Hacker News: dombili

New comment by dombili in "Windows 11 adds AI agent that runs in background with access to personal folders"

dombili — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 09:01:31 +0000

Agreed and it's frustrating that people don't admit this.

I recently started dual booting Linux again and tried both Arch and CachyOS. Former with Hyprland, the latter with Gnome just to see how well the games run. I knew going in that tiling window managers don't behave well with games and that was indeed the case. With Gnome, even some native games made by Valve had terrible performance issues where I have none on Windows. There are also cases, and I wouldn't even describe them as edge cases, that you have to tinker to get things to work properly.

I have a very basic dual monitor setup, but yesterday I spent an hour trying to fix a problem where my cursor would escape the game's window into the second monitor. The obvious solutions (gamescope) didn't work for some reason. Did I end up fixing it? Yes. But that's only because I know my way around Linux. That's an hour I'm never getting back.

I'm not making an argument for Windows, I very much dislike using it but Linux folks need to accept reality. A reality which isn't fair, but reality nonetheless. That's when you start to make progress. (Which, to be fair, they have. Tremendously so. But there's still a long road ahead!)

New comment by dombili in "Apple Intelligence for iPhone, iPad, and Mac"

dombili — Mon, 10 Jun 2024 19:20:32 +0000

None of these features seem to be coming to Vision Pro, which I think is quite baffling. Arguably it's the device that can use them the most.

New comment by dombili in "Netlify just sent me a $104k bill for a simple static site"

dombili — Tue, 27 Feb 2024 06:50:11 +0000

Github works well for me.

Apple Vision Pro's (AVP) Image Quality Issues – First Impressions

dombili — Sat, 17 Feb 2024 04:27:46 +0000

Article URL: https://kguttag.com/2024/02/16/apple-vision-pros-avp-image-quality-issues-first-impressions/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39406360

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by dombili in "Ask HN: Most interesting tech you built for just yourself?"

dombili — Fri, 28 Apr 2023 12:06:56 +0000

This is awesome! I'll definitely use it.

It'd be a one time stop for me if it supported definitions (similar to Collins Dictionary) but beggars can't be choosers.

Apple Plans New Encryption System to Ward Off Hackers and Protect iCloud Data

dombili — Wed, 07 Dec 2022 18:06:20 +0000

Article URL: https://www.wsj.com/articles/apple-plans-new-encryption-system-to-ward-off-hackers-and-protect-icloud-data-11670435635

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33897787

Points: 23

# Comments: 2

New comment by dombili in "Why I built a dictionary app"

dombili — Tue, 02 Aug 2022 07:59:01 +0000

That's too bad. I wish there was an alternative App Store version that used another dictionary because I really like its design choices. At least I did, when I tried it on my iPhone, but I don't imagine they had drastic changes since then. I didn't stick with it because of weird limitations Apple has with sideloading apps. (IIRC, that 7 day limit was the deal breaker.)

New comment by dombili in "Why I built a dictionary app"

dombili — Mon, 01 Aug 2022 05:32:36 +0000

Exactly and I don't know why dictionary apps don't take advantage of it. I wonder if it's against App Store guidelines to make a dictionary app based on the built-in dictionary.

There are a lot of dictionary apps out there but I think most developers miss the forest for the trees. I don't know why there's still not a single dictionary app that is blazing fast, use the built-in dictionary and have some common sense design choices (literally not came across a single dictionary app that doesn't enable keyboard as soon as you open it -- it's a dictionary app, why do they think I open the app?!).

Kotoba (https://github.com/willhains/Kotoba) is almost perfect but there's no way to download it from the App Store and I don't want to deal with the hassle of sideloading on iOS as a non-developer.

New comment by dombili in "Why I built a dictionary app"

dombili — Mon, 01 Aug 2022 05:16:39 +0000

I tried to give this a shot as the blog post resonated with me but I simply couldn't get the app to work on my iPhone (13, iOS 15.6). When I first launched it I waited the database to setup ("Loading language database...") for more than two minutes. Knowing for sure it couldn't take that long, I restarted the app but it was the same issue. I then re-installed the app but then the app just gave me a blank white screen.

It's a new app, shit happens, and if there's a way I can do to help you diagnose the issue on my end, I'd be happy to.

New comment by dombili in "Show HN: Let's Block It – Custom uBlock Origin Filters Made Easy"

dombili — Mon, 24 Jan 2022 20:35:05 +0000

You can't¹. There is a new browser called Orion² currently in private beta that uses the same engine as Safari, which you can use Firefox and Chrome extensions on. It works both on Mac, and surprisingly on iOS. I believe it's the only browser on iOS that allows you to use -some- desktop extensions. I use uBlock Origin with it on iOS and it works good enough.

¹ https://github.com/el1t/uBlock-Safari/issues/158

² https://browser.kagi.com/

New comment by dombili in "Show HN: Obsidian for Mobile – Plain-text knowledge base on the go"

dombili — Mon, 12 Jul 2021 08:52:01 +0000

I'll echo this as well. Not only the development pace is ridiculous for such a small team, they're very responsive to support requests via mail and Discord as well.

I had a small problem with the app once. I contacted them via email and it was resolved in a couple of hours and they were kind enough to offer different solutions -- solutions that didn't fill their pockets. (Needless to say, I'm sticking with their services.)

The fact that they can manage all that is almost a testament to how useful the app they're creating must be for them.

I too am just a happy user/customer and wish them nothing but success.

New comment by dombili in "Download the FCC Speed Test App"

dombili — Wed, 14 Apr 2021 07:21:36 +0000

Looks like the app was outsourced to a company named SamKnows. They have another speed test app on their iOS developer page that looks eerily similar to this app. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/samknows-test-your-internet/id...

New comment by dombili in "I made a mobile app for my significant other and she won't use it"

dombili — Sun, 11 Apr 2021 12:36:46 +0000

I used to scroll through the streaming services and my Plex library to pick something to watch, but I ended up creating a Shortcut on iOS in an attempt to take myself out of the decision process. The manual process was not only not random, but there was still a lot of indecisiveness on my part that would make me waste time. So now I have a plaintext file filled with movie titles available to me, and whenever I want to watch something, I tell Siri to recommend me a movie, and the Shortcut app just picks a random title.

New comment by dombili in "Encoding your WiFi access point password into a QR code"

dombili — Sun, 29 Dec 2019 13:12:39 +0000

I can attest to the usefulness of this. I have a similar thing set up on my iPhone via the Shortcuts app and it's been quite nice to share my long password without worrying about the hassle of spelling it out. Here's the Shortcut, in case anyone wants to try it out: https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/681b4f7b030543b79ab7de6afa3...

New comment by dombili in "My Letter to the Editor of New York Times Magazine"

dombili — Mon, 14 Oct 2019 09:15:49 +0000

I'm glad Mr. Sullenberger spoke up about this. As some people have pointed out in this thread, Langewiesche is indeed a terrific writer, but the tone of the piece in question was off-putting.

For those who're interested, Patrick Smith (aka Ask the Pilot) also wrote a critical piece about the article last month: https://www.askthepilot.com/plane-and-pilot/

New comment by dombili in "A new look, logo, and website for Fastmail"

dombili — Mon, 24 Jun 2019 17:26:22 +0000

I was quite happy with the service itself, but I'm not using email enough to justify its monthly price. They're a great company, and I hope they're around by the time I need their services again!

New comment by dombili in "A new look, logo, and website for Fastmail"

dombili — Mon, 24 Jun 2019 15:44:55 +0000

If the screenshots on the landing page are any indication, the overall design, both on the desktop and mobile, looks to be the same but with a new logo.

I can't check it myself because I closed my account with them a couple of weeks ago, so maybe a current user can confirm.

The Clever Cryptography Behind Apple's 'Find My' Feature

dombili — Wed, 05 Jun 2019 18:34:03 +0000

Article URL: https://www.wired.com/story/apple-find-my-cryptography-bluetooth/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20107701

Points: 14

# Comments: 0

Our ongoing work to tackle hate

dombili — Wed, 05 Jun 2019 16:08:26 +0000

Article URL: https://youtube.googleblog.com/2019/06/our-ongoing-work-to-tackle-hate.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20105823

Points: 38

# Comments: 38

New comment by dombili in "iPadOS"

dombili — Mon, 03 Jun 2019 20:34:50 +0000

It looks like that's not true.

> Mouse support in iPad is real. In accessibility. Also full keyboard control for the entire UI (opposite of Voice Control.)

https://twitter.com/reneritchie/status/1135643633690992640

Update: Here it is in action: https://twitter.com/stroughtonsmith/status/11356536361455902...