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saaspirant commented on What services or apps did you see abroad and wonder: why don't we have them?    · Posted by u/ekusiadadus
qwertfisch · 5 days ago
I was in Paris some years ago, and it surprised me that a jug of water for drinking was free on every table. Of course if you wanted any other beverage you’d pay for it, but just quenching your thirst was free.

In Germany water is not free, but instead another income for restaurants. Also it needs a law (only since 2001) that the cheapest beverage must be non-alcoholic. (Yet water could be more expensive than beer, as long as e.g. apple juice costs equal or less.)

saaspirant · 5 days ago
In India water is free in almost all restaurants.

Even if you don't order anything, you can just drink it and leave.

Some fancy restaurants don't allow it though.

saaspirant commented on AI apps are like music   aimode.substack.com/p/ai-... · Posted by u/warthog
warthog · 8 days ago
My experience, particularly over X, has been "Cursor for X"

Maybe you can do a search at YC startups page and see it there as well.

saaspirant · 8 days ago
>"Cursor for X" was a common expression in 2 weeks
saaspirant commented on Ask HN: Do you still bookmark websites?    · Posted by u/indus
vladsanchez · 8 days ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsundoku

;) It's like hoarding... I hoard links and knowledge, but rarely go back to them. I think I need therapy.

saaspirant · 8 days ago
I had amassed a lot of bookmarks. I finally got around deleting them and felt "free"

I have learnt to let go

saaspirant commented on NIST Finalizes 'Lightweight Cryptography' Standard to Protect Small Devices   nist.gov/news-events/news... · Posted by u/gnabgib
saaspirant · 10 days ago
I wonder whether this is backdoored by NSA as well
saaspirant commented on A Suicide Cult's Surviving Members Still Maintain Its 90s Website (2016)   vice.com/en/article/a-sui... · Posted by u/jameslk
RajT88 · 12 days ago
> The members of Heaven’s Gate, which had existed since the 70s, believed they were exiting their Earthly bodies to board a UFO that was hiding behind the Hale-Bopp comet as it made its closest approach to Earth.

Wait. Wasn't this kind of the plot of Lifeforce??

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lifeforce_(film)

saaspirant · 12 days ago
Also this Key and Peele sketch https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5JFSjAs4Qxc
saaspirant commented on Ask HN: What trick of the trade took you too long to learn?    · Posted by u/unsupp0rted
commandersaki · 19 days ago
It's easier to tell the truth then maintain a complex web of lies.
saaspirant · 19 days ago
Also you don't have to remember your lies if you tell people the truth
saaspirant commented on iPhone 16 cameras vs. traditional digital cameras   candid9.com/phone-camera/... · Posted by u/sergiotapia
FredPret · a month ago
My entry-level mirrorless camera with its kit lens can take photos that blow my recent-model iPhone out of the water.

Add a nice lens and there's no comparison.

However:

- The iPhone is always in my pocket (until I crack and buy a flip-phone)

- The iPhone picture always turns out, but the Canon takes a modicum of skill, which my wife is not interested in, and I'll never be able to teach passers-by when they take a group picture for us

- The iPhone picture quality, though worse, is still fine

Looking back at travel and family pictures, it has been very much worth it for me to have a dedicated camera.

saaspirant · a month ago
Which camera do you have?
saaspirant commented on Running PostmarketOS on Android Termux proot without a custom ROM (2024)   ivonblog.com/en-us/posts/... · Posted by u/user070223
saaspirant · a month ago
Did anyone manage to install a Linux OS with proper desktop inside your Android phone?

I tried a lot of open source tools written for this with Termux but when I tried to use it via vnc, I got a black screen and there was a black plus or dot iirc.

u/saaspirant

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