Hacker News: RASBR89

New comment by RASBR89 in "I love my Bluetooth keyboard"

RASBR89 — Mon, 25 May 2026 10:00:19 +0000

Get a soldering iron and fix! I did. It’s sort of fun in a way. Shouldn’t have to do it, sure, but it saves you buying more and more. You could fix the fleet!

New comment by RASBR89 in "Ex-Apple engineer says Apple deliberately slows older phones via updates"

RASBR89 — Wed, 20 May 2026 07:39:59 +0000

I don’t want to believe it but wouldn’t surprise me. I pick up my old iPhone 7 and it feels so slick and fast, it 13 mini on iOS 26 is fast in some places but infuriatingly laggy in others. Battery health 90%.

What frustrates me is that the CPUs are so powerful but somehow 5 years down the line are slow in basic UI navigation.

New comment by RASBR89 in "Put the zip code first"

RASBR89 — Sat, 07 Mar 2026 23:46:15 +0000

In the last couple of years in the uk, address forms ask for you street address and the rest will autocomplete from there - city, postcode. Makes things a lot easier in the way the author suggests

New comment by RASBR89 in "You don't have to"

RASBR89 — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 13:20:25 +0000

I’ve only managed to get halfway through this. I don’t tend to read ‘AI BAD’ but this was really insightful and thoughtful.

New comment by RASBR89 in "Making Video Games in 2025 (without an engine)"

RASBR89 — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 12:54:07 +0000

A lot of modern games ‘feel’ the same to me now. Same sort of lighting, blur.. even the texture loading and pop in. They all sort of blend into one mess.

I liked when games all felt very distinctly different and I feel like part of that was that they all varied on ‘engine’

New comment by RASBR89 in "Ask HN: How are you all staying sane?"

RASBR89 — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 12:51:15 +0000

Going back to some old machines with this hardware and they feel rapid compared to now. Instant UI response

New comment by RASBR89 in "Why Is the American Diet So Deadly? (2025)"

RASBR89 — Fri, 20 Feb 2026 20:46:24 +0000

Anecdotal but the three times I’ve been in the states recently I come away feeling like trash. When I’m there I crave salads and green food pretty fast.

It feels like, as a tourist, unless you’re making food yourself from scratch the ingredients used in most food are not good for you.

I don’t feel that way holidaying in other countries..

New comment by RASBR89 in "iOS 27 'Rave' Update to Clean Up Code, Could Boost Battery Life"

RASBR89 — Mon, 16 Feb 2026 21:44:00 +0000

Actually I don’t mind the way it looks. Performance seems even better.. but it has destroyed my battery life.

I find it hard to believe it’s the transparencies causing the issue though as even just watching a video, it’s worse.

New comment by RASBR89 in "Fix the iOS keyboard before the timer hits zero or I'm switching back to Android"

RASBR89 — Fri, 13 Feb 2026 20:53:45 +0000

I don’t have an issue at all.. I have swipe turned off..

New comment by RASBR89 in "iOS 26.3 and macOS 26.3 Fix Dozens of Vulnerabilities, Including Zero-Day"

RASBR89 — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 23:05:26 +0000

Updated my 13 mini. Performance is fine / maybe better.. but battery. Tanked. How true is the ‘it takes days for reindexing’ statement?

New comment by RASBR89 in "Game Boy Advance Audio Interpolation"

RASBR89 — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 22:42:47 +0000

The ‘improved’ versions sound muffled like I have water in my ears. Plus I’d rather hear the game as it was designed, artefacts and all.

New comment by RASBR89 in "Television is 100 years old today"

RASBR89 — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 02:51:37 +0000

There’s some that have high resolution. There were some consumer 1080i sets I think.

New comment by RASBR89 in "Apple introduces new AirTag with longer range and improved findability"

RASBR89 — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 17:00:01 +0000

I have one you can recharge wirelessly. Forget the brand but it’s been working well

New comment by RASBR89 in "Why did we use leaded petrol for so long? (2017)"

RASBR89 — Thu, 25 Dec 2025 22:18:03 +0000

Where are these fields?

New comment by RASBR89 in "Apple has locked my Apple ID, and I have no recourse. A plea for help"

RASBR89 — Sat, 13 Dec 2025 08:38:11 +0000

Email Tim Cook (serious)

New comment by RASBR89 in "Things I've Heard Boomers Say That I Agree with 100%"

RASBR89 — Sun, 09 Nov 2025 07:39:30 +0000

In the EU beams cast light off to the side of the road and not into incoming traffic.

When we go from uk to Europe for example we have to fit deflector stickers to the headlights to alter the beam so we don’t dazzle drivers on the other side of the road.

In the us I don’t think you have this. Driving at night in the USA is horribl, like a thousands subs beaming directly into your eyes.

It isn’t THAT bad here here. It’s getting worse with bright lights and tall cars sure but it’s not on the same level of the USA due to the beam shape

New comment by RASBR89 in "iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max"

RASBR89 — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 19:22:36 +0000

What was worse?

New comment by RASBR89 in "My first attempt at iOS app development"

RASBR89 — Sun, 08 Jun 2025 22:13:01 +0000

The Photos app has a delicates option - not that I want to piss on your parade but the functionality is already present? Or am I missing something?

New comment by RASBR89 in "A Reddit bot drove me insane"

RASBR89 — Sun, 13 Apr 2025 22:01:08 +0000

Fingers

New comment by RASBR89 in "BS 1363 British Plugs and Sockets"

RASBR89 — Thu, 10 Apr 2025 04:58:40 +0000

Depends. You can certainly replace broken or worn socket/switch faceplates.