Hacker News: archerx

New comment by archerx in "German implementation of eIDAS will require an Apple/Google account to function"

archerx — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 10:41:18 +0000

What if it was the size of a credit card and it had stuff like your name, date of birth and even a picture of your face. I want to name this invention an ID card…

New comment by archerx in "German implementation of eIDAS will require an Apple/Google account to function"

archerx — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 09:16:01 +0000

Or someone could be getting kickbacks on the down low.

New comment by archerx in "German implementation of eIDAS will require an Apple/Google account to function"

archerx — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 09:15:12 +0000

What if I don’t have a smartphone?

New comment by archerx in "Apple's intentional crippling of Mobile Safari"

archerx — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 14:03:06 +0000

I don’t know what you’re on about, my game runs at 60fps while using 10% of the cpu and some GPU.

New comment by archerx in "Apple's intentional crippling of Mobile Safari"

archerx — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 07:49:12 +0000

Yes it does because it’s optimized and efficient because there is no bloat, everything in the engine is there to serve this specific game.

I will eventually test it on android but I don’t see why it would not work with out any issues.

I wouldn’t use Facebook as a reference, I have an inside joke that they have the worst programmers. They managed to make a site that shows text and images make my computers fans spin which is honestly just embarrassing all things considered.

New comment by archerx in "Apple's intentional crippling of Mobile Safari"

archerx — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 06:41:12 +0000

This is excellent!

New comment by archerx in "Apple's intentional crippling of Mobile Safari"

archerx — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 05:10:11 +0000

The problem is not Google, I hate Google so I’m not white knighting them or anything but a lot of basic things are just badly implemented on iOS safari. Also if something works in chrome it probably works in Firefox as well. The only odd duck is safari and people who defend clearly have no experience trying to develop for it.

New comment by archerx in "Apple's intentional crippling of Mobile Safari"

archerx — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 05:07:22 +0000

Why isn’t it the best way to go? I’m not a fan of those web game engines so I made my own.

I have various avenues of monitization; sponsored ads and letting players buy cosmetic items.

I have yet to test it on android because my priorities are making it work on desktop and iOS first and then android after. Why? because of my past experiences with making games.

New comment by archerx in "Apple's intentional crippling of Mobile Safari"

archerx — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 05:02:01 +0000

Making things work in chrome and Firefox is trivial and is never hard but when it comes to safari you have to figure out the special dance to make things work properly even when targeting it first.

No developing for chrome does not encourage browser incompatibility.

New comment by archerx in "Apple's intentional crippling of Mobile Safari"

archerx — Sun, 22 Mar 2026 17:35:30 +0000

Or maybe they deserve it?

New comment by archerx in "Apple's intentional crippling of Mobile Safari"

archerx — Sun, 22 Mar 2026 17:34:25 +0000

You clearly haven’t tried to design anything complicated that has to run on safari iOS. Safari iOS is a massive piece of shit. I’ve been working on a web game for a while now using canvas and most of my pain comes from making it compatible with safari. So much stuff is broken on safari so you have to find work arounds. Like a simple but annoying one, CSS filters don’t work on canvas so you have to write all those filters your self and apply them by using imgData.

Also the constant crashing when using canvas and the web audio api, it’s a disaster to be honest and it feels intentional, like they want me to write an app instead so they can rent seek.

New comment by archerx in "HP trialed mandatory 15-minute support call wait times (2025)"

archerx — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 14:29:11 +0000

Let’s not kid ourselves, they knew exactly what they were doing. They were hoping people would just hang up and give up. This would save money in the short term but lose money in the long term but that’s what you get when the current quarter is all that matters.

Anyway my experience with HP has taught me to never buy their products ever again.

New comment by archerx in "Afroman found not liable in defamation case"

archerx — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 12:00:01 +0000

Those cops are the epitome of the term “cry bully”.

New comment by archerx in "John C. Dvorak – heart attack – in hospital"

archerx — Sun, 08 Mar 2026 05:40:34 +0000

I have been listening to John since I discovered him on “This Week In Tech” and I enjoyed his show “Cranky Geeks” while it was running. I hope he gets well and has a fast recovery!

New comment by archerx in "Making Firefox's right-click not suck with about:config"

archerx — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 18:38:58 +0000

I think Firefox’s “shift + right click” to bypass context menu blocking should be adopted by all browsers.

New comment by archerx in "Porkbun sells out – Starts requiring Age ID despite no legal requirement"

archerx — Sun, 22 Feb 2026 16:10:11 +0000

Why would it be in my interest?

New comment by archerx in "Porkbun sells out – Starts requiring Age ID despite no legal requirement"

archerx — Sun, 22 Feb 2026 13:06:28 +0000

This is troubling because I also left namecheap for porkbun some years ago. While porkbun is good I am willing to move my 50+ domains to a worthy alternative when the time comes, however for now I’m going to wait and see how this story unfolds.

Also what are some good alternatives to porkbun?

New comment by archerx in "An AI agent published a hit piece on me – more things have happened"

archerx — Sat, 14 Feb 2026 12:23:26 +0000

Yea but doing that would decrease engagement and engagement is the only metric that matters! /s

New comment by archerx in "Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish (2005)"

archerx — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 10:08:53 +0000

You forgot an important part of Steve Jobs journey; having a genius friend that you can deceptively take advantage of.

New comment by archerx in "Clean Coder: The Dark Path (2017)"

archerx — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 10:48:16 +0000

I can understand, I’ve had some awful bicycle accidents while not wearing a helmet and the helmet would have made no difference. My knees, hands and elbows have been through a lot but I have never hit my head. Even while skateboarding the one time I hit my head a helmet would not have helped. In hindsight I should have worn knee pads a lot more often but then I wouldn’t be able to tell if it’s gonna rain or not from the feeling in one of my knees :)

However if I had to ride on a public road with cars zooming pass me recklessly I would absolutely wear a helmet on a bicycle.