Hacker News: 404mm

New comment by 404mm in "No leap second will be introduced at the end of December 2026"

404mm — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 15:42:16 +0000

“Time Lord” could have been used instead of Director. At least once. Please.

New comment by 404mm in "Google Chrome Installed a 4GB AI Model on Your PC"

404mm — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 16:44:57 +0000

Technically speaking, Safari is the second most used browser. It’s quite surprising how often I get these “unsupported browser” popups. I still use it as my primary and have FF as a backup. No Chrome needed.

New comment by 404mm in "Sony Deletes 551 Movies PlayStation Owners Paid For"

404mm — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 15:16:04 +0000

I bet there’s a class action coming.

And Sony made it easy for them too by using this verbiage: “previously purchased content”

New comment by 404mm in "Caffeinated and decaffeinated coffee lower stress, depression and impulsivity"

404mm — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 13:19:54 +0000

Also, for anyone who ever tried to quit coffee, probably knows this— the period of feeling down, useless, slow, and tired after you quit is brutal for about 1-2 weeks and can last months for long-time coffee drinkers. No wonder people feel great after having coffee again.

And decaf is not caffeine-free. Decaf coffee still contains about 5-10% of the original caffeine content compared to the same beans but not decaffeinated.

And then there’s the tiny sample size :( and no control group. This is worse than useless. This is the kind of waste that news stations will pick and advertise.

New comment by 404mm in "Ubiquiti: Enterprise NAS, Built on ZFS"

404mm — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 22:22:32 +0000

UI is so overrated.

New comment by 404mm in "Apple is about to make Hide My Email useless"

404mm — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 12:44:01 +0000

This lacks the easy control over blocking the “aliases” you’re done with. The real pro tip is to use this domain with something like addy.io (paid or self-hosted) where you can either pre-create the aliases or have them dynamically created for you as they become used for the first time - and having control over each of them so you can block it when you want.

New comment by 404mm in "Driving in America Is Headlight Hell"

404mm — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 16:09:23 +0000

YES! Tesla account for the majority blinding headlights in my area. The rest is idiot drivers who just drive with their high beams on.

New comment by 404mm in "Raspberry Pi 5 – 16GB RAM"

404mm — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 21:03:52 +0000

Imagine having a business relying on the Pi boards! It’s worth adding Pi4@1GB still costs $35 but any other memory configurations (and Pi5) go for much more now.

New comment by 404mm in "Meta's ships facial recognition on smart glasses"

404mm — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:23:50 +0000

Surely there’s gotta be some narrow frequency band that disrupts it from working, right? I’m getting really tired of all the cameras and ALPRs around us.

New comment by 404mm in "News about Raspberry Pi 6 and Microcontroller Development"

404mm — Thu, 28 May 2026 22:36:38 +0000

The flagship Pi boards are also hitting the thermal design ceiling of what makes sense for this size or platform. Pi 5 is IMO already on that edge because it pretty much needs active cooling and a dedicated power supply. Going past this point means it will compete with much more powerful platforms and likely loose due to it’s architectural limitations.

New comment by 404mm in "Air France and Airbus found guilty of manslaughter over 2009 plane crash"

404mm — Sun, 24 May 2026 04:04:20 +0000

Is this the crash where the pilot failed to recognize the airspeed sensors had frozen up and he stalled the plane? I could see how this was an Air France fault since the pilot was not properly trained or experienced to fly this plane in these conditions. Not sure why Airbus is responsible.

New comment by 404mm in "Plex's 200% Lifetime Pass price hike tries forcing users to another subscription"

404mm — Thu, 21 May 2026 14:14:21 +0000

AppleTV to be more specific

New comment by 404mm in "Plex's 200% Lifetime Pass price hike tries forcing users to another subscription"

404mm — Tue, 19 May 2026 22:18:10 +0000

I haven’t heard about anything like that.

But I do hear about campaigns focused on members with poor account hygiene and afaik they get their accounts terminated.

New comment by 404mm in "Plex's 200% Lifetime Pass price hike tries forcing users to another subscription"

404mm — Tue, 19 May 2026 22:16:02 +0000

Convenience. Jellyfin is becoming better and better but still lacks proper support for certain (Apple) devices, while Plex mostly just works.

That being said, Plex apps also lack proper support for HW decoding of some 4K codecs and their AppleTV situation is just plain sad (2 years without an update, no proper HW decoding).

With the Pass being $750, I’m expecting Jellyfin to become a more popular alternative than ever. I’d personally never spend this kind of money on Plex.

New comment by 404mm in "US transportation bill would add a $130 annual fee for EV drivers"

404mm — Tue, 19 May 2026 22:09:50 +0000

And with my kind of luck, I replace about 2-3 tires in the life span of a set due to road hazards.

New comment by 404mm in "US transportation bill would add a $130 annual fee for EV drivers"

404mm — Tue, 19 May 2026 22:07:58 +0000

Weight is only one dimension. What matters is weight and mileage. Our family has two cars but we drive less combined than a typical single person in our area.

New comment by 404mm in "Removing the modem and GPS from my 2024 RAV4 hybrid"

404mm — Fri, 15 May 2026 20:36:04 +0000

When I bought my 2024 Lexus, there was a sticker on the headlamp saying to push the support call button to talk to a rep if I don’t want any vehicle data collected . So I did and the rep told me they can disable it but it will also disable the SOS/911 calls and crash report if I do that. Choosing my own battles, I begrudgingly told them to leave it enabled.

New comment by 404mm in "macOS 27 won’t be supporting Intel anymore"

404mm — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 12:57:52 +0000

As a consumer, I’d like to see the end of “universal” builds for various apps. It made sense for a while but downloading and installing ~60% larger bins just doesn’t make sense 6 years later.

New comment by 404mm in "Franklin's bad ads for Apple II clones and the beloved impersonator they depict"

404mm — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 12:28:39 +0000

Maybe it was done with MS FrontPage? I still remember that hot pile of garbage. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_FrontPage

New comment by 404mm in "Apple update looks like Czech mate for locked-out iPhone user"

404mm — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 13:21:42 +0000

I’m willing to bet a significant portion of the passwords start with the letter “p”.