Hacker News: chris_wot

New comment by chris_wot in "Odin, Wikipedia and engagement farming"

chris_wot — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 17:53:41 +0000

Except that didn’t stop others from being banned. But hey, admins could never be damned with accusations of consistency (or basic fairness).

New comment by chris_wot in "Resetting Xbox"

chris_wot — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 17:52:23 +0000

The hardware, software maturity (I’m looking at Gnome here), and lack of wanting tinker with the core OS and wanting to use an M5.

FWIW, in terms of software maturity - I think some might find that funny as I contribute to LibreOffice code :-)

New comment by chris_wot in "Resetting Xbox"

chris_wot — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 18:40:01 +0000

My son setup Gamepass a few years ago. It was the biggest rip off I've ever seen. So many things about Microsoft are out of kilter. I'm about to migrate my daughter away from a 3 year old Lenovo Yoga to a Macbook Air M5 - it's just too hard to administer, its now sluggish and the AI is completely in the way. She doesn't need it, and despite a few business practices of Apple I don't really like if I have to choose between them and Microsoft, then I choose Apple.

I was not like this as a teenager. I went through DOS, Windows 3.1x, Window 95, Windows 98, Windows 2000/XP and then all the way to Windows 7. I have completely changed my mind now, it's really only Apple I want to use. Everything about Apple is easier.

New comment by chris_wot in "Odin, Wikipedia and engagement farming"

chris_wot — Sat, 04 Jul 2026 08:02:46 +0000

Even more incredible that someone who represents an organisation is allowed to edit the English Wikipedia under that username! Anyone else would have their account banned.

But hey, don't expect consistency or fairness from the ones on the English Wikipedia.

New comment by chris_wot in "Odin, Wikipedia and engagement farming"

chris_wot — Sat, 04 Jul 2026 07:15:53 +0000

If you quote the dictionary to win an argument, quote it in full. There are two definitions of obscure in the Cambridge dictionary. The other is:

obscure (adjective)

not clear and difficult to understand or see:

- Official policy has changed, for reasons that remain obscure.

- His answers were obscure and confusing.

- "the syntax itself is obscure"

New comment by chris_wot in "Odin, Wikipedia and engagement farming"

chris_wot — Sat, 04 Jul 2026 06:57:35 +0000

Could you use it in production?

New comment by chris_wot in "Odin, Wikipedia and engagement farming"

chris_wot — Sat, 04 Jul 2026 05:56:17 +0000

Do you have proof there are more editors now? By an order of magnitude? Or don’t mean there are people who like to participate in Wikipedia drama and who don’t actively contribute to article creation?

New comment by chris_wot in "Odin, Wikipedia and engagement farming"

chris_wot — Sat, 04 Jul 2026 05:52:55 +0000

Not more obscure than Brainfuck.

New comment by chris_wot in "Odin, Wikipedia and engagement farming"

chris_wot — Sat, 04 Jul 2026 05:51:36 +0000

Given the people now running the English Wikipedia, this is hardly surprising. Most of these folks have no real interest in article creation, only drama and fiddling with things like categories.

EOL DR / End-of-Life Disaster Response

chris_wot — Sat, 04 Jul 2026 05:47:13 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/potatoqualitee/eol-dr

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48782939

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by chris_wot in "Gemini models increasingly stucking in thinking loop"

chris_wot — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 09:37:29 +0000

I dunno about stuck, but I get a lot of errors that prevent me from submitting new prompts.

New comment by chris_wot in "Giant Banana Pulled Over: Driver Says Cops Have Stopped Him 100s of Times"

chris_wot — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 05:00:33 +0000

I missed that, which is a pity as it's a fruitful story and I must have slipped up as it looks quite a-peeling. Certainly I clicked on this story as it stood out from the bunch.

New comment by chris_wot in "Microsoft new Outlook takes 10 seconds to do what Outlook Classic does instantly"

chris_wot — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 14:20:56 +0000

iOS and macOS aren't even close to the awfulness of search on Windows.

New comment by chris_wot in "Microsoft new Outlook takes 10 seconds to do what Outlook Classic does instantly"

chris_wot — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 13:58:19 +0000

That's nothing. He have Surface Pro laptops, and of course it has Copilot built in. I tried to open an app by typing in a search. On versions without Copilot turned on, instantly finds the app. On a Surface Pro, takes a good 20-30 seconds for it even start the search.

Complete rubbish. Not a single person in the organisation likes the new Outlook.

New comment by chris_wot in "Apple rejected my dictation app for using the accessibility API"

chris_wot — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 02:16:40 +0000

Indeed. The person who responded made the following points:

* BHG then made a thuggish and threatening post on your user page:

* BHG later characterised this like "oh but he was trolling me and I merely asked him one time on his talk page to stop (which is allowed)", which is bollocks because the "one time" is a long, angry screed written in a menacing tone.

And yet, no action was taken against her. I wonder why that was? And yet I was the one who was indefinitely banned. There was clear bias, and Wikipedia lost a good contributor. One I would say did far more than she ever did (she dealt with categories and dead links, and one article relating to Ireland).

Incidentally, if you want to know what the poster missed... it was that it was a one-way interaction ban. BHG was never, not even once, admonished for the way she treated me. In fact, her supporters actively encouraged her to attack me. When she attacked me, I was unable to defend myself or respond. Does that sound like procedural fairness to you?

Funnily enough, she did this to one too many people and was banned. I was banned by her supporters, not by ArbCom. It's what is known as a kangaroo court.

But hey, fairness and impartiality on Wikipedia was something that was lost a long time ago. Wikipedia is continuing to slide into obscurity. The ones who are active are most interested in drama, and not content. I feel sorry for those who are there for the content.

New comment by chris_wot in "Apple rejected my dictation app for using the accessibility API"

chris_wot — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 02:06:49 +0000

How was I instigating constantly, Chris? Can you provide any evidence of that? Perhaps an ArbCom investigation?

You can't, because that never happened.

But hey, keep defending BrownHairedGirl. You seem to be fine with her constant abuse!

New comment by chris_wot in "Apple rejected my dictation app for using the accessibility API"

chris_wot — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 02:06:02 +0000

And why was that interaction ban enacted? It was immenseley unfair. It was pathetic in fact, given it was a one-way ban, and she had consistently denigrated me. Unless you think that's justice.

So no, not the pot calling the kettle black in any way. She had her coiterie of followers, and she was banned as a bully. They enabled her.

New comment by chris_wot in "Apple rejected my dictation app for using the accessibility API"

chris_wot — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 14:38:53 +0000

I commented on BrownHairedGirl’s RFA. The most toxic user ever on Wikipedia.

I can assure you, there are those on Wikipedia who committed far worse offenses and they remain.

Like I say - a cesspool that doesn’t respect article writers.

New comment by chris_wot in "Apple rejected my dictation app for using the accessibility API"

chris_wot — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 14:34:24 +0000

Good for you I guess.

Everything I ever added was kept, and I was permanently banned. I created [ciation needed], started the admins noticeboard, reworked the USA Patriot Act article, wrote numerous articles for WiR with extensive referencing, contributed to peer review and good article reviews, and a shitload more, but nope. Not good enough.

Why anyone would contribute to that cesspool is anyone’s guess.

New comment by chris_wot in "Meta launches Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp subscriptions"

chris_wot — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 12:18:48 +0000

To purchase a subscription, you need to value and trust the service. To trust the service the provider needs to show it can be trusted.

It’s Facebook. Why would anyone trust them?