Hacker News with Generative AI: Norway

Lake-harvested cocktail ice is an old business making a comeback in Norway (vinepair.com)
Frosty, cooling drinks like juleps and cobblers were trending in early 1800s America, their popularity driven by the recent year-round availability of ice.

History, Norway

40 points by ohjeez 6 days ago | 42 comments

Norway's wealth fund now worth $319,900 per citizen (sherwood.news)
The world’s largest sovereign wealth fund is currently topping $1.7 trillion.

Finance, Norway, Economics

44 points by rwmj 20 days ago | 73 comments

Norway seizes Russian-crewed ship on suspicion of damage to undersea cable (cnn.com)

Norway, Russia, International Relations, Cyber Security, Infrastructure

28 points by belter 21 days ago | 2 comments

Norway set to become first country to transition to electric vehicles (cnbc.com)

Norway, Electric Vehicles, Transportation, Government Policy, Environmental Policy

9 points by belter 24 days ago | 11 comments

The Vikings also used crampons to avoid slipping on ice (sciencenorway.no)
Norwegians have been contending with slippery winters for over 1,000 years.

History, Norway, Winter, Archaeology, Ice

54 points by dxs 28 days ago | 16 comments

Norway on track to be first to go all-electric (bbc.com)
Norway is the world leader when it comes to the take up of electric cars, which last year accounted for nine out of 10 new vehicles sold in the country. Can other nations learn from it?

Norway, Electric Vehicles, Sustainability, Transportation, Government Policy

53 points by zfg 38 days ago | 87 comments

I Left Norway to Build My Startup (thefp.com)
ZURICH, Switzerland — In the summer of 2018, I co-founded a company called Dune that allows people to easily analyze data from the blockchain—creating transparency in the crypto industry.

Startup, Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, Norway

23 points by noch 67 days ago | 9 comments

Norway campaigns to cut energy links to Europe as power prices soar (ft.com)

Norway, Energy, Europe, Economics

4 points by JumpCrisscross 71 days ago | 1 comments

Taxing unrealized gains has caused an entrepreneurial exodus in Norway (paragraph.xyz)
Recently, my story as a Norwegian entrepreneur facing an unrealized gains wealth tax bill many times higher than my net income went viral, amassing over 100 million views on X. A few years ago I publicly called out that this tax is both impossible-to-pay and nonsensical, but no politician would listen. So I made the difficult decision to leave my home country.

Entrepreneurship, Taxation, Norway, Economics

94 points by koevet 85 days ago | 144 comments

Norway Shrugged (paragraph.xyz)
Recently, my story as a Norwegian entrepreneur facing an unrealized gains wealth tax bill many times higher than my net income went viral, amassing over 100 million views on X. A few years ago I publicly called out that this tax is both impossible-to-pay and nonsensical, but no politician would listen. So I made the difficult decision to leave my home country.

Norway, Taxes, Entrepreneurship, Politics

8 points by chaosprint 85 days ago | 4 comments

Half of young Norwegians say online piracy is an acceptable way to save money (torrentfreak.com)
A new survey from Norway reveals that 50% of young people under 30 believe that pirating content is an acceptable way to save money.

Online Piracy, Norway, Survey, Millennials, Media Consumption

84 points by isaacfrond 94 days ago | 106 comments

Norwegian fishermen hunting for halibut caught a US nuclear sub (vice.com)
Some Norwegian fishermen off the coast of Tromsø were out and about on their vessel named Øygutt looking for halibut. Something significantly larger than fish, however, found its way into their trawl net. The fishermen caught the USS Virginia, a 115-meter-long nuclear-powered attack submarine outfitted with cruise missiles.

Military, Norway, Submarines

140 points by marban 98 days ago | 96 comments

Norway apologises to Sami, Forest Finns and Kvens for forced assimilation policy (theguardian.com)
The Norwegian parliament has apologised unreservedly to minority groups and Indigenous people for more than a century of historical injustices committed against them as part of its “Norwegianisation” policy.

Norway, Indigenous Peoples, Apology, Assimilation Policy, History

7 points by impish9208 100 days ago | 0 comments

Sweden and Norway rethink cashless society plans over Russia security fears (theguardian.com)
Sweden and Norway are backpedalling on plans for cashless societies over fears that fully digital payment systems would leave them vulnerable to Russian security threats, and concern for those unable to use them.

Sweden, Norway, Security, Cashless Society, Russia

9 points by bookofjoe 109 days ago | 0 comments

Norway's Wealth Tax Is Backfiring. Are Americans Paying Attention? (thedailyeconomy.org)
“More than 30 Norwegian billionaires and multimillionaires left Norway in 2022, according to research by the newspaper Dagens Naeringsliv,” reports wealth correspondent Rupert Neate. “This was more than the total number of super-rich people who left the country during the previous 13 years, [the paper] added.”

Wealth Tax, Norway, Taxation, Economics, United States

22 points by chaosprint 112 days ago | 68 comments

Hessdalen Lights (wikipedia.org)
The Hessdalen lights are unidentified lights which have been observed in a 12-kilometre-long (7.5 mi) stretch of the Hessdalen valley in rural central Norway periodically since at least the 1930s.[1]

Norway, Science, History

23 points by 1970-01-01 114 days ago | 6 comments

Sweden and Norway rethink cashless society plans over Russia security fears (theguardian.com)
Sweden and Norway are backpedalling on plans for cashless societies over fears that fully digital payment systems would leave them vulnerable to Russian security threats, and concern for those unable to use them.

Security, Sweden, Norway, Digital Payments, Russia

15 points by cyberlimerence 114 days ago | 2 comments

Norway to increase minimum age limit on social media to 15 to protect children (theguardian.com)
Norway is to enforce a strict minimum age limit on social media of 15 as the government ramped up its campaign against tech companies it says are “pitted against small children’s brains”.

Social Media, Children, Norway, Legislation, Technology

79 points by miles 121 days ago | 60 comments

Polar Night in the Northernmost Town (smithsonianmag.com)
At 78 degrees north latitude, which is about 12 degrees farther north than the lower boundary of the Arctic Circle, Svalbard is no stranger to polar night.

Arctic, Geography, Norway

76 points by Brajeshwar 126 days ago | 20 comments

Norway: Electric cars outnumber petrol for first time in 'historic milestone' (theguardian.com)
Electric cars now outnumber petrol cars in Norway for the first time, an industry organisation has said, a world first that puts the country on track towards taking fossil fuel vehicles off the road.

Norway, Electric Vehicles, Climate Change, Sustainability, Transportation

10 points by chha 156 days ago | 2 comments

Norway: Electric cars outnumber petrol for first time in 'historic milestone' (theguardian.com)
Electric cars now outnumber petrol cars in Norway for the first time, an industry organisation has said, a world first that puts the country on track towards taking fossil fuel vehicles off the road.

Electric Vehicles, Norway, Environment, Transportation, Sustainability

17 points by giuliomagnifico 156 days ago | 4 comments

The Norwegian model of training to run (mariusbakken.com)
The history of Norwegian runners using lactate meters to control running intensity dates back to 1998 when the Norwegian Athletics Federation together with Olympiatoppen/OLT initiated a project to monitor the training of the top runners in Norway.

Sports, Running, Norway, History

50 points by sebg 156 days ago | 14 comments

There are now more electric cars than gas cars on Norway's roads (electrek.co)
Sometime this month, Norway will have more electric cars on its roads than petrol-only vehicles, according to an analysis of Norwegian government data.

Electric Vehicles, Norway, Transportation, Statistics

4 points by ivewonyoung 160 days ago | 0 comments

Almost all new car sales in Norway last month were EVs (qz.com)
More than 94% of the new cars registered in Norway last month were electric vehicles, an all-time high for the Scandinavian nation quickly adapting to the EV future.

Electric Vehicles, Norway, Automotive Industry, Sustainability

101 points by jayantbhawal 160 days ago | 115 comments

Sabotage Confirmed at Norwegian Air Base (twz.com)

Norway, Military, Security, Sabotage

81 points by philip1209 181 days ago | 99 comments

'Not every Norwegian feels guilty but many do' (bbc.com)

Norway, Guilt, Culture, Psychology, International Relations

21 points by ingve 206 days ago | 12 comments

A Cable Under Norway's Sea Disappeared. Was Russia to Blame? (bloomberg.com)

International Relations, Geopolitics, Norway, Russia, Disappearances

11 points by pinewurst 224 days ago | 3 comments

How to be a Norwegian parent: let your kids roam free (theguardian.com)