Hacker News: aNoob7000

New comment by aNoob7000 in "New iPad Air, powered by M4"

aNoob7000 — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 14:57:30 +0000

They don't need it. Apple is introducing new hardware for the sake of introducing new hardware.

Personally, they need to put the iPad on a two-year release cycle and focus on improving iPad OS.

New comment by aNoob7000 in "The Eternal Promise: A History of Attempts to Eliminate Programmers"

aNoob7000 — Sat, 28 Feb 2026 16:04:41 +0000

LOL... I was in the same position. I graduated from high school in 88 and got my first job a couple of years later, working at a small insurance company running IBM AS/400. I had just gotten my job as an operator with a dream of becoming a programmer, and here comes IBM with its CASE tool. I truly thought the world was going to end.

A couple of years later, Microsoft came out with Visual Basic, and I thought, OMG, I'm toast. Secretaries are going to be writing code. I was a developer by this time, writing code in FoxPro and getting into PowerBuilder.

All this to say, "I've been in IT for many years, and companies promise a lot but rarely deliver completely on their promises." Do programmers and others in the tech field need to adapt? Yes. Is AI going to be disruptive to some extent? Yes. Are all jobs going away? No.

New comment by aNoob7000 in "I dumped Windows 11 for Linux, and you should too"

aNoob7000 — Sun, 11 Jan 2026 15:36:06 +0000

I bought a brand new Dell laptop with Windows 11 25H2 at the end of November 2025. The first patches released by Microsoft in December did not install. WTF!!!

If you go online, you will see a whole YouTube videos and articles on how to fix the issue. Let me tell you, after a considerable amount of time, I gave up.

I'm running Ubuntu 24.04 on my desktop, and I can't remember the last time I had issues applying patches.

New comment by aNoob7000 in "Keep Android Open"

aNoob7000 — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 11:31:36 +0000

I don't understand why individuals expect a corporation like Google, driven by profits, to give a sh*t. I would expect no less of Apple with IOS.

Individuals should look for and support alternatives. I'm currently working on a desktop running Ubuntu because I want an alternative to the duopoly of Windows and macOS.

Additionally, we should support open-source alternatives with our donations. I personally donate money every year to Ubuntu, the Gnome foundation, and Tor.

New comment by aNoob7000 in "Health care costs are soaring. Blame insurers, drug companies and your employer"

aNoob7000 — Fri, 12 Sep 2025 15:13:55 +0000

I had eye surgery three weeks ago. Prior to my eye surgery, I emailed and called my health insurance to get a total out of pocket cost, none could be given. The only thing I heard over and over is your deductible is X.

I spoke to to the eye surgeon's billing department and the same happened. How the F* can it be like this? To top it off, I just got a bill for $300 after paying $1300.

The system is completely broken.

New comment by aNoob7000 in "AI might yet follow the path of previous technological revolutions"

aNoob7000 — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 13:14:10 +0000

Because the heads of tech companies jumped on TV and said that AGI was around the corner to basically prepare for job losses.

They just can't shut up about how AI is going to either save us all or kill us all.

New comment by aNoob7000 in "Elon Musk is wrong about GDP"

aNoob7000 — Tue, 29 Apr 2025 14:22:37 +0000

Because once you become super rich, you also become an expert in everything. We no longer need people spending their entire lives researching and learning about a specific topic; we only need more billionaires.

New comment by aNoob7000 in "America underestimates the difficulty of bringing manufacturing back"

aNoob7000 — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 14:17:21 +0000

Americans fantasize about factory work because, at that time in America, you could afford a home without a two-income family. Life was "easier" for many people.

Personally, I think we need to focus on making things like homes more affordable. This would go a long way toward alleviating people's feeling of being trapped.

New comment by aNoob7000 in "Converting C to ASM to specs and then to a working Z/80 Speccy tape"

aNoob7000 — Mon, 17 Mar 2025 12:26:37 +0000

Are there any demos showing how to manage an existing codebase? Everyone loves to demo how AI can create new programs with a snap, but the elephant in the room is how well AI works with existing codebases and manages things like naming conventions, APIs from other apps, etc.

New comment by aNoob7000 in "Microsoft's new Outlook client moves your email to the cloud (2023)"

aNoob7000 — Fri, 27 Sep 2024 10:21:09 +0000

People didn't want the cloud. Microsoft, Google, Amazon, and others wanted everyone in the cloud to get them on the subscription bandwagon.

I hope more and more people vote with their wallets and go to other platforms and tools.

New comment by aNoob7000 in "North Korean Spies Are Infiltrating U.S. Companies Through Remote IT Jobs"

aNoob7000 — Thu, 05 Sep 2024 12:46:00 +0000

All I here is about the gauntlet of interviews people have to go through to get a job.

How are the people getting through the interview process? Are these individuals working through a third-party that's covering for them?

New comment by aNoob7000 in "Llama3 running locally on iPhone 15 Pro"

aNoob7000 — Tue, 23 Apr 2024 12:44:13 +0000

I wonder if Apple will bump up the amount of RAM in iPhones due to AI. It seems like most LLMs require a large amount of memory.

They've been stingy on increasing RAM compared to Android phones.

New comment by aNoob7000 in "Windows 10 will start nagging you to switch from local account to MS Account"

aNoob7000 — Thu, 18 Apr 2024 19:15:48 +0000

I doubt most non-enthusiast users of Windows can troubleshoot their own problems. All desktop operating systems require some knowledge to poke around and fix things. The only reason Windows gets a pass is due to its market share and support from vendors.

I'm sure if you have a problem from a piece of software running on Linux that is supported by a vendor and asked for help, you would get it.

New comment by aNoob7000 in "Florida's DeSantis signs law restricting social media for people under 16"

aNoob7000 — Tue, 26 Mar 2024 13:07:14 +0000

The law is going to be shot down quickly if it is an undue burden on adults getting access to social media websites and apps.

New comment by aNoob7000 in "Linux on the desktop is gaining ground"

aNoob7000 — Tue, 12 Mar 2024 20:51:00 +0000

I hope the "traditional" desktop doesn't disappear. Personally, I think using iOS and Android would be a step backward as a desktop computer.

New comment by aNoob7000 in "More than 4% of all Bitcoin supply is now in ETFs"

aNoob7000 — Mon, 11 Mar 2024 14:10:15 +0000

Bitcoin as money died a while back. Now, it is going to replace gold and other assets.

New comment by aNoob7000 in ""Let them eat cereal" How "greedflation" fueled consumer ire against Kellogg"

aNoob7000 — Sun, 10 Mar 2024 14:37:18 +0000

A simple solution is to stop eating cereal, especially Kellogg's.

I think we've forgotten that we have a choice and can buy someone else's product or service.

New comment by aNoob7000 in "[dead]"

aNoob7000 — Mon, 26 Feb 2024 18:01:32 +0000

Thanks!

New comment by aNoob7000 in "Cosmic Desktop Is Slated to Debut with Pop _OS 24.04 LTS"

aNoob7000 — Sun, 18 Feb 2024 16:33:08 +0000

I agree with some of the performance issues mentioned by the writer, but nothing mentioned stops me from doing my work.

I hope Cosmic helps improve the Linux desktop ecosystem.

New comment by aNoob7000 in "Cosmic Desktop Is Slated to Debut with Pop _OS 24.04 LTS"

aNoob7000 — Sun, 18 Feb 2024 14:39:40 +0000

Honest question - What does Cosmic have over Gnome desktop? I'm relatively new to Linux.

I'm running Ubuntu 22.04 and find it meets my computing needs.