Hacker News: fnord77

New comment by fnord77 in "How did Atari apply side art to Arcade Cabinets?"

fnord77 — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 01:29:58 +0000

I suppose, but my local high school art class does some silk screen printing, so it's not dead

New comment by fnord77 in "Your ePub Is Fine. Kobo Disagrees. Blame Adobe"

fnord77 — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 01:29:08 +0000

> heisenbugs

gold

New comment by fnord77 in "How did Atari apply side art to Arcade Cabinets?"

fnord77 — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 16:53:23 +0000

tl;dr: plain old silkscreen printing. Nothing revolutionary

New comment by fnord77 in "Renault: Electric motors with no rare earths"

fnord77 — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 02:22:15 +0000

same order of magnitude :)

New comment by fnord77 in "I am retiring from tech to live offline"

fnord77 — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 01:19:45 +0000

I always figured I would get sick of it or burn out. I'm hitting my 4th decade of software engineering with renewed excitement

New comment by fnord77 in "Ntsc-rs – open-source video emulation of analog TV and VHS artifacts"

fnord77 — Sat, 06 Jun 2026 20:57:42 +0000

Great, now I won't be able to trust that old videos aren't AI slop either.

New comment by fnord77 in "GitHub Copilot App"

fnord77 — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 21:02:31 +0000

"This page is slowing down firefox"

New comment by fnord77 in "macOS needs its grid back"

fnord77 — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 07:22:25 +0000

isn't this just what 3-finger upswipe does???

New comment by fnord77 in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2026)"

fnord77 — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:12:54 +0000

Companies that have a 7 round interview process are not serious in hiring in general. Sure if some super-genius comes along.

But no, it's just a performance. The director can claim they're behind on projects because they don't have enough staff, but everyone they interview isn't qualified (because the interviews are impossible and nearly everyone trips up)

I started seeing this pattern recently.

The companies that are serious move fast. A chat with the hiring manager. A couple technical interviews, maybe on-site for 2 hours. A chat with someone higher up. Done, offer made.

New comment by fnord77 in "Rivian Explains Why CarPlay Debate Will Become 'Completely Obsolete'"

fnord77 — Thu, 28 May 2026 19:36:52 +0000

Translation: we want to be able to sell your data rather than let Apple have it.

New comment by fnord77 in "Claude Opus 4.8"

fnord77 — Thu, 28 May 2026 19:34:18 +0000

So, then I guess the big three are never going to make their money back.

New comment by fnord77 in "AI is just unauthorised plagiarism at a bigger scale"

fnord77 — Thu, 28 May 2026 16:45:23 +0000

The history of the world is the history of plundering. Nothing new, just fancier.

New comment by fnord77 in "I'm Tired of Talking to AI"

fnord77 — Thu, 28 May 2026 16:43:37 +0000

Better get used to it. Soon that is all you will be talking to.

New comment by fnord77 in "YouTube to automatically label AI-generated videos"

fnord77 — Thu, 28 May 2026 05:06:43 +0000

some people seem to be completely unable to detect AI slop

New comment by fnord77 in "Warm up your MacBook (2019)"

fnord77 — Thu, 28 May 2026 05:05:38 +0000

unless you type

      yes yes

New comment by fnord77 in "A fundamental principle of aeronautical engineering has been overturned"

fnord77 — Mon, 25 May 2026 14:11:14 +0000

> Experimental results showed that the critical Reynolds number at which the turbulent transition begins increased from approximately 1.9 × 10⁶ to 2.2 × 10⁶ for the DMR-coated model, and drag was dramatically reduced by up to 43.6 percent in the transition zone.

New comment by fnord77 in "Search engines alternatives now that Google isn't Google anymore"

fnord77 — Mon, 25 May 2026 13:57:19 +0000

As not a Large Language Model, I also like the AI overview feature.

New comment by fnord77 in "Think Linear Algebra (2023)"

fnord77 — Mon, 25 May 2026 05:09:19 +0000

Sorry, I meant Math 51

It's title is:

"Linear Algebra, Multivariable Calculus, and Modern Applications, Math 51 course text prepared by the Stanford University Math Department"

New comment by fnord77 in "Mastering Dyalog APL"

fnord77 — Sun, 24 May 2026 23:46:05 +0000

> If you're after a language that's OSS, has terse notation, and rewires your brain by helping you think more clearly

I found MATLAB/Octave was good

Matrix conjugate transpose:

    H = A';

New comment by fnord77 in "Breakthroughs for batteries could soon make them better"

fnord77 — Sun, 24 May 2026 17:18:26 +0000

> You can already buy cars with semi solid state,

In fact, you cannot. MG 4X: preorders. IM L6 "Lightyear Edition" - only a handful for sale. Nio - only at battery "swap" stations which are not open to the public.