Hacker News: dmcgill50

New comment by dmcgill50 in "Apple rejected my dictation app for using the accessibility API"

dmcgill50 — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 12:51:00 +0000

In Apple’s defense, your company name is MITM. Man In The Middle certainly falls on one side of the perception line, don’t you think?

New comment by dmcgill50 in "Microspeak: North Star – The Old New Thing (2015)"

dmcgill50 — Wed, 24 Dec 2025 04:42:40 +0000

North Star is used to orient, when you’re lost. This makes sense for Microsoft. They’ve been in the wilderness for a while.

New comment by dmcgill50 in "A flat pricing subscription for Claude Code"

dmcgill50 — Wed, 14 May 2025 13:19:52 +0000

This is just one more turtle up. In college, I took a class where they taught us how to code in Assembler. I haven't looked at Assembler until this morning and here is a summary of my 5 minutes of work.

Here's an overview of what we've done:

1. *Created Assembly Code for Apple Silicon*: We wrote ARM64 assembly code specifically for your Apple M1 Max processor running macOS, rather than x86 assembly which wouldn't work on your architecture.

2. *Explained the Compilation Process*: We covered how to compile and link the code using the `as` assembler and `ld` linker with the proper flags for macOS on ARM64.

3. *Addressed Development Environment*: We confirmed that you don't need to install a separate assembler since it comes with Apple's Command Line Tools, and provided instructions on how to verify or install these tools.

4. *Optimized the Code*: We refined the code with better alignment for potential performance improvements, though noted that for a "Hello World" program, system call overhead is the main performance factor.

5. *Used macOS-Specific Syscalls*: The assembly code uses the appropriate syscall numbers and conventions specific to macOS on ARM64 architecture (syscalls 4 for write and 1 for exit).

This gives you a basic introduction to writing assembly directly for Apple Silicon, which is quite different from traditional x86 assembly programming.

Thinking Fast and Slow Author Passes Away

dmcgill50 — Wed, 27 Mar 2024 19:57:04 +0000

Article URL: https://www.npr.org/2024/03/27/1241206604/thinking-fast-slow-psychology-behavioral-economics-daniel-kahneman-obit-nobel

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39843830

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by dmcgill50 in "AutoDev: Automated AI-driven development by Microsoft"

dmcgill50 — Fri, 22 Mar 2024 20:48:43 +0000

Until a business owner can prompt and get what they want, the industry is still alive. It’ll be more like Who Moved my Cheese than there isn’t any cheese at all.

New comment by dmcgill50 in "Zed, a collaborative code editor, is now open source"

dmcgill50 — Wed, 24 Jan 2024 21:42:55 +0000

It's at the bottom. Next to the download button

GameStop shares rise despite Robinhood app restrictions

dmcgill50 — Thu, 28 Jan 2021 15:22:34 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/jan/28/gamestop-shares-robinhood-app-ban-blackberry-amc-nokia-reddit

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25943147

Points: 10

# Comments: 1

Uber Drones Deliver Big Macs – Nation's Restaurant News

dmcgill50 — Tue, 02 Jul 2019 19:03:47 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nrn.com/technology/how-uber-drones-deliver-big-macs?PK=NRNwtJun19b&utm_rid=CPG06000014212831&utm_campaign=31524&utm_medium=email&elq2=0b93238926d540a4b76abd75d5c35998

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20338317

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by dmcgill50 in "Thinkpad X210"

dmcgill50 — Sun, 17 Mar 2019 18:49:08 +0000

/collapse

Open source test automation tool for web applications, mobile apps and APIs

dmcgill50 — Fri, 15 Feb 2019 05:26:31 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/mcdcorp/opentest

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19168648

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

I'm bored, what do I do?

dmcgill50 — Sat, 07 Jul 2018 17:34:53 +0000

Article URL: https://idiallo.com/blog/im-bored-what-do-i-do

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17479492

Points: 59

# Comments: 7

New comment by dmcgill50 in "Study Shows a Productivity Boost of Working From Home"

dmcgill50 — Sun, 13 May 2018 16:43:00 +0000

This study was several years ago with a company that does call center work. This sort of productivity is easy to measure compared to other forms of team work. I don't think that it would be beneficial to extrapolate that finding to all kinds of work. Co-location is a huge benefit when working with small, focused teams. There have been volumes written on the benefit of being in close proximity to members with a shared goal.

New comment by dmcgill50 in "Packet.net Beats AWS; Price and Performance"

dmcgill50 — Thu, 16 Jun 2016 19:15:01 +0000

Is this really true?

Packet.net Beats AWS; Price and Performance

dmcgill50 — Thu, 16 Jun 2016 19:14:09 +0000

Article URL: http://blog.tiingo.com/switched-away-aws-packet-net-benchmarking-networking-disk-processing-speeds/?utm_source=clouddevweekly&utm_medium=email

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11918207

Points: 1

# Comments: 1

Kickstarter campaign will let you grab Jide Ultra Remix Android tablet for $39

dmcgill50 — Tue, 24 Mar 2015 14:43:20 +0000

Article URL: http://www.zdnet.com/article/kickstarter-campaign-will-let-you-grab-jide-ultra-remix-android-tablet-for-39/

Hacker News: dmcgill50

New comment by dmcgill50 in "Apple rejected my dictation app for using the accessibility API"

New comment by dmcgill50 in "Microspeak: North Star – The Old New Thing (2015)"

New comment by dmcgill50 in "A flat pricing subscription for Claude Code"

Thinking Fast and Slow Author Passes Away

New comment by dmcgill50 in "AutoDev: Automated AI-driven development by Microsoft"

New comment by dmcgill50 in "Zed, a collaborative code editor, is now open source"

GameStop shares rise despite Robinhood app restrictions

Uber Drones Deliver Big Macs – Nation's Restaurant News

New comment by dmcgill50 in "Thinkpad X210"

Open source test automation tool for web applications, mobile apps and APIs

I'm bored, what do I do?

New comment by dmcgill50 in "Study Shows a Productivity Boost of Working From Home"

New comment by dmcgill50 in "Packet.net Beats AWS; Price and Performance"

Packet.net Beats AWS; Price and Performance

Kickstarter campaign will let you grab Jide Ultra Remix Android tablet for $39

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