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amsterdorn commented on Google's new 'Aluminium OS' project brings Android to PC   androidauthority.com/alum... · Posted by u/jmsflknr
amsterdorn · a month ago
Google you're a NA company, we say "aluminum".

Also an OS built around an "AI core" sounds like a privacy nightmare.

amsterdorn commented on Google Antigravity   antigravity.google/... · Posted by u/Fysi
sangeeth96 · a month ago
With all due to respect to the folks working on Antigravity, this feels like a vibe-coded VSCode fork to me. Font sizes, icon sizes, panel sizes are all over the place (why?). To top it all off, the first request just failed with overload/quota exceeded errors (understandable, but still).

Looks like I'll wait to see if Google cares about putting the polish into a VSCode fork that at least comes close to what Cursor did.

amsterdorn · a month ago
> feels like a vibe-coded VSCode fork

That's 100% what it is, and rushed at that. Competition is (generally) a good thing though, only time can tell which IDE comes out on top.

amsterdorn commented on Europe to decide if 6 GHz is shared between Wi-Fi and cellular networks   theregister.com/2025/11/0... · Posted by u/FridayoLeary
matt-p · a month ago
There is arguably less? 6Ghz is considered 5945 to 6425, 5Ghz allows far more if you include outdoor and fixed wifi.
amsterdorn · a month ago
This isn't true, 6GHz uses 5.925 to 7.125.
amsterdorn commented on Ticker: Don't die of heart disease   myticker.com/... · Posted by u/colelyman
amsterdorn · 2 months ago
Curious about how accessible these tests are in Europe. Living in a country (NL) that doesn't value annual checkups makes me assume detailed, preventative blood testing like this is hard, let alone possible to get in non-extreme situations.
amsterdorn commented on Show HN: I recreated Windows XP as my portfolio   mitchivin.com/... · Posted by u/mitchivin
amsterdorn · 4 months ago
> Apart from basic libraries like xp.css and paint.js, it's all original code.

I wouldn't say this constitutes "original code". AI agents are trained on open-source software; to apply them and present this project as your own work is misleading.

amsterdorn commented on Egg prices are soaring. Are backyard chickens the answer?   civileats.com/2025/02/18/... · Posted by u/greenie_beans
abeppu · 10 months ago
The letter from Farm Action, linked at the top of the article, is pretty compelling in making their case.

A few highlights:

> As a result of the smaller flock, egg production has dropped slightly from 8.1 billion eggs per month in 2021 to 7.75 billion eggs per month in December 2024. Importantly, however, per capita production of eggs in the U.S. has not dipped below per capita consumption of eggs in any year between 2022 and the present. Meanwhile, the total value of egg production has risen significantly, from $8.8 billion in 2021 to $19.4 billion in 2022 and $17.9 billion in 2023.

Note the $17.9B 2023 figure obviously doesn't include the most recent price increases.

> Instead of using the windfall profits they are earning from record egg prices to rebuild or expand their egg-laying flocks, the largest egg producers are using them to buy up smaller rivals and further consolidate market power.

> Almost all shell eggs are marketed through contracts between producer firms and chain buyers where egg prices are based on weekly wholesale quotes published by Urner Barry, an industry consulting and data analytics firm. According to leading industry commentator Simon M. Shane, this convergence "on a single commercial price discovery system constitutes an impediment to a free market," with the benchmark prices released by Urner Barry potentially serving to amplify price swings led by the largest-volume producers and to prevent independent, competitive decision making by others.

amsterdorn · 10 months ago
Corporate greed back at it again!
amsterdorn commented on A common urban intersection in the Netherlands (2018)   bicycledutch.wordpress.co... · Posted by u/itronitron
eru · a year ago
I love the Netherlands, and not just for their livable street design, I just wish they food weren't so bland. They make even German cuisine look adventurous in comparison.
amsterdorn · a year ago
Their savory dishes aren't great (looking at you stamppot) but they do sweets well! Poffertjes, oliebollen, stroopwafels, etc.
amsterdorn commented on Show HN: Stretch My Time Off – An Algorithm to Optimize Your Vacation Days   stretchmytimeoff.com... · Posted by u/zachd
amsterdorn · a year ago
Nice tool! Some feedback:

- The subtitle telling me I can "stretch [my] time off from 20 days to 42 days" is quite misleading. This tool doesn't magically give me more vacation days.

- Much of the page isn't helpful (in NL there are 6 consecutive months without holidays), would suggest only showing months where "stretching" is possible.

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amsterdorn commented on We shrunk our Javascript monorepo git size   jonathancreamer.com/how-w... · Posted by u/kwantaz
jimjimjim · a year ago
Did anybody else shudder at "Shrunked"?
amsterdorn · a year ago
Honey, I done shrunked them kids

u/amsterdorn

KarmaCake day77June 5, 2022View Original