Hacker News: alexalx666

New comment by alexalx666 in "24-bit/192kHz music downloads and why they make no sense (2012)"

alexalx666 — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 06:03:11 +0000

Speaking about up-sampling, Im curious to know your opinion on the benefits of it. Im sending CD resolution audio as well as web streams from soundcloud.com to cambridge audio azur 840C and its not clear if its the up-sampling that makes the difference or their per channel wolfson dac arch. The iPod Video with their dac sounded amazing with just normal AAC files compared to the iPods before or after it.

New comment by alexalx666 in "Flipper One Tech Specs"

alexalx666 — Thu, 21 May 2026 09:39:48 +0000

The keyboard on Cardputer is horrible, I mean you already doing a special edition, why not put a decent one (almost anything would be better)

New comment by alexalx666 in "Canvas online again as ShinyHunters threatens to leak schools’ data"

alexalx666 — Fri, 08 May 2026 10:04:03 +0000

Respect to Canvas sales team, its like microsoft level platform lock-in into low sec infra

New comment by alexalx666 in "Anatomy of the .claude/ folder"

alexalx666 — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 06:34:06 +0000

Reminds me of the days spent optimizing Jira

New comment by alexalx666 in "Make macOS consistently bad unironically"

alexalx666 — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 06:29:46 +0000

The "Liquid Glass" button slowness on macOS is tolerable (coz I can really point at the center of a button with the mouse pointer) compared to the same problem on iOS 26. I have to literally tap several times on core system UI elements like navigation bar left and right buttons for the touches to register, this is Bad.

New comment by alexalx666 in "I quit editing photos"

alexalx666 — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 14:12:50 +0000

I had the same experience, I mostly import b/w photos after editing in Capture One, the magic stick raises brightness, sometimes adds sepia. Most of the time these edits improve the photo. I always check proposed edits for newly imported photos that I think look dull in Photos.app grid

New comment by alexalx666 in "Kagi Translate now supports LinkedIn Speak as an output language"

alexalx666 — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 20:02:56 +0000

Unfortunately Kagi Translate is consistently dog slow (paid account) compared to google translate. It takes around 4 sec for Any translation to load in web ui.

New comment by alexalx666 in "zclaw: personal AI assistant in under 888 KB, running on an ESP32"

alexalx666 — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 22:37:34 +0000

I think you can use C++ on esp32, that would make the code more readable

New comment by alexalx666 in "Coding agents have replaced every framework I used"

alexalx666 — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 11:31:56 +0000

ah I see, then it makes sense to use codegen off course, that's good to know - now no need to stay away from no-name parts :D

New comment by alexalx666 in "Coding agents have replaced every framework I used"

alexalx666 — Sat, 07 Feb 2026 17:06:06 +0000

In my experience, often the libs provided by manufacturers are thin wrappers over physical interface setup and communication in the form of a single header and cpp file. Isnt it easier to just use them instead of generating differently phrased copies of them?

New comment by alexalx666 in "When internal hostnames are leaked to the clown"

alexalx666 — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 13:19:10 +0000

I bought Synology RS217 for $100 last year and it's the best tech purchase I made in years. The software it comes with is the best web interface I experienced in years. The simplicity, stability and attention to detail reminds me of old macs. I have macmini as application server and did not expect to use Synology for anything but file storage / replication. However it comes with a great torrent client that I use all the time now. We also use Synology Office instead of google docs now. It exceeded all my expectations and when it dies, I will immediately buy one of the new rack stations they offer.

New comment by alexalx666 in "Apple introduces new AirTag with longer range and improved findability"

alexalx666 — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 19:17:41 +0000

In Berlin, if a noise complaint was filed after 22:00, a police brigade of 2 will be dispatched, which is a good thing. They are very polite.

New comment by alexalx666 in "SoundCloud Data Breach Now on HaveIBeenPwned"

alexalx666 — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 18:55:44 +0000

YouTube is the domain of Satan, also the name is hilarious - you tube? really? I don't tube thaanks

New comment by alexalx666 in "Why I don't have fun with Claude Code"

alexalx666 — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 16:13:34 +0000

an investment in a fast typing course seems like a significantly more effective, and more ethical solution for you compared to chatting up remote bots that require nuclear power to operate economically

New comment by alexalx666 in "Don't Become the Machine"

alexalx666 — Wed, 24 Dec 2025 14:27:24 +0000

haha this is so true about ppl not able to respond to calls while they are literally on the phone ALL the time

New comment by alexalx666 in "Ghostty is now non-profit"

alexalx666 — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 14:07:10 +0000

ghostty is faster than kitty (MBP M4 Max), I did not expect that

New comment by alexalx666 in "AI rendering of Roman war scenes from Trajan's Column"

alexalx666 — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 12:24:54 +0000

It's like someone traveled back in time and took iPhone pics, gross

New comment by alexalx666 in "The history of Casio watches"

alexalx666 — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 09:26:39 +0000

I use older G-Lide series, just the right amount of Mecha vibe

New comment by alexalx666 in "Radiant Computer"

alexalx666 — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 17:51:08 +0000

Its a beautiful art school project

New comment by alexalx666 in "Why aren't smart people happier?"

alexalx666 — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 10:20:57 +0000

So maybe the right question to ask is - how to be content under capitalist regime if you are smart.