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New comment by yuchtman in "Kindle loyalists scramble as Amazon turns page on old e-readers"

yuchtman — Sun, 24 May 2026 08:39:57 +0000

Kindles don't need to be jailbroken to transfer books via calibre (or a file manager or a terminal).

New comment by yuchtman in "European Commission issues call for evidence on open source"

yuchtman — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 13:53:27 +0000

They also have a major german city (Munich) who moved to Open Source, gave up and moved back. The SH project is rather new.

New comment by yuchtman in "The Post-American Internet"

yuchtman — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 07:35:47 +0000

The idea of Apple and/or Google just stop selling phones in the EU seems ... unlikely. A quick search tells me something between a fourth and a third of Apple revenue is in the EU, you really think they'd just stop selling in the EU?

Gotta also remember, that even if the EU would allow this, your average phone user would not use it. Just like your average phone user doesn't root their android smartphone or installs Lineage/Graphene/eOS/whatever. Even if it were made easier (or possible) for more phones, the vast majority would not use it and Apple and Google would still make a lot of money.

New comment by yuchtman in "Ask HN: What did you read in 2025?"

yuchtman — Sun, 28 Dec 2025 08:03:43 +0000

Thank you very much, will look into those!

New comment by yuchtman in "Ask HN: What did you read in 2025?"

yuchtman — Sat, 27 Dec 2025 19:17:53 +0000

Glass Bead Game by Herman Hesse I assume?

If you want to try more Herman Hesse I preferred Demian & Siddharta far over Glass Bead game (read in German though, can't speak for translations).

New comment by yuchtman in "Ask HN: What did you read in 2025?"

yuchtman — Sat, 27 Dec 2025 11:41:33 +0000

I'd be interested in a recommendation about maintaining faith. Preferably specific-church-agnostic.