Hacker News: etrvic

New comment by etrvic in "Show HN: What was the world listening to? Music charts, 20 countries (1940–2025)"

etrvic — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 15:47:48 +0000

Hi! I noticed that the button open in spotify opens a premade spotify playlist, but the songs seem to be wrong. I also noticed that the covers on the website match the ones of the mismatched songs. Perhaps those songs only don’t exist on spotify? For refrence i opened the 2005 Japan playlist.

New comment by etrvic in "Lego's 0.002mm specification and its implications for manufacturing (2025)"

etrvic — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 15:23:23 +0000

A 50% increase in dimensions doesn't directly transform in a 50% increase in volume.

>The newer ones have more details, look slicker, but have a lot less "meat"

I presume that the 2022 model has as target audience nostalgic adults, but otherwise I agree, the new sets seem far more fragile then the ones released a decade ago. I think this is due to a recent focus towards adults from LEGO.

New comment by etrvic in "SSH Secret Menu"

etrvic — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 14:09:56 +0000

Llm generated comment? Am I going crazy?

New comment by etrvic in "How to fold the Blade Runner origami unicorn (1996)"

etrvic — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 16:37:33 +0000

As many origami folds do, I believe

New comment by etrvic in "TSMC to make advanced AI semiconductors in Japan"

etrvic — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 10:16:16 +0000

Is this a decision took in light of the new prime minister’s party winning 2/3 lower house majority and her statements about protecting Taiwan against China?

New comment by etrvic in "More Mac malware from Google search"

etrvic — Sun, 08 Feb 2026 22:57:53 +0000

A solution would be to stop shipping macs with the terminal app\s. Computers are now used by a wide variety of people, some without technical knowledge, maybe a default switch on macOS that displays warnings on rather trivial attacks would help.

New comment by etrvic in "Shifts in U.S. Social Media Use, 2020–2024: Decline, Fragmentation, Polarization (2025)"

etrvic — Sun, 08 Feb 2026 22:51:26 +0000

I don't think the social media landscape is inherently bad, but the ways in which it evolved. And I think the shift in social media towards consuming content instead of connecting with others is a direct reflection of the era we live in; one of abundant information.

Social media will stop becoming relevant when we stop treating each person as a mini corporation that needs to provide value, trying to optimize every aspect of your life in a life-long marketing campaign.

New comment by etrvic in "A GTA modder has got the 1997 original working on modern PCs and Steam Deck"

etrvic — Sun, 08 Feb 2026 20:49:42 +0000

You might want to add [2022] in the title

New comment by etrvic in "LLMs as the new high level language"

etrvic — Sun, 08 Feb 2026 13:48:49 +0000

> The FAQ notes that submission rank is impacted by "software which downweights overheated discussions." A good rule of thumb for this effect is when the number of comments on a submission exceeds its score. Moderators can overrule the downranking for appropriate, not-actually-a-flame-war discussions.

https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented

New comment by etrvic in "Why E cores make Apple silicon fast"

etrvic — Sun, 08 Feb 2026 13:43:24 +0000

I had the same problem last year, re-indexing all the files fixed it for me[1].

That being said, macOS was definitely more snappy back on Catalina, which was the first version I had so I can't vouch for Snow Leopard. Each update after Catalina felt gradually worse and from what i heard Tahoe feels like the last nail in the coffin.

I hope the UX team will deliver a more polished, expressive and minimal design next time.

[1] - https://support.apple.com/en-us/102321

New comment by etrvic in "Mount Fuji cherry blossom festival canceled due to overtourism"

etrvic — Sun, 08 Feb 2026 13:35:56 +0000

I went to Kyoto last year during what can be considered peak season. My accommodation was quiet central. I have to say I didn't have a problem with overturism. Sure if you visit what everyone markets on Instagram there are flocks of tourists everywhere. If you just randomly explore the city, you can find equally beautiful places that lack tourists and in my opinion are far more charming.

I think the problem is that since Japan has been trending on social media, everyone goes to the same 3 temples, eats at the same 5 restaurants and so on. And social media sure doesn't help in spreading the tourist flux evenly.

New comment by etrvic in "Why E cores make Apple silicon fast"

etrvic — Sun, 08 Feb 2026 13:29:14 +0000

On my Intel mac searching with cmd+space for a file takes under a second. Maybe there is a problem on your end?

New comment by etrvic in "Why E cores make Apple silicon fast"

etrvic — Sun, 08 Feb 2026 13:25:15 +0000

From your article it seems like you benchmark compile times. I am not an expert on the subject, but I don't see the point in comparing ARM compilation times with Intel. There are probably different tricks involved in compilation and the instructions set are not the same.

New comment by etrvic in "LLMs as the new high level language"

etrvic — Sun, 08 Feb 2026 13:14:15 +0000

Neither, that's up to your individual preference. Although I think that controversial threads have more noise, but sometimes provide a more enjoyable read.

New comment by etrvic in "LLMs as the new high level language"

etrvic — Sun, 08 Feb 2026 12:02:28 +0000

I once read here on HN that a good metric for filtering controversial comment sections is number of upvotes/comments. If it's bellow one, the thread is probably controversial.

New comment by etrvic in "I write games in C (yes, C) (2016)"

etrvic — Sat, 07 Feb 2026 20:51:59 +0000

I feel like, for me, it’s that I am more familiar with writing in C and switching to C++ seems rather difficult. So, sure I am reimplementing features that already exist in anoter language, it just so happens in this case is C++. Why not use python if you want to avoid reimplementing the wheel as much as possible. And sure python is not suited for game development but I just wanted to make a point with it. I think in the end ising a language you are most familiar with results in the most amount of enjoyable coding.

New comment by etrvic in "I replaced Windows with Linux and everything's going great"

etrvic — Sun, 11 Jan 2026 13:38:00 +0000

I've been using macOS since 2020, but for the last year I have seriously considered switching to Linux. macOS Catalina felt really fast, easy to use, and lacked the useless features they kept adding and the ipadOS like interface they began implementing. In 2020, the feature set felt much more intentional.

Durrrr ChatGPT [video]

etrvic — Sat, 29 Nov 2025 16:13:56 +0000

Article URL: https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/1006996

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46088634

Points: 1

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Hacker News Parody Thread(2013)

etrvic — Fri, 21 Nov 2025 18:40:43 +0000

Article URL: http://bradconte.com/files/misc/HackerNewsParodyThread/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46007444

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

Étude in C minor (2020)

etrvic — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 23:18:04 +0000

Article URL: https://zserge.com/posts/etude-in-c/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45817027

Points: 78

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