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New comment by eej71 in "Bring Back MiniDV with This Raspberry Pi FireWire Hat"

eej71 — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 14:50:41 +0000

My experience so far is that the tapes themselves are fine - but the required hardware/technology stack to extricate them is the real question mark.

New comment by eej71 in "Two Years of Emacs Solo"

eej71 — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 14:05:41 +0000

It depends on what you mean by default and whose default.

You can change your own defaults quite easily!

Changing the default setup with emacs that has been shipping for > 30 years is tough.

Getting nginx to ignore a well established pattern by a well established editor seems equally sensible and perhaps more doable. Yes?

New comment by eej71 in "Tell HN: I'm 60 years old. Claude Code has re-ignited a passion"

eej71 — Sat, 07 Mar 2026 12:34:15 +0000

I think you've got this backwards!

I've been working with computers since an Apple ][+ landed in our living room in the early 80s.

My perspective on what AI can do for me and for everyone has shifted dramatically in the last few weeks. The most recent models are amazing and are equipping me to take on tasks that I just didn't have the time or energy for. But I have the knowledge and experience to direct them.

I haven't been this enthused about the possibilities in a long time.

This is a huge adjustment, no doubt. But I think if I can learn to direct these tools better, I am going to get a lot done. Way more than I ever thought possible. And this is still early days!

Just incredible stuff.

New comment by eej71 in "IDF killed Gaza aid workers at point blank range in 2025 massacre: Report"

eej71 — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 20:27:26 +0000

No, its not. And I gladly flagged it.

Redirects set to: talk.politics.misc.

New comment by eej71 in "27-year-old Apple iBooks can connect to Wi-Fi and download official updates"

eej71 — Thu, 19 Feb 2026 00:07:30 +0000

I had a similar hunt for iMovie to extract video off of MiniDV which required some FireWire to thunderbolt cables. In any event I did find the install on archive.org. May have what you want.

New comment by eej71 in "Ex-GitHub CEO launches a new developer platform for AI agents"

eej71 — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 20:34:52 +0000

Its like a modern day redux of zombo com.

New comment by eej71 in "Ask HN: Books to learn 6502 ASM and the Apple II"

eej71 — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 12:54:17 +0000

Two books for consideration.

Randy Hyde the creator of the Lisa assembler.

https://archive.org/details/A2_Hyde_6502_Asm_Lang/mode/1up

Ken Williams of Sierra OnLine fame.

https://vintageapple.org/apple_ii/pdf/Apple_II_Computer_Grap...

New comment by eej71 in "Kahan on the 8087 and designing Intel's floating point (2016) [video]"

eej71 — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 12:55:19 +0000

I see the YouTube recommendation engine found you as well. :-)

New comment by eej71 in "Ai, Japanese chimpanzee who counted and painted dies at 49"

eej71 — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 13:46:18 +0000

Glad to see I wasn't the only one! That Super Monkey Ball game on the GameCube was just amazing.

New comment by eej71 in "Strong earthquake hits northern Japan, tsunami warning issued"

eej71 — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 21:34:37 +0000

Oddly enough, the YouTube recommendation engine served that one up to me too.

New comment by eej71 in "How Brian Eno Created Ambient 1: Music for Airports (2019)"

eej71 — Tue, 02 Dec 2025 13:52:50 +0000

New comment by eej71 in "Unison 1.0"

eej71 — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 20:50:11 +0000

At first I thought it was about this.

https://github.com/bcpierce00/unison

New comment by eej71 in "Trade Chaos Causes Businesses to Rethink Their Relationship with the U.S."

eej71 — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 14:03:27 +0000

I think this is an excellent point. Let's say they had NOT done that (and thank goodness they did) - would the current defenders of tarrifs see this as a path to wealth between states too? Me thinks they would. But they why stop there. Why not impose such tarrifs between cities. And if that enriches cities - neighbors should get in on the action too, no?

There is a modern Bastiat style essay waiting to be written here.

New comment by eej71 in "Microsoft makes Zork open-source"

eej71 — Thu, 20 Nov 2025 22:33:03 +0000

I recall sending a letter to them asking them for information on how they compressed their images for their hi-res adventure games. While they replied, they said it was a trade secret. I was kind of bummed. But being a 12 year old kid who barely understood the 6502, it probably would have gone over my head.

New comment by eej71 in "The history of Casio watches"

eej71 — Tue, 11 Nov 2025 20:24:06 +0000

I really would like some official casio faces on my apple watch.

New comment by eej71 in "NoLongerEvil-Thermostat – Nest Generation 1 and 2 Firmware"

eej71 — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 19:51:52 +0000

I see it as a great starting point.

New comment by eej71 in "A collection of links that existed about Anguilla as of 2003"

eej71 — Mon, 03 Nov 2025 16:00:59 +0000

If you enjoy that one - you might also enjoy

https://www.ck/

New comment by eej71 in "Trusting builds with Bazel remote execution"

eej71 — Thu, 16 Oct 2025 17:22:45 +0000

At the very least, bazel would devour the cmake responsibilities in this case. That's not intended as a criticism of either. Just a description of bazel. It can feel very Star Trek Borg like.

New comment by eej71 in "SEC approves Texas Stock Exchange, first new US integrated exchange in decades"

eej71 — Wed, 08 Oct 2025 13:57:05 +0000

Consider a broader range of news sources in your daily diet.

New comment by eej71 in "SEC approves Texas Stock Exchange, first new US integrated exchange in decades"

eej71 — Wed, 08 Oct 2025 12:54:34 +0000

This headline is kind of dumb. Yes, there is yet another new venue. But other recent "new" venues include MIAX, IEX, MEMX, and soon to be active - 24X. Oh and let's not forget the Long Term Stock Exchange (LTSE).