Hacker News: DerekL

New comment by DerekL in "S.F. Democratic Party stands behind Flock surveillance cameras in vote"

DerekL — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 18:58:45 +0000

No, they are usually different things.

Robbery is theft using force or the immediate threat of force. The article you linked to says that much of the phone theft is done by pickpocketing.

New comment by DerekL in "House Defies Automakers and Mandates AM Radio in New Cars"

DerekL — Thu, 17 Sep 2026 01:57:04 +0000

Why not also add a requirement to receive NOAA Weather Radio, too?

New comment by DerekL in "How big are factorials?"

DerekL — Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:09:13 +0000

Stirling’s approximation is mentioned in the article.

New comment by DerekL in "A coffee shop owner used AI to make a menu poster. Then came the angry DMs"

DerekL — Wed, 16 Sep 2026 22:08:28 +0000

Neither, the biggest danger is being a chiropractor (her main job), taking people's money and wasting their time with useless treatments.

New comment by DerekL in "Show HN: OpenTIE and OpenXWA, Modern Ports of Tie Fighter and X-Wing Alliance"

DerekL — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 02:18:15 +0000

I guess you could fork it and add support for retro systems.

It looks like much of the engine uses fixed-width types (for example, int32_t), so maybe you don’t need to change that code at all.

New comment by DerekL in "GUIs should be fully keyboard-driven"

DerekL — Sun, 30 Aug 2026 20:13:21 +0000

*cues

New comment by DerekL in "Google: Lake Ontario/Lake America name change in the U.S. will appear in Maps"

DerekL — Sun, 30 Aug 2026 20:09:53 +0000

The Department of War was split into the Department of the Army and the Department of the Air Force in 1947. The Department of War didn't include the Navy.

New comment by DerekL in "Show HN: OpenTIE and OpenXWA, Modern Ports of Tie Fighter and X-Wing Alliance"

DerekL — Fri, 28 Aug 2026 18:37:22 +0000

Here are some features, common in other simulator games, that could now be added to these games:

• Custom control panels, with various switches and levers, and lights and displays.

• Multiple displays.

• Virtual reality.

• Mixed reality that shows your hands and your custom control panel, combined with the VR display outside your craft.

• Speech recognition for giving commands to your allies.

• Cockpit motion control and seat rumble.

New comment by DerekL in "England set to be one of the first countries to eliminate hepatitis C"

DerekL — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 00:35:38 +0000

It's Robert F. Kennedy Jr., not John.

New comment by DerekL in "Show HN: Scroll through all 43252003274489856000 Rubik's Cube states"

DerekL — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 02:14:46 +0000

It's actually about 4x10^19 (exponent 19, not 9).

New comment by DerekL in "How to Make a Nintendo 64 Game in 2026"

DerekL — Sat, 08 Aug 2026 11:30:29 +0000

Though for Infocom, portability was secondary benefit. The primary purpose of the Z-machine was smaller code size, compared to assembly or a high-level language compiled to machine code.

New comment by DerekL in "How did the H1B visa become the 'Indian' visa"

DerekL — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 19:22:52 +0000

The title is misspelled. It's “H-1B”, with a hyphen.

New comment by DerekL in "Dark Sky Lighting"

DerekL — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 10:39:30 +0000

From the article:

> See 6 important reasons for using it, or skip to What is Dark-Sky Lighting?

New comment by DerekL in "Apple Announces macOS 27 'Golden Gate', Drops Support for Intel Macs"

DerekL — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 10:11:36 +0000

The actual title is “macOS 27 'Golden Gate' delivers more Liquid Glass and updated Siri”.

New comment by DerekL in "Citing 'severe' math deficits, UC faculty demand a return to SAT tests for STEM"

DerekL — Fri, 29 May 2026 01:59:54 +0000

“High school” is two words.

New comment by DerekL in "The Invention of Buses"

DerekL — Thu, 21 May 2026 01:19:40 +0000

The article says that horse-drawn buses were successful.

New comment by DerekL in "Let’s Encrypt: Stopping Issuance for Potential Incident – Resolved"

DerekL — Sat, 09 May 2026 21:29:59 +0000

It's fixed now. Thanks!

New comment by DerekL in "Let’s Encrypt: Stopping Issuance for Potential Incident – Resolved"

DerekL — Fri, 08 May 2026 20:18:23 +0000

The title is misspelled. It's “Let's Encrypt”, with an apostrophe.

New comment by DerekL in "Tempest vs. Tempest: The Making and Remaking of Atari's Iconic Video Game"

DerekL — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 08:21:55 +0000

Did you actually play Tempest on the Atari 2600? As far as I know, Atari did a prototype, but never shipped it.

https://www.atariage.com/software_page.php?SoftwareLabelID=8...

New comment by DerekL in "John Ternus to become Apple CEO"

DerekL — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 21:34:15 +0000

“We broadcast most episodes live on Wednesday nights at 8 PM US Eastern time.”

https://atp.fm/live