Hacker News: Brass

New comment by Brass in "New 14‑inch MacBook Pro with M6"

Brass — Tue, 27 Oct 2026 19:41:46 +0000

I’d love for games to work on a Mac too. I just can’t justify paying through the nose for a PC when I hate using it for everything else.

New comment by Brass in "‘Demakes’ challenge the idea that bigger and faster is always better"

Brass — Tue, 08 Jun 2021 15:11:38 +0000

Paywalled. :-/

New comment by Brass in "Ask HN: What iOS/Android do you use for Hacker News"

Brass — Tue, 08 Jun 2021 15:10:43 +0000

Safari. Like OP, I used MiniHack for a while. Got a new device and started using Safari and it's been fine.

New comment by Brass in "[dead]"

Brass — Wed, 12 Aug 2020 14:24:10 +0000

Heading is low value clickbait for a post that amounts to: "use our tool".

New comment by Brass in "Georgia defends voting system despite 243-percent turnout in one precinct"

Brass — Thu, 09 Aug 2018 00:42:58 +0000

Same goes for Georgia. Brian Kemp is currently the Secretary of State of Georgia and has indicated he will not step down. https://www.wabe.org/kemp-robust-systems-will-keep-georgia-e...

https://www.wabe.org/candidates-set-abrams-kemp-will-compete...

New comment by Brass in "Georgia defends voting system despite 243-percent turnout in one precinct"

Brass — Thu, 09 Aug 2018 00:41:32 +0000

It's not good.

"On July 3, Marks' organization and state voters filed their lawsuit, and on July 7, technicians at KSU wiped the server. When the case later moved to federal court in August, technicians wiped at least one additional server one day after a federal judge was assigned to the case."

https://fcw.com/articles/2017/12/08/wray-fbi-georgia-electio...

New comment by Brass in "In 5 states, richest Americans live in a “new Gilded Age”"

Brass — Thu, 19 Jul 2018 13:48:38 +0000

Actual study: https://www.epi.org/publication/the-new-gilded-age-income-in...

New comment by Brass in "Office 365 is being completely rewritten in JavaScript"

Brass — Wed, 13 Jun 2018 12:57:00 +0000

Why the shot at COBOL here? COBOL's creation of "real world value" by comparison is hardly a low bar: https://thenewstack.io/cobol-everywhere-will-maintain/

New comment by Brass in "GoPro quits the drone business"

Brass — Mon, 08 Jan 2018 15:49:55 +0000

Looks like they are private. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJI_(company)

New comment by Brass in "If the Waffle House is closed, it's Time to Panic (2016)"

Brass — Sat, 26 Aug 2017 23:01:36 +0000

I'll forward this thread to the devs. Maybe that's a feature they'd be interested in adding.

New comment by Brass in "Banks should let COBOL die"

Brass — Wed, 26 Apr 2017 15:57:46 +0000

This is how I learned. The team I was on consisted of several entry-level people who were taught COBOL. After a couple years or so most of us have moved on to better compensated positions at other companies.

New comment by Brass in "Banks should let COBOL die"

Brass — Wed, 26 Apr 2017 13:49:20 +0000

Small businesses are doing this as well (where I learned COBOL). Having experienced it, I do not feel there's really anything wrong with COBOL itself. The language is verbose and relatively straightforward, however it requires a different approach from what most people are used to.

New comment by Brass in "Ask HN: What're the best-designed things you've ever used?"

Brass — Mon, 20 Feb 2017 04:07:14 +0000

Pentel Client Pens. Go-Ruck Slick backpack.