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q-baseon On Really Trying (2009)

This holds true across so many fields. I believe parts of this is in play in physical space as well. When breaking the World deadlift record. 500kgs seemed impossible until someone broke the barrier. Then suddenly others follow. Sub 10 seconds 100 meter was out of reach at some point. Bolts 9.58 seems almost impossible to beat and maybe that is why it isn't. There are of course barriers to physical performance, but I would agree that the general sentiment on where they are play a larger role in placing them than the actual limitations.

q-baseon Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (May 2026)

Location: Copenhagen, Denmark, EU

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: C#, .Net, React, React Native, PostgreSQL

Roles: Hands-on architect, Enterprise Architect, Product Owner, Developer, Business Analyst

Résumé/CV: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jesper-reiche-65b42226/

Email: jrhn@jmr.dk

Description: Product Owner, Technical Lead and Enterprise Architect with over 15 years’ experience in finance, airline, healthcare, and public sectors. Worked for both large corporations and co-founded startups. Skilled in full-stack development, enterprise architecture, vendor procurement, and regulatory compliance. Proven track record of leading transformation initiatives, aligning business and IT, and delivering robust, secure, and scalable solutions both on-prem and in cloud. Would love to work in space or automotive industries.

q-baseon We Have Learned Nothing

I have added the two works mentioned in the post by Kuhn and Fayerabend to my reading list. I have read some of Greabers work and while idealistic/unrealistic in some parts I really like the antidote to "popular" thoughts/theory. Can you recommend other books/works? I have "Small is Beautiful" on my reading list already. I wanted to read it after Conviviality, but never got to it after I abandoned Conviviality - but your mention of it moved it up my list.

q-baseon Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (March 2026)

Location: Copenhagen, Denmark, EU

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: C#, .Net, React, React Native, PostgreSQL

Roles: Hands-on architect, Enterprise Architect, Product Owner, Developer, Business Analyst

Résumé/CV: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jesper-reiche-65b42226/

Email: jrhn@jmr.dk

q-baseon How to carry more than your own bodyweight (2025)

There is use and there is overuse. What you are also seeing is lifestyle and socioeconomic influences. Construction workers are not necessarily in the highest income bracket, may not have the same access to healthcare or have the mental, physical or economical bandwidth to take extra good care of their body.

q-baseon Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (February 2026)

Location: Copenhagen, Denmark, EU

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: C#, .Net, React, React Native, PostgreSQL

Roles: Enterprise Architect, Product Owner, Developer, Business Analyst

Résumé/CV: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jesper-reiche-65b42226/

Email: jrhn@jmr.dk

q-baseon Ask HN: Where do all the web devs talk?

Any tips on how to find those people or discussions?

q-baseon RSS.Social – the latest and best from small sites across the web

I did not know about that feature - thanks a lot for sharing!

q-baseon RSS.Social – the latest and best from small sites across the web

I really like it! Sometimes I just want to read something random and sampling from small personal websites is a great way to discover new people to follow.

q-baseon Ask HN: What did you find out or explore today?

Thanks a lot for reading! And even going further and reading other posts than the one linked. I have corrected the typo - thank also for pointing that out.

Yes motorcycles are quite the joy! I am glad to hear of your discovery of that fact. I am a bit envious of you being in Portugal as I would expect the weather to allow for driving all year round?

Funny - for me it is the other way round. I always think of bikes even though I of course know of the underwear brand as well :)

q-baseon Ask HN: What did you find out or explore today?

I get your point. But it depends on how you read it. If I get joy out of writing then I would not consider that a waste :)

q-baseon Ask HN: What did you find out or explore today?

Thank you very much for your kind words. I think that I have finally reconciled with myself that I will primarily be sharing images on my own website and not social media, even though that may mean that very few people see it. So I am glad to hear you saw some and liked them :)

q-baseon Ask HN: What did you find out or explore today?

I think you hit the nail on the head here and something else I seem to struggle a bit with. I am very good at reading, thinking, contemplating. But I need to get more out of my head - from lack of better wording. I actually wrote "read less - do more". In my notebook recently. So I could not agree more with what you are saying.

q-baseon Ask HN: What did you find out or explore today?

Haha I apart from both of them relating to stoicism I am not sure there is much connection. But scrolling through some of the comments on reddit sure made me smile - so thanks for that :)

q-baseon Ask HN: What did you find out or explore today?

Thanks a lot! Yes, I agree that it is easier with physical books although even there I can already see that I may be painting myself into a corner. But ebooks are obviously "worse" in that regard. I loved when I found StandardEbooks.org and Gutenberg - all these classic books for free. But over time I have realized that I have so many of them on my kindle and always seems to find new ones rather than finishing existing.

With regards to cameras, I also came to Fuji although from Nikon. But I agree, the important part is getting better at photography and the better you know your camera the more it can become an extension of yourself.

There is just something very alluring about the daydream of having the new camera and taking those "perfect" images. When in fact nothing is keeping me from going out and shooting those "perfect" images with the camera I already have.

q-baseon Ask HN: What did you find out or explore today?

Interesting. I have read quite a few translations of Meditations by Marcus Aurelius and also found a clear favorite. But I am actually not even sure which translation of Letters from a Stoic my current book is. I have just always liked the language in it.

q-baseon Ask HN: What did you find out or explore today?

Thank you very much.

q-baseon Ask HN: What did you find out or explore today?

I have started exploring Seneca/stoicism again. Prompted partly by a recent submission here, partly by personal reasons. Instead of consuming other peoples interpretation of stoicism I decided to go as close to the source as feasible for me. I have read Letters from a stoic a number of times before and my copy is filled with highlights, but this time I think I will try to limit myself to one or two letters a day and then really think about them properly.

The first one really hit me hard and prompted me to write out my own thoughts (https://jesperreiche.com/seneca-letter-2/) whether I will keep doing that I am a little unsure. It feels on the border of how personal I want to be/share on my blog.

P.S. I can see the irony in writing about me going to the source instead of consuming other peoples interpretation and then sharing a link to my own interpretation :)

q-baseon Ask HN: Share your personal website

https://jesperreiche.com/

Personal website mainly around photography, old motorcycles and random ramblings about IT, life in general and books I read.

q-baseon Ask HN: What are you working on? (January 2026)

Great idea! There was another some years back that I think died. But now seems as good a time as ever to try again.

q-baseon I wanted a camera that doesn't exist, so I built it

I do not know if the author/creator is a user here on HN. But if you are, then absolutely amazing work. I love everything about it! You really did create a much more aesthetically pleasing camera and must have learned a ton along the way. I applaud your courage and/or naïveté to even undertake a project like this for no other reason than because you want it to exist.

q-baseon I rebooted my social life

If you look for the holes in the cheese you will find them.

q-baseon Short Little Difficult Books

I read it a few years ago and was severely disappointed. All these comments about Moby Dick makes me reconsider giving it a second go.

q-baseon On doing hard things

I do not know whether the author reads this, but I need to applaud the writing. Either the author is extremely talented and wrote this in one quick sitting or else there has been a lot of revisions to get it this short and concise. I aspire to be able to write like this - so really good job author!

q-baseon Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (July 2025)

SEEKING WORK

Tech Lead, Enterprise Architect or C# developer - decide on checkout. 15+ years of experience from airline, finance, pension and manufacturing as well as 2 startups. Ready for freelance contracts.

Location: Copenhagen/EU

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: C#, React, React Native, a bit of Python

Specialties: Making IT and business love each other. Finding order in complexity, Seeing shortcuts and problems with design and implementation. EIOPA, Shrems II, NIST

Résumé/CV: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jesper-reiche-65b42226/

Website: https://jesperreiche.com

Email: jrhn@jmr.dk

q-baseon Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (June 2025)

Tech Lead, Enterprise Architect or C# developer - decide on checkout. 15+ years of experience from airline, finance, pension and manufacturing as well as 2 startups. Ready for freelance contracts.

Location: Copenhagen/EU

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: C#, React, React Native, a bit of Python

Specialties: Finding order in complexity, Seeing shortcuts and problems with design and implementation. EIOPA, Shrems II, NIST

Résumé/CV: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jesper-reiche-65b42226/

Email: jrhn@jmr.dk

q-baseon Why Prince Changed His Name to an Symbol 30 Years Ago, and What Happened Next

I did not know about this. But suddenly Eminems Without me text makes sense all these years after :)

Now let's go, just give me the signal

I'll be there with a whole list full of new insults

I've been dope, suspenseful with a pencil

Ever since Prince turned himself into a symbol

q-baseon Eating fewer calories can ward off ageing

Depends on your goal. You could also keep your diet consistent and do more exercise to produce a deficit. If your goal is longevity, then this may be a viable option. If your goal is to be faster, stronger or bigger, then this is probably not the right approach.

But reading article the conclusion seems to be that we simply do not know enough about how this all works. Giving absolute ranges of calories also seems like the wrong approach. There are differences in sex, in height in activity levels etc. etc. etc.

Would someone on a 2000 calorie diet who was moderately active fare better than someone on a 2500 calorie diet who was more active? I do not think we have the answer to that.

q-baseon Apple allows some iOS apps to track user locations via lists of nearby SSIDs

I love that your analogy hit me so hard that I came to question my iPhone SE. I think the main issue for me is that I have not found a better alternative elsewhere. There are some interesting locked down and privacy focused variants of Android, but I am not sure I could use them with the banking and personal ID apps that are almost "required" unless I have to jump through additional hoops daily.

But thought provoking analogy - and thanks for that!

q-baseon Ask HN: What are your hobbies?

I work on old motorcycles and cars. I do photography both digital and analog. Then I lift weights and finally I read a lot which also leads to me writing a bit about the interests that I have.

It can be difficult to find time for work :)