mklarmann (u/mklarmann)

mklarmann commented on iPhone Air apple.com/newsroom/2025/0... · Posted by u/excerionsforte

I have an iPhone 13 mini, just replaced the battery. If you want my money, give me an iPhone 17 mini with small width and height, I don't care about it being thinner like the Air. Also, no AI ruining the image quality of the expensive camera. I saw examples of a consumer-grade digital camera vs an iPhone 16 and the latter introduced "hotdog skin" effect and other effects that made the photos look over-processed.

mklarmann · 6 months ago

This is funny, when you think about that our demographic (people with multiple tech devices, in need of a smaller phone, able to pay more for it, etc.) should match perfectly with everyone who works internally at apple on the phones. They must have frequent discussions on this, that get agressively silenced - to keep the focus on the bigger phones :o)

mklarmann commented on Solid protocol restores digital agency schneier.com/blog/archive... · Posted by u/speckx

mklarmann · 8 months ago

I’ve been thinking about confidential data sharing in the food supply chain. Imagine using Solid pods as user-owned vaults for provenance docs and contracts under WAC, paired with Matrix’s federated E2EE messaging (via Solid WebID-OIDC SSO) and archiving chats/attachments back into your pod—yielding a fully decentralized, data-sovereign collaboration.

I wonder if this would work

mklarmann commented on Germany and Italy pressed to bring $245B of gold home from US ft.com/content/e39390cc-e... · Posted by u/cempaka

mklarmann · 9 months ago

IMO the US should have never been trusted, but maybe the argument that this a Trump issue creates critical mass to move this forward.

There is enough incentive for the US to not be transparent about the actual gold that is left.

mklarmann commented on Konva.js - Declarative 2D Canvas for React, Vue, and Svelte konvajs.org/... · Posted by u/lavrton

peterpost2 · a year ago

The pricing page is well done indeed.

mklarmann · a year ago

impressive! But know I am left wondering, what the price is...

mklarmann commented on An electric new era for Atlas bostondynamics.com/blog/e... · Posted by u/colinramsay

mklarmann · 2 years ago

I guess the big news is, that it runs on batteries

mklarmann commented on Ethereum Foundation removes their canary github.com/ethereum/ether... · Posted by u/diggan

mklarmann · 2 years ago

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has launched a probe into Ethereum to determine whether the largest altcoin is a security, Fortune reported.

The SEC sent subpoenas to companies seeking documents and financial records relating to their dealings with the Ethereum Foundation, the story said, citing companies that have received SEC subpoenas.

mklarmann commented on Beyond introvert vs. extrovert vipshek.com/blog/interact... · Posted by u/vipshek

BeetleB · 3 years ago

> I know I can have deep, meaningful and long conversations… but I don’t find them a source of joy.

Sorry to add to the flames, but many (most?) introverts generally do find joy in deep, meaningful long conversations. It's the small talk they tend to dislike.

The problem is trying to shoehorn everything into introvert vs extrovert. The reality is it's a vector. Small talk vs meaningful conversations is an axis different from enjoying crowds vs alone time.

mklarmann · 3 years ago

I would even argue, that it is depending on the context (on how you feel) that makes you introvert or extrovert in the situation. Not just a vector. I found it funny doing some tests, but once with the mindset of being a CEO, and in the other situation on the dancefloor, etc.

mklarmann commented on Eating microwave popcorn increases the level of PFAS in body (2022) uclahealth.org/news/eatin... · Posted by u/SomaticPirate

InvaderFizz · 3 years ago

Best popcorn you can make is cheap and easy cleanup.

Take one large pot (the kind that holds like 10qts).

Cover the bottom with kernels.

Add a bit of oil, basically just enough to swirl and have everything covered in an oil sheen, not enough to have them submerged.

Cover, put on high (I use gas). I like to suspend a paper towel between the lid and the rest of the pot, absorbs excess oil and water.

Once popping slows, turn off the stove. Dump popcorn into large mixing bowl.

Toss 1/8 cup butter in the hot pot, melt the butter with residual heat.

Pour popcorn back in and toss to get the popcorn evenly lightly buttered, transfer back to the mixing bowl.

Salt(I prefer a salt grinder) and toss, add a bit of grated Parmesan and toss.

There should be less than 10 unpopped kernels, no burned popcorn at all.

Cleanup is a wipe down of the large pot with the moisture capture paper towel.

mklarmann · 3 years ago

I love popcorn. And this might be arrogant. As I might come around like the extremist (that I am). But I am reading here between the lines, that even with popcorn, there is a lot that could be done better for the environment: - gas is not renewable. I hope we can get away from that - once popping starts you turn of the stove, does this mean you have fairly solid pans that keep the heat long? I don't think that is sustainable either - You put butter in the popcorn? Well that is also not sustainable either. - Then you add Parmesan, well that makes it even worse. - You use a paper towel, that you toss away

Why do we just happen to glance over those issues so easily?

mklarmann commented on Children's Games (Bruegel) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chi... · Posted by u/lermontov

pawelb87 · 3 years ago

"Inflating a bladder to create a balloon or ball" wow

mklarmann · 3 years ago

Yes. Funny to find this here. This is actually still quite common in my home-town Riedlingen in Swabian Albs during carnival festivites. You can see in the picture [1] that they have attached the bladders to a stick, and the tradition is to hit people on the head with this :o)

[1]: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narrenzunft_Gole

mklarmann commented on The meat industry blocked the IPCC’s attempt to recommend a plant-based diet qz.com/ipcc-report-on-cli... · Posted by u/kitkat_new

himinlomax · 3 years ago

Dairy from cows grazing on marginal land that is not otherwise suitable / efficient for other cultures is very competitive as far as producing proteins is concerned. Proteins are a necessary nutrient.

Industrial cattle fed corn is an entirely different story and should almost certainly be counted as a different category as far as climate impact is concerned.

mklarmann · 3 years ago

No. Those cows live longer and therefor produce more methane. They are worse in terms of ghg.