Hacker News: forgotmypw17

New comment by forgotmypw17 in "Volunteers turn a fan's recordings of 10K concerts into an online treasure trove"

forgotmypw17 — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 23:22:49 +0000

Does anyone know how to find the hiphop/rap shows?

New comment by forgotmypw17 in "Interoperability Can Save the Open Web"

forgotmypw17 — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 17:25:24 +0000

Validate it yourself with hashing and PKI. Yes, it needs bootstrapping, just like centralized HTTPS needs bootstrapping.

New comment by forgotmypw17 in "Show HN: Looking for feedback on a Git-native message board"

forgotmypw17 — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 06:32:35 +0000

(I also modeled this on HN, which only supported Latin-1 in the past, and still suppresses many Unicode features today.)

Show HN: Looking for feedback on a Git-native message board

forgotmypw17 — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 06:24:08 +0000

Article URL: https://zenmemes.com/compose/thread

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47513964

Points: 2

# Comments: 2

New comment by forgotmypw17 in "Liquid Glass Is Permanent"

forgotmypw17 — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 03:25:00 +0000

I use the "reduce motion / avoid animation" setting from accessibility, and Apple's own apps including Safari completely ignores this setting. The UI does all kinds of distracting and disturbing animations regardless of it. (I've now switched away from it for Firefox.)

It's really frustrating to experience not only non-consensual UI changes that cause cognitive load, for many people unsustainable cognitive load, but also completely steamroll over any accessibility accommodations.

I only upgraded because of the OS incessantly nagging me to do it, even when I asked it to stop checking for updates. I'm honestly not sure what to do with Apple, because Android is not any better. I wish Apple would give accessibility more than lip service.

New comment by forgotmypw17 in "What’s on HTTP?"

forgotmypw17 — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 16:19:48 +0000

This is true, and is a real failure mode of HTTP.

Where I live, and for people with older devices, this happens much less frequently than the HTTPS failure modes of unsupported browsers.

New comment by forgotmypw17 in "What’s on HTTP?"

forgotmypw17 — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 04:11:46 +0000

Agree 100%. HTTP is much more accessible, and HTTPS has more failure modes. When I want to ensure that someone can read my content, I offer both.

New comment by forgotmypw17 in "End of an era for me: no more self-hosted git"

forgotmypw17 — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 16:30:54 +0000

Slow/lossy connections: JS may not load, but site still works.

Users that prefer non-animated pages and disable JS for this reason.

Users who prioritize security.

Users of older devices in which your JS can trigger errors. Yes, these exist. Not everyone can upgrade their older device. Many people do not even have their own device to use.

New comment by forgotmypw17 in "End of an era for me: no more self-hosted git"

forgotmypw17 — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 23:33:57 +0000

There are many reasons to accommodate non-JS users beyond accommodating people who have intentionally disabled it, and most of them are in accessibility territory.

Be careful with using percentages for your arguments, because this is not that different from saying that 99.99% of people don't need wheelchair access.

New comment by forgotmypw17 in "Windows 8 Desktop Environment for Linux"

forgotmypw17 — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 15:24:22 +0000

Well, there's this, for XFCE:

https://github.com/grassmunk/Chicago95

New comment by forgotmypw17 in "They Want to Influence You to Do Nothing"

forgotmypw17 — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 05:11:06 +0000

https://archive.ph/3axTl

New comment by forgotmypw17 in "Here is the 15 sec coding test I used to instantly filter out most applicants"

forgotmypw17 — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 23:53:07 +0000

Thanks to everyone who replied. I failed to account for the else condition when x is not > 3.

New comment by forgotmypw17 in "Here is the 15 sec coding test I used to instantly filter out most applicants"

forgotmypw17 — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 22:17:25 +0000

Wouldn't the correct answer be 5?

    result = result + x
    //   5   0        5

New comment by forgotmypw17 in "Em Dash in Reddit Comments"

forgotmypw17 — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 21:25:37 +0000

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New comment by forgotmypw17 in "Frank Gehry has died"

forgotmypw17 — Sat, 06 Dec 2025 00:27:41 +0000

It’s really fun to explore, no two spaces are alike, and lots of nooks and crannies. Definitely in my top 5 favorite buildings on campus and in Cambridge.

The $400 social network that defies AI slop

forgotmypw17 — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 07:15:44 +0000

Article URL: https://quasa.io/media/gen-z-s-nostalgic-rebellion-the-400-camera-app-that-ditches-ai-slop-for-real-life

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45832387

Points: 3

# Comments: 2

New comment by forgotmypw17 in "Internet's biggest annoyance: Cookie laws should target browsers, not websites"

forgotmypw17 — Thu, 23 Oct 2025 18:56:32 +0000

User preference cookies generally do not require consent under most privacy regulations, including the EU’s GDPR and ePrivacy Directive, as long as they serve a functional purpose directly requested by the user and are not used for tracking or profiling.

New comment by forgotmypw17 in "Internet's biggest annoyance: Cookie laws should target browsers, not websites"

forgotmypw17 — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 23:07:36 +0000

This is not true, cookie disclosure is only required for non-essential cookies.

New comment by forgotmypw17 in "Internet's biggest annoyance: Cookie laws should target browsers, not websites"

forgotmypw17 — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 18:52:21 +0000

That’s certainly possible. I don’t deny occasionally clicking them. I just don’t bother most of the time.

Edit: I just tried the flight ordering flow again (starting at google.com/flights) in a private/incognito tab, and did not encounter any cookie banners.

New comment by forgotmypw17 in "Internet's biggest annoyance: Cookie laws should target browsers, not websites"

forgotmypw17 — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 17:48:43 +0000

I started with Google Flights and went to two other sites that it directed me to.

Just to reiterate, I'm not religious about this practice. If I need to click a cookie banner to book a plane ticket, so be it.

I just treat cookie banners as a strong negative signal.