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What is also fun is to just say 'hi' or 'hello' to random strangers, accompanied by a smile. I usually do that on the sidewalk (western Europe), but other places might also be fair game. I made an active effort to just greet people, now it's a habit. In the beginning I felt rejected sometimes by people blankly staring back at me and not saying 'hi' back.

Some people are not into that, don't suspect it or don't know how to handle that. Like half of this comment section, I really read some cringe comments here about how people don't want to be talked to. To them I can only say: don't worry, I see/feel from miles away that you don't want to be talked to. And even then, I might say 'hi' to you, just to gauge what happens. ;)

For me, it's okay if people don't say anything back. That's not even the point. I want to share a little positivity with the world (when I'm in the mood) and 90% of reactions are either a big smile back, a little nod or even a small conversation. There's nothing for me to 'win' (as a lot of commenters seem to think is the point); thinking in these terms makes it a business transaction.

I found out that especially elderly people are way more open to these things. Also, people who don't seem open to it (probably going through a bad time) might actually surprise you with a warm and welcome smile. These little interactions taught me to not judge a book by it's cover, give a little without expecting anything in return, and just knowing that you made somebody smile who needed that.

So if you think this article is something you want to try, but you're a little afraid thinking about whole conversations and stuff, just start with greeting random people. Don't see it as a transaction, just see it as age old human behavior (which it is). If you have a hard time reading social clues, this also might be a good way to practice that a bit.

You basically just 'forced' me to read your comment. Aren't you talking to a stranger here?

Yeah, polarizing! /s

I have a better idea. Why not distinguish quality from non-quality by reading a series of characters and then deciding for yourself if you like the subject and tone of voice? People themselves can choose how many characters they use. Let's call these characters the alphabet.

I don't get it. What's wrong with a website and email address on your own domain, so you can be part of the decentralized world wide web?

That's not what I meant. I mean more in the sense of the need to define something in a strict way while it's as soft as can get. The need for definitions, the need for authority, the need for external proof, that stuff.

This is the most awkward comment section I've read in a long time. Programmers talking about 'taste'... ouch.

Microsoft is only doing something about this now because there's enough evidence for a lawsuit. I don't know about the US, but the author seems to be from The Netherlands. Correct me if I'm wrong (and I don't know the exact legal name for it now), but there's something like a right to not get 'distortion or mutilation of intellectual property'.

Microsoft just spits in this creator's face by mutilating his creation in a bad way.

This exactly. The post you reply to implies they have discovered something very novel, which they did not. I don't remember which ancient king it was, but they already tried thousands of years ago to make codes of law with every situation described in it. They failed. Just leave the final interpretation to the judge, and let the politicians make broad laws (in good faith, I hope).

> as much as us stem-brained people want legal systems to work like code

I see this a lot on HN, and it makes sense to think like this if you're a programmer. It's also a sign these programmers should open up their world view a bit more.

You're using the word "discriminate" in bad faith, don't do that. Not every made distinction is discrimination.

As a European, I would like to know in _which_ European country you're based. I think I know all of them, people from abroad might not. Saying "Made in Europe" is too general for my European liking. ;)

That's an MP3-player, right? It looks like they go overboard to call this an offline Spotify device, instead of what it is. Or am I missing something?

The open web is your European alternative, not the Silicon Valley-approach but then in Europe. That just invites the same abuse of data, the same enshittification and the same rent-seeking behavior.

The vibe-coding part is most in discussion here, so it's easy to overlook the financial part.

I build small web applications for my personal needs all the time by just regular programming, and I'm saving so much money by using them and not some proprietary app. Not even mentioning the advantages that it is completely bespoke, runs local and gives me peace of mind data-wise.

Some wise man once said that personal computers are a bicycle for the mind. Programming your own programs is the most pure way you train on that bicycle.

Yeah, that stuff can be scary, I understand. It might almost feel extortionate. You had labor lawyers look at the applicable CAO and pension rules?

I quickly checked their website and it's a little unclear (so don't consider this legal advise), but their legal basis is probably the CAO. If that particular CAO has been made mandatory by law (which happens for certain industries that need tighter control from government, like temporary employment agencies), than it automatically applies to companies doing the exact work that's described in the CAO ('werkingssfeer').

It's a shame that RVO and Belastingdienst did not warn you correctly. The Netherlands does not want entrepreneurs, they want everybody cozy at their jobs at some big company.

Do you happen to be in or around Nijmegen with your chip development?

Call some default starting prompt a 'constitution'... the anthropomorphization is strong in anthropic.

These trade unions are notorious for that. I worked as a labor legal advisor and especially the unions for temporary employment agency start 'barking' and demand loads of money (even from years back). Sometimes it's not even clear which union is applicable.

You probably have all the info right now, but make sure everything is 'in line'. I mean, have your company codes at the tax authority match the applicable union match the actual things that your company does. Depending on the jobs of the employees, it might be smart to split the company into multiple legal entities.

All in all you can be happy that this happened within a couple of months. Finding this out when you're years underway and then having to pay millions... I've seen plenty of these cases.

Want to start a business in The Netherlands? Make sure to do a 'CAO check' first, think about how to structure your company (one entity? multiple entities? what job goes where?), and do these checks again once you pivot or make certain changes to the actual work that your company does.

The rationale for this is also pretty simple: somebody got to pay for all this nice social security. They say it's part of the risk of being an entrepreneur.

As my normie machine to watch Youtube, browse the internet, etc. And as my dev machine as well, including programming and editing images/videos.

I also wrote a blogpost about it: https://www.heyhomepage.com/?module=blog&link=1&post=4

Thermal underwear. Entering the 10th year of a 30 euro Helly Hansen long underpants that keeps me warm half the year.

Raspberry Pi 4 that served as my daily driver for around three years.

A couple of dumbbells that got me started with weight training, and kept me going during covid. Together with the basic equipment that I later bought, it saved me hundreds and hundreds of euros in gym memberships.

Best purchase under 10 euros is a simple cube with blank memo notes, that I use for grocery shopping and all kinds of other to do lists.

Nice chicken coop.

Did you ever come to finish your bicycle trailer/caravan/fawowa? If you have an RSS feed, I can follow the progress. You can see mine on https://www.theredpanther.org (from The Netherlands, next to Germany ;) but with a Youtube channel in English)

Interesting article about how your living environment shapes you. I added your blog to my reader, but I can't find a feed.

Beautiful pictures. Ever thought of putting these in the enclosure-tags of an RSS feed? Would show up nicely in my self-built reader, with emphasis on what I call 'photo feeds'.

I clicked in the hope I could read more about these products for unplugging...

Since I can't read about any unplugging products I'll tell you about one of mine. It's a bicycle caravan. You put it behind your bicycle, then you cycle to the forest, there you pop it up. You can relax in nature, unplug a little, and even make coffee or pancakes on the portable stove.

Want to know more? Take a look at https://www.theredpanther.org

Might be true, might not be true. Don't make the mistake of comparing lines of code with quality and usefulness of programs. I'm not saying you do, but don't even entertain that thought. ;)

I don't tell them to F off, I give them my citizen opinion on HN. I expect their policy to be in their best interest, and I stopped hating on that a long time ago.

The EU has Schleswig-Holstein (a German state) as an example; office software and email replaced by open source alternatives. Look overthere, I would say. But overthere is a politician who actually understands what he is talking about.

I don't feel the need to provide governments/politicians with open source software who think like this: "open source – which is a public good to be freely used".

Start understanding how this works, because your American and Chinese counterparts do a better job at this.

By the way, don't come lazily asking for input. Go out proactively and find the answers yourself.

It's to make a point more visible. It's explained in the paragraph below it.

Ok, I might have made a mistake then.

There is a good web framework for C. It's called PHP. ;)