers like the United States before.”

One of the most factually BS statements ever.

[0] https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattrandolph/2026/01/12/china-d...

Why were all stories about the '60 minutes' leak removed from HN?

xerp2914 — Tue, 23 Dec 2025 09:04:38 +0000

People submitted news stories about this that had hundreds of upvotes. Why have they all been removed? Where are the mods?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46363683

Points: 37

# Comments: 27

The Crazy Comes for Clean Energy

xerp2914 — Thu, 28 Aug 2025 06:39:29 +0000

Article URL: https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-crazy-comes-for-clean-energy

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45049142

Points: 3

# Comments: 2

New comment by xerp2914 in "In the Matter of Lisa Cook"

xerp2914 — Tue, 26 Aug 2025 18:04:21 +0000

The whole DEI/incompetence accusation is pretty rich if you look at the people Trump has appointed? From Twitter influencers to Fox News hosts - it's the most unqualified cabinet in American history.

New comment by xerp2914 in "We regret but have to temporary suspend the shipments to USA"

xerp2914 — Tue, 26 Aug 2025 17:57:38 +0000

It's not that easy according to the post:

> U.S. customs is demanding a Certificate of Analysis (which could cost thousands of dollars and to determine what exact amount of Aluminum, Copper and Steel are in the product), otherwise they assume the entire PCB consists of copper, aluminum, and steel, and charge a 100% tariff on the whole product. This is a prime example of unnecessary complexity in international trade.

Also why would they go through all that trouble? Easier to not sell there anymore.

Sony is raising PS5 prices, starting tomorrow

xerp2914 — Wed, 20 Aug 2025 16:04:21 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theverge.com/news/762410/sony-ps5-price-hike-raise-digital-pro

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44963158

Points: 4

# Comments: 2

New comment by xerp2914 in "We accidentally built the wrong internet"

xerp2914 — Mon, 18 Aug 2025 11:19:05 +0000

iDEAL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IDEAL

It'll be replaced by Wero at some point. Wero is being rolled out in other European countries right now:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wero_(payment)

New comment by xerp2914 in "Ask HN: Which RSS reader do you use?"

xerp2914 — Sat, 18 Jan 2025 11:12:44 +0000

Is it me or are RSS feeds making a comeback on HN? Very happy to see this trend!

New comment by xerp2914 in "Confession: I Barely Use Web3"

xerp2914 — Fri, 27 Dec 2024 14:36:42 +0000

> Existing lobbying organizations, legacy industry, media, internet trolls and other anti-bodies are actively hostile to the space and intentionally slowing down progress. Even the rest of the technology industry actively hates crypto.

So everyone hates crypto and that's why Web3 is not taking off? Really? It's much more likely that there are simply no convincing practical use cases for it, and that's why all these people have been ignoring it, rightly so.

New comment by xerp2914 in "Roaming Rocks"

xerp2914 — Fri, 27 Dec 2024 14:25:23 +0000

Ambiguous title for HN :) I expected this to be an article about mobile device roaming.

New comment by xerp2914 in "We use our own hardware at Fastmail"

xerp2914 — Sun, 22 Dec 2024 18:36:48 +0000

100% this. I migrated from Gmail to Fastmail about 5 years ago and it has been rock solid. My only regret is that I didn't do it sooner.

New comment by xerp2914 in "Why we use our own hardware"

xerp2914 — Sun, 22 Dec 2024 18:25:48 +0000

Under Settings => Domains you can add additional domains. If you use Fastmail as domain registrar you have to pay for each additional domain, of course.

New comment by xerp2914 in "Berlin-Paris high-speed rail route symbolizes Europe's thirst for train travel"

xerp2914 — Sun, 22 Dec 2024 08:42:23 +0000

I'd take 8 hours on a train where I can relax, read a book or do some work over 9 hours driving.

Outrage as Elon Musk claims 'only AfD can save Germany'

xerp2914 — Sat, 21 Dec 2024 09:09:01 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/20/elon-musk-claims-only-afd-can-save-germany

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42478419

Points: 16

# Comments: 1