Live data from Hacker News

Viewing profile — FrankenTan

FrankenTan

HN member
Joined
Fri, Nov 26, 2010, 2:23 PM UTC
HN karma
79
Public activity
30 items

About FrankenTan

No profile information was provided.

Recent public activity

  1. comment
    Comment #28318976

    I agree. Also, sometimes if there exists no demand, corporations will spend a lot to create it such as fashion as mentioned\shown in https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-12/fast-fas…

  2. comment
    Comment #27855130

    That already happens and it's about to happen to millions of people in the US: it's called eviction.

  3. comment
    Comment #19899008

    In Sweden, prosecutors have duty to prosecute. "In the case of most crimes, the prosecutor has what is known as an absolute duty to prosecute. This means that the prosecutor is obl…

  4. comment
    Comment #15567719

    Being a Nazi isnt a mental illness. Sane people were nazis. Last time Nazis were in power they, in fact, murder quite a lot of mentally ill people. Nazis also dont need to be in po…

  5. comment
    Comment #13743673

    agreed. plus that's more accessible for ppl with mobility or fatigue related chronic illnesses which is nice.

  6. comment
    Comment #4009175

    It's my (uninformed and second-hand) impression that tipping-culture is often defined whether the waiters\servers are given minimum livable salary or whether the tip is the larger …

  7. comment
    Comment #3717986

    I use gEdit for both text and programming for a couple of languages. The Cobalt theme is the best dark theme\colorlayout I've ever experienced, and I'm yet to find any others which…

  8. comment
    Comment #3717464

    I'm admittedly a newb, but I find that a lot of my programming includes trying to think in a good way and then reading documentation to figure out how to implement it. So far it ha…

  9. story
  10. comment
    Comment #3533158

    Possibly irrelevant, but adding my experience anyway: It might be niche experience, but twitter is awesome for me. My swedish twitter-bubble is boiling with discussions, humor and …

  11. comment
    Comment #3415711

    Appearently, losing weight also changes how your metabolism works, and in part you burn less calories from the same activity. Of course, these are 'simply' obstacles to be aware of…

  12. comment
  13. comment
    Comment #3199839

    I'm afraid you're confused about the kind of rape-crime that he's allegedly been part of, and I'm not sure the 'typical' rape-responses can be considered when it's not a typical ra…

  14. comment
  15. comment
    Comment #3199825

    Wikileaks sadly lost a lot of respect from me and many people I know when some of their comments and many of their followers weren't about Assange's innocence, but instead in defen…

  16. comment
    Comment #3011264

    With the Swedish pirate party, this is a choice of strategy. They purposefully focus their politics and votes with whoever votes with them, as it usually is with coalitions between…

  17. comment
    Comment #2742198

    It wasn't 'it'. It was hen, which comes from a mix of hon (her) and han (him), often used in litterature and online to avoid assumption about gender online. It has a very different…

  18. comment
    Comment #2632917

    If the US or Israel is responsible for Stuxnet, would that be considered an act of war towards Iran? I'm sadly not well-read in either stuxnet or the requirements for it to be cons…

  19. comment
    Comment #2594780

    I tend to view anti-depressants the same way I view fever-depressants when dealing with things that aren't actually cured by the fever. Their primary use is to put the symptoms out…

  20. comment
    Comment #2552568

    As I understand it, and in part how it is for myself; reading books can be a meditative practice. Having a physical book can help someone focus and get in the mood, as well as help…

  21. comment
    Comment #2504055

    I have little to add beyond pointing out that this is discussed in the comment-section by more commenters than the one I am linking to now: edit: Replaced with better link: http://…

  22. comment
    Comment #2262745

    I apologize for not addressing the main question, but I'd just like to express that I disagree that you're not very smart. It might be a knee-jerk reaction on my end when it comes …

  23. comment
    Comment #2140460

    I couldn't play my legally purchased copy of KOTOR II thanks to the DRM without cracking it. I'd argue that cracks, even if not KeyGens, have legal applications. Especially now whe…

  24. comment
    Comment #2055785

    Have you heard of Noctis? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noctis It's a facinating game.

  25. comment
    Comment #2044540

    And on my Swedish keyboard. It's right next to . and I don't need to hold in shift to type it. I even need to press shift+7 to write /, so I'd actually prefer --.