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New comment by RattlesnakeJake in "Backpacks got worse on purpose"

RattlesnakeJake — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 14:54:33 +0000

Yeah, all of that felt a lot like Claude's writing style.

New comment by RattlesnakeJake in "“This is not the computer for you”"

RattlesnakeJake — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 10:05:02 +0000

He's looking back to a time when they were still special. When every keynote brought out a new, interesting product, feature, OS enhancement, etc. Back in the Steve Jobs era, it was still worth tuning in every year to see what was new.

New comment by RattlesnakeJake in "What Is a Tort?"

RattlesnakeJake — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 20:49:28 +0000

> What Is a Tort?

My brain always starts with the assumption that it's some sort of British pastry, and takes a minute to adjust.

New comment by RattlesnakeJake in "macOS Tahoe windows have different corner radiuses"

RattlesnakeJake — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 13:28:31 +0000

Ooh - did this carry forward into Wayland?

New comment by RattlesnakeJake in "MacBook Neo"

RattlesnakeJake — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 16:01:39 +0000

I don't think LLM use cases are the target audience's chief concern here

New comment by RattlesnakeJake in "A simple web we own"

RattlesnakeJake — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 14:54:16 +0000

At least they can comfort themselves with the fact that their iPhones support Lockdown Mode XD

New comment by RattlesnakeJake in "Windows NT/OS2 Design Workbook"

RattlesnakeJake — Sat, 14 Feb 2026 22:44:18 +0000

It's giving me flashbacks to a few months ago.

(*cries in X12 270/271*)

Steam Machine and Steam Frame delays are the latest product of the RAM crisis

RattlesnakeJake — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 15:15:53 +0000

Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/02/ram-shortage-delays-valves-steam-machine-desktop-and-steam-frame-headset/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46900556

Points: 3

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New comment by RattlesnakeJake in "Ask HN: What are your best purchases under $100?"

RattlesnakeJake — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 20:22:00 +0000

Swiss Army knife

New comment by RattlesnakeJake in "Ask HN: What are your best purchases under $100?"

RattlesnakeJake — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 20:21:46 +0000

Are there any other kind?

New comment by RattlesnakeJake in "Duolingo Used iPhone's Dynamic Island to Display Ads, Violating Apple Design GUI"

RattlesnakeJake — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 21:58:47 +0000

Was that a manual truncation? The capitalization of the "gui" part seems automated, though it could be an autocorrect thing

New comment by RattlesnakeJake in "Winnie-the-Pooh brings 100 years of fame to forest"

RattlesnakeJake — Wed, 31 Dec 2025 20:48:32 +0000

Yeah, that's the one that came to mind.

I was surprised at how much negativity surrounded the topic, despite what feels like a general dissatisfaction with the public schools at this time.

New comment by RattlesnakeJake in "Winnie-the-Pooh brings 100 years of fame to forest"

RattlesnakeJake — Wed, 31 Dec 2025 17:49:15 +0000

Yet when we do this by, say, homeschooling, the HN commentariat piles up hundreds of comments accusing us of child neglect and a lack of concern for society.

New comment by RattlesnakeJake in "After four years, Postman adds color-coding to environments"

RattlesnakeJake — Fri, 21 Nov 2025 14:02:38 +0000

Four years after the feature was first requested, Postman v11.72.8 has finally introduced the ability to set colors for your environments.

For anyone who's accidentally hit the Prod environment when they meant to hit Dev, this is a game changer.

After four years, Postman adds color-coding to environments

RattlesnakeJake — Fri, 21 Nov 2025 14:02:38 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/postmanlabs/postman-app-support/issues/8260

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46004701

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

New comment by RattlesnakeJake in "Blue Origin lands New Glenn rocket booster on second try"

RattlesnakeJake — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 04:11:03 +0000

SpaceX's landing footage has only been decent for the past few years. If I recall, they were able to fix it once Starlink reached a reasonable level of performance. Before that, their sea landings looked about the same as this BO one.

The cause seems to be the heat from the landing burn messing with normal wireless signals.

Visual Studio 2026 is here: faster, smarter, and a hit with early adopters

RattlesnakeJake — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 01:54:37 +0000

Article URL: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/visualstudio/visual-studio-2026-is-here-faster-smarter-and-a-hit-with-early-adopters/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45895505

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

New comment by RattlesnakeJake in "The Computer Church – Pennsylvania Computer and Technology Museum"

RattlesnakeJake — Mon, 10 Nov 2025 01:12:28 +0000

Looks like we hugged it to death

New comment by RattlesnakeJake in "Enjoy CarPlay While You Still Can"

RattlesnakeJake — Mon, 03 Nov 2025 21:54:02 +0000

> ...use one of the million speakers in the car to focus on navigation directions while allowing audio content to continue playing on all the other speakers.

My previous-gen Kia Sedona does this as well (at least when using the built-in maps).

Elon Musk on data centers in orbit: "SpaceX will be doing this"

RattlesnakeJake — Fri, 31 Oct 2025 18:55:52 +0000

Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/10/elon-musk-on-data-centers-in-orbit-spacex-will-be-doing-this/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45775416

Points: 10

# Comments: 4