Hacker News: binkHN

New comment by binkHN in "Telstra ends Australia's long RCS wait"

binkHN — Sat, 24 Oct 2026 12:41:59 +0000

Love RCS, but this, like iMessage, is a closed system.

New comment by binkHN in "Apple and a hacker's future"

binkHN — Mon, 05 Oct 2026 22:13:23 +0000

If it doesn't support Linux well, I'm not buying it. It's that simple.

New comment by binkHN in "Apple and a hacker's future"

binkHN — Mon, 05 Oct 2026 22:11:38 +0000

For all of Linux's warts, it's still better than the commercial crap coming from Microsoft and Apple that focuses on 99% of consumers. For many of us at HN, Linux is a blessing and it's only getting better.

New comment by binkHN in "'We hacked the FBI:' Hackers say they have data on all FBI employees"

binkHN — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 01:18:29 +0000

Does this mean we'll see new startups in the sneaker-net space?

New comment by binkHN in "Android 17 is the first since 3.x to add new APIs without releasing to the AOSP"

binkHN — Sat, 19 Sep 2026 05:08:46 +0000

They want to be like Apple here and lock things down. Remember SMS? The ubiquitous text messaging protocol that had an API that developers could access? Now, the latest standard, RCS, is locked down with no API and behaves just like iMessage. Ring any bells?

New comment by binkHN in "ChatGPT Images 2.5"

binkHN — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 01:16:16 +0000

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New comment by binkHN in "Hang on to Your Firefox"

binkHN — Wed, 02 Sep 2026 14:48:40 +0000

Wonderful to hear this is fixed in Nightly on Linux; thanks for the heads up. I reported this several months ago.

New comment by binkHN in "Hang on to Your Firefox"

binkHN — Wed, 02 Sep 2026 01:58:29 +0000

Hate that they recently implemented PWAs, but didn't bother making sure the icon for the site worked, so all PWAs have the genetic Firefox icon. The most valuable feature of PWAs is to identify a tab as a standalone app and there's no fix for this in sight.

New comment by binkHN in "Tether: iMessage, SMS, etc. on Linux"

binkHN — Sat, 29 Aug 2026 18:40:47 +0000

Fair, but the only other major player here, Google, has not done much better; RCS is still locked up with no API in sight.

New comment by binkHN in "Apple introduces M6 and M5 Ultra"

binkHN — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 01:17:52 +0000

Just as bad in Windows land.

New comment by binkHN in "Apple introduces M6 and M5 Ultra"

binkHN — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 01:14:44 +0000

> Linux progressed really nicely, while MacOS deteriorated at the same rate, and it's changing the balance and the decision for me.

Same, but it's Windows that's been deteriorating fast for me. Linux has it's warts, but it's FAR better than the current commercial offerings.

New comment by binkHN in "Xbox goes down. You can't play games you own on disc"

binkHN — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 23:02:18 +0000

Yep. I think Microsoft is planning to make all their money from AI; because all their other stuff is becoming wildly enshitified and I take every opportunity that I can to look for a replacement.

New comment by binkHN in "REO Trucks I4 4WD Pickup Truck Starts at $21,500"

binkHN — Sat, 18 Jul 2026 20:17:24 +0000

I love how they list refueling only taking 5 minutes from anywhere, but they leave out that you can't refuel at home. The EV side should be updated to say refueling time is zero because every time I leave my home I'm already completely fueled up.

New comment by binkHN in "REO Trucks I4 4WD Pickup Truck Starts at $21,500"

binkHN — Sat, 18 Jul 2026 20:14:46 +0000

I hate CarPlay; yet another dumbed down interface that's inextricably linked to a phone.

New comment by binkHN in "REO Trucks I4 4WD Pickup Truck Starts at $21,500"

binkHN — Sat, 18 Jul 2026 20:10:37 +0000

You said it yourself, they're fundamentally suitable for most use cases. Yes, for the near future, there will be many use cases where gas is superior.

New comment by binkHN in "REO Trucks I4 4WD Pickup Truck Starts at $21,500"

binkHN — Sat, 18 Jul 2026 20:06:20 +0000

I don't see the big deal. If it was 100 years ago, then the name, perhaps, is effectively new.

New comment by binkHN in "Lobste.rs is now running on SQLite"

binkHN — Sat, 18 Jul 2026 01:44:18 +0000

lobste.rs, quite literally, allows you to filter the entire site by tags, so you only see what you want to see. I wish more sites did this.

New comment by binkHN in "Shrimple – A Simpler, Nicer Markdown"

binkHN — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 23:01:32 +0000

Genius! Love it! I'm going to plaster this everywhere!

New comment by binkHN in "Buried Apple feature turns an iPhone into the perfect kids' dumb phone"

binkHN — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 22:06:26 +0000

> All you need is a macbook

Is it really not possible to do this with a non-Apple machine?

New comment by binkHN in "DKIM2 and DMARCbis Have Landed"

binkHN — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 02:07:12 +0000

Thanks for this, it made me actually read the posted content, but there's a lot of content to digest and a lot MTAs will have to implement.