Hacker News: DHPersonal

New comment by DHPersonal in "The Future of CSS: Target Multiple Classes with the Class Prefix Selector"

DHPersonal — Thu, 20 Aug 2026 18:46:09 +0000

The proposed mixin support in CSS will offer a way to reference both button.primary and a.primary without having to duplicate the styles in both, but it’s still in draft status.

New comment by DHPersonal in "Read the novels and forget everything else"

DHPersonal — Mon, 03 Aug 2026 01:27:10 +0000

I think they remain enjoyable even as fictional; I just would’ve preferred having them described that way to me at the start rather than the pretense of them being autobiographical.

New comment by DHPersonal in "Read the novels and forget everything else"

DHPersonal — Mon, 03 Aug 2026 01:05:33 +0000

I had a similar author shock when I learned James Herriot’s books were not the autobiographies I thought they were but instead were the fictionalized compilations of stories from multiple veterinarians. I had such a great time reading the books as a young man and was dismayed to learn they weren’t authentic. I appreciated learning the truth but wondered if perhaps believing the lie would’ve been better for something relatively unimportant.

New comment by DHPersonal in "About the security content of macOS Tahoe 26.6"

DHPersonal — Wed, 29 Jul 2026 15:58:43 +0000

Holding down the camera button does open the AI search for me instead of the Camera app. This can be disabled, if I remember correctly.

New comment by DHPersonal in "Almost all coders at Id Software have been fired, following Xbox reset"

DHPersonal — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 20:32:12 +0000

Fortunately for Microsoft, Sony leadership is busy sabotaging themselves by switching to digital-download-only games.

New comment by DHPersonal in "Midtown Manhattan blocks evacuated after beams buckling at construction site"

DHPersonal — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 20:29:57 +0000

Spreading out requires more non-foot travel to get places. Density means things can be closer.

New comment by DHPersonal in "The return-to-the-office trend backfires"

DHPersonal — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 21:06:59 +0000

Why continue the cycle of finding a job and quitting it for solvable problems instead of staying and solving the problem?

New comment by DHPersonal in "I was a 10x engineer. Now I'm useless"

DHPersonal — Sun, 08 Mar 2026 18:52:17 +0000

Get off the slop or become the slop.

New comment by DHPersonal in "Put the zip code first"

DHPersonal — Sun, 08 Mar 2026 02:07:56 +0000

Address entries are the weirdest places of frustration. Business clients want Google Places to make address input easier. This user wants a single ZIP code entry to begin the process. Why is adding one’s own address manually that huge of a hurdle that we have to separate the user from the inputs? If there is one person in the world who should know my address, it’s me: why then put such an effort into building a site that takes away my ability to enter my address?

New comment by DHPersonal in "After two years of vibecoding, I'm back to writing by hand"

DHPersonal — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 14:52:20 +0000

I only learn when I do things, not when I hear how they work. I think the teacher has the right idea.

New comment by DHPersonal in "Ozempic is changing the foods Americans buy"

DHPersonal — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 18:11:16 +0000

That’s what I’m noticing about apples more and more these days: all of them are incredibly sweet like candy. The only variety I’ve found that seems suitable for regular eating ate the Granny Smith variety, but I hate their tough skins.

New comment by DHPersonal in "iCloud Photos Downloader"

DHPersonal — Sun, 11 Jan 2026 21:07:52 +0000

Parachute Backup is a tool I use: https://parachuteapps.com/parachute

New comment by DHPersonal in "I migrated to an almost all-EU stack and saved 500€ per year"

DHPersonal — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 02:01:03 +0000

https://ghost.org — Open-source run by a non-profit headquartered in Singapore.

New comment by DHPersonal in "If you care about security you might want to move the iPhone Camera app"

DHPersonal — Mon, 29 Dec 2025 18:01:36 +0000

Do you also have the slow-motion bug where every second or so a frame or two gets dropped, resulting in stutters in the video?

New comment by DHPersonal in "Why 90s Movies Feel More Alive Than Anything on Netflix"

DHPersonal — Thu, 27 Nov 2025 19:24:08 +0000

What’s funny to me is how many hidden ramps are featured in that Mad Max 1 trailer :)

New comment by DHPersonal in "Why 90s Movies Feel More Alive Than Anything on Netflix"

DHPersonal — Thu, 27 Nov 2025 19:21:16 +0000

The fog you reference might just be a Hollywood Black Magic blooming filter placed in front of the lens.

New comment by DHPersonal in "AOL to be sold to Bending Spoons for $1.5B"

DHPersonal — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 17:45:59 +0000

Bending Spoons has taken at least one of the apps I’ve used and stuffed them full of subscription models in a pretty blatant attempt to wring as much money out of the existing user base before the app becomes obsolete.

New comment by DHPersonal in "Resurrect the Old Web"

DHPersonal — Fri, 26 Sep 2025 04:14:01 +0000

Browsers often present warning screens when visiting sites that aren’t HTTPS, which effectively blocks the site for any users unwilling to or unaware of being able to "proceed with caution."

New comment by DHPersonal in "The Mac app flea market"

DHPersonal — Mon, 15 Sep 2025 13:52:55 +0000

Before I used GitHub and got used to its interface I felt that the majority of repositories used as public-facing websites were the most confusing way to get releases. Why is the source code that seems to need some sort of tool or program to use sitting next to the installation program? Do I need all that extra stuff or can I just use the exe/app? Why is there not a page with a “download here” button that’s as plain and simple as other closed-source programs?

New comment by DHPersonal in "Liquid Glass in the Browser: Refraction with CSS and SVG"

DHPersonal — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 11:43:13 +0000

It still has plenty of consistency errors and issues for the devs. But even if they fix all the bugs, I still think the UI changes are regressive: now things are buried in even more icons; the menus warp, change color, and move in distracting ways; and text on button and menus have never been harder to read.