Hacker News: K7PJP

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.

New comment by K7PJP in "Synology reverses policy banning third-party HDDs"

K7PJP — Wed, 08 Oct 2025 16:28:42 +0000

Both the Mac Mini and the Apple TV use internal power supplies.

New comment by K7PJP in "USB-C for Lightning iPhones"

K7PJP — Tue, 29 Jul 2025 23:12:13 +0000

For what purpose? There are USB-C to Lightning adapters if you were using some specialized Lightning device you couldn't or didn't want to replace.

New comment by K7PJP in "In macOS Tahoe, Things Are Indeed Dire for FireWire"

K7PJP — Wed, 09 Jul 2025 00:24:08 +0000

It's been 10 years since any Mac shipped with a FireWire port. That was only because they kept selling a single 13-inch non-Retina MacBook Pro model for several years. That model was also the last MacBook Pro to include a built-in optical drive, a spinning hard disk drive, and a built-in Ethernet port.

I still have a FireWire-based MiniDV cam I use for digitizing video, so this provides good reason to keep an older machine around for said purposes.

Frame of preference A history of Mac settings, 1984–2004

K7PJP — Wed, 09 Jul 2025 00:14:19 +0000

Article URL: https://aresluna.org/frame-of-preference/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44505171

Points: 207

# Comments: 24

An update on improving passkey support in Linux

K7PJP — Fri, 23 May 2025 17:57:58 +0000

Article URL: https://www.iinuwa.xyz/blog/linux-passkeys-update/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44074976

Points: 7

# Comments: 1

New comment by K7PJP in "Plex no Longer Offers Free Remote Playback for Personal Media"

K7PJP — Thu, 20 Mar 2025 17:01:05 +0000

Plex just works, it's not weird at all. Also, I prefer proprietary software. It pays my bills.