Hacker News: archy_

New comment by archy_ in "Trademark violation: Fake Notepad++ for Mac"

archy_ — Mon, 04 May 2026 18:07:22 +0000

There's clearly demand for notepad++ on Mac. Refusing to meet users where they are at with a simple port feels like squatting on a trademark. I find myself sympathetic to the Mac porter more than Don Ho.

New comment by archy_ in "Sam Altman: Superintelligence probably by end of 2028"

archy_ — Fri, 20 Feb 2026 17:27:02 +0000

Full tweet (since it wouldn't fit in the title): Sam Altman: Superintelligence probably by end of 2028. So we got roughly 2 years left. Enjoy your job while you still can. Time is ticking.

Non-Nitter link: https://x.com/kimmonismus/status/2024502735584780593

Sam Altman: Superintelligence probably by end of 2028

archy_ — Fri, 20 Feb 2026 17:27:02 +0000

Article URL: https://xcancel.com/kimmonismus/status/2024502735584780593

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47090959

Points: 5

# Comments: 8

New comment by archy_ in "Antirender: remove the glossy shine on architectural renderings"

archy_ — Fri, 30 Jan 2026 20:49:33 +0000

I keep getting "Edge Function returned a non-2xx status code." Run out of tokens?

New comment by archy_ in "'You can't have guns. You can't walk in with guns,' Trump says of Pretti killing"

archy_ — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 21:20:47 +0000

Title was truncated due to being too long. Original title: WATCH: 'You can't have guns. You can't walk in with guns,' Trump says of Alex Pretti killing

I guess 'walk in' refers to being outside

'You can't have guns. You can't walk in with guns,' Trump says of Pretti killing

archy_ — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 21:20:47 +0000

Article URL: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-you-cant-have-guns-you-cant-walk-in-with-guns-trump-says-of-alex-pretti-killing

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46786995

Points: 14

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New comment by archy_ in "FBI is investigating Minnesota Signal chats tracking ICE"

archy_ — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 21:16:21 +0000

Never fear, the 2nd amendments days are numbered too. Trump just said 'You can't have guns. You can't walk in with guns' (the 'in' in this context being 'outside')

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-you-cant-have-gu...

New comment by archy_ in "Show HN: isometric.nyc – giant isometric pixel art map of NYC"

archy_ — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 17:11:19 +0000

Low-res cel shading would be a better descriptor. It lends itself to looking like pixel art when zoomed out, but cel shading when zoomed in.

New comment by archy_ in "Your brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of cognitive debt when using an AI assistant"

archy_ — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 17:02:56 +0000

4b-model take. LLMs are far more intelligent than you give them credit for. Every new layer of abstraction allows us to develop software better and faster. People constantly ragged on OOP yet it is the foundation of modern computing. People while about "bloat" but continue to buy more RAM. Compilers are a black box and meaningfully inhibit your ability to write asm but these days nobody cares. I see LLMs as the next logical evolution in computing abstractions.

New comment by archy_ in "OpenBSD-current now runs as guest under Apple Hypervisor"

archy_ — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 15:58:13 +0000

>a WSL2-esque wrapper around Virtualization.framework allowing for easy installation of Linux containers.

So Linux is now a first class citizen on both Windows and Mac? I guess it really is true that 'if you can't beat em, join em.' Jobs must be rolling in his grave.

New comment by archy_ in "OpenBSD-current now runs as guest under Apple Hypervisor"

archy_ — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 15:53:32 +0000

Why does QEMU need to start X? Shouldn't that be OpenBSD's responsibility?

New comment by archy_ in "Trump says Venezuela’s Maduro captured after strikes"

archy_ — Sat, 03 Jan 2026 16:22:30 +0000

I've also seen it stand for Make Israel Great Again, given the unwavering support for Netanyahu and his agenda from the administration

New comment by archy_ in "Comprehension debt: A ticking time bomb of LLM-generated code"

archy_ — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 16:09:50 +0000

C has a lot of ambiguity in how it is parsed ("undefined behavior") but people usually view that as a benefit because it allows compilers more freedom to dictate an implementation.

The Asus Dumpster Fire [video]

archy_ — Sun, 20 Jul 2025 19:58:30 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vy_KWP04pfs

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44628772

Points: 5

# Comments: 1

New comment by archy_ in "Employers Are Buried in A.I.-Generated Résumés"

archy_ — Wed, 25 Jun 2025 03:32:04 +0000

I don't really know how to feel about this. I've seen enough misconfigured Workday instances that result in most decent candidates never getting their resumes looked at because they didn't keyword-optimize enough, so it feels quite justifiable.

But for those businesses that actually review resumes, it's gotta be brutal.

Also, archive link: https://archive.is/ux6E7

What is a heat dome? It's like 'a lid on a pot'

archy_ — Wed, 25 Jun 2025 03:29:06 +0000

Article URL: https://www.npr.org/2025/06/24/g-s1-74358/heat-dome-hot-weather-explained

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44373406

Points: 6

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New comment by archy_ in "Ancient X11 scaling technology"

archy_ — Wed, 25 Jun 2025 03:27:22 +0000

>users may want to scale differently anyways

Users think they want a lot of things they don't really need. Do we really want to hand users that loaded gun so that they can choose incorrectly where to fire?

Message from UW leadership on budget reductions

archy_ — Mon, 23 Jun 2025 21:20:18 +0000

Article URL: https://news.wisc.edu/message-from-uw-leadership-on-budget-reductions/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44360246

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by archy_ in "Matt Mullenweg is unbanning anyone ever banned from Wordpress.org"

archy_ — Tue, 22 Apr 2025 22:33:57 +0000

Seemingly this is for any reason, though whether this will be applied consistently remains to be seen.

I have to wonder if this is in response to the lawsuit from WP Engine over being banned, in a "fine, I'll unban everyone and we'll see how much you like it then" way.

Matt Mullenweg is unbanning anyone ever banned from Wordpress.org

archy_ — Tue, 22 Apr 2025 22:33:57 +0000

Article URL: https://twitter.com/photomatt/status/1914539448366252444

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43766932

Points: 12

# Comments: 3