leokennis

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by leokennis 1y ago
I am curious from someone in the higher education field. Is the quality of American universities still enough to offset their fascist government? More concrete, do you expect that smart people abroad will still choose to study in the US des
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by leokennis 1y ago
> I simply say "I'm on Signal" and if it's important enough, they go and install it; it's been fairly frictionless, after all how hard is it to download an app and go through the fairly minimal registration proce
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by leokennis 1y ago
At least in The Netherlands, WhatsApp could show a 60 second unskippable modal ad video on every launch, and still get away with it due to network effects. If you’re not on WhatsApp, no updates or news from your kids school, your sports tea
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by leokennis 1y ago
Same here. €125 6 inch Kobo. Black and white screen with backlight and good resolution. USB-C. With WiFi off, battery lasts a month. Holds 1000's of books. Don't see why I'd need a new ereader for at least a decade to come.
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by leokennis 2y ago
People want to write Java code and have a compiler translate it into machine code and be called a programmer. People want to run marathons on shoes with padded soles and be called an athlete.
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by leokennis 2y ago
As a counterpoint, there are nearly 4,000 banks operating in the Eurozone. In 2017 a scheme was mandated by the European Central Bank for Instant Payments (actual funds moved between banks within 20 seconds) which currently most banks suppo
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by leokennis 2y ago
I want to start off by seeing I totally get your point. Still I disagree. Where I think we agree is that John Gruber (JG) is 99% Apple's "ideal customer", while most HN readers are not: just like Apple he cares a lot about &q
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by leokennis 2y ago
> outside the US consumer banking must be horrible or non-existent if its that bad the USA When I read about US consumer banking ("cashing" cheques like its 1975, all kinds of ATM fees, credit scores and having to use weird &qu
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by leokennis 2y ago
Not really new is it? First cars just had to be approaching horse and cart levels of speed. Comfort, ease of use etc. were non-factors as this was "cool new technology". In that light, even a 20 year old almost broken down crappy
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by leokennis 2y ago
I think Europe was of the understanding that the "ongoing deal" was mutually beneficial. The US paid by far the most for defense and so had by far the most influence and power in the world, and the peace (at least in the Western w
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by leokennis 2y ago
With the “220 minus your age” rule my max would be 182 bpm. If I run at 175 bpm I can manage 30 minutes and run ~6K in that time (and be very tired the rest of the day). 165 bpm I can manage for an hour. Beyond that, boredom and sore feet s
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by leokennis 2y ago
> I don't bring my phone or smartwatch, I don't track my time or progress, I don't set targets, I don't care anymore. I'm jealous of this "Forrest Gump" mindset...I also run to maintain/lose weight
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by leokennis 2y ago
I've been running for years but never got into that groove. I know and can "sense" my body well enough now that I know I can run for a long time with a 165 bpm heart rate, and I can adjust my speed/effort to not exceed t
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by leokennis 2y ago
Just want to add that, while Reddit is a huge time sink, it is pretty easy to just see the good parts of it: - Mute any subreddit you do not enjoy - Generously block any asshole in the comments - Subscribe to the subreddits you do enjoy - C
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by leokennis 2y ago
I find Kagi to be very expensive. $10 a month for unlimited pricing. For around the same price, I can stream millions of songs, or stream thousands of high res videos, or subscribe to both premium e-mail and a premium task manager. What mak
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by leokennis 2y ago
Money quote from President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho to cement how he and Trump align on values: > Come on, scro! Don't be a pussy! Besides, you do a kick-ass job and you get a full pardon.
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by leokennis 2y ago
Leaving Facebook, Instagram and Twitter a few years ago (and never joining TikTok) has been the number one top decision for my mental health. I wish everyone and society as a whole to make the same decision.
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by leokennis 2y ago
And yet, mysteriously, somehow, as a European, I am pretty glad not to be a US citizen right now. I earn more than enough to live while working only 36 hours per week and my government is not run by lunatics.
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by leokennis 2y ago
If you want to see the free data, bookmark https://www.weather.gov/ . If that works out for you, fantastic. If you want that data presented in a mobile friendly, quick glanceable way with added device specific creature comfo
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by leokennis 2y ago
I know few cities beat Rome when it comes to their age, but Den Bosch has had city right since 1185 AD...so it is not exactly "built from scratch".
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by leokennis 2y ago
In general I try to avoid nationalism - a lot of what one perceives as "my country ABC is the best at XYZ!" is just "I was born in ABC so I am used to XYZ!". But...for the small niche of cycling infrastructure, the top 1
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by leokennis 2y ago
I still use my MacBook Air M1 and given my current workloads (a bit of web development, general home office use and occasional video editing and encoding) I doubt I’ll need to replace it in the coming 5 years. That’ll be an almost 10 year l
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by leokennis 2y ago
At the very least Apple are better than Microsoft, Windows and the vendors that sell Windows laptops when it comes to respecting user experience and privacy.
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by leokennis 2y ago
Haven’t tried iCatcher myself. It has that utilitarian look that usually either means it’s a power user app that can be configured to behave exactly like you want, or it is a hobby project of a single person without UI/UX talent. Going
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by leokennis 2y ago
I know next to nothing about “space” but pfeeeew that zoom-out at the end…wow.
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by leokennis 2y ago
It’ll depend per person, but I subscribe to around 30 podcasts. For some podcasts (like The NY Times Daily) I’ll skip 29 out of 30 episodes. For a select few I’ll listen to 9 out of 10. For the others, something in between. Apple Podcasts i
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by leokennis 2y ago
I’m so happy Castro has new owners. For me it has the best interaction model of all podcast apps (inbox + queue), it had a beautiful design and now it’s also getting the backend + tech debt love it requires.
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by leokennis 2y ago
That's cool, but the last thing I would want my mom to have to manage is a portable open source encrypted database shes's in control of and can back up and secure as needed.
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by leokennis 2y ago
On the one hand I love single-focus nicely designed hardware. On the other hand I have a https://getfocustimer.com/ gathering dust, because a timer is just easier to set from the computer + screen I am already looking at...
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by leokennis 2y ago
I'm nervous about the battery being at 91%...is it not plugged into a constant source of power?

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