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broodje

7 karma · joined February 7, 2017

22 year old tech enthusiast attempting to make an entrance into the Web Dev world.
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broodje··on Brave Browser and the Wayback Machine: Working Together
The lack of informed knowledge on a place like HN is pretty baffling at times.
broodje··on In Britain, even jails have a class system
Is identifying someone by their nationality racist?
broodje··on In Britain, even jails have a class system
Could it not be that he was speaking from first hand evidence of the people he was locked up with?
broodje··on Ask HN: What does brexit mean for EU developers looking to find work in the UK?
I take it you're living in the UK then?
broodje··on “We already store data. In a database. It works well”
I'd wager the start of a new multi year bullrun, fuelled by developments in different technologies.
broodje··on “We already store data. In a database. It works well”
There's a very quickly growing use case of decentralised finance, abbreviated to DeFi. Within the Ethereum chain alone, close to $1b has been locked up in different DeFi projects.
broodje··on Computer chaos as antivirus IDs Windows as threat, shuts down systems
"The glitch first manifested itself as customers complained that Webroot was mistakenly flagging Facebook.com as a dangerous identity-fishing site."

Mistakenly flagged? Pretty sure that would have been intentional.

broodje··on Scientists made a detailed “roadmap” for meeting the Paris climate goals
"And fair enough. None of this is easy. It might well prove impossible."

As the current political landscape props itself up, I do believe it to be impossible. As a collective, how can we make an impacting difference to the current global discourse regarding climate change when so many powerful entities are actively working against such a cause?

broodje··on Ask HN: People who are here- are you on Reddit too?
Sort of, but not really. I used to browse reddit quite a lot, but fell out of touch due to the deterioration of general discussion of any topic.

I find HN to be a lot more developed in its discussions, opinions and userbase.

broodje··on We Used Terrible Science to Justify Smoking Bans
Not entirely sure why you'd consider it fake news. My grandfather has suffered from bladder cancer twice, though he has never smoked. He did, however, work in kitchens of restaurants/bars that allowed smoking. Once he left those kitchens, he went into remission and has remained so.