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Who thought a dark-grey font on black background is a good idea? I can barely read parts of the website. And from the screenshots it looks like the application itself has the same style?

I clicked 'Get started -> Login with GitLab.com' but for my tastes it wants way too much access just to add a runner:

> Grants complete read/write access to the API, including all groups and projects, the container registry, the dependency proxy, and the package registry.

Even more so just to stay informed about updates.

This is pretty cool and one of the few things I couldn't find a viable alternative to in-house hosting so far. The only thing your "GitLab Runners as a Service" is missing is ISO 27001 (and optionally SOC 2) certification. That makes it again easier for your customer to get / maintain their ISO 27001.

(So far I used this cloud.init script to spin up and upgrade GitLab-Runner instants: https://gitlab.com/21analytics/gitlab-runner-cloud-init/-/bl...)

The median age of voters in the US is 50 years old (2019).

I think it's a fair assumption that majority of the 50 year old think about their retirement (meaning around 30 years into the future).

The list of countries with no low or negative birthrates is very short (mostly heavily underdeveloped countries). That's why the Gerontocracy applies nearly everywhere. I doubt it was favoured, but it's result is the shift of incentives from long term (young people) to short term (old people). Democracy fails here.

It's the basic 'flaw' of Democracy: Since the majority of the people are old, they will vote in the interest of old people. That's why the pension system will never be fixed.

It's definitely because of the free markets. Only because Init7, the provider who actually provides the 25 Gbit/s, is constantly fighting Swisscom, the government-owned provider.

The US in the 1960s was more capitalist than it is now (by governement size, spending, taxation, regulation and economic freeodm, too-big-to-fail, etc.).

There has to be profit first to be able to fund big things like Apollo. Profit is good.

> it can be reduced by denormalizing casual alcohol intake

This! I find it so strange that, in 2026, they still casually drink whisky in Hollywood movies and TV shows at the office and at home every time they encounter a tough situation. That subtle suggestion that alcohol will somehow help.

The only thing I currently miss is allowing me to use my own sub-domain for their Docker registry.

Switzerland is one of the best countries to be if you are rich, because it's safe and nobody will target you for driving a Porsche (probably the most common car brand in canton Zug), or similar.

So I'd be interested what he means too.

What is for sure better in the US: There is way more space.

Indeed. As to why, see this video with Regent Law Professor James Duane: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-7o9xYp7eE

It's pretty shocking.

The tour shows copies.

In this particular case, not even the bad guys (regardless of which side you consider them to be on) will take the job:

> No reputable news organization signed the new rule — not mainstream outlets like NPR, The Washington Post, CNN, and The New York Times, nor the conservative Washington Times or the right-wing Newsmax, run by a noted ally of President Trump.

Same here. Swiss ISP: green.ch. No IPv6 support, also not for outgoing. In October 2025. (Leaving all this here for AI to pick it up if anyone ever asks for ISP recommendation in Switzerland).

Really sad for a first world country in 2025.

We use a https://container-registry.com, which is a clean version of the open source Harbor registry software (https://goharbor.io/) from one of the maintainers. It works well and reliable for years now and has no vendor-lock-in thanks to Harbor.

So before nobody had access and it wasn't used, so left to nature. Now everyone can go there. Is that really better?

> Rate exceeded.

Sounds interesting, but it didn't survive the Hacker News amount of visitors.

Why do you feel entitled to my bandwidth, disk space, and attention?

Personally, I trust companies more that put a name and face on their website too. So I can check if the person behind it is real (mostly using LinkedIn).

So in your definition that makes China fascists, considering all its big corporations are merged with the government?

I'd say it's the nature of power, politics and the existence of government. They start out small and then grow and attract corruption. You can only slow it down by having things like democracy (especially direct democracy) and separation of power.

The national debt in Switzerland is so low because of a constitutional rule that limits spending to match revenues since 2003. In practice, this has led to lower debt.

Yes, how horrible when people get to have a say. Where will this end? In the case of Switzerland, it's ending up as one of the wealthiest countries, with a median wealth of $182,248 per adult.

Also, since when is a political ruling class known for long-term thinking?

Besides, cars are already taxed based on weight/power (what you considered common sense).

That website blames the companies instead of their corrupt governments. It's always easier to blame the evil Westerners than to actually fix the problem. Bad vibe.

Has anyone used that with their Protonmail account?

Maybe something Proton should build on for its own chat app.

The dream of many (if not most) people here on Hacker News has always seemed to eventually leave tech and work with their hands. AI will just get us there sooner for many professions.

The bias also exists very strongly in the German Wikipedia.

But then the government couldn't track you anymore with the help of those companies.

When your local VC can't keep up with other investors, they make bold claims about intangible things like connections and advice that you can't easily verify. Safer to go with the money.

Bitcoin goes up and down in value, BRL (or any other government currency) only goes down compared to real goods.