Hacker News: foofoo4u

New comment by foofoo4u in "Fuck Facebook, Again"

foofoo4u — Sat, 18 Apr 2026 04:48:03 +0000

I have the same sentiment. But I didn't finish past the first few sentences. The English is poorly written.

New comment by foofoo4u in "The OG MAGA: Make Apple Great Again (From Steve Job's Speech Itself)"

foofoo4u — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 23:41:00 +0000

Title of video is, "Steve Jobs, speech at the Apple campus". It was recorded July 27, 1999

The Plan Is to Make the Internet Worse. Forever. – Bastani and Doctorow [video]

foofoo4u — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 23:17:24 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wE8G-d7SnY

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46788569

Points: 8

# Comments: 0

A "cooked" Computer Science grad's perspective

foofoo4u — Sun, 16 Nov 2025 13:09:12 +0000

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

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45944853

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Trump's $100k Visa Upends Lives: 'My Dreams Were Shattered'

foofoo4u — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 03:32:04 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/business/india-h1b-visa-trump.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45433999

Points: 11

# Comments: 4

New comment by foofoo4u in "Charlie Kirk killed at event in Utah"

foofoo4u — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 23:19:56 +0000

“It’s good to kill Nazis” — this is certainly the prevailing sentiment in modern culture, reinforced by the vast number of books, stories, movies, and video games that support the premise. But something important is often overlooked in this view of righteousness:

1. People who believe they could never become Nazis are often the most unknowingly susceptible to it.

2. People who believe they can confidently identify a Nazi are often wrong — a mindset akin to witch hunts, where everyone is seen as a witch.

New comment by foofoo4u in "iPhone dumbphone"

foofoo4u — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 19:07:57 +0000

Well shoot. I just ordered a Mudita Kompakt (minimalist smartphone) to help tackle my phone addiction. Seeing the Apple Configurator allows me to define what apps can be installed and the ability to remove official apps such as Safari or the App Store, now I'm wondering if I just want to stick to my iPhone and do this or use my Kompakt when it arrives.

Rails World 2025 Opening Keynote – David Heinemeier Hansson [video]

foofoo4u — Fri, 05 Sep 2025 17:09:58 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcwzWzC7gUA

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45140928

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by foofoo4u in "Chris Lattner on High Performance AMD GPU Programming with Mojo [video]"

foofoo4u — Thu, 03 Jul 2025 17:42:59 +0000

In this insightful session from Advancing AI 2025, Chris Lattner, Co-founder and CEO of Modular Inc., delves into the creation of a next-gen AI software stack designed to unify the best of usability, performance, and portability. He explains how Mojo, a new Pythonic programming language, is transforming AI development by offering the power of C++ with the simplicity of Python. Learn about the integration with ROCm and CUDA, and how Mojo enables developers to harness the full potential of GPUs from multiple vendors.

Chris shares real-world examples and technical insights, explaining how Mojo metaprogramming capabilities and graph compiler support advanced AI applications. Whether you're optimizing models, working with tensor cores, or exploring new hardware like the AMD Instinct™ MI300X clusters, this session provides valuable knowledge and practical tips for AI/ML developers.

Find the resources you need to develop using AMD products: https://www.amd.com/en/developer.html

Chris Lattner on High Performance AMD GPU Programming with Mojo [video]

foofoo4u — Thu, 03 Jul 2025 17:42:59 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liR2Pn5Zp9g

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44457453

Points: 4

# Comments: 1

New comment by foofoo4u in "Ask HN: Do you have a side project you're getting tired of?"

foofoo4u — Fri, 23 May 2025 05:59:03 +0000

Have you tried paying for Facebook ads for it? My app gets traction that way.

New comment by foofoo4u in "I decided to pay off a school’s lunch debt"

foofoo4u — Wed, 07 May 2025 17:59:14 +0000

I attended a Japanese elementary school in California. It served food just as you described. Fresh and made onsite.

I then transitioned to a typical American public school. I was disappointed to find my only option was cheap, factory made, mass produced, strangely flavored and textured food. This stark contrast and downgrade has made me forever passionate about the topic of improving school lunches.

New comment by foofoo4u in "'Enough Is Enuf' Review: A Dream of Simpler Spelling"

foofoo4u — Fri, 18 Apr 2025 01:17:47 +0000

I’ll have to give this a read! It reminds me of this quote often attributed to Mark Twain (although not verified):

“For example, in year 1 that useless letter ‘c’ would be dropped to be replased either by ‘k’ or ‘s’, and likewise ‘x’ would no longer be part of the alphabet. The only kase in which ‘c’ would be retained would be the ‘ch’ formation, which will be dealt with later. Year 2 might reform ‘w’ spelling, so that ‘which’ and ‘one’ would take the same konsonant, wile year 3 might well abolish ‘y’ replasing it with ‘i’ and Iear 4 might fiks the ‘g/j’ anomali wonse and for all. … After this bakward progression, there would be no more trubl with kommas, semikolons, etc.”

New comment by foofoo4u in "Decoding JSON sum types in Go without panicking"

foofoo4u — Thu, 20 Mar 2025 04:54:42 +0000

Surprising to see V lang brought up. What’s it current reputation?

Ask HN: Is there any appetite for the return of "lickable" UIs?

foofoo4u — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 22:28:11 +0000

Is there any appetite for the return of "lickable" UIs? I miss the colors, contrast, polish, and shine of [Mac OS 10.3](https://guidebookgallery.org/screenshots/macosx103) in particular. I find it all so beautiful—it was one of the major things that drew me to Mac OS. I also found it easier to use; there was no mystery about what was a button or where the scroll bar was.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42967150

Points: 6

# Comments: 5

New comment by foofoo4u in "Basic Mechanisms In Fire Control Computers (1953) [video]"

foofoo4u — Tue, 20 Aug 2024 17:18:37 +0000

I wish I grew up with educational videos like these. Simple, to the point, foundational videos that teach complicated topics from building blocks. I love the practical demonstrations. If I saw these as a child, I would have certainly considered majoring in engineering.

New comment by foofoo4u in "Is Google Getting Worse? A Longitudinal Investigation of SEO Spam in Search [pdf]"

foofoo4u — Tue, 16 Jan 2024 20:19:06 +0000

Google "Queen Cleopatra" is a good example for me. 95% of the results are about the Netflix documentary. There is bodies of work dedicated to the history and legacy of this queen. Quality content, produced by leading academics, historians and universities. And yet Google insists I should know everything about this poor production (a bit of an understatement) and nothing else, except for a wiki article as one of the results (Good job Google, you at least got this bit right).

Google knows so much about me. And yet it continues to act as though it doesn't.

New comment by foofoo4u in "Is Google Getting Worse? A Longitudinal Investigation of SEO Spam in Search [pdf]"

foofoo4u — Tue, 16 Jan 2024 20:11:36 +0000

Google, YouTube, etc., they're all getting worse. I'm finding it ever more difficult to learn anything anymore from the internet. Whether it's learning how to play the guitar, how to fish, weight lifting or how to do mostly anything, I get trash results. Google results are exclusively shallow content, most of which are trying to sell me on something. YouTube is full of short videos with click baity subjects entirely irrelevant to what I actually entered: "Don't make this {topic} mistake!", "This one trick will make you better at {topic}!", "Top 10 ways to become a pro at {topic} in two weeks!".

Due to the constant trash these algorithms insist on feeding me, which I believe is actively contributing to the dumbing-down of society, I've naturally gravitated towards books. Books are leagues better in terms of quality of content. They are more detailed and thorough. It's a richer experience so far.

Anduril unveils Roadrunner and Roadrunner-M [video]

foofoo4u — Tue, 05 Dec 2023 03:25:52 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=al9ITeP4fUA

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38526743

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Local-only projects are coming back in mid October (Insomnia v8.3) #6626

foofoo4u — Tue, 03 Oct 2023 15:38:03 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/Kong/insomnia/discussions/6626

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37753315

Points: 2

# Comments: 0