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New comment by ddrmaxgt37 in "How Japan's railways stayed one while splitting apart"

ddrmaxgt37 — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 05:08:26 +0000

Been wanting to write about this. The graph of interoperability agreements that makes this possible is crazy.

My first visit to Japan, there were still places that would only accept a subset of IC cards and not all.

How Japan's railways stayed one while splitting apart

ddrmaxgt37 — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 14:03:58 +0000

Article URL: https://arun.is/blog/jr-logo/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48570730

Points: 180

# Comments: 135

Japan's Invisible Electric Wall

ddrmaxgt37 — Sat, 09 May 2026 16:13:15 +0000

Article URL: https://arun.is/blog/japan-electric-wall/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48076087

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

New comment by ddrmaxgt37 in "XOXO Festival Archive"

ddrmaxgt37 — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 02:32:45 +0000

Xoxo changed my life.

When the cheap one is the cool one

ddrmaxgt37 — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 01:25:13 +0000

Article URL: https://arun.is/blog/cheap-cool/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47906420

Points: 172

# Comments: 118

New comment by ddrmaxgt37 in "AI's $600B Question"

ddrmaxgt37 — Thu, 04 Jul 2024 04:56:20 +0000

I wonder how the analogy holds up given computational advances. Will a bunch of H100s be as useful a decade later like fiber ended up being?

New comment by ddrmaxgt37 in "Ask HN: How do you structure your shared finances with your spouse/partner"

ddrmaxgt37 — Tue, 18 Jun 2024 15:28:38 +0000

Start thinking about estate planning as soon as you get married. It’s easier when you are young.

New comment by ddrmaxgt37 in "Minimal phone gets back to basics with E Ink display and real keyboard"

ddrmaxgt37 — Sat, 02 Mar 2024 21:28:25 +0000

Exactly

New comment by ddrmaxgt37 in ""Bookfind of the century" sells for $2.23M"

ddrmaxgt37 — Tue, 06 Feb 2024 04:01:10 +0000

The closest I have come is a copy of a museum exhibition catalog about Dieter Rams from 1981 that is signed by him. I bought it online. The copy was described as having a scribble on the front page and priced very low as a consequence. Years after, I saw Dieter’s signature somewhere and realized that my book was signed.

New comment by ddrmaxgt37 in "How we crowdfunded $750k for a giant book about keyboard history"

ddrmaxgt37 — Thu, 01 Feb 2024 05:08:18 +0000

I just received my copy. Truly one of the best books in my collection. I’m looking forward to years of enjoyment.

The secret formula for Apple's rounded corners

ddrmaxgt37 — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 05:40:11 +0000

Article URL: https://arun.is/blog/apple-rounded-corners/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37853791

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

New comment by ddrmaxgt37 in "Ask HN: Have you switched back to single display after trying multi displays?"

ddrmaxgt37 — Wed, 08 Jun 2022 18:19:19 +0000

I use a single 40" 4k display at 1x. This allows me to fluidly switch between different layouts like one huge canvas when doing design or multiple windows when coding, writing, etc.

I used multiple monitors in the past, but the seams between displays was a hinderance when spanning a single window across.