Hacker News: aalimov_

New comment by aalimov_ in "Apple is fighting for TSMC capacity as Nvidia takes center stage"

aalimov_ — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 18:15:48 +0000

I think you are referring to thunderbolt cables with their signal conditioning chips, and if that’s the case then I would like to say that TSMC isn’t making those chips. Afaik Intel and maybe some others make the chips that go into thunderbolt cables.

New comment by aalimov_ in "Show HN: Voice Composer – Browser-based pitch detection to MIDI/strudel/tidal"

aalimov_ — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 07:27:44 +0000

This is awesome!

New comment by aalimov_ in "Open Chaos: A self-evolving open-source project"

aalimov_ — Sun, 11 Jan 2026 00:32:36 +0000

“Convenient chaos”

New comment by aalimov_ in "PSF has withdrawn $1.5M proposal to US Government grant program"

aalimov_ — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 17:57:27 +0000

Take a look at the comments left by that profile. I don’t think that they would be able to understand what you are saying here, all they see is red.

A partial recent comment “qcnguy” made: “DEI is an immoral, hate based and anti-truth ideology. Requiring the PSF to dump DEI if they want the money is good for everyone, because DEI is bad for people”

New comment by aalimov_ in "uv: An extremely fast Python package and project manager, written in Rust"

aalimov_ — Mon, 23 Jun 2025 18:51:57 +0000

I always took this saying as meaning that we don’t re-invent the concept of the wheel. For example the Boring company and Tesla hoping to reinvent the concept of the bus/train.. (iirc your car goes underground on some tracks and you get to bypass traffic and not worry about steering)

A metal wheel is still just a wheel. A faster package manager is still just a package manager.

New comment by aalimov_ in "Understanding Aggregate Trends for Apple Intelligence Using Differential Privacy"

aalimov_ — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 21:20:00 +0000

Could be that it’s a popular feature among some portion of their users.

New comment by aalimov_ in "Apple is open sourcing Swift Build"

aalimov_ — Sun, 02 Feb 2025 08:35:55 +0000

Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP) is neat for android devs that want to be able to code for both platforms using a toolset/language they are familiar with, but for iOS development KMP is a hassle (personal opinion). I’d rather just write the code twice. Also, I actually like Xcode. As for Android Studio, up until the more recent versions the GUI felt really clunky to me (which made working in it a bit of a slog).

New comment by aalimov_ in "Reverse engineering Call of Duty anti-cheat"

aalimov_ — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 04:10:55 +0000

EFT also uses kernel level anti-cheat “Easy Anti-Cheat” (as invasive as what valorant uses (vanguard)). Don’t know why ETF implementation sucks.

I’ve been on CS since 1.3, and i think their system is pretty good. Sure you get cheaters sometimes, but it’s not that bad, maybe I’ve been pretty lucky.

New comment by aalimov_ in "Why is homeschooling becoming fashionable?"

aalimov_ — Wed, 15 Jan 2025 20:00:55 +0000

Your perspective is valid, but I think its worth reconsidering some of the assumptions youre making. Assuming your child is above average may not always reflect reality. Being above average at a thing does not make you above average at all things. The public education system provides resources like gifted programs, AP courses, and extracurricular activities to challenge / engage students at all levels of above/below average. So if your kid is an advanced learner they can still thrive without being “hamstrung.” I think using terms like “hamstring” dismisses the value public education provides in fostering diversity of experiences, social skills, and engagement with peers.. things that cant be replicated in a homeschooling environment.

New comment by aalimov_ in "Rendering "modern" Winamp skins in the browser"

aalimov_ — Fri, 22 Nov 2024 19:24:15 +0000

Winamp skins era brings back so much nostalgia.

New comment by aalimov_ in "Is Chrome the New IE? (2023)"

aalimov_ — Tue, 19 Nov 2024 01:39:08 +0000

I still don’t understand what you’re trying to say about Safari. After reading the response (outlining draft vs support dates) to your initial comment it seems like the reality is that your primary complaints dont make much sense. Maybe there are some other features that they were late to start supporting. Seems more like other browsers jumped on new features before they were standardized, and maybe that is at the heart of your original complaint? Safari taking “too long” to support things that dont have a standard?

New comment by aalimov_ in "131M American Buildings"

aalimov_ — Thu, 07 Nov 2024 07:16:27 +0000

Something like this: https://shademap.app/

New comment by aalimov_ in "Japan's Kojima, with its proud Jeans St, draws fans of vintage, deep-blue denim"

aalimov_ — Fri, 11 Oct 2024 17:29:50 +0000

Agreed, but they have gotten a lot more flimsy even in the last 15ish years. In the area I live there are stores that sell old denim and the price is the same as buying new, but the quality is noticeably higher.

New comment by aalimov_ in "Apple mobile processors are now made in America by TSMC"

aalimov_ — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 05:35:07 +0000

Could be used in an Apple TV as well?

New comment by aalimov_ in "Japan Passes Law to Allow Third-Party App Stores on the iPhone"

aalimov_ — Thu, 20 Jun 2024 18:12:15 +0000

Ahh, I hadn’t noticed that. Thanks for clarifying.

New comment by aalimov_ in "Japan Passes Law to Allow Third-Party App Stores on the iPhone"

aalimov_ — Fri, 14 Jun 2024 21:03:42 +0000

I’m not sure if I’m missing something here, but I am able to build my app and run it on my iOS device without going through the AppStore or TestFlight. Is what you are trying to do something different?

New comment by aalimov_ in "Forget Copilot+, Windows is already tracking everything you do"

aalimov_ — Thu, 13 Jun 2024 17:31:56 +0000

Tough part is deciding which Linux distribution to use. There are so many options and each option has a user base that swears by it.

New comment by aalimov_ in "Private Cloud Compute: A new frontier for AI privacy in the cloud"

aalimov_ — Tue, 11 Jun 2024 04:13:14 +0000

> One option is to release a malicious software update, sign it, publish the signature on the public chain,

In this option it would be Apple releasing a malicious software update?

> If they can still create new hardware, it seems likely whoever is making that hardware must still have access to the keys...

This option reads like the keys are stored in apple-keys.txt

> Both of these attacks are outside the "threat model" proposed, because they are broad compromises against the entire PCC infrastructure

They mentioned that the in-depth write up will be shared later, might they still address this concern in writing? Your wording makes you sound so certain, but this is just a broad overview. How are you so sure?

New comment by aalimov_ in "Private Cloud Compute: A new frontier for AI privacy in the cloud"

aalimov_ — Tue, 11 Jun 2024 03:28:18 +0000

Their post sure makes it seam like it’s possible. Was there something that stood out to you?

New comment by aalimov_ in "U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone monopoly"

aalimov_ — Thu, 21 Mar 2024 20:19:00 +0000

> The Beeper folks have shown this of course can be done (even if Apple doesn't like it and blocks them).

They hacked together a solution that “quite easily” exposed your private comms to them..

> It's quite telling that Apple still wants to maintain iMessage as iOS-only.

Also iMessage also works on macs and ipads, Apple Watches, and maybe Vision Pro (haven’t looked)

> And if Apple doesn't work with Google to implement the E2EE extension (assuming Google is reasonable about it), that tells us all we need to know

Apple is implementing the Universal profile. Instead of forcing companies to rely on google, GSMA can improve that profile.