Hacker News: akeck

New comment by akeck in "Stop the Apple Music app from launching"

akeck — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 02:45:39 +0000

I vibe coded a similar thing using a combo of launchctl commands and Apple Script (closes Music app if it's open) with MS Copilot of all things. It works pretty well.

Amazon to end support for older Kindles

akeck — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 12:21:56 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c98k91yy4z4o

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47717016

Points: 4

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Everyone Wants Ukraine's Drones

akeck — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 11:57:34 +0000

Article URL: https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-germany-drone-production/33723276.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47625679

Points: 8

# Comments: 1

New comment by akeck in "'Backrooms' and the Rise of the Institutional Gothic"

akeck — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:40:21 +0000

I feel like the infamous (and NSFW in parts, btw) story "The Forgotten Employee" is a proto-example of this "Institutional Gothic" genre.

https://sites.google.com/site/forgottenemployee/

New comment by akeck in "Kagi Translate now supports LinkedIn Speak as an output language"

akeck — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 16:04:08 +0000

It has "Wankernomics" as well:

https://translate.kagi.com/?from=en&to=wankernomics

"I have to report status at my morning scrum meeting today. After that, we have to finish an important project by Friday morning. Then we have to present on that project Friday at 3pm."

"I have to provide a high-level status update during our morning stand-up to ensure cross-functional alignment. Post-scrum, we need to deep-dive and execute on a mission-critical deliverable by the Friday AM milestone. We’ll then be socialising the project outcomes in a stakeholder presentation Friday at 15:00 to drive further buy-in."

New comment by akeck in "Show HN: Moltbook – A social network for moltbots (clawdbots) to hang out"

akeck — Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:56:14 +0000

Agents on Moltbook have apparently identified security issues with Moltbook: https://www.moltbook.com/post/cbd6474f-8478-4894-95f1-7b104a...

New comment by akeck in "Plane auto-lands during pilot incapacitation emergency [video]"

akeck — Sun, 21 Dec 2025 18:23:46 +0000

Amazing to see this system work.

New comment by akeck in "Microsoft won't let me pay a $24 bill, blocking thousands in Azure spending"

akeck — Wed, 03 Dec 2025 02:19:00 +0000

Print out the invoice, and then send it with a check for $24 and letter requiring them process the check against invoice to their legal department via certified USPS letter.

New comment by akeck in "Efficient solar cooking that stores heat in sand"

akeck — Wed, 26 Nov 2025 14:23:03 +0000

The article talks about a similar device developed by Cal Poly in 2015: https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2023/08/direct-solar-power...

New comment by akeck in "The government has no plan for America’s 300 billion pennies"

akeck — Sun, 16 Nov 2025 21:15:14 +0000

According to Marketplace.org, pennies are treasure for some businesses now because the regional Feds aren't distributing them.

https://www.marketplace.org/story/2025/11/13/businesses-face...

New comment by akeck in "More random home lab things I've recently learned"

akeck — Tue, 14 Oct 2025 02:38:35 +0000

> You see, unlike Debian or other standard OS, Raspberry Pi OS (which I still call Raspbian in my head and likely use in this article multiple times) is designed to be flashed to the SD card directly and doesn’t actually have an installer that can be booted from USB

https://github.com/gitbls/sdm

can help with this issue.

New comment by akeck in "B.C. rescuers use helicopter-mounted cell tower to find missing man"

akeck — Thu, 25 Sep 2025 01:36:34 +0000

MathWorks has a press piece that has technical details.

https://www.mathworks.com/company/mathworks-stories/signal-p...

New comment by akeck in "Show HN: I'm a dermatologist and I vibe coded a skin cancer learning app"

akeck — Mon, 08 Sep 2025 03:26:22 +0000

How do you tell the difference between benign Seborrheic Keratosis and melanoma? Some of them are very similar!

New comment by akeck in "A CarFax for Used PCs: Hewlett Packard wants to give old laptops new life"

akeck — Sat, 19 Jul 2025 17:24:45 +0000

I had a similar experience. We're mostly Apple at home, but I bought an X1 Carbon reburb from MicroCenter a few years ago to run desktop Linux. It's become one of my favorite pieces of tech. Ultra-light but solid with a nice-feeling keyboard and trackpad.

New comment by akeck in "Tuxracer.js play Tux Racer in the browser"

akeck — Sat, 21 Jun 2025 03:04:34 +0000

Is there any way to contribute levels to Tuxracer these days? I made a pair of really long ones (~10 min and ~20 min)

New comment by akeck in "How are cyber criminals rolling in 2025?"

akeck — Tue, 06 May 2025 13:17:03 +0000

MIT and their /8?

New comment by akeck in "I can't pay rent because devs just don't care"

akeck — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 03:00:38 +0000

Doesn't work in my part of the US. USPS Mail check theft is so rampant here that my elderly parents are moving entirely to online bill pay.

Project Nayuki – QR Code generator library

akeck — Fri, 21 Mar 2025 16:12:41 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nayuki.io/page/qr-code-generator-library

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43437401

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by akeck in "Solarpunk"

akeck — Fri, 14 Mar 2025 14:33:03 +0000

Thanks for the info!

New comment by akeck in "Working with Systemd Timers"

akeck — Fri, 14 Mar 2025 04:19:58 +0000

I used systemd user timers, a shell script, and an HDHomerun to make a simple VCR.