Hacker News: benbristow

New comment by benbristow in "Is Fable 5 Back?"

benbristow — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 13:43:37 +0000

I keep thinking Fable 5 is an instalment of the Lionhead/Microsoft RPG series...

New comment by benbristow in "Doing nothing at work"

benbristow — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 14:12:43 +0000

And just like that Messenger has gone down right on cue.

New comment by benbristow in "Doing nothing at work"

benbristow — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 23:35:58 +0000

Meanwhile performance of Meta projects runs at 20% full of bugs.

New comment by benbristow in "Doing nothing at work"

benbristow — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 23:35:23 +0000

In SCRUM though if that stuff isn't in the sprint you'll probably get backlash from QAs as it needs testing etc, or questioned why you're bringing in that stuff.

Easier to sit back and not do anything.

New comment by benbristow in "Cartoon Network Flash Games"

benbristow — Sat, 09 May 2026 00:30:30 +0000

Respectfully, I think this is a you issue at this point!

New comment by benbristow in "Cartoon Network Flash Games"

benbristow — Sat, 09 May 2026 00:24:53 +0000

Use a newer machine to grab the files then transfer them?

You must have one somewhere, you're chatting on HN with a modern SSL certificate.

New comment by benbristow in "Cartoon Network Flash Games"

benbristow — Fri, 08 May 2026 23:13:13 +0000

Flashpoint runs without installing anything via the ZIP version. It's FOSS software so no issue there I hope?

New comment by benbristow in "Cartoon Network Flash Games"

benbristow — Fri, 08 May 2026 22:56:56 +0000

The Infinity version lets you download as you go rather than download the whole 2TB+! archive.

Can just grab them out of the cache once they've been downloaded, wherever they're stored.

New comment by benbristow in "Valve releases Steam Controller CAD files under Creative Commons license"

benbristow — Wed, 06 May 2026 19:20:45 +0000

Privately owned company, GabeN is getting on a bit now, he does have a son mind, we'll see what happens later on.

New comment by benbristow in "Irony as Meta staff unhappy about running surveillance software on work PCs"

benbristow — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 11:28:45 +0000

Have you seen the salaries Meta pay?

New comment by benbristow in "IPv6 traffic crosses the 50% mark"

benbristow — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 11:55:48 +0000

And Virgin Media in the UK still doesn't support IPv6

New comment by benbristow in "Someone bought 30 WordPress plugins and planted a backdoor in all of them"

benbristow — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 16:16:41 +0000

Enterprise usage. Devs know companies will just pay out. Easier than trying to get sponsored.

New comment by benbristow in "Microsoft exec suggests AI agents will need to buy licenses, just like employees"

benbristow — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 09:19:33 +0000

Free article:

https://www.techradar.com/pro/microsoft-is-reportedly-planni...

New comment by benbristow in "Someone bought 30 WordPress plugins and planted a backdoor in all of them"

benbristow — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 08:52:01 +0000

.NET is great because you use a FOSS library and then a month later the developer changes the licence and forces you to either pay a subscription for future upgrades or swap it out.

New comment by benbristow in "Apple's accidental moat: How the "AI Loser" may end up winning"

benbristow — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 12:17:40 +0000

Surely it's less of an advantage in rich countries because naturally less theft occurs?

New comment by benbristow in "The 49MB web page"

benbristow — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 00:35:43 +0000

Comes to about 2MB for me, which seems to be because they've added the EU cookie policy compliance bloat (probably from a third-party). Once that's agreed to via cookies the page is 47KB.

New comment by benbristow in "The 49MB web page"

benbristow — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 00:32:54 +0000

Bit unfair, turned off my adblocker and ran NY Times website with cache disabled via Dev Tools, came to 3MB. Still pretty damn high but not 49MB. (Will say I'm in the UK so might be different across the pond).

New comment by benbristow in "Don't post generated/AI-edited comments. HN is for conversation between humans"

benbristow — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 21:17:07 +0000

Just add a filter for emdashes, 99% of AI posts out the window already.

New comment by benbristow in "MinIO Is Dead, Long Live MinIO"

benbristow — Sat, 28 Feb 2026 23:41:21 +0000

The README doesn't seem to have been updated, is there an updated Docker image to use now?

Edit:

https://hub.docker.com/r/pgsty/minio

From the OP's link

New comment by benbristow in "Google Street View in 2026"

benbristow — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 18:54:59 +0000

The workstation paragraph seems like a humble brag. Most of us yearn for a set-up like that! Especially with the price of components going up thanks to AI and corporations buying all the hardware to support it.