Hacker News: Minor49er

New comment by Minor49er in "Giant trees have no trouble pumping water to top branches: new research"

Minor49er — Sat, 04 Jul 2026 17:51:35 +0000

I'd be careful suggesting Kurzgesagt because they push propaganda for large corporations

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjHMoNGqQTI

New comment by Minor49er in "Bring back crappy forums"

Minor49er — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 18:01:19 +0000

Agora Road's Macintosh Cafe is a fun place to hang out online

https://agoraroad.com/

New comment by Minor49er in "The newest Instagram “exploit” is the goofiest I've seen"

Minor49er — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 19:27:31 +0000

It's not based on plugging an LLM into an area where it doesn't belong in the first place?

New comment by Minor49er in "Microsoft Office 2019 and 2021 for Mac view-only conversion"

Minor49er — Sun, 31 May 2026 01:26:29 +0000

It's entirely reasonable to expect the basic functionality of document and spreadsheet editors to edit documents and spreadsheets. If an editor no longer can edit, it's no longer functional. Microsoft seems to know this which is why they removed the "continue to function" clause from their end-of-support page.

Unfortunately this kind of thing will continue since Microsoft can survive any slap on the wrist that might come their way for their sleazy practices. They've done it countless times throughout their existence. It has been paying off enough for them to keep doing it.

New comment by Minor49er in "A few interesting modern pixel fonts"

Minor49er — Wed, 27 May 2026 14:24:16 +0000

Have you tried a darker background but with an inverted color filter on the text? (I'd try it myself but I'm not at my computer for this post)

New comment by Minor49er in "Don't Roll Your Own"

Minor49er — Sun, 24 May 2026 16:25:15 +0000

This feels like a modern version of people writing regex to validate email addresses: employing a complicated, yet incomplete roll-your-own approach as the wrong solution to a problem

New comment by Minor49er in "Google changes its search box"

Minor49er — Wed, 20 May 2026 14:46:33 +0000

It's the Google AMP controversy all over again

New comment by Minor49er in "[dead]"

Minor49er — Mon, 11 May 2026 18:46:16 +0000

Actually, noise is the opposite of signal. Data harvesting companies hate noise because strong signals are profitable. It's why Google successfully pushed for people to use their real identities online initially through Google Plus and why they also displayed such an unprecedented backlash against the AdNauseum browser extension after it came out

New comment by Minor49er in "Photoshop's challenges with focus, pt. 2"

Minor49er — Thu, 07 May 2026 15:30:52 +0000

You can refuse to "upgrade". Previous versions of Photoshop still work well

New comment by Minor49er in "Why are top university websites serving porn? It comes down to shoddy housekeep"

Minor49er — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 07:11:15 +0000

Universties usually have restricted access and a userbase of people who are more intelligent than the general population. They should have much higher hope than popular social media sites that cater to the bottom of the barrel

New comment by Minor49er in "I'm done making desktop applications (2009)"

Minor49er — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 17:12:32 +0000

If you need to sloganize a reminder to yourself to not be evil, that's not a promising sign

New comment by Minor49er in "The tiniest e-reader in the world, and you can build one yourself"

Minor49er — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 18:10:19 +0000

Is it really worth the tradeoffs of having significantly smaller storage space, reduced screen size, and clicking through way more often, just to not have to move your eyes as much horizontally?

New comment by Minor49er in "Michigan 'digital age' bills pulled after privacy concerns raised"

Minor49er — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 15:51:49 +0000

Why is the government making efforts to increase technological literacy not an option?

New comment by Minor49er in "Sam Altman's response to Molotov cocktail incident"

Minor49er — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 15:05:58 +0000

I think he means murder, not killing processes /s

New comment by Minor49er in "Cloudflare flags archive.today as "C&C/Botnet"; no longer resolves via 1.1.1.2"

Minor49er — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 06:51:03 +0000

Huh, that's what Kiwi Farms says about the people that they talk about online too. And Cloudflare famously retaliated against them, but are retaliating against the victim in this case because Archive.today responded to the doxing in the wrong way apparently

New comment by Minor49er in "Wired headphone sales are exploding"

Minor49er — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 14:46:50 +0000

Clearly I'm talking about the digital signals sent wirelessly here

New comment by Minor49er in "Ageless Linux – Software for humans of indeterminate age"

Minor49er — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 14:45:49 +0000

They have full control. If you're talking about dangerous outcomes, those are reasons why parents don't give their kids things like knives or chemicals. Internet-connected devices should also warrant the same kind of caution

New comment by Minor49er in "Ageless Linux – Software for humans of indeterminate age"

Minor49er — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 15:09:58 +0000

Parents already have full control over this because they make the choice to give their kids a device in the first place

New comment by Minor49er in "Wired headphone sales are exploding"

Minor49er — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 15:10:41 +0000

Analog formats are clearly inferior to digital ones, but analog speakers are superior to digital ones?

New comment by Minor49er in "Public Memories – Comedy Skits from Krazam [video]"

Minor49er — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 18:51:28 +0000

Krazam is legendary. This first Public Memories episode feels like a cross between Portlandia and Silicon Valley. Looking forward to seeing more!