Hacker News: ameen

New comment by ameen in "UAE to leave OPEC"

ameen — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 05:53:09 +0000

We all know Israel isn’t party to it either.

New comment by ameen in "Steam on Linux Use Skyrocketed Above 5% in March"

ameen — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 10:45:59 +0000

I wonder if part of this is usage by newer Android based emulators [1] used for emulating x86-based PC games on powerful snapdragon based devices (Retroid Pocket 6, AYN Odin 2 line, AYN Thor, AYANEO Pocket S2, etc).

[1] GameNative, GameHub (and GameHub lite)

New comment by ameen in "Keep Android Open"

ameen — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 02:07:38 +0000

Does this block something like Obtainium?

https://f-droid.org/packages/dev.imranr.obtainium.fdroid/

This is sad as there’s been a real resurgence of gaming devices (Ayn Thor/Odin, Retroid pocket devices, Ayaneo, etc) moving to Android from Linux variants (Batocera, Arc, Garlic/OnionOS).

It’s sad but more of an incentive for folks to finally take Linux as a viable alternative, and build on efforts made by Valve with SteamOS.

New comment by ameen in "Pebble Production: February Update"

ameen — Fri, 20 Feb 2026 03:09:50 +0000

Weren’t foreign nations gonna pay the tariffs? What is this with requiring each customer to pay $10 per watch?

It’s funny how these very tariffs were introduced to “combat inflation” end up increasing it by an order of magnitude.

New comment by ameen in "Iranian women compete at chess tournament without hijab: media reports"

ameen — Tue, 27 Dec 2022 23:36:55 +0000

That’s a biased inaccurate hashtag. A sensible person would say yes to personal freedoms - it’s their choice. Don’t impose either world view on them.

New comment by ameen in "Iranian women compete at chess tournament without hijab: media reports"

ameen — Tue, 27 Dec 2022 19:36:26 +0000

Thank you for the contextualization - but Iran’s handling is nowhere close to Islamic, not observing the hijab doesn’t take you out of the fold of Islam (also where have men been held to the hijab - covering awrah, in such places?) - the 5 pillars are the fardh, everything else is something we strive towards.

Allah SWT’s mercy is boundless, hudhud punishments can’t be enacted for something minor of this sort. Iranian government lost the plot and is using every excuse to feign legitimacy when it never had any.

New comment by ameen in "Iranian women compete at chess tournament without hijab: media reports"

ameen — Tue, 27 Dec 2022 13:45:35 +0000

It is, unfortunately the "Islamic Republic of Iran" is anything but Islamic. Show trials, murdering innocents, etc. They're emboldened by their Soviet allies, CCP, etc.

New comment by ameen in "Iranian women compete at chess tournament without hijab: media reports"

ameen — Tue, 27 Dec 2022 13:41:56 +0000

Funny thing is, as a practicing muslim - there is no compulsion in religion (direct quote from the Qur'an). Iran literally is using the ignorance of the populace to push their own means of controlling the masses.

New comment by ameen in "Toyota owners have to pay $8/month to keep using their key fob for remote start"

ameen — Mon, 13 Dec 2021 22:11:05 +0000

Thank you for sharing this. I've often wondered how some folks deal with misfortune, take it in stride and work through them than abandon all hope for an easier route.

Perseverance and Endurance are a rarity in today's society.

New comment by ameen in "Pixel prevented me from calling 911"

ameen — Thu, 09 Dec 2021 15:19:31 +0000

As someone who did the same move with the release of Pixel Pro 6, I deeply regret it. Google Maps in a minimized view fared worse than my iPhone 8 plus for multitasking, that is bound to cause some traffic accidents if a driver tries multitasking while on a car mount.

Frustrating how the best software engineers can't compete with a hardware company (Apple Inc).

New comment by ameen in "Only 90s web developers remember this (2014)"

ameen — Tue, 23 Nov 2021 06:31:34 +0000

Thank you, will check it out.

New comment by ameen in "Only 90s web developers remember this (2014)"

ameen — Sun, 21 Nov 2021 19:32:16 +0000

A lot of old 90's "hacks" are still commonplace in current email design. Thanks to Outlook's reliance on a brain dead MS Word-based rendering system rather than using actual modern HTML5.

And since Outlook is still the standard for email clients in the workplace, all other systems are impacted as well.

It's interesting to see modern day developers struggle with email design and turn to folks like us :D

New comment by ameen in "Only 90s web developers remember this (2014)"

ameen — Sun, 21 Nov 2021 19:27:11 +0000

I'm thinking of changing jobs and the need for me to do leetcode and answer trivia gotcha questions vexes me. More than 10 years of professional experience and like 5-6 years of hobbyist experience as a web master for 00's websites, and managing ecommerce sites with >$1M's in revenue doesn't count for anything.

New comment by ameen in "Culture shock"

ameen — Tue, 02 Nov 2021 01:52:18 +0000

To be fair, shirtless men are a lot less common in urban India. Not the same in the "countryside" or villages as we refer to rural areas.

India has certain public decency laws which prohibits exposure (not sure if shirtless would qualify), PDA, etc.

India is also famously not one of the fitter countries - so it's also a matter of body image issues.

New comment by ameen in "Culture shock"

ameen — Tue, 02 Nov 2021 01:50:46 +0000

As an Indian in the states - my observation was that obesity in the US seems like a class issue. Most well-off folks are fit and working out is woven into their lifestyles. Others can't as they're probably working 2-3 jobs to make ends meet.

New comment by ameen in "Tim Sweeney: Tax bill would likely end founder control of independent companies"

ameen — Thu, 28 Oct 2021 00:48:20 +0000

Would this also not affect angel investing/seed investing by individuals?

If there's no huge incentive for an investor once a company makes it to hold their stock, every successful company will be led by corporate hedge funds/investment firms.

Video: A Completely Upgradeable Laptop?

ameen — Sat, 31 Jul 2021 00:47:37 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rkTgPt3M4k

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28014158

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

New comment by ameen in "Roku says it may lose YouTube TV app after Google made anti-competitive demands"

ameen — Tue, 27 Apr 2021 07:08:48 +0000

Chromecast Ultra has an Ethernet port. But the color accuracy is off and the video quality (atleast on Chromecast YouTube) seems poorer (overblown highlights, inaccurate colors, etc) vs Native YouTube app on Roku.

New comment by ameen in "Roku says it may lose YouTube TV app after Google made anti-competitive demands"

ameen — Tue, 27 Apr 2021 07:06:27 +0000

Chromecast video quality is atrocious though. I have a Chromecast Ultra on my Roku TV (TCL 6-series QLED) considered to be a mid-range panel and has decent color accuracy, but on Chromecast all of it is out the window, the same video on the YouTube TV (native app) on Roku is so much better looking and accurate.

Not sure who’s to blame here.

New comment by ameen in "Facebook removed fake accounts in India until it saw BJP politician was involved"

ameen — Fri, 16 Apr 2021 13:08:50 +0000

Facebook has literally hired BJP aligned individuals: https://www.theverge.com/2020/10/27/21536149/ankhi-das-faceb...