Benjamin Hyneck
@benhyneck.bsky.social
Father of 2. Global Citizen. 🇩🇪 🇸🇬 🇦🇺 🇺🇸 Recovered big-tech leader, now wandering Solopreneur. Teaches B2B Sales. Loves Nerdy Things. 🌎 Hyneck.com
Singapore has so many different facets. Here a satay hawker standing in the smoke, an old folks e-scooter gang and of course the picturesque marina bay
My iPhone camera broke. Whenever I pick 0.5 lens the phone freezes. Called workshop. Dude came over next day. Took the phone apart. Replaced the camera module. Works like new again. 20min job. 90 € (104 USD) incl. home service charge Singapore convenience in a nutshell.
Tried picking up a rental car - this was the rear left tire. Cancelled the booking. Would you have driven it?
Cmon look at this airport. Almost feels a bit embarrassing to depart from BER
Touching down in Singapore always feels special to me. Even squeezed out a little tear.
Hello Singapore!!! 🇸🇬 It’s been a while. “Willkommen zuhause” the immigration terminal welcomed me in German.
Hah, I think the google pixel event just convinced me to buy another iphone...
my god that google pixel event is such a cringe fest 😖
People saying "Aschtronaut" vs "Astronaut" gives me an unreasonable amount of rage
Had an issue with Fedora logging me out after a few minutes and none of my attempts of fixing it worked. Asked the Fedora Discord Channel - got it solved in 5 minutes. Really cool community!
Fedora fully installed, updated and configured in less than 30 min. Really nice
Been running bazzite for a month now. Overall great experience but too pre-configured for my taste. Back to Fedora
I pay for a great VPN - fast, reliable, no complaints. Except one: every time I need it, I spend 5 minutes trying to remember what it’s called. If you're building a VPN product, please put "VPN" in the name. Looking at you, Hotspot Shield.
Google is absolutely smashing it on the AI front recently. Veo3, notebookLM, ai studio, ai for education, genie 3, Gemini 2.5 pro etc Those tools combined with their user base - they will be on top of this new industry very soon. Buy GOOG
Glad to have this approved by a pro 😄
kottke.org@kottke.org · 12mo ago“As a clinical psychologist, I was curious: Could ChatGPT function like a thinking partner? A therapist in miniature? I gave it three months to test the idea. A year later, I’m still using ChatGPT like an interactive journal.” [nytimes.com]
My iPhone 12 PM is starting to act up. Especially the cameras. Seems like a hardware issue. Crap. Time to switch to Android? Pixel 10?
Had 2 Neighbor’s over for a round of badminton, pizza and beers. Feels like my soul has been recharged to 100%
Found out what’s worse than a puncture while cycling: a lose saddle. Absolute agony
The biggest myth in business negotiations? That someone has to lose. Great negotiators don’t go in with fists up. They go in with open minds. They listen. They explore. They co-create a deal that works for both sides. 💡 A good negotiation feels like a dance, not a fight.