Hacker News: bshacklett

New comment by bshacklett in "Kill The Cookie Banner"

bshacklett — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 22:23:17 +0000

I don't see that as malicious. Is my consent record "strictly necessary"? No. Don’t get me wrong. I’m sure they love that, but if sites saved that preference when only necessary was selected, I’m sure a bunch of people would be screaming that they weren’t following the law.

New comment by bshacklett in "Firefox Containers Preview"

bshacklett — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 11:27:06 +0000

Please tell me they didn’t break something crucial to my workflow. The containers extension has been languishing for years now. The fact that the first new thing I hear about the feature is in a blog post does not bode well.

New comment by bshacklett in "Capitalism Gone Wrong"

bshacklett — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 12:12:01 +0000

YouTube shorts is the worst. I want nothing to do with them, but I consume a lot of longform content on YouTube. On a regular basis, I find myself scrolling through shorts without even realizing it. i’ve tried all sorts of things to hide them, but from what I’ve seen it’s impossible.

New comment by bshacklett in "Fable extended until 19 July"

bshacklett — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 14:46:07 +0000

I don't understand how people are angered by this. I understand that it may be difficult to plan, but in the end, we're getting more without being charged. No-one's forcing folks to use up credits. Take it for the bonus it is.

New comment by bshacklett in "If you're a button, you have one job"

bshacklett — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 14:28:51 +0000

Point to another source that does it as well or better. The problems might have been solved, but it seems the majority of the industry continues to ignore them.

That said, I’ve been using Niri with Noctalia for months now, and I’m continuously delighted by the lack of astonishing behavior.

New comment by bshacklett in "If you're a button, you have one job"

bshacklett — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 14:25:20 +0000

Truly. The number of times I’ve been surprised by something on newer macOS versions and thought: “I think this used to go against the human interface guidelines” is crazy. IMO: the first major sign of the downfall was when stealing focus on OS X became common.

Jobs had no problem calling BS on annoying behavior. Unfortunately we’ve completely lost that, and Apple is no longer the bastion of usability that it once was.

New comment by bshacklett in "Sony erases digital content from libraries"

bshacklett — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 12:34:30 +0000

Then Sony should never have offered these assets for sale, because they never had the right to sell them!

New comment by bshacklett in "A low-carbon computing platform from your retired phones"

bshacklett — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 14:34:30 +0000

If they use anything that can be classified as a "digital lock" to enforce the policy, section 1201 of the DMCA comes into play. That includes potential criminal liability, resulting in fines and/or jail time as described by section 1204.

New comment by bshacklett in "A low-carbon computing platform from your retired phones"

bshacklett — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 14:19:11 +0000

Not exactly what you're describing, but https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Second_After kinda fits the vibe. Warning: it's really depressing, but a good read if you're in the right head space for it.

New comment by bshacklett in "Statement on US government directive to suspend access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5"

bshacklett — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 13:33:26 +0000

Hopefully Anthropic's legal team will force an answer to that question shortly.

New comment by bshacklett in "Statement on US government directive to suspend access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5"

bshacklett — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 13:23:47 +0000

This is one of the most wholesome and awesome things I've seen in a while. Thanks for sharing!

New comment by bshacklett in "Scammers are abusing an internal Microsoft account to send spam links"

bshacklett — Sun, 24 May 2026 12:18:28 +0000

From dictionary.cambridge.org: a dishonest plan for making money or getting an advantage, especially one that involves tricking people:

I can easily see a social media company demanding an ID falling under this definition if the accuser believes that the actual use of said ID will be different or more expansive than implied. That is not an unreasonable assumption, IMO.

New comment by bshacklett in "Always Invite Anna"

bshacklett — Wed, 24 Sep 2025 16:20:00 +0000

There’s a lot of pain and anger in this reply. I’m sorry you have had to experience whatever has led you here.

New comment by bshacklett in "Always Invite Anna"

bshacklett — Wed, 24 Sep 2025 12:31:12 +0000

And yet, at the end of the day, I always sleep better knowing that I put the effort in to be a good person, even if it didn’t work out the way I’d hoped.

I get the cynicism; it’s easy to feel like the world is just full of uncaring people sometimes. But, does adding one more help?

New comment by bshacklett in "“Learning how to Learn” will be next generation's most needed skill"

bshacklett — Sat, 13 Sep 2025 16:03:14 +0000

We’re in dire need of this right now. The number of people that I work with who refuse to pick up new tools and technologies is astounding. If they _do_ try something new, they seem to avoid all but the most basic knowledge of whatever it is, and look at me crosseyed if I suggest going the slightest bit deeper (`git add -p` rather than `git add .`, for example).

New comment by bshacklett in "No adblocker detected"

bshacklett — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 14:36:10 +0000

There’s also a browser extension which does the same thing, but attempts to be a bit more content-aware: https://popupoff.org

New comment by bshacklett in "Spacecraft could carry up to 2,400 people on a one-way trip to Alpha Centauri"

bshacklett — Sat, 09 Aug 2025 21:16:09 +0000

Bundles of reusable code for commonly performed operations that lead to dependency hell and supply chain attacks.

New comment by bshacklett in "Dotfiles feel too personal to share"

bshacklett — Wed, 06 Aug 2025 17:54:39 +0000

The better place to spend time might be the automation of operational tasks on those servers so that logging in isn’t necessary in the first place. Then you don’t have to leave your home environment and you can run whatever custom editing configuration you want. Of course the other upsides to that automation overshadow this a bit.

New comment by bshacklett in "Erythritol linked to brain cell damage and stroke risk"

bshacklett — Sun, 20 Jul 2025 12:22:51 +0000

Anecdotally, I have preferred it to sucralose, because sucralose leaves an aftertaste akin to gargling with liquid plastic.

New comment by bshacklett in "I'm switching to Python and actually liking it"

bshacklett — Sat, 19 Jul 2025 12:40:32 +0000

I’m legitimately curious about what you enjoy and why. Rewriting boiler plate code and trying to ensure that I get everything right with a process I don’t often execute is the very definition of toil to me.