Hacker News: apple4ever

New comment by apple4ever in "Resurrecting the SuperH Architecture (2015)"

apple4ever — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 06:19:42 +0000

Wonder where the project ended up

New comment by apple4ever in "2027 memory capacity is reportedly sold out"

apple4ever — Sat, 08 Aug 2026 17:51:17 +0000

I think you are really underestimating how much memory prices are going to impact everything. I mean, look at Apple, they raised the prices of the HomePod mini and Apple TV- why? Because they use memory. It's going to have lots of follow on effects.

New comment by apple4ever in "2027 memory capacity is reportedly sold out"

apple4ever — Sat, 08 Aug 2026 17:50:20 +0000

That's definitely fair, and for people like you, it makes sense.

And yes, running local ones actually are the best of both worlds I think, because it puts less pressure on the memory/storage needs as a whole.

New comment by apple4ever in "2027 memory capacity is reportedly sold out"

apple4ever — Sat, 08 Aug 2026 17:49:09 +0000

I do agree, and generally that's what I do. Because then I actually learn instead of fire and forget.

In that example specifically, it was a bit of "let me see how this works and how good it is" too.

New comment by apple4ever in "2027 memory capacity is reportedly sold out"

apple4ever — Fri, 07 Aug 2026 16:49:39 +0000

Either it's being proposed or other people tell them about them. It's not hard to find out where datacenters are.

New comment by apple4ever in "2027 memory capacity is reportedly sold out"

apple4ever — Fri, 07 Aug 2026 14:57:48 +0000

Holy moly that's just unbelievable when shown in graph form.

New comment by apple4ever in "2027 memory capacity is reportedly sold out"

apple4ever — Fri, 07 Aug 2026 14:56:12 +0000

Wow that's actually a really good idea to prevent delivery theft by the delivery person!

New comment by apple4ever in "2027 memory capacity is reportedly sold out"

apple4ever — Fri, 07 Aug 2026 14:55:08 +0000

It doesn't matter. The perception is all datacenters do AI (not necessarily wrong nowadays either) and that's all that matters to the public when they see so many lost jobs and high computer / phone prices.

New comment by apple4ever in "2027 memory capacity is reportedly sold out"

apple4ever — Fri, 07 Aug 2026 14:54:12 +0000

That's a really great point. So much about our world is about perception. I think the datacenter concern is overblown for the most part (except putting them next to houses), but the perception is stronger than the facts.

And if AI is putting people out of jobs and making everything expensive - or that's just the perception - that's gonna set AI back for years.

New comment by apple4ever in "2027 memory capacity is reportedly sold out"

apple4ever — Fri, 07 Aug 2026 14:52:45 +0000

This is why I'm so hesitant to use AI. There are other reasons (for example: the journey is the fun part, not the destination; and I want to learn not have something done for me), but the pressure AI puts on memory and storage is too much for me. I do use it occasionally, mostly to keep tabs on it and for small problem solving (how do I do this one piece of a query in MySQL, since I'm not a MySQL DBA), but that's it for now, until this memory/storage issue is fixed.

New comment by apple4ever in "Your open tabs are unfinished decisions, not bookmarks"

apple4ever — Wed, 05 Aug 2026 21:04:02 +0000

That's definitely true for me. I utilize Safari Tab Groups and have about 50 groups for various unfinished decisions (some of which are just To Read)

New comment by apple4ever in "AI: Considerations for people who make decisions"

apple4ever — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 17:47:12 +0000

Really really good article. Surprised it didn't get more commentary around here.

New comment by apple4ever in "AI: Considerations for people who make decisions"

apple4ever — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 17:47:03 +0000

Really really good article. Surprised it didn't get more commentary around here.

New comment by apple4ever in "Zero roadkill as Amazon canopy bridges secure 15,000 crossings"

apple4ever — Wed, 29 Jul 2026 01:27:55 +0000

Thank you for pointing this out, as Eastern Orthodox Christian.

New comment by apple4ever in "The Zilog Z80 has turned 50"

apple4ever — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 21:00:12 +0000

Very cool! Someday I'm going to make my own, but in Objective-C, marrying my favorite language and my favorite processor :)

New comment by apple4ever in "The Zilog Z80 has turned 50"

apple4ever — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 20:58:57 +0000

It was the TI-85 for me, but that's how I got my start in assembly language and how I came to love the Z80.

New comment by apple4ever in "FreeBSD 16 Retires the Last of Its GPL Code from Its Base System"

apple4ever — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 19:51:03 +0000

Agreed, in fact I don't think copyleft software is free software.

New comment by apple4ever in "US House of Representatives takes step to make daylight saving time permanent"

apple4ever — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 19:47:39 +0000

It's not though. I want more sun when I'm awake after work, then in the morning. Permanent DST time is actually better in every way.

New comment by apple4ever in "US House of Representatives takes step to make daylight saving time permanent"

apple4ever — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 19:46:54 +0000

As you said, that was 50 years ago. Technology and culture has changed since then.

I think Permanent DST is the best, because more sun in the afternoon in the winter is better, but in either case, let's just stop switching.

New comment by apple4ever in "Data centers have hiked electricity prices on the public by $23B"

apple4ever — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 18:21:27 +0000

> my personal takeaway was that the PJM market is just very dysfunctional and they are blaming the datacenters instead.

That matches my thoughts after reading it too.