Hacker News: dburkland

New comment by dburkland in "Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent"

dburkland — Tue, 05 May 2026 19:37:57 +0000

Thankfully deduplication is a thing ;)

New comment by dburkland in "Bugs Apple loves"

dburkland — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 02:50:44 +0000

Solid list. I’d like to add the following:

- All: Contact syncing with Office 365 results in stored birthdays getting moved forward by one day. - macOS: Bluetooth audio stuttering when going in and out of full screen view in a given app such as PowerPoint. - macOS: Unlock using Apple Watch will randomly stop working - macOS: Safari suddenly going out to lunch and taking 30+ seconds to load a page (fixed by force quitting the entire browser).

New comment by dburkland in "My AI skeptic friends are all nuts"

dburkland — Tue, 03 Jun 2025 13:36:19 +0000

Really enjoyed this article and how it was written, especially the “tookr-jerbs” part.

New comment by dburkland in "Smart garage door controller is no longer smart"

dburkland — Thu, 09 Nov 2023 15:38:53 +0000

Just bought one and the accessory for my opener yesterday, looking forward to getting it installed next week.

New comment by dburkland in "Home Assistant blocked from integrating with Garage Door opener API"

dburkland — Wed, 08 Nov 2023 17:21:29 +0000

You can also trigger those same functions via a smart watch or mobile phone using Siri shortcuts (if you're an iOS user).

New comment by dburkland in "Home Assistant blocked from integrating with Garage Door opener API"

dburkland — Wed, 08 Nov 2023 17:20:17 +0000

This move by Chamberlain screams malice in order to squeeze more profits out of their platform. Either they come out with homekit integration for their existing hub or I'm ripping them out in favor of something like meross.

New comment by dburkland in "New York State Senate passes prohibitions on non-competes"

dburkland — Wed, 14 Jun 2023 21:57:53 +0000

This needs to be passed in the remaining 49 states ASAP. When moving over to my current gig, my previous employer forced me to sit out for 6 months. Their agreement was so broad that it pertained to anywhere where there was phone or email in the world. Also applied to any customers, partners, or competitors so basically I couldn’t work in tech at all (since they are a major reseller and everybody procures something from them).

Hint: Their company color is fuchsia

New comment by dburkland in "Tesla’s ‘phantom braking’ problem is getting worse"

dburkland — Fri, 03 Jun 2022 19:29:22 +0000

TL:DR; Radar is not the silver bullet here

New comment by dburkland in "Tesla’s ‘phantom braking’ problem is getting worse"

dburkland — Fri, 03 Jun 2022 19:28:52 +0000

My vision-based Tesla rarely if ever experiences phantom braking unlike my previous radar-equipped Model 3 (it was pretty common in 2018 / 2019).

New comment by dburkland in "Interactive, file-level Time Machine-like tool for ZFS"

dburkland — Wed, 27 Apr 2022 20:27:28 +0000

I think you mean with NetApp