Hacker News: 4fterd4rk

New comment by 4fterd4rk in "My MacBook keyboard is broken and it's insanely expensive to fix"

4fterd4rk — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 15:53:53 +0000

The planned obsolescence conspiracy theories about the company whose products famously last longer and hold more value than their competitors ring a little hollow.

New comment by 4fterd4rk in "Box of Secrets: Discreetly modding an apartment intercom to work with Apple Home"

4fterd4rk — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 18:48:04 +0000

Meanwhile out here in the real world no one gives two shits and if it was ever discovered a simple "what? I have no idea what you're talking about." would provide all the cover needed.

New comment by 4fterd4rk in "France's aircraft carrier located in real time by Le Monde through fitness app"

4fterd4rk — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 14:31:55 +0000

Many of the threats to a carrier aren’t nation states with a constellation of satellites.

New comment by 4fterd4rk in "Austin’s surge of new housing construction drove down rents"

4fterd4rk — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 18:30:49 +0000

STRs reduced the supply of housing. You’re making my point.

New comment by 4fterd4rk in "Austin’s surge of new housing construction drove down rents"

4fterd4rk — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 16:56:46 +0000

So build more dense housing. It's that easy. Neuter the NIMBYs. Let people build.

New comment by 4fterd4rk in "Austin’s surge of new housing construction drove down rents"

4fterd4rk — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 16:53:39 +0000

Generally these people oppose the building of "luxury housing" because they don't get how ALL housing increases supply/reduces market price. Also the idea of a developer building a kind of... predistressed property has never made any sense to me.

New comment by 4fterd4rk in "Google Engineers Launch "Sashiko" for Agentic AI Code Review of the Linux Kernel"

4fterd4rk — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 17:23:04 +0000

oh god can we not

New comment by 4fterd4rk in "MacBook Neo can be modded to run faster, but you probably shouldn't"

4fterd4rk — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 23:49:01 +0000

Good lord you people truly don’t have any understanding of what normal people like or why Apple is so successful.

New comment by 4fterd4rk in "AirPods Max 2"

4fterd4rk — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 23:41:29 +0000

I’m sorry but this might be the dumbest comment I have ever read on HN.

New comment by 4fterd4rk in "Why I love FreeBSD"

4fterd4rk — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 14:38:58 +0000

AKSHUALLY...

New comment by 4fterd4rk in "Ask HN: How to be alone?"

4fterd4rk — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 15:43:32 +0000

Do YOU go to the gym at all?

I lift four times a week. Two days a week I do intense cardio. One day a week I do something low impact like yoga or a treadmill incline walk. "Active recovery" is not a new concept.

New comment by 4fterd4rk in "Global Warming Has Accelerated Significantly"

4fterd4rk — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 15:23:36 +0000

Right on schedule folks, it's a climate topic and we will now have the traditional recitation of the lies.

New comment by 4fterd4rk in "MacBook Neo"

4fterd4rk — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 15:28:39 +0000

This is a 600 buck machine. "Just $300-350 more" is a 50% price hike!

New comment by 4fterd4rk in "MacBook Pro with M5 Pro and M5 Max"

4fterd4rk — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 15:44:33 +0000

I think it's a little telling that the best you can do is a seven year old article.

New comment by 4fterd4rk in "MacBook Air with M5"

4fterd4rk — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 15:38:10 +0000

Because of the integration between the iPhone and the Mac it is extremely easy to tether your Mac to your phone. Like three clicks easy. Why would anyone want to pay for another data plan?

New comment by 4fterd4rk in "Apple AI servers unused in warehouses due to low Apple Intelligence usage"

4fterd4rk — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 19:07:02 +0000

For vibe coding? Sure. For "Hey Siri, send Grandma an e-mail summarizing my schedule this afternoon."? No.

New comment by 4fterd4rk in "Apple AI servers unused in warehouses due to low Apple Intelligence usage"

4fterd4rk — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 19:00:03 +0000

I think you're correct on it not being a disadvantage. Apple's competitors are the Android OEMs, Microsoft, and Dell. Apple Intelligence is a failure only in the sense that we hold Apple to a higher standard. Can anyone argue that Apple's AI implementation is more flawed than Microsoft? I don't think so.

New comment by 4fterd4rk in "The Gay Tech Mafia"

4fterd4rk — Fri, 20 Feb 2026 17:34:07 +0000

Oh come on. I'm a gay guy. This is exactly how gay guys are. Reality is not homophobic.

New comment by 4fterd4rk in "Understanding Neural Network, Visually"

4fterd4rk — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 15:45:31 +0000

Great explanation, but the last question is quite simple. You determine the weights via brute force. Simply running a large amount of data where you have the input as well as the correct output (handwriting to text in this case).

New comment by 4fterd4rk in "CIA to Sunset the World Factbook"

4fterd4rk — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 17:24:10 +0000

I'm not saying the Trump regime is filled with people beholden to or influenced by Russia... but if they were I don't see what they'd be doing differently.