243423443's comments

On: A Long-Lost Branch of the Nile Helped in Building ...

[243423443]

https://archive.ph/4MaVq

On: How and why I stopped buying new laptops

[243423443]

By your argument, it does not make sense not to eat meat, because they will kill the cow anyway.

[rdevnull → 243423443]

I don't think cow anology is very appropriate. Technology is moving fast (well not as fast nowadays but still pretty fast) and if you don't update your tools your work will be as obsolte as your hardware. If any of your hardware is touching the internet running obsolete stuff is a big security risk. Vivaldi browser ? Notepad? seriously...

On: An odd discovery on Spotify

[243423443]

Why would you only listen to English songs?

[kennend3 → 243423443]

i would think it would be obvious, but here goes - because i only speak/understand English?

[DrSiemer → kennend3]

That's exactly why I enjoy listening to foreign pop music: I cannot hear how vapid the lyrics are.

But besides that, great music does not need to spell it out to convey meaning and emotion.

If the appreciation of a foreign song keeps growing, I will eventually look up a few translations. Their mixed interpretation usually only enhances an already enjoyable experience.

[macrolime → kennend3]

For me the lyrics of songs are mostly irrelevant and it doesn't matter if I understand it or not. I usually don't pay attention to to it anyway.

On: Hate paywalls? 12ft.io is the answer

[243423443]

The first site I tried (nytimes) does not work.

On: Sunken Moskva Could Be the Biggest Naval Combat Lo...

[243423443]

Do you have a source for the cardboard ERA plates? I only found the following, but apparently there is supposed to be cardboard in between the layers: https://www.reddit.com/r/TankPorn/comments/t73p1e/what_found...

[ChuckNorris89 → 243423443]

I don't, but if the link you posted is the truth then I could have been mistaken.

[dralley → 243423443]

You can clearly see in the pictures though that there are no plates on the outside.

On: Bash Pitfalls

[243423443]

https://web.archive.org/web/20220215122427/mywiki.wooledge.o...

On: Bitcoin becomes Legal Tender in El Salvador

[243423443]

It's sad to see comments like this on hn. I thought this place was supposed to have meaningful discussions.

On: Klarna users are being signed in to random account...

[243423443]

"you can just roll back fraudulent fiat transactions. Fuck up in crypto? Poof, the money is gone..."

Do you know why Ethereum Classic exists?

[def_true_false → 243423443]

I'm well aware of ETC. It's not going to happen again on Ethereum, with any level of certainty, anyway. So crypto exchanges and similar won't be able to count on that.