Hacker News: K7PJP

New comment by K7PJP in "Project Xanadu: Even More Hindsight (2025)"

K7PJP — Fri, 04 Sep 2026 06:12:52 +0000

> If Ted had actually made it into Hollywood

Well, he had to have at least some passing knowledge of the film industry. From Wikipedia: "Nelson is the son of Emmy Award–winning director Ralph Nelson and Academy Award – winning actress Celeste Holm."

Customer Service That Remembers

K7PJP — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 18:19:13 +0000

Article URL: https://weblog.rogueamoeba.com/2026/09/03/customer-service-that-remembers/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49554290

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

iCloud+ Hide My Email addresses will remain on icloud.com

K7PJP — Mon, 24 Aug 2026 22:13:40 +0000

Article URL: https://developer.apple.com/news/?id=1ptvdtcm

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49426564

Points: 607

# Comments: 206

New comment by K7PJP in "Pebble Mega Update – July 2026"

K7PJP — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 19:25:34 +0000

Cool, let me know when I can order your ring.

New comment by K7PJP in "Ask HN: Since when does Craigslist's front page have emojis?"

K7PJP — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 21:23:19 +0000

> people are beginning to feel emoji fatigue

Are they? News to me. I like them. Do they show up in Lynx or whatever terminal-based browser the hip kids are using these day are using?

New comment by K7PJP in "Bring back crappy forums"

K7PJP — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 18:30:58 +0000

> Discourse has one major technical challenge currently, that I know about. It doesn't work (for being logged in and interacting) on iOS 15 and older as of the past year. It's view-only for those devices.

The phones that can't upgrade past iOS 15 are over ten years old. What is the current iOS 15 user base? It's probably more cost-effective for Discourse to gift affected users a compatible device than to keep old code in place.

From Hookswitch to Grave

K7PJP — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 23:22:50 +0000

Article URL: https://computer.rip/2026-06-14-hookswitch-to-grave.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48534134

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

Trump Built a New Passport.gov Website

K7PJP — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 04:16:02 +0000

Article URL: https://thedreydossier.substack.com/p/trump-built-a-new-passport-website

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48486129

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

New comment by K7PJP in "macOS 27 requires Apple Silicon, as Apple draws down the Intel Mac era"

K7PJP — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 19:07:41 +0000

I hope most Intel Mac users avoided macOS 26. I kept my remaining Intel Mac on macOS 15, even though it supports macOS 26. It's not as bad as those poor folks who got stuck on OS X Lion many years ago, but it just felt wrong to move to a new (and somewhat broken) OS knowing the machine would likely never get the eventual fixes.

New comment by K7PJP in "Apple WWDC 2026"

K7PJP — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 18:40:12 +0000

They have on occasion, when it makes sense to unveil OS changes and hardware simultaneously. Apple Vision Pro, move to new architecture, 2019 Mac Pro tower – that sort of thing. Most years they don't announce new hardware, though.

New comment by K7PJP in "Meta Shuts Down End-to-End Encryption for Instagram Messaging"

K7PJP — Sat, 09 May 2026 02:44:03 +0000

This is a reductive and frankly insulting response. People want to be able to communicate with other people they will use the tools that allow them to do it. Sometimes the person I want is on Instagram, that’s how I can reach out to them. I believe privacy ought to be a human right. I don’t just limit myself to tools used by a very narrow swath of arrogant nerds. Instead, we fight for privacy.

New comment by K7PJP in "StarFighter 16-Inch"

K7PJP — Wed, 06 May 2026 04:53:24 +0000

I do not understand why a numpad is considered a necessity by some. I never used it when I had them. Do you work in data entry?

New comment by K7PJP in "IBM didn't want Microsoft to use the Tab key to move between dialog fields"

K7PJP — Tue, 05 May 2026 22:20:28 +0000

I've been a Mac user for 30+ years, but I love Raymond Chen's historical posts.

I'm aware of folklore.org, but I wish there were something equivalent within Apple itself. Sadly, it's not part of Apple's culture.

Voice Modems

K7PJP — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 23:48:30 +0000

Article URL: https://computer.rip/2026-04-26-voice-modems.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47916103

Points: 74

# Comments: 16

A timeline of Mac processor transitions

K7PJP — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 23:52:00 +0000

Article URL: https://colinmckellar.com/2026/03/12/mac-processor-transitions/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47448218

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by K7PJP in "Ask HN: How many of you hold an amateur radio license in your country?"

K7PJP — Sat, 07 Mar 2026 01:31:42 +0000

Active General license holder here, although mostly on 2m as of late. I hope to get my HF station set up this spring.

Socialism AI: A historic advance in the political education of the working class

K7PJP — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 21:08:09 +0000

Article URL: https://ai.wsws.org/en

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46248978

Points: 5

# Comments: 1

New comment by K7PJP in "Why doesn't Apple make a standalone Touch ID?"

K7PJP — Fri, 05 Dec 2025 01:29:07 +0000

They're referring to A-POC https://www.moma.org/collection/works/100361 In any case, these were sold in 10 Apple Stores worldwide, and only a single US store. They were aimed at an Asian audience, as far as I understand.

New comment by K7PJP in "Apple will phase out Rosetta 2 in macOS 28"

K7PJP — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 17:40:36 +0000

This isn't a new or unique move; Apple has never prioritized backwards compatibility.

If you're a Mac user, you expect this sort of thing. If running neglected software is critical to you, you run Windows or you keep your old Macs around.

New comment by K7PJP in "Apple M5 chip"

K7PJP — Wed, 15 Oct 2025 19:13:05 +0000

There was a company or two that made cases for the older Apple remotes with the express purpose of making them larger, which I always thought was kind of funny. I would buy one for the current remote if one existed.