Hacker News: forgetcolor

New comment by forgetcolor in "Minimal Phone 2"

forgetcolor — Fri, 18 Sep 2026 21:42:11 +0000

Indeed. I wish Apple would make an Uno -- just the front screen of the Duo. Half the (unfolded) width, half the weight.

New comment by forgetcolor in "Minimal Phone 2"

forgetcolor — Fri, 18 Sep 2026 20:44:45 +0000

Why is this phone barely lighter than an iPhone air with a massively bigger screen, two camera lenses, etc? I'm glad it's not heavier, but I would have hoped for it to be the lightest phone -- by far. (Minimal 2 is 7g lighter than iPhone Air).

New comment by forgetcolor in "MacBook Neo"

forgetcolor — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 19:45:53 +0000

Apple, please make a new 12" Macbook for those of us who travel and want the lightest weight possible. Less than 2 lbs, thinner than the Air, but without the compromises of the Neo. I'd pay more than the Air price for this. Or, make the Air lighter and thinner (to match the iPhone Air in approach?).

New comment by forgetcolor in "Slow social media"

forgetcolor — Wed, 17 Sep 2025 19:41:41 +0000

Minus is a finite social platform where users get 100 posts--for life. https://minus.social

New comment by forgetcolor in "Sam Altman Slams Meta’s AI Talent Poaching: 'Missionaries Will Beat Mercenaries'"

forgetcolor — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 11:06:47 +0000

Amazing the distinction Sam sees between himself and Zuck while most see no distinction at all.

New comment by forgetcolor in "Typing 118 WPM broke my brain in the right ways"

forgetcolor — Mon, 02 Jun 2025 21:13:54 +0000

this is fun. my first test hits 125wpm. bursts up to 162wpm. 100% accuracy. seems too easy, though -- no capitals, nums, etc?

New comment by forgetcolor in "Instagram’s co-founders are back with Artifact, a kind of TikTok for text"

forgetcolor — Tue, 31 Jan 2023 22:14:49 +0000

More accurate would be to call it TikTok for Links, not for text, as text without links isn't allowed.

New comment by forgetcolor in "How bad is your Spotify?"

forgetcolor — Wed, 23 Dec 2020 20:32:20 +0000

This drives me nuts. I want to listen to an album, not a song. But I'm guessing this is an old-school POV that the younger demographic doesn't agree with.

New comment by forgetcolor in "JazzKeys: Type to improvise Jazz music"

forgetcolor — Mon, 06 Jul 2020 21:16:53 +0000

This is mostly just using the keyboard to manipulate the rhythm/time performance of a pre-configured score. Interesting, but not what most would think of as jazz improvisation.

New comment by forgetcolor in "UChicago doctors see ‘remarkable’ success using ventilator alternatives"

forgetcolor — Sun, 26 Apr 2020 09:08:52 +0000

I wonder how this technique differs from CPAP. CPAP doesn't use pure O2, but perhaps the pressures can be similar?

New comment by forgetcolor in "Tell HN: Google should drop Quora from search results"

forgetcolor — Sun, 24 Nov 2019 19:28:35 +0000

For years now I have used "-pinterest" on every regular search term I utilize (I bake that into any Google bookmark). Would applaud the removal of Pinterest from search results.

New comment by forgetcolor in "Boeing 737 Max Simulators Are in High Demand, But Flawed"

forgetcolor — Sat, 18 May 2019 18:53:22 +0000

Why does MCAS have to take control of trim at all? Would it not be sufficient to alert the pilot of an imminent stall situation so they can adjust the angle of attack themselves? Is it because doing so would put the MAX too far afield from the old 737 such that it would require simulator training?

New comment by forgetcolor in "De-Suckafying Apple’s Butterfly Keyboard"

forgetcolor — Wed, 16 Jan 2019 00:10:33 +0000

Yes, have tried this. Comes back working and then develops the same problem shortly thereafter. Further, Apple Stores are about a 2.5hr drive for me, so I can't just easily keep popping in for every issue -- especially if I think the fix won't last anyway.

New comment by forgetcolor in "De-Suckafying Apple’s Butterfly Keyboard"

forgetcolor — Wed, 16 Jan 2019 00:08:38 +0000

Trying this out. I like it more than I thought I would. But a couple comments:

1) The sounds appear to all be the same, regardless of key. Seems there should be some subtle variation in the sound, even if it just a very slight modulation in pitch? This would better map with real mechanical keyboards.

2) The sounds appear too far delayed to me. Like it's slightly out of sync w/ my typing. I turned off the keyup sound—which helps—but not enough. It may be this is a limitation you can't overcome.

3) The sound quality seems low. Maybe obtain higher quality samples and/or don't compress it so much?

New comment by forgetcolor in "De-Suckafying Apple’s Butterfly Keyboard"

forgetcolor — Wed, 16 Jan 2019 00:00:31 +0000

I'm okay with the travel changes (and even sometimes prefer it to the old generation).

I am unhappy about the increased sound, but can live with it.

But the regular problems with repeating keys is an insane regression in functionality. I have this problem with a different key almost every day (today it's my 'i' key), but most days one of the keys repeats itself every time I activate iti, such that—see, that "iti" was a perfect example (I corrected the others)—and the repeat happens usually after the following letter. Drives. me. crazy.

New comment by forgetcolor in "Therapy experience is associated with negative changes in personality (2017)"

forgetcolor — Fri, 13 Jul 2018 19:43:34 +0000

Interesting results (thanks for the SciHub link), but also a call for more research. Not enough info yet to rule out a likely explanation: that those who seek therapy were already in a negative situation, and thus the therapy is a symptom of a problem rather than the cause of one. They discuss additional interesting angles about it near the end, re therapists who don't follow standard protocols, patients who don't stay with therapy, etc.

You think you’re using your smartphone – but it also uses you

forgetcolor — Mon, 15 Aug 2016 17:40:15 +0000

Article URL: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2016/08/15/you-think-youre-using-your-smartphone-but-it-also-uses-you/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12291996

Points: 3

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New comment by forgetcolor in "Apple Said to Plan First Pro Laptop Overhaul in Years"

forgetcolor — Wed, 10 Aug 2016 16:28:41 +0000

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned the loss of the ESC key. I use Vim and touch that key all day long. Replacing that with a touch button sounds like a terrible idea for usability. Clearly nobody in charge at Apple is also a vi user.

Beyond not removing the ESC key, I want 32-64 GB RAM, a 2TB drive option (or more), and no more weight.

New comment by forgetcolor in "E Ink announces a full color electrophoretic ePaper display"

forgetcolor — Wed, 25 May 2016 06:13:51 +0000

http://bengrosser.com/projects/protocols-of-looking/ -- artwork w gaze tracking, looks away when you look at it

Show HN: Tracing You, a website that tries to “see” where its visitors are

forgetcolor — Sun, 07 Feb 2016 19:26:56 +0000

Article URL: http://tracingyou.bengrosser.com

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11054334

Points: 65

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