Hacker News: cable2600

The Battle for the Future of Steam

cable2600 — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 04:43:38 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yV1_bWc0-gI

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48366162

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

You need to stop using Google now

cable2600 — Sat, 30 May 2026 21:50:02 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WyduoGpIPo

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48340937

Points: 10

# Comments: 8

New comment by cable2600 in "American Dads Became the Parents Their Fathers Never Were"

cable2600 — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 22:42:21 +0000

We were latchkey kids. The key to the house door was tied around our neck using a shoelace. When the street lights came on, it meant going home. Both parents worked to afford the house and the kids' expenses.

New comment by cable2600 in "Not buying another Kindle"

cable2600 — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 18:09:29 +0000

I have old Kindles that Amazon disabled from downloading new books. They are trying to force me to buy new Kindles, but I just use the Kindle reader app for my PC. Anyone can recommend an alternative to Kindle. Please let me know.

New comment by cable2600 in "Tell HN: MS365 upgrade silently to 25 licenses, tried to charge me $1,035"

cable2600 — Sun, 22 Mar 2026 06:24:30 +0000

This is why I use LibreOffice instead of Microsoft365.

New comment by cable2600 in "Digg is gone again"

cable2600 — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:12:53 +0000

Did they have a working business plan?

Step 1: Copy Reddit

Step 2: ?

Step 3: Profit!

New comment by cable2600 in "The War Trump Doesn't Want to Talk About"

cable2600 — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 02:04:49 +0000

Mirror without a paywall: https://archive.is/f1ijl

New comment by cable2600 in "Reverse engineering a DOS game with no source code using Codex 5.4"

cable2600 — Sun, 08 Mar 2026 06:28:42 +0000

Interesting. Can revive DOS games in DOS to Rust to make them cross-platform. I imagine most DOS games are no longer sold or supported, or IP sitting on an underwriter's file cabinet?

A State Government Tried to Regulate Linux; It Went How You'd Expect

cable2600 — Sun, 01 Mar 2026 03:10:27 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQLdDR-hJpc

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47203260

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

That's it. Bill Gates is DONE

cable2600 — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 03:50:30 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZWT75CKZko

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47161598

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by cable2600 in "The AI War Is Over. Google Won"

cable2600 — Wed, 18 Feb 2026 06:26:58 +0000

What is the ROI in Data Centers? Google has an advantage in making its own chips and hardware, as it is 1/3rd the cost of others. Microsoft has $0 ROI on its data centers.

The AI War Is Over. Google Won

cable2600 — Wed, 18 Feb 2026 05:31:42 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcE0NPYlo1w

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47057539

Points: 4

# Comments: 1

Jonathan Blow on Why Modern Software Is Bloated

cable2600 — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 04:50:22 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOtWR_T2VOk

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46970990

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

Linux 7.0 Review: Major Performance, GPU, CPU, and Networking Upgrades

cable2600 — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 04:23:29 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3s37rDlIemI

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46970794

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by cable2600 in "Microsoft Loses $400B After AI Spending Backfires [video]"

cable2600 — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 06:37:15 +0000

Memory and Chip prices went up, and Microsoft is building Data Centers. Copilot 365 only has 3% of users using the AI features. Microsoft's biggest AI customer, OpenAI is looking to use other Data Centers. Microsoft's stock took a 10% hit and lost $400B USD. Microsoft's Data Centers have high electricity bills and thus have a 0 ROI. If Microsoft doesn't get customers for its AI Data Centers, they stand to lose more than $400B USD. Investors want to see profits, not broken promises of profits.