Hacker News: binkHN

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.

New comment by binkHN in "The gamers taking on the industry to stop it switching off games"

binkHN — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 22:57:00 +0000

I still miss Stadia.

New comment by binkHN in "Ferrari Luce"

binkHN — Tue, 26 May 2026 03:37:02 +0000

> energy efficiency matters more with EVs

This is correct, but I really don't see why Ferrari would care.

New comment by binkHN in "Ferrari Luce"

binkHN — Tue, 26 May 2026 03:34:24 +0000

> The lights gently recede when switched off, perserving the purity of the form

Wow. It's a Ferrari and the top things about the car is how the lights shut off. Way to go Ferrari.

New comment by binkHN in "Google changes its search box"

binkHN — Wed, 20 May 2026 14:24:34 +0000

It's a new frontier and people have not targeted it yet?

New comment by binkHN in "OpenBSD 7.9"

binkHN — Wed, 20 May 2026 06:57:09 +0000

Neat stuff, but this is not going to easily run the vast majority of open source software out there.

New comment by binkHN in "Google changes its search box"

binkHN — Tue, 19 May 2026 20:47:46 +0000

> When I am searching for something, I usually want to find primary sources.

And therein lies the rub; for years now Google's search results have returned useless SEO garbage. For now, it definitely seems like an LLM answer is better than what was being returned and I guess this is the reason why Google ripped it out.

New comment by binkHN in "OpenBSD 7.9"

binkHN — Tue, 19 May 2026 20:30:36 +0000

> OpenBSD focuses on auditing.

This is partially true; there are numerous other things that are done for mitigation outside of this.

New comment by binkHN in "OpenBSD 7.9"

binkHN — Tue, 19 May 2026 19:20:25 +0000

Agree. It's obvious some people are still having fun making operating systems!