Hacker News: JohnTHaller

New comment by JohnTHaller in "[dead]"

JohnTHaller — Thu, 21 May 2026 03:19:26 +0000

Both can be true

New comment by JohnTHaller in "I hate the recent open-source rise"

JohnTHaller — Tue, 12 May 2026 16:28:39 +0000

These aren't religious beliefs. This is altering behavior in a way that's inconsequential to you but can make your project/workplace/friend circle feel more welcoming to others.

> Side note: I’ve repeatedly noticed this same self-righteousness advertised by similar autistic / ADHD-coded people online, particularly in the software dev space, and particularly amongst what I’d call the bluesky / mastodon set.

Ah, this explains a lot about your views

New comment by JohnTHaller in "ICE to Develop Own Smart Glasses to 'Supplement' Its Facial Recognition App"

JohnTHaller — Mon, 11 May 2026 16:27:58 +0000

Resisting body cameras. Wearing masks to avoid responsibility. Being moved to other locations after murdering US citizens. Etc

New comment by JohnTHaller in "ICE to Develop Own Smart Glasses to 'Supplement' Its Facial Recognition App"

JohnTHaller — Mon, 11 May 2026 16:26:15 +0000

You mean like Trump's pool guy ruining the reflecting pool?

New comment by JohnTHaller in "The FCC wants your ID before you get a phone number"

JohnTHaller — Sat, 09 May 2026 19:52:02 +0000

This will do absolutely nothing to stop robocalls, spam calls, and phishing calls. This is entirely about tying a specific phone number to a specific government IDed individual.

New comment by JohnTHaller in "Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent"

JohnTHaller — Fri, 08 May 2026 01:52:49 +0000

The back and forth with Eich on Twitter and him defending it as ethical when it was first reported on painted a different picture at the time for me: https://imgur.com/a/MotmTGh

When pushback increased, it seemed like it was addressed and then retroactively labeled a bug.

Your own dismissiveness of the issue on Twitter, including posting an image which didn't reflect the actual user experience in Brave stable at the time, left a similarly bad taste: https://imgur.com/a/x9smj6M

New comment by JohnTHaller in "Utah senator smacks ABC reporters phone out of hand amid Data Center controversy"

JohnTHaller — Thu, 07 May 2026 23:25:38 +0000

> Senator Jerry Stevenson (R-Layton) is a powerful GOP lawmaker on Utah’s Capitol Hill — sitting on three of arguably the state’s most powerful boards and chairing the state’s top budget committee.

New comment by JohnTHaller in "Iran hit more U.S. military targets than has been reported, satellite images"

JohnTHaller — Thu, 07 May 2026 13:32:28 +0000

Iran already has confirmation from Chinese satellites

New comment by JohnTHaller in "RAM prices are forcing companies to choose higher prices, worse specs, or both"

JohnTHaller — Wed, 06 May 2026 15:36:46 +0000

Apple is also slightly decreasing their margins to maintain price. They can easily do this as their margins are 10x to 20x most of the industry.

New comment by JohnTHaller in "Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent"

JohnTHaller — Tue, 05 May 2026 16:38:14 +0000

Brave also got caught hijacking links and swapping in their own affiliate codes

https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2020/06/06/the-brave-we...

New comment by JohnTHaller in "Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent"

JohnTHaller — Tue, 05 May 2026 16:34:04 +0000

You can likely run Firefox Portable from PortableApps.com on your corporate Windows machine. Just make sure you're not running afoul of IT policies. Disclosure: I make it

New comment by JohnTHaller in "Notepad++ Code Editor Comes to Mac After 20-Year Wait"

JohnTHaller — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 16:58:11 +0000

> closing the window, quits the app

I've always hated this about macOS. And my main laptop is a macBook Air M3 15. The majority of my friends that use macOS have no idea how to quit an app. Nearly all think closing all the windows quits it. A lot of issues with a lot of apps can be fixed by quitting them and opening them up again. I help a ton of theater techs at a local improv theater. I finally gave up with most of them and told them to just reboot as a first step to fixing issues before continuing other troubleshooting steps.

New comment by JohnTHaller in "FCC Funding Application Notes Paramount Will Be 49.5% Foreign-Owned Post-Merger"

JohnTHaller — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 16:22:26 +0000

They don't align with it. They've never aligned with it. It was always a lie.

New comment by JohnTHaller in "US special forces soldier arrested after allegedly winning $400k on Maduro raid"

JohnTHaller — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:32:58 +0000

For everyone saying this isn't some little guy... compared to the administration which is engaging in the same thing, it's a little guy designed to be a distraction.

New comment by JohnTHaller in "Framework Laptop 13 Pro"

JohnTHaller — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 20:27:02 +0000

Firefox has had GPU video decoding in Linux on by default since 2023 for Intel and 2025 for AMD from what I've read

New comment by JohnTHaller in "Palantir Wants to Reinstate the Draft"

JohnTHaller — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:40:45 +0000

The current administration can't even be honest about the fact that we're in a war, so there's no way they're gonna be honest about the costs.

New comment by JohnTHaller in "Palantir Wants to Reinstate the Draft"

JohnTHaller — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:34:34 +0000

One of the many issues with this supposedly being for everyone is that rich folks like Donald Trump's dad will get a doctor to get them out of it. Rules for thee and not for me is basically their motto.

New comment by JohnTHaller in "The creative software industry has declared war on Adobe"

JohnTHaller — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 23:28:34 +0000

* EDIT (pasted in the wrong monthly price): Creative Cloud Standard Suite is US$989.88 per year at $82.49 per month or $839.88 per year if you lock in for a year. You lose unlimited access to AI features and instead get 25 monthly credits for them. You also lose access to premium AI features like video generation as well as partner models (Google, OpenAI, ElevenLabs, Topaz)

New comment by JohnTHaller in "The creative software industry has declared war on Adobe"

JohnTHaller — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 18:56:06 +0000

For reference, the Creative Cloud Pro Suite (formerly All Apps) is US$1,259.88 per year at $104.99 per month or $839.88 per year if you lock in for a non-refundable, non-cancellable 1 year contract.

Creative Cloud Standard Suite is US$989.88 per year at $659.88 per month or $839.88 per year if you lock in for a year. You lose unlimited access to AI features and instead get 25 monthly credits for them. You also lose access to premium AI features like video generation as well as partner models (Google, OpenAI, ElevenLabs, Topaz)

Photoshop is $413.88 / year or $275.88 / year if you lock

Lightroom is $215.88 / year or $143.88 / year if you lock

PS + LR is $359.88 / year or $239.88 / year if you lock

After Effects is $413.88 / year or $275.88 / year if you lock in

Acrobat is $419.88 / year or $299.88 / year if you lock in

New comment by JohnTHaller in "PM Carney declares U.S. ties now a 'weakness' in address to Canadians"

JohnTHaller — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 18:28:24 +0000

It would be unsurprising if US-based conservative think tanks were already doing this. Worth noting that the ones we'd be unsurprised to see do this are neither conservative nor think tanks.