Hacker News: 404mm

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”.

New comment by 404mm in "Samsung Magician disk utility takes 18 steps and two reboots to uninstall"

404mm — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 14:57:56 +0000

It’s like they went backwards on this. The utility that handles .pkg files used to have a command line uninstall option.

Anyway, I kinda like PearCleaner for removing the cruft. It’s not perfect but it’s open source and one of the better options imo.

New comment by 404mm in "Lessons learned shipping 500 units of my first hardware product"

404mm — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 02:49:57 +0000

$1200 is a lot, and it would be a straight dealbreaker to me as well. But I also noticed it draws 580W, which is a lot too.

Besides not wanting to waste the money, I doubt the lamp will last 5 years (not 5 years of projected use of XX minutes per day…). 580W converted to heat on a small disk will take its toll.

New comment by 404mm in "A Year of 3D Printing"

404mm — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 00:09:50 +0000

ASA and ABS really need a good filtration. Like actual filtration, not what the enclosure has. I personally just run a duct to my window and vent outside.

New comment by 404mm in "uBlock Origin Lite in Apple App Store"

404mm — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 12:47:40 +0000

That was my setup until recently. The ads are YT blocked well on iOS but it kept having hiccups on iPadOS. I switched to uBlock in safari and it works well. I wish it showed what is being blocked on each page instead of the little counter in the icon.

New comment by 404mm in "uBlock Origin Lite in Apple App Store"

404mm — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 12:22:40 +0000

Doesn’t look like it supports Family Sharing, is that right?

New comment by 404mm in "uBlock Origin Lite in Apple App Store"

404mm — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 12:20:12 +0000

Does it work on YouTube ads?

New comment by 404mm in "You Have to Feel It"

404mm — Sat, 30 Aug 2025 19:48:23 +0000

Too bad he didn’t feel like Hashicorp anymore. F#ing IBM.

New comment by 404mm in "Australia widens teen social media ban to YouTube, scraps exemption"

404mm — Wed, 30 Jul 2025 14:06:55 +0000

Asyx, you have an opinion on the ban before reaching the 3rd paragraph of the article. I recommend reading it first.

New comment by 404mm in "Claude Code weekly rate limits"

404mm — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 19:07:54 +0000

I got the same email (for my Pro account). And all the limits they set have nothing to do with their reason for setting them. Pro is so limited already that people “running 24/7” is a total nonsense.

New comment by 404mm in "Unsafe and Unpredictable: My Volvo EX90 Experience"

404mm — Wed, 23 Jul 2025 00:50:02 +0000

I was going to create a website just like this but for my Audi Q5. Least reliable car I ever owned. It’s been in the shop about 15 times in 2 years. I finally gave up. It still has a few unsolved issues but I just don’t care. I’ll be trading it in later this year and … Never another Audi again.