Hacker News: ChoGGi

New comment by ChoGGi in "Direct Win32 API, weird-shaped windows, and why they mostly disappeared"

ChoGGi — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 22:50:26 +0000

I'd rather weird windows everywhere than material design everywhere.

New comment by ChoGGi in "Backpacks got worse on purpose"

ChoGGi — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 22:27:51 +0000

Thank goodness for Project Farm on YouTube

New comment by ChoGGi in "Backpacks got worse on purpose"

ChoGGi — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 22:18:16 +0000

This guy gets it, always start out with the cheap tool if you use it enough that it breaks than you spend more money.

I know guys with garages full of expensive tools they barely use because they don't want to be seen with a can tire tool.

New comment by ChoGGi in "Tell HN: Fiverr left customer files public and searchable"

ChoGGi — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 13:08:27 +0000

I'm in the midst of renovating a house at the moment, it's about ten years old.

The plumber siliconed all the shower valves to the fiberglass walls without screwing them to a backplate.

Unsurprisingly the builder is now out of business.

New comment by ChoGGi in "In Denmark, the spread of solar panels has become a divisive issue"

ChoGGi — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 18:56:45 +0000

Not everywhere uses salt, lots of grit used around here.

New comment by ChoGGi in "US appeals court declares 158-year-old home distilling ban unconstitutional"

ChoGGi — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 13:45:36 +0000

I live in Canada, I smell it maybe a dozen times a year? Certainly less than I smell tobacco smoke (that smell is nasty).

Could depend on where I live and hangout though.

New comment by ChoGGi in "Microsoft isn't removing Copilot from Windows 11, it's just renaming it"

ChoGGi — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 20:42:14 +0000

> I vaguely remember some fix to make something be able to use more than a few GB of ram to allow farther or better remdering.

A 4gb patch probably (let's you use 4gb instead of 2gb for x86 executables).

New comment by ChoGGi in "Android now stops you sharing your location in photos"

ChoGGi — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 20:31:58 +0000

> None of my recent photos have location in the EXIF, even locally, and there's no option to turn it on.

You don't have this option?

https://imgur.com/a/piFLtfD

New comment by ChoGGi in "Google removes "Doki Doki Literature Club" from Google Play"

ChoGGi — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 13:22:40 +0000

They are required for system drivers.

New comment by ChoGGi in "Apple Silicon and Virtual Machines: Beating the 2 VM Limit (2023)"

ChoGGi — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 03:43:45 +0000

> zero Mac VMs.

Legally (the last time I checked)

New comment by ChoGGi in "Sam Altman's response to Molotov cocktail incident"

ChoGGi — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 14:41:47 +0000

Well Sam, you should take your family and your billions and fuck off to some island paradise.

Or keep on doing deals with the DoD and pushing to replace desperate people's jobs.

Cute kid, I'd rather be raising my family in peace then dealing with what you deal with.

@dang You have a bullshit filled unrelenting job, thanks for doing it.

New comment by ChoGGi in "Molotov cocktail is hurled at home of Sam Altman"

ChoGGi — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 22:31:37 +0000

When you constantly preach on how your company is able to save money by taking away jobs, I have no fucking sympathy for you.

New comment by ChoGGi in "Molotov cocktail is hurled at home of Sam Altman"

ChoGGi — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 22:27:02 +0000

My aunt worked for an insurance company while she was semi-retiring as a doc, she lasted a few months before she was too disgusted to continue.

AI isn't needed for insurance to fuck anyone over.

New comment by ChoGGi in "Molotov cocktail is hurled at home of Sam Altman"

ChoGGi — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 22:21:39 +0000

I have some lovely brioche if you'd prefer.

New comment by ChoGGi in "Creating the Futurescape for the Fifth Element (2019)"

ChoGGi — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 18:36:31 +0000

I wouldn't want to watch that again, as I'm just reminded we'll never get to see his Dune.

I'm still holding out hope for a cartoon of The Incal.

New comment by ChoGGi in "Creating the Futurescape for the Fifth Element (2019)"

ChoGGi — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 18:33:36 +0000

Not to mention them getting together for the Fifth Element led to the Joan of Arc movie they did together afterwards (or at least contributed).

New comment by ChoGGi in "Creating the Futurescape for the Fifth Element (2019)"

ChoGGi — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 18:26:17 +0000

The one scene I dislike in this movie is Korben lying on the bed taking to Spider about his ex.

It always just seemed out of place to me. Exclude that one scene and it's perfect as far as I'm concerned.

New comment by ChoGGi in "Ask HN: What are you building that's not AI related?"

ChoGGi — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 13:19:56 +0000

This discussion is specially for not talking about AI.

New comment by ChoGGi in "Ask HN: What are you building that's not AI related?"

ChoGGi — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 13:17:22 +0000

And? Not as if governments don't already waste money?

I'd rather my tax dollars be wasted on people having some harmless fun compared to the other things they can be spent on.

New comment by ChoGGi in "US and Iran agree to provisional ceasefire"

ChoGGi — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 18:49:49 +0000

Not sure why you're replying to me?

I'm not the one comparing Israel, Hamas, and Hezbollah.

Though next time I'll put terrorist group in quotes, as everyone has their own opinion.