Hacker News: antfarm

iOS 27 Adds Mac-Like Recovery Mode for iPhone and iPad

antfarm — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 22:19:42 +0000

Article URL: https://www.macrumors.com/2026/06/22/ios-27-adds-mac-like-recovery-mode/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48692724

Points: 2

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New comment by antfarm in "Show HN: Chess-Inspired Roguelike"

antfarm — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 11:06:05 +0000

As the random is seeded, I would like an undo/redo button.

New comment by antfarm in "Snap Smart Glasses"

antfarm — Sat, 20 Jun 2026 06:24:21 +0000

And creepy.

New comment by antfarm in "Snap Smart Glasses"

antfarm — Sat, 20 Jun 2026 05:46:30 +0000

Looks dorky.

New comment by antfarm in "The 2-Year Apartment Rule"

antfarm — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 09:27:26 +0000

I had the same thought after reading the first few sentences. Bathrooms and kitchens especially have to be cleaned regularly, and not just superficially. Otherwise, what the author describes happens.

New comment by antfarm in "Cleaning up after AI rockstar developers"

antfarm — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 16:34:48 +0000

Take a good look at the codebase you're working on. My guess is there's plenty opportunities to clean up after others, or even yourself.

Apple Watch for Your Kids

antfarm — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 21:34:16 +0000

Article URL: https://www.apple.com/apple-watch-for-your-kids/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48452479

Points: 48

# Comments: 45

SwiftTUI

antfarm — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 14:06:20 +0000

Article URL: https://snopia.net/en/blog/introducing-swifttui

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48412766

Points: 4

# Comments: 2

New comment by antfarm in "You Weren't Meant to Have a Boss (2008)"

antfarm — Sun, 31 May 2026 16:30:54 +0000

Unfortunately, the download links on those pages are broken.

New comment by antfarm in "You Weren't Meant to Have a Boss (2008)"

antfarm — Sun, 31 May 2026 15:37:10 +0000

I had the exact opposite reaction. Around 2006 I came across two of his OSCON Talks on the IT Conversations Network and totally loved them. I must have listened to them hundreds of times and forwarded them to a lot of friends and colleagues. They fundamentally influenced my self-conception as a software developer.

http://web.archive.org/web/20130729210111id_/http://itc.conv...

http://web.archive.org/web/20130729231533id_/http://itc.conv...

New comment by antfarm in "Didgeridoo playing as alternative treatment for obstructive sleep apnoea (2006)"

antfarm — Mon, 25 May 2026 21:02:40 +0000

This is more Trance than Techno, but Highlight Tribe use the Didge in a very aggressive way as well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcvAwqi4krE

New comment by antfarm in "Didgeridoo playing as alternative treatment for obstructive sleep apnoea (2006)"

antfarm — Mon, 25 May 2026 20:58:50 +0000

You may like Tribal Need's Genetic Modification Of Sound. Ricardo Moretti is also busking with a Roland Juno synth, looper and didgeridoo. I saw him in Berlin a couple of times in the early 2010s.

https://tribalneed.bandcamp.com/album/genetic-modification-o...

A more recent live performance:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9LHiL2ETh0

New comment by antfarm in "Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt booed at Arizona U commencement speech"

antfarm — Wed, 20 May 2026 15:13:56 +0000

I find his advice rather terrible to be honest. Accepting AI and integrating it deeply into your work and life so you won't be among those made obsolete by AI will accelerate exactly that replacement process even further. Looks a lot like a new variant of self-fulfilling prophecy.

New comment by antfarm in "There's no earthly way of knowing which direction we are going"

antfarm — Wed, 20 May 2026 09:30:27 +0000

There is a good chance AI will magnify the current problems, especially regarding inequality, poverty, hunger and environmental exploitation.

New comment by antfarm in "There's no earthly way of knowing which direction we are going"

antfarm — Wed, 20 May 2026 09:27:39 +0000

Also, don't forget what he said about "arrogant programmers". His plan is to make the (in his view inferior) human workers redundant, and I do not see why anyone who still has some idealism in them and is just about to enter the work force would applaud him for his tone-deaf speech:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZuTlm00X2E&t=121s

New comment by antfarm in "Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt booed at Arizona U commencement speech"

antfarm — Wed, 20 May 2026 09:03:55 +0000

The part of his speech that I found most offensive was:

"When someone offers you a seat on the rocketship, you do not ask which seat. You just get on. [...] Find a way to say yes."

In my understanding, that's the billionaire class telling you where your place is in their plan for the world. Nobody asks if you even want to leave the planet, figuratively speaking.

The last sentence in particular shows the contempt he has for the students in the audience, and is reminiscent of another (alleged) incident: https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/tried-to-convince-me-i-...

The quoted part of the speech can be watched here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MYggR_PPRg

New comment by antfarm in "There's no earthly way of knowing which direction we are going"

antfarm — Wed, 20 May 2026 08:37:33 +0000

History shows that blindly welcoming change just because someone promises you a better future is a dangerous thing.

New comment by antfarm in "There's no earthly way of knowing which direction we are going"

antfarm — Wed, 20 May 2026 08:34:13 +0000

The problem is that we are pushed forward, not going at our own pace.

In his commencement speech that got booed by the audience, Eric Schmidt says, "When someone offers you a seat on the rocketship, you do not ask which seat. You just get on. [...] Find a way to say yes."

That's the billionaire class telling you where your place is in their plan for the world. Nobody asks if you even want to leave the planet, figuratively speaking.

The last sentence in particular shows the contempt he has for the students in the audience, and is reminiscent of another (alleged) incident:

https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/tried-to-convince-me-i-...

The part of the speech I quoted is not in the video linked in the article, but you can watch it here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MYggR_PPRg

New comment by antfarm in "Steve Jobs in Exile – New book on his years at NeXT Computer"

antfarm — Sat, 16 May 2026 09:57:47 +0000

The worst thing about the Vision Pro is that Apple tried to unify the UI of visionOS, iOS and macOS (at least to a degree), resulting in suboptimal solutions for the latter platforms.

New comment by antfarm in "EFF is leaving X"

antfarm — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 14:18:13 +0000

I wonder why this gets downvoted. The goals of EFF are not aligned with those of a platform that is owned by a neo-fascist who is in charge of the algorithm.