Hacker News: erickhill

New comment by erickhill in "Show HN: Brutalist Concrete Laptop Stand (2024)"

erickhill — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 15:35:22 +0000

OK I thought this was a late April Fools until I kept scrolling.

Breaking Enigma with Index of Coincidence on a Commodore 64

erickhill — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 18:01:45 +0000

Article URL: https://imapenguin.com/2026/03/breaking-enigma-with-index-of-coincidence-on-a-commodore-64/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47604299

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

First all-solid-state battery in production vehicles

erickhill — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 18:48:44 +0000

Article URL: https://www.donutlab.com/battery/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47557232

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

What to Do About Those Menu Item Icons in macOS 26 Tahoe

erickhill — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 14:51:22 +0000

Article URL: https://mastodon.social/@stroughtonsmith/116262411548746327

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47555106

Points: 15

# Comments: 1

The Mini PET 40/80 (2022)

erickhill — Sat, 28 Feb 2026 02:35:45 +0000

Article URL: http://blog.tynemouthsoftware.co.uk/2022/02/the-mini-pet-4080.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47189434

Points: 18

# Comments: 2

New comment by erickhill in "Windows 11 Notepad to support Markdown"

erickhill — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 21:47:55 +0000

Somewhere seemingly out of nowhere John Gruber got a strange sensation, like a goose walking over his grave.

Resizing windows on macOS Tahoe – the saga continues

erickhill — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 23:52:24 +0000

Article URL: https://noheger.at/blog/2026/02/12/resizing-windows-on-macos-tahoe-the-saga-continues/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46997008

Points: 876

# Comments: 522

Rammstein – Deutschland (C64 Cover, Real SID, 8-bit – 2019) [video]

erickhill — Sat, 07 Feb 2026 23:40:10 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VReIuv1GFo

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46929546

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

Brute Force Colors (2022)

erickhill — Sat, 07 Feb 2026 17:04:58 +0000

Article URL: https://arnaud-carre.github.io/2022-12-30-amiga-ham/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46925409

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Follows Not Friends

erickhill — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 17:35:45 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.puzzmo.com/posts/2026/02/06/follows-not-friends/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46915734

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by erickhill in "Hackers (1995) Animated Experience"

erickhill — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 17:29:49 +0000

Oh dang I made it to the end of the grid/world. Got scared in the darkness and retreated back to the light.

New comment by erickhill in "Carnegie Mellon Unversity Computer Club FTP Server"

erickhill — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 04:35:13 +0000

Big Amiga fans (and still are) from what I see. =)

New comment by erickhill in "NASA's WB-57 crash lands at Houston"

erickhill — Sat, 31 Jan 2026 16:43:15 +0000

When I was in the Air Force in the early 1990s, we still used KC-135 "flying gas stations" that had been built during the cold war in the 1950s. While expensive to maintain they were far less expensive to fix than buying new and starting from scratch. With regular full maintenance checks in the hangars (wash them, inspect them with dental picks and flashlights, replace broken parts, etc.) we kept those planes in service and mission ready for decades.

There was an entire supply chain of every single part ready to go, with technical manuals for every maintenance task you can imagine. If we couldn't fix something, it would go to the jet lab or machinists or whatever.

The system in place is mind bogglingly good.

/edited for a typo.

New comment by erickhill in "Amazon closing its Fresh and Go stores"

erickhill — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 01:31:49 +0000

I wonder this will impact the "just walk out" booze stores at T-Mobile Park (MLB)? Those seem pretty successful.

Vertical Aerospace wants to 'democratize' urban air travel with Valo air taxi

erickhill — Sat, 24 Jan 2026 20:40:31 +0000

Article URL: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/vertical-aerospace-wants-to-democratize-urban-air-travel-with-its-valo-air-taxi-160010939.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46747430

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by erickhill in "Cows can use sophisticated tools"

erickhill — Mon, 19 Jan 2026 19:20:29 +0000

OK I think all pasture raised cows should be given nice little wooden brooms going forward.

New comment by erickhill in "25 Years of Wikipedia"

erickhill — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 19:35:32 +0000

I've often found it's bare bone utilitarian and efficient design a breath of fresh air compared to most of what's online today. That, and their philosophy of being donation based to keep the lights on.

New comment by erickhill in "The struggle of resizing windows on macOS Tahoe"

erickhill — Sun, 11 Jan 2026 21:49:00 +0000

That egg scramble plate GIF is pure gold.

Amiga Pointer Archive

erickhill — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 15:29:37 +0000

Article URL: https://heckmeck.de/pointers/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46554897

Points: 65

# Comments: 19

New comment by erickhill in "RoboCop – Breaking the Law. H0ffman Cracks RoboCop Arcade from DataEast"

erickhill — Wed, 31 Dec 2025 17:18:17 +0000

If you're not familiar, Hoffman is also a supremely talented musician as well (often inspired by and/or made on an Amiga).

His track "Eon" here is from a very famous and artistically beautiful demo. https://hoffman.bandcamp.com/album/the-cave-sessions