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dutchbrit··on Cloudflare Global Network experiencing issues
seems to work here
dutchbrit··on Ask HN: Is building for the web even worth it now?
Not as many though - and especially when it comes to websites about hobbies non tech related.
dutchbrit··on Ask HN: Is building for the web even worth it now?
The effects in Captain America were terrible - joking! The thing is, AI is plastered everywhere these days on platforms (that were already deteriorating before AI, lets be honest). A lot of people don't want to be bombed with fake content.
dutchbrit··on Ask HN: Is building for the web even worth it now?
You are definitely not alone - I miss the days of small forums, articles not written by AI or for SEO etc...

I also miss the creatively built small websites where people shared their hobbies etc. "Social" media killed a lot.

The web is becoming less and less genuine, it's depressing.

dutchbrit··on Ask HN: What are you working on? (February 2025)
I'm working on building a few niche marketplaces/communities - and a platform (hosted and self hosted option) allowing people to start their own niche groups.
dutchbrit··on Lfgss shutting down 16th March 2025 (day before Online Safety Act is enforced)
"The Act applies to services even if the companies providing them are outside the UK should they have links to the UK. This includes if the service has a significant number of UK users"
dutchbrit··on Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (September 2024)
SEEKING WORK

Location: Eindhoven, The Netherlands

Remote: Yes

Technologies: PHP, Magento, Laravel, React, NextJS, Linux, Performance optimalisations + good debugging skills.

Resume: https://www.linkedin.com/in/samgranger/

Email : sam@madeonsofa.com

Developer for 20+ years.

dutchbrit··on Show HN: I'm 16 and building an AI based startup called Factful with friends
Cool stuff, only feedback I have is that it could be a bit clearer on the homepage what your product does - I only found out when playing around (I didn't read your post before trying). Maybe make it clear what it does before letting people play with it so have the test box in a 2 column layout or perhaps later on down the page? I didn't expect there was any other content/scroll on the homepage when I first landed on it.
dutchbrit··on Tesla Profits Drop 55%
> Models 3/Y are literally one of the cheapest EVs available in EU/US?

They aren't (in EU)? Dacia Spring, Citroën e-C3, Fiat 500e, BYD Dolphin, ID.3 & Peugeot e-208 to name a few are quite a bit cheaper.

dutchbrit··on Tell HN: Ever think of applying to YC? Do it this weekend for S24
Let’s say I have an idea but it’s a niche, I know it won’t be more than ~1M in yearly revenue at its best. What is interesting for YC and what not when it comes to potential size?
dutchbrit··on Show HN: I taught ChatGPT to find cool domain names – with availability check
Cool - not sure I'd want my prompt to be seen by others (which you can achieve by changing the incremental id in the url). Maybe use a uuid instead if you want to make it shareable?
dutchbrit··on Show HN: A user-friendly UI for viewing and editing Markdown files
Looks cool but I hate the copy (sorry, just giving honest feedback):

"Ship faster by organizing less acreom is the actionable knowledge base for 10x developers."

dutchbrit··on Technical Manual TM 11-410: The Homing Pigeon (1945)
I use to keep homing pigeons as a kid and participate in racing, it use to be quite popular in The Netherlands and Belgium, the area where I live. But it's a dying hobby. The biggest race is Barcelona, 1000 km or 600 miles, which birds can fly in 10 hours.

I recently built a coop and finally have a few pigeons again after not having them for almost 20 years. They are intelligent animals that are fun to keep and bring me peace having them around me.

dutchbrit··on Apple to halt Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 sales in the US this week
Sans paywall: https://archive.is/xJL66
dutchbrit··on 23andMe updates their TOS to force binding arbitration
“ If you do not notify us within 30 days, you will be deemed to have agreed to the new terms.” - surely this wouldn’t hold up in court?
dutchbrit··on Microsoft Outlook Blocking All Email from Tutanota.com Domain as Spam
I'd be pissed off if I were an Outlook user - it's a shame that big tech get treated as the "gold standard" - I get that spam prevention is important but it shouldn't hurt your business. Their support is below standards. I wonder how many opportunities Outlook businesses lose because they don't receive certain emails.

That being said, email as a whole could do with being replaced with a more robust solution to make it more versatile and offer other spam prevention techniques.

dutchbrit··on Launched Playtoob, a simple YouTube companion, because my 5yo daughter loves it
YouTube Kids is the equivalent of crack for kids.
dutchbrit··on [dead]
Previous discussion that was taken down/flagged: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38369570
dutchbrit··on Ask HN: How did Git become the standard when Windows is the majority OS?
I think because it just worked better than the alternatives. I remember working with subversion when I started at my first job. They switched to git a year later. This was a company mainly specializing in Java and doing development on Windows.
dutchbrit··on Ask HN: Could a Wii be a good headless server?
There are better options, outdated hardware, energy consumption etc.. But it’s always fun to repurpose things.
dutchbrit··on Jony Ive and OpenAI’s Altman reportedly collaborating on mysterious AI device
Had to think of Silicon Valley: https://youtu.be/_GtF_zpJc_w?si=hgPEBLomzkpEA3ZW
dutchbrit··on Show HN: I built an app that lets you create and chat with 3D AI characters
Flagging as it contains nudity.
dutchbrit··on Ask HN: What's your favourite hobby and how did it start?
Pigeon keeping, well, I use to keep them as a kid. Found an injured wood pigeon, broken wing, an old woman next door had a few lofts at her farm that use to belong to her husband - I was allowed to keep it there and managed to splint the wing, after it healed I let it back into the wild. An avid pigeon racer who use to visit her noticed my interest and gave me my first racing pigeons. I started racing them, earned some okay results for a kid my age. Switched to my focus to fancy pigeons later on, mainly tumbler breeds. I stopped keeping them when I moved out of my parents house. Missed them ever since as they brought me a kind of peace. I loved having them around me.

I recently bought a house with a nice garden and I’m in the process of starting again. Fancy pigeons, 2 specific breeds. Planning the loft build as we speak.

Besides that, I love woodworking - which I learned from the same pigeon guy who owned a woodworking company.

dutchbrit··on Ask HN: Did I quit for the right reasons?
Good job on standing up for yourself! Your manager is a dick. I think quitting is the opposite of lack of courage to be honest. Staying there would be doing them a favor and not yourself.
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More information here: https://dribbble.com/shots/22424654-Your-eyes-are-right-we-h...
dutchbrit··on I Have Blocked OpenAI
Just a thought that I have, wouldn’t it be better to block all robots and only to whitelist a select few? More AI bots are scraping now and in the future…
dutchbrit··on Show HN: A website for remote workers to find Airbnb's with good Internet
Possibly Fastly that has an old cache.
dutchbrit··on Show HN: A website for remote workers to find Airbnb's with good Internet
Still showing nothing on my side.

Edit: Cool idea though, edit because I don’t want to come over negative!

dutchbrit··on ChatGPT costs 700k/day to run; may go bankrupt in 2024
Why should that bother you?
dutchbrit··on Launch HN: Wondercraft (YC S22) – Use text-to-speech to create podcasts easily
I was listening to an audiobook the other day on a commute that was also done with AI. The main issue I had was focus, the voice was very monotone to begin with, and at one point it pronounced “it” as “IT”. I didn’t finish listening… That said, the voice isn’t that bad in the HN example.
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