Hacker News: amichail

Ask HN: Did 1984 Mac hardware share more in common with the c64 than Apple II?

amichail — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 14:57:18 +0000

And if so, why do Mac users today generally care more about the Apple II than the c64 even if they have used neither?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48687410

Points: 1

# Comments: 1

Beta test TeXmacs on Android

amichail — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 14:39:31 +0000

Article URL: https://nuage.lix.polytechnique.fr/index.php/apps/forms/s/stfxAj2S2xnqC3aajYjKwtk7

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48687181

Points: 60

# Comments: 0

Ask HN: Did the 1984 Mac share more in common with the c64 than the Apple II?

amichail — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 13:56:57 +0000

And if so, why do Mac users today generally care more about the Apple II than the c64 even if they have used neither?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48673498

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

DARPA's New X-Plane Aims to Maneuver with Nothing but Bursts of Air

amichail — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 15:34:06 +0000

Article URL: https://www.twz.com/darpas-new-x-plane-aims-to-maneuver-with-nothing-but-bursts-of-air

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48661496

Points: 7

# Comments: 0

Younger Adults May Be Aging Faster Than Previous Generations

amichail — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 12:41:51 +0000

Article URL: https://www.sciencealert.com/younger-adults-may-be-aging-faster-than-previous-generations

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48658827

Points: 5

# Comments: 0

Bipartite Matching Is in NC

amichail — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 22:43:48 +0000

Article URL: https://scottaaronson.blog/?p=9851

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48637433

Points: 100

# Comments: 14

5 Monitors on a Commodore 128 [video]

amichail — Sun, 21 Jun 2026 19:04:31 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ul5hC3PY1Yg

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48621633

Points: 5

# Comments: 0

Ask HN: Will programmers write more efficient code during the memory shortage?

amichail — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 22:51:09 +0000

Maybe there will even be more interest in the invention and use of more advanced algorithms and data structures that use less memory?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48604232

Points: 153

# Comments: 246

Widely Prescribed Blood Pressure Drugs Could Be Harming Diabetic Kidneys

amichail — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 12:48:31 +0000

Article URL: https://scitechdaily.com/researchers-warn-widely-prescribed-blood-pressure-drugs-could-be-harming-diabetic-kidneys/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48584526

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

Ask HN: Why does Spotlight indexing get stuck in loops but Time Machine doesn't?

amichail — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 20:36:34 +0000

In particular, Spotlight indexing seems to get stuck in loops when I have older copies of my home directory under an "old" subdirectory in my home directory.

Is there a workaround (other than excluding the "old" directory from Spotlight)?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48561680

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Ask HN: Do you reindex from scratch after making changes to Spotlight settings?

amichail — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 14:56:00 +0000

Apparently, macOS handles changes to Spotlight settings automatically and correctly without you having to manually reindex from scratch.

But this is certainly not obvious from the macOS Spotlight settings UI.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48556261

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

Beyond speed: Racer demonstrator proves agility and stability in latest tests

amichail — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 13:15:29 +0000

Article URL: https://www.airbus.com/en/newsroom/stories/2026-03-beyond-speed-racer-demonstrator-proves-agility-and-stability-in-latest-test-campaign

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48554820

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Birth of new brain cells might erase babies' memories (2014)

amichail — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 15:42:56 +0000

Article URL: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/birth-new-brain-cells-might-erase-babies-memories

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48542965

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

Brew Browser: A Native macOS GUI for Homebrew

amichail — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 01:42:11 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/msitarzewski/brew-browser

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48523370

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

Tell HN: iOS devs, get back lots of disk space: xcrun simctl delete unavailable

amichail — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 18:02:08 +0000

This made a huge difference for me. Try it out!

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48519776

Points: 5

# Comments: 0

Canada Post announces 485,000 more addresses to lose home delivery

amichail — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 19:06:24 +0000

Article URL: https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-post-door-to-door-delivery-addresses-june-9.7231990

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48494960

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

New experimental versions of TeXmacs for Windows 11 and Android (revision 15512)

amichail — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 18:24:10 +0000

Article URL: https://lists.texmacs.org/wws/arc/texmacs-users/2026-06/msg00000.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48494404

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

Ask HN: Is online irritability the canary in the coal mine for various fields?

amichail — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 19:48:44 +0000

Is this a signal that you pay attention to when trying to gauge whether an industry is doing well?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48466662

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

Ask HN: Were CS profs right to look down on programming in light of modern AI?

amichail — Sat, 06 Jun 2026 13:58:58 +0000

Given that modern AI can automate routine programming, maybe CS professors weren't just being snobbish in the way they looked down on programming in their lectures even though most of their students were going to become programmers.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48425236

Points: 6

# Comments: 3

Ask HN: Why isn't AI image generation closely linked with graphics code gen?

amichail — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 13:10:05 +0000

For example, when making an iOS game, you might want to ask the AI look at a screenshot of your game and to generate images with improved graphics.

You could then pick one of the AI images that you like and then ask the AI to write Swift code to generate scalable graphics like that for your iOS game.

Why is AI image and code generation not currently optimized for this use case?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48412001

Points: 3

# Comments: 2

Hacker News: amichail

Ask HN: Did 1984 Mac *hardware* share more in common with the c64 than Apple II?

Beta test TeXmacs on Android

Ask HN: Did the 1984 Mac share more in common with the c64 than the Apple II?

DARPA's New X-Plane Aims to Maneuver with Nothing but Bursts of Air

Younger Adults May Be Aging Faster Than Previous Generations

Bipartite Matching Is in NC

5 Monitors on a Commodore 128 [video]

Ask HN: Will programmers write more efficient code during the memory shortage?

Widely Prescribed Blood Pressure Drugs Could Be Harming Diabetic Kidneys

Ask HN: Why does Spotlight indexing get stuck in loops but Time Machine doesn't?

Ask HN: Do you reindex from scratch after making changes to Spotlight settings?

Beyond speed: Racer demonstrator proves agility and stability in latest tests

Birth of new brain cells might erase babies' memories (2014)

Brew Browser: A Native macOS GUI for Homebrew

Tell HN: iOS devs, get back lots of disk space: xcrun simctl delete unavailable

Canada Post announces 485,000 more addresses to lose home delivery

New experimental versions of TeXmacs for Windows 11 and Android (revision 15512)

Ask HN: Is online irritability the canary in the coal mine for various fields?

Ask HN: Were CS profs right to look down on programming in light of modern AI?

Ask HN: Why isn't AI image generation closely linked with graphics code gen?

Ask HN: Did 1984 Mac hardware share more in common with the c64 than Apple II?