Hacker News: david422

New comment by david422 in "US FAA says it will phase out floppy disks from air traffic control by 2028"

david422 — Fri, 06 Nov 2026 17:35:50 +0000

Floppy disks aren't manufactured anymore. At some point there aren't going to be any.

New comment by david422 in "No more icons in every menu by default"

david422 — Thu, 22 Oct 2026 17:23:54 +0000

> Missteps and corrections are a sign of conscientiousness, not "making it up".

Or they just skipped the testing and focus groups that should have highlighted that before release.

New comment by david422 in "I posted to HN, and then my website was flooded with AI bot traffic"

david422 — Wed, 14 Oct 2026 13:42:45 +0000

I have a small website with a contact form that gets a lot of spam. I found a very effective way of filtering spam, but it only works because it's not mainstream, so I can't ever share it :(

New comment by david422 in "iPhone Duo"

david422 — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 13:58:45 +0000

I'm still waiting for my small android phone https://smallandroidphone.com/ ... written May 2022 :(

New comment by david422 in "Memory prices climb 500% in 12 months"

david422 — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 19:51:26 +0000

I upgraded a year ago and I bought a bunch of extra RAM because it was "so cheap", why not. Man did I get lucky, I got it right before the price hikes started.

New comment by david422 in ""Solving a largely imaginary user goal""

david422 — Fri, 14 Aug 2026 17:49:29 +0000

Accessibility plays a reason other than just taste.

New comment by david422 in "WhatCable: Know what your USB-C cable can do"

david422 — Fri, 14 Aug 2026 15:56:47 +0000

I was trying to figure out slow network speeds one day and I finally swapped an ethernet cable and got full speed.

It turns out some ethernet cables are missing wires - and capped at 100Mbps! Wait what? I didn't even know that was a thing. I don't know where I got the wire, but into the trash it goes.

New comment by david422 in "Ghost Cut – Or why Cut and Paste is broken everywhere"

david422 — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 19:13:45 +0000

I used to use a 3rd party clipboard (until blocked by work) that used Cmd-Shift-V to bring up the clipboard. So much nicer than Apple's solution.

New comment by david422 in "Why do you suck at juggling now?"

david422 — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 15:08:38 +0000

14 beanbags 14 catches

is that ... is that juggling at that point?

New comment by david422 in "Your 'app' could have been a webpage (so I fixed it for you)"

david422 — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 17:11:45 +0000

> I find this hard to believe, since Google Play store requires much less info, and doesn't disclose it to consumers (AFAIK).

This changed recently.

New comment by david422 in "Your 'app' could have been a webpage (so I fixed it for you)"

david422 — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 17:10:33 +0000

> For something free I can get why this would seem unreasonable (modulo scams, for which this is a hoop I would rather have than not), but if money's involved, a consumer should be able to contact a human and be made whole, and having the money be handled by a company (even if that company is just a one-man-show) honestly does not seem unreasonable.

You're buying a digital good. You can already get refunds. An email address is fine for contact.

You definitely don't need someone's physical home address, nor an actual phone number.

New comment by david422 in "Just Let Me Write Digits"

david422 — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 15:08:17 +0000

APIs, yes - humans, no.

New comment by david422 in "'There Is No Going Back': The Inside Story of Europe's Rupture with America"

david422 — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 14:54:01 +0000

I think the silver lining here is that decentralizing power from America is a good thing, for the world, long term.

New comment by david422 in "The primary purpose of code review is to find code that will be hard to maintain"

david422 — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 14:29:34 +0000

I work with someone who tends to rejects PR suggestions. I also work with someone else who accepts suggestions.

I think that the for the person who accepts suggestions, it's made me wonder if they accept them in part to share ownership with me. I feel like we both maintain and understand the code, and are on the same page.

For the person who rejects PR suggestions, it makes me less inclined to participate in those PRs. Why spend the time doing a thorough review if it's going to get rejected anyways.

New comment by david422 in "U.S. science is in chaos"

david422 — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 03:24:20 +0000

I think this is true. When needs aren't met, they are more likely to follow a cult leader.

New comment by david422 in "Firewood Splitting Simulator"

david422 — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 19:05:11 +0000

Depends on the wood. Perfectly dry, seasoned hardwood is going to be easy. Wood with knots, soft wood etc. is going to take a while to figure out.

New comment by david422 in "Firewood Splitting Simulator"

david422 — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 19:01:51 +0000

Didn't even get my maul stuck once.

New comment by david422 in "32GB of DDR5 now costs $375 – AI shortage continues to squeeze PC building"

david422 — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 14:01:34 +0000

I put together a new PC last year and got some extra memory, because why not. Crazy how much that would cost me today.

New comment by david422 in "Opaque Types in Python"

david422 — Tue, 26 May 2026 17:42:47 +0000

> Static typing in Python is the biggest hypocrisy ever

Yes, agreed. I used to work on a large python codebase and tried to add type hints where I could. The issue is that python was not the right tool for the job - except that switching to the right tool was a non-starter. So type hints were the best I could do.

New comment by david422 in "Cost of enum-to-string: C++26 reflection vs. the old ways"

david422 — Wed, 13 May 2026 14:11:49 +0000

> Almost all the Java web frameworks are giant balls of reflection. Name a function the right way or add the right magic annotation and the framework will autowire it correctly.

I find this to be very powerful, and also very unintuitive/undiscoverable at the same time.