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koenraadon Splash-free urinals (2025)

As men, can we just sit down? For the last 10 years or so I have been doing exactly that and it’s been wonderful. Cleaner toilets, cleaner hands, cleaner clothing and no more annoying drips of pee in the boxers after the act because it relaxes the muscles more.

koenraadon Insects and other animals have consciousness

I had the exact same initial thought. I don’t fully grasp the definition of the term consciousness but I guess for me it boils down to loving.

koenraadon Brain waves appear to wash out waste during sleep in mice

I immediately start to think about the effect of smartphone related waves in the room while sleeping.

koenraadon The deep sea is filled with treasure, but it comes at a price

I’m afraid that deep sea mining operations are motivated by greed. It will not be easy to get sustainable solutions out of this and not only deep sea creatures will have losses…

koenraadon Don't fuck with paste

By disabling user input the application security actually gets worse. Users that can’t copy e.g. passwords will use less complex passwords to overcome the trouble of typing in their initially good passwords. But also user experience is degrading when applications enforce complex input and users generate that input like a chad as they should. But now they cannot paste…

koenraadon The teen mental illness epidemic is international (2023)

I agree, young people don’t invest in others anymore. It has emotionally become a consumer world. E.g., try getting some volunteers at your local sports club.

koenraadon Clicks – Physical keyboard for iPhone

Fuck ‘content creation’ on mobile phones. I like mobile phones for two reasons, 1. because it is a phone and 2. because I can use it for authentication stuff. The rest is all focused on consuming and giving away your data.

koenraadon How to write a cold email (2020)

“Hi,

I am a Nigerian prince and need to stash my millions of dollars. I would like you to give me access to your bank account so I can deposit the money.

With kind regards,

The Nigerian prince”

koenraadon How to help someone use a computer (1996)

I once tried to help my mom use the computer (around 2010). It took maybe 20 minutes before we called it a day and split ways heated. After reading this I feel ashamed.

koenraadon Unwrapit provides a way to handle errors in JS/TS

You are talking about a larger fundamental problem; code quality. This library can be a way to handle errors just as the try/catch block is. If agreed on within the team ofcourse.

koenraadon The death of a public intellectual

I always use reader mode where ever I can to stop UI distractions.