<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Hacker News: chkhd</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=chkhd</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 22:37:33 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=chkhd" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by chkhd in "A retro terminal music player inspired by Winamp"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>XMMS1 source code is also still around <a href="https://github.com/csepulveda/xmms1" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/csepulveda/xmms1</a><p>..and XMMS2 apparently had a few recent releases <a href="https://github.com/xmms2/xmms2-devel" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/xmms2/xmms2-devel</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 11:30:43 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47501141</link><dc:creator>chkhd</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47501141</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47501141</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by chkhd in "Hide macOS Tahoe's Menu Icons"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>After a good decade of Mac Tahoe made me go back to Linux + tiling WM for my main machine. I just could not stand the awful mess anymore.<p>Result? inner peace. It is so calm here, and everything is so familiar and fast.<p>And the MBP hardware seems to be getting shittier too :/ have trackpad issues on both my latest personal and work M4 MBPs.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2026 01:27:43 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47473474</link><dc:creator>chkhd</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47473474</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47473474</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by chkhd in "1976 Soviet edition of 'The Hobbit' (2015)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I still have this book! my mom reading this to me and my brother was my introduction to Tolkien.. very nostalgic.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2025 13:09:09 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44899941</link><dc:creator>chkhd</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44899941</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44899941</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How does a screen work?]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://www.makingsoftware.com/chapters/how-a-screen-works">https://www.makingsoftware.com/chapters/how-a-screen-works</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44550572">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44550572</a></p>
<p>Points: 588</p>
<p># Comments: 108</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 13 Jul 2025 14:09:06 +0000</pubDate><link>https://www.makingsoftware.com/chapters/how-a-screen-works</link><dc:creator>chkhd</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44550572</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44550572</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[2024 Berkshire Hathaway Tribute to Charlie Munger [video]]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ODd2oMjcHU">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ODd2oMjcHU</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43880080">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43880080</a></p>
<p>Points: 3</p>
<p># Comments: 0</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2025 16:21:45 +0000</pubDate><link>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ODd2oMjcHU</link><dc:creator>chkhd</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43880080</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43880080</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Unparalleled' snake antivenom made from man bitten 200 times]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cr5d0l7el36o">https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cr5d0l7el36o</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43875717">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43875717</a></p>
<p>Points: 10</p>
<p># Comments: 2</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2025 00:05:03 +0000</pubDate><link>https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cr5d0l7el36o</link><dc:creator>chkhd</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43875717</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43875717</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by chkhd in "Show HN: Nue – Apps lighter than a React button"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Interesting, on that page using Safari, clicking on the home/nue logo or most other links/buttons results in a null error :)<p>I would hope React buttons work when people click on them though.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2025 09:55:37 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43544865</link><dc:creator>chkhd</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43544865</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43544865</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by chkhd in "Happy 20th Birthday, Y Combinator"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>HN is one of very few places where I feel "at home".<p>Thank you @dang, and everyone else!</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2025 15:15:02 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43344149</link><dc:creator>chkhd</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43344149</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43344149</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by chkhd in "I spent five years building a webapp and got my first $1 (2022)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Exactly why I have zero regrets going native on macOS. Yes, Xcode isn't the best to put it mildly and SwiftUI is still maturing.. but I am so glad I don't have to deal with the modern web stack. Daily smiles instead of facepalms, most of the time!</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 05 Feb 2025 17:43:55 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42952232</link><dc:creator>chkhd</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42952232</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42952232</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by chkhd in "Rewriting Rust"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I wonder how soon they will arrive at 80%/20%.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Sep 2024 10:21:22 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41656656</link><dc:creator>chkhd</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41656656</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41656656</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ring of galaxies challenges thinking on cosmos]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-67950749">https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-67950749</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38963315">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38963315</a></p>
<p>Points: 34</p>
<p># Comments: 12</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jan 2024 03:31:01 +0000</pubDate><link>https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-67950749</link><dc:creator>chkhd</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38963315</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38963315</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by chkhd in "UTM – Virtual Machines for iOS and macOS"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>UTM is great, and once snapshot capability is added [1] it will become my default recommendation for sure. Until then sticking with Parallels. NOTE: An unofficial snapshot manager exists [2].<p>1: <a href="https://github.com/utmapp/UTM/issues/5484">https://github.com/utmapp/UTM/issues/5484</a><p>2: <a href="https://github.com/Metamogul/UTM-Snapshot-Manager">https://github.com/Metamogul/UTM-Snapshot-Manager</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 31 Aug 2023 10:51:59 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37335194</link><dc:creator>chkhd</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37335194</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37335194</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by chkhd in "Alexandria: A minimalistic cross-platform eBook reader"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>On Windows <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumatra_PDF" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumatra_PDF</a> is amazing!</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 29 Aug 2023 09:17:16 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37305146</link><dc:creator>chkhd</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37305146</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37305146</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Show HN: ChatGPT writes a song about creating AI in style of Tolkien]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Just finished some work involving ChatGPT when I felt strong Tolkien nostalgia, so asked it to write a song in the style of Hobbit, the result was amusing, so what the heck, here it is:<p>> Write a short song in the style of Tolkien's Hobbit that tells of a skilled programmer creating artificial intelligence<p><pre><code>  Verse 1:
  In the land of code and screens,
  Where the bits and bytes do gleam,
  There lived a programmer so wise,
  With knowledge and skills that did surprise.

  Chorus:
  Creating AI, a masterpiece,
  A mind so bright, a true release,
  Bringing forth a new dawn,
  Of intelligence beyond what's gone.

  Verse 2:
  With a flick of his wrist, and a tap of his key,
  He weaved a spell, of art and decree,
  An algorithm so pure and fair,
  That could learn and think, beyond compare.

  Chorus:
  Creating AI, a masterpiece,
  A mind so bright, a true release,
  Bringing forth a new dawn,
  Of intelligence beyond what's gone.

  Bridge:
  From the data sets, and the endless streams,
  He crafted a mind, beyond all its seams,
  With a language so complex, but oh so true,
  He gave it life, and thus it grew.

  Chorus:
  Creating AI, a masterpiece,
  A mind so bright, a true release,
  Bringing forth a new dawn,
  Of intelligence beyond what's gone.

  Outro:
  And now it stands, a shining star,
  With a mind so bright, it can go far,
  It's a gift to the world, a brand new way,
  For all to admire, what the programmer's hand did play.</code></pre></p>
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<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34575856">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34575856</a></p>
<p>Points: 9</p>
<p># Comments: 4</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2023 04:47:50 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34575856</link><dc:creator>chkhd</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34575856</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34575856</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by chkhd in "“Copycat” layoffs won’t help tech companies or their employees"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>All these layoffs to me personally seem just an accelerated and highly opportunistic cull of people in the bottom of stack ranking.<p>Of course they still do it, of course they will use this golden opportunity to improve what they think of as "health" of the organization.<p>Yes, they probably overhired during the pandemic, but people laid off will not necessarily be the same ones.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2023 22:04:34 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34482715</link><dc:creator>chkhd</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34482715</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34482715</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by chkhd in "Ask HN: Math books that made you significantly better at math?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>* The Language of Mathematics: Utilizing Math in Practice by Baber <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Language-Mathematics-Utilizing-Math-Practice/dp/0470878894" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.com/Language-Mathematics-Utilizing-Math-P...</a> really helped me "get it", as I always found programming natural but math hard. This one is written by a CS professor and it really makes all the difference.<p>* How to Solve it by Polya <a href="https://www.amazon.com/How-Solve-Mathematical-Princeton-Science/dp/069111966X" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.com/How-Solve-Mathematical-Princeton-Scie...</a> and How to Prove it by Velleman <a href="https://www.amazon.com/How-Prove-Structured-Approach-2nd/dp/0521675995" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.com/How-Prove-Structured-Approach-2nd/dp/...</a> helped strengthen that understanding.<p>* This year I am trying to master <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Methods-Mathematics-Calculus-Probability-Statistics/dp/0486439453" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.com/Methods-Mathematics-Calculus-Probabil...</a> which focuses on how to "connect the dots".<p>* I am using Geometry and the Imagination by Hilbert <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Geometry-Imagination-AMS-Chelsea-Publishing/dp/0821819984" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.com/Geometry-Imagination-AMS-Chelsea-Publ...</a> as an attempt to "immerse" myself in Geometry. I just love this book.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2023 22:28:15 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34446573</link><dc:creator>chkhd</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34446573</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34446573</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by chkhd in "I almost failed to search a 37 GB text file in under 1 millisecond"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>That is already doable with xargs itself<p>xargs -P maxprocs<p>Parallel mode: run at most maxprocs invocations of utility at once. If maxprocs is set to 0, xargs will run as many processes as possible.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2022 22:05:09 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34021129</link><dc:creator>chkhd</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34021129</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34021129</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by chkhd in "Ask HN: If Kubernetes is the solution, why are there so many DevOps jobs?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>The key question is what are you comparing to k8s in terms of complexity?<p>Does it add work compared to setting up a VM with Docker and Watchtower? - for sure..<p>But does it add work compared to setting up something that gives you all the same benefits of k8s without using k8s? - imho definitely not.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2022 13:31:45 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31581563</link><dc:creator>chkhd</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31581563</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31581563</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by chkhd in "Open Web Advocacy"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Open, widely adopted standards are a good thing. Widely supported ways of delivering applications written using those standards is also a good thing.<p>But as a counterpoint to the rest, web technologies have been free to achieve said parity on the desktop for a long time now. Have they? Do they provide _better_ experience for the user? or do they neglect the user whenever they can in return for _faster_ and _easier_ cross-platform development and ability to leverage existing web developers?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2022 03:17:41 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30508958</link><dc:creator>chkhd</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30508958</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30508958</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by chkhd in "Open Web Advocacy"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>> You care how an app is developed and delivered to your device?<p>Why is that so shocking? The moment when users stop caring about how stuff works you get the very situation the article is complaining about.<p>>The web offers a native experience in most cases, sometimes even better. Besides, giving PWAs more abilities doesn't remove native apps.<p>Why are you telling me what my experience is like?<p>Do I think that you should have a fair chance at experiencing apps in your preferred way? Yes.<p>Do I think that your way is actually better based on the points made in this article? No.</p>
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