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New comment by chupchap in "Bring Back Idiomatic Design"

chupchap — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 23:44:56 +0000

Good point, I think in case of Figma the idiomatic design was set by Sketch and other UI design apps, which in itself was a step away from the idiomatic design established by Photoshop.

New comment by chupchap in "What does it mean to “write like you talk”?"

chupchap — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 01:29:44 +0000

I cannot agree with this after reading transcripts of Trump's speeches. It does make sense in some scenarios, but writing like one speaks only works for people who speak clearly and effectively; unfortunately most people are terrible communicators.

New comment by chupchap in "LLM scraper bots are overloading acme.com's HTTPS server"

chupchap — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 04:21:41 +0000

Bot traffic is crazy even for smaller sites, but still manageable. I was getting 2,000 visitors a day on my infrequently updated website, but after I blocked all the bots via Cloudflare it went back to the normal double digit visitor count.

New comment by chupchap in "Flighty Airports"

chupchap — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 01:49:24 +0000

Haha I came in to write the exact same thing. Such a weird choice

New comment by chupchap in "Florida judge rules red light camera tickets are unconstitutional"

chupchap — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 21:42:20 +0000

> People in other parts of the world tend to think that they are just as protected from their government as we are in the USA

No one in a modern democratic country thinks this way. US is not a benchmark in any form other than grandstanding about rights. Government snooping and overreach is as much a problem in US compared to other countries.

The difference is that something as simple as a traffic rule violation is not linked to constitutional rights because the repercussions of over speeding and jumping a signal is a catastrophic and could lead to deadly accidents. The problem that was solved with the linked verdict was that the process of proving innocence was not easy and this could have been easily solved with process change, without all the legal wrangling. It is just legalese porn and an over complication.

New comment by chupchap in "Florida judge rules red light camera tickets are unconstitutional"

chupchap — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 22:46:53 +0000

Being the registered owner makes the person responsible. The owner can state it being stolen, or driven by someone else as valid reasons

New comment by chupchap in "Florida judge rules red light camera tickets are unconstitutional"

chupchap — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 21:50:17 +0000

In Australia you will get a fine and demerit points for speeding or for running through a red light. The points don't go away even if you pay the fine. If you go through a year without infractions, one point will be taken off. I think that's a fair system. More details here [https://www.nsw.gov.au/driving-boating-and-transport/demerit...] and here [https://www.primelawyers.com.au/traffic-law/speeding-offence...]

Coming to the part about issuing fines to the registered owner, you can nominate a different driver online here, when replying to the fine. The person nominated need to accept this as well before it is taken off the person to whom the vehicle is registered to.

New comment by chupchap in "I built a demo of what AI chat will look like when it's “free” and ad-supported"

chupchap — Sun, 01 Mar 2026 23:28:56 +0000

Type "Plants love Brawndo" to start chatting

New comment by chupchap in "Ladybird adopts Rust, with help from AI"

chupchap — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 23:59:44 +0000

Really like this translation approach and I had written about it just couple of days back (more from a testing and validation context). To see folks take that approach to something complex is pretty amazing! https://balanarayan.com/2026/02/20/gen-ai-time-to-focus-on-l...

New comment by chupchap in "In world without BlackBerry, physical keyboards on phones are making a comeback"

chupchap — Sun, 22 Feb 2026 22:57:04 +0000

If you're using gboard, you can resize the height of the keyboard

New comment by chupchap in "Facebook is cooked"

chupchap — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 01:46:33 +0000

I was able to tame it on Instagram by actively blocking 3-4 accounts every day and then engaging with accounts of just one topic; I picked Cricket. That said, I don't use the discovery section much so when I revisit after a few weeks it resets to filth. So the way it works is if I go to the discovery tab and like a couple of random cricket videos. It keeps it sane to an extent. Facebook is a different story though

New comment by chupchap in "State of the Windows: What is going on with Windows 11?"

chupchap — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 22:02:16 +0000

I haven't reinstalled Windows in years in my PC. The only place I see this issue is in my work laptop, but that also has multiple anti-virus, endpoint detection and other security things hogging memory in the background in the most inefficient way possible.

New comment by chupchap in "State of the Windows: What is going on with Windows 11?"

chupchap — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 22:53:30 +0000

No. It was frustrating to use and had to be reinstalled every year. Windows 8.1 was good and so was Windows 10 to a degree.

New comment by chupchap in "Show HN: Aventos – An experiment in cheap AI SEO"

chupchap — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 04:07:05 +0000

You could create a separate pricing for demanding businesses that need to track multiple products/brands that come under its umbrella, while retaining the existing pricing for smaller businesses and individuals

New comment by chupchap in "Selling SaaS in Japan"

chupchap — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 02:49:31 +0000

Those QR codes are for a payment method called UPI that is managed by a conglomerate of banks (NPCI), with the blessings of the Reserve bank. Google Pay, PhonePe etc are apps that are interoperable and allow P2P or P2B payments by scanning a code. The payments are instantaneous and free; at least for P2P scenarios. Anyone with a bank account can sign up for any of the UPI apps and generate a QR code using which they can accept payments from anyone and this drastically reduces the effort it takes to join the digital payments economy.

New comment by chupchap in "Apple picks Gemini to power Siri"

chupchap — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 23:11:11 +0000

I think Apple is also more comfortable with Google than say an OpenAI due to the past relationship with the search deal.

New comment by chupchap in "The struggle of resizing windows on macOS Tahoe"

chupchap — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 00:35:12 +0000

Result of UI people work on UX. As an industry we need to de-hyphenate UI and UX.

New comment by chupchap in "It's hard to justify Tahoe icons"

chupchap — Mon, 05 Jan 2026 23:35:13 +0000

I have a different theory for the current enshitification we see. When OS updates became free Apple and Microsoft stopped caring about what customers want and what will sell. This allowed them to do whatever they wanted without repercussions. OS updates automatically and the new UI is forced on you along with the terrible UX taped on top. Every app and API was geared to the latest OS version alone for developer simplicity and this added to the pressure on the end customer. I don't know how this loop ends, but this sucks.

New comment by chupchap in "Logos Language Guide: Compile English to Rust"

chupchap — Mon, 05 Jan 2026 08:18:41 +0000

OMG this is so fascinating. We were taught LOGO in school for a year when we were kids

New comment by chupchap in "India orders smartphone makers to preload state-owned cyber safety app"

chupchap — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 22:27:46 +0000

I thought it was made by NPCI, which is owned by RBI, AND the IBA. It is ultimately a government organisation.