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New comment by dannyw in "$500 GPU outperforms Claude Sonnet on coding benchmarks"

dannyw — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 01:50:20 +0000

Unfortunately AMD is much worse with supporting AI features like FSR4 on older hardware generations, despite the capability and leaked INT8 models being there. Totally unlike NVIDIA.

It’s absurd I have to use open source programs to get INT8 FSR4 support.

Apple Blocks Updates for Popular 'Vibe Coding' Apps

dannyw — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 22:42:33 +0000

Article URL: https://www.macrumors.com/2026/03/18/apple-blocks-updates-for-vibe-coding-apps/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47432320

Points: 8

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New comment by dannyw in "First MacBook Neo Benchmarks Are In"

dannyw — Sat, 07 Mar 2026 09:19:54 +0000

The amount of things you can do on a Chromebook vs macOS just doesn’t compare. Chromebooks are closer to tablets with an attached keyboard.

New comment by dannyw in "I’m joining OpenAI"

dannyw — Mon, 16 Feb 2026 14:07:39 +0000

Your comment and the article expanded my world view a little bit. Thank you.

New comment by dannyw in "Discord faces backlash over age checks after data breach exposed 70k IDs"

dannyw — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 06:39:34 +0000

I was part of the exodus too, I spent hours everyday on Digg before switching to Reddit. I remember, and Digg staff’s nonchalant/hostile responses to the community also hurt.

I wasn’t trying to provide a complete biopsy, I’m just explaining that the exodus (I agree with you on the cause) was only practical because there was a viable and user-friendly alternative.

New comment by dannyw in "A simpler way to remove explicit images from Search"

dannyw — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 06:35:19 +0000

Oh wow. Actually, that’s a really good point; I’m not sure how you could counter that (lots of regulations ~do not allow Google to hide reporting/takedown flows etc behind an account).

Hopefully Google didn’t just build the world’s best deepfake search…

New comment by dannyw in "A simpler way to remove explicit images from Search"

dannyw — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 06:31:44 +0000

Looks like a nice and well designed improvement that will help people.

I can see this is related to the sad and ongoing ‘purification’ of the internet, but still, not going to get upset over better UX for taking down deepfakes or non-consensual explicit images which do hurt people.

New comment by dannyw in "Discord faces backlash over age checks after data breach exposed 70k IDs"

dannyw — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 07:13:09 +0000

Traditional forums may not have grown as much as social media, but they’re definitely still alive and vibrant.

And honestly, higher quality conversations and community than Reddit and discord.

New comment by dannyw in "Discord faces backlash over age checks after data breach exposed 70k IDs"

dannyw — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 07:11:37 +0000

Probably not many, I wouldn’t say there’s a super compelling alternative.

Reddit only absorbed Digg because it was more customizable (subreddits) than Digg, didn’t have any real limitations, and catered towards the same “power web user” profile with the OG design (now old Reddit).

Additionally, the co-founders had strong free speech stances, even to the point of /r/jailbait.

What realistic alternative is there to Discord that’s easy to use and not a downgrade?

New comment by dannyw in "Y Combinator will let founders receive funds in stablecoins"

dannyw — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 23:36:07 +0000

Figuring out a better way to ~~invest~~ speculate with your company's balance sheet is seriously unlikely to improve the trajectory of your company.

New comment by dannyw in "Todd C. Miller – Sudo maintainer for over 30 years"

dannyw — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 15:37:45 +0000

They may not be used in layouts, but they can be present in cases like keyboard open (if you wanted to attach some controls above the software keyboard for example); or just ever growing compatibility hacks.

New comment by dannyw in "Archive.today is directing a DDoS attack against my blog"

dannyw — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 12:52:54 +0000

Archive.org is run by a registered nonprofit instead of what’s likely a sole maintainer, who while I personally appreciate, does seem to go a little unhinged sometimes (like the dispute with Cloudflare DNS).

New comment by dannyw in "Todd C. Miller – Sudo maintainer for over 30 years"

dannyw — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 12:40:30 +0000

Liquid Glass changed dimensions and viewport measurements for fixed position elements, amongst a whole host of positioning related bugs:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/79753701/ios-26-safari-w...

Many of the bugs were fixed in 26.1, but still, I had to fix it to use it.

I was surprised that not much of the entire web was broken, but a cursory search of commits showed that the WebKit/Apple team took the approach of coding in site specific hacks for popular sites (eg instagram, google search!) for iOS 26.

New comment by dannyw in "Todd C. Miller – Sudo maintainer for over 30 years"

dannyw — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 12:36:20 +0000

Context always matters. Phrases can also be normalized through everyday use without the negative connections.

New comment by dannyw in "Todd C. Miller – Sudo maintainer for over 30 years"

dannyw — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 12:33:01 +0000

0xEFF0332: Operation could not be performed due to missing TPM flag.

New comment by dannyw in "Todd C. Miller – Sudo maintainer for over 30 years"

dannyw — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 12:27:53 +0000

Yeah, I have a relatively simple script with webUI for organising photos and videos I take on my NAS.

Over the years I’ve had to upgrade the ffmpeg dependency, which resulted in breaking changes a couple times and maintenance.

I’ve also had to spend nearly a whole day fixing the webUI when iOS’s wonderful liquid glass came out.

New comment by dannyw in "GOG is getting acquired by its original co-founder"

dannyw — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 04:52:34 +0000

Yeah. Where piracy really hurts is when games get cracked and released before the official release date. That actually devastates sales; unlike a teenager with no money pirating a game (who they can’t afford to buy anyway).

There used to be (maybe still is?) a period where a small number of publishers had DRM for the first few weeks, and removed it once it was cracked.

New comment by dannyw in "GOG is getting acquired by its original co-founder"

dannyw — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 04:50:19 +0000

I also like an empress although part of the fun comes from her rantings.

New comment by dannyw in "GOG is getting acquired by its original co-founder"

dannyw — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 04:49:26 +0000

I like Steam because they have basically kept the same DRM for, like a decade now? It’s not intrusive.

New comment by dannyw in "I fed 24 years of my blog posts to a Markov model"

dannyw — Sun, 14 Dec 2025 03:36:55 +0000

A good place to start with your journey is this guide from Unsloth:

https://docs.unsloth.ai/get-started/fine-tuning-llms-guide