Hacker News: functionmouse

New comment by functionmouse in "Minecraft: Java Edition now uses SDL3"

functionmouse — Sun, 19 Jul 2026 13:20:09 +0000

Pretty sure minecraft has used borderless full screen for a long time unless you go out of your way to tell it not to. Lots of platforms, services, and applications have been deprecating exclusive full screen over the past decade or so.

New comment by functionmouse in "Open Book Touch: open-source e-reader"

functionmouse — Sat, 18 Jul 2026 12:14:56 +0000

Kickstarter gadgets aren't meant to be useful, they're meant to tick boxes and look good on Kickstarter.

New comment by functionmouse in "Battery packs: Let's talk about crates, baby"

functionmouse — Sat, 18 Jul 2026 12:10:12 +0000

It's about boosting attack surface. Trust the plan :)

New comment by functionmouse in "LG monitors silently install software through Windows Update without consent"

functionmouse — Sat, 18 Jul 2026 12:03:30 +0000

the OS handles these now by installing the malware. Zero click.

New comment by functionmouse in "Reviving a 15-year-old netbook with Arch Linux"

functionmouse — Sat, 18 Jul 2026 11:13:15 +0000

I wonder if that still works on Wayland WMs

New comment by functionmouse in "Three ways people respond to a problem (other than solving it)"

functionmouse — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 16:15:27 +0000

reminds me of an old meme

> have "problem"; don't care: no problem

New comment by functionmouse in "First atmosphere found on Earth-like planet in habitable zone of distant star"

functionmouse — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 15:19:00 +0000

We cannot design a probe that travels at the speed of light.

New comment by functionmouse in "$100 AI Music Video: Claude Fable 5 vs. GPT-5.6 Sol"

functionmouse — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 14:39:31 +0000

> And if you don't think this is half decent, just replace "now" with "soon".

see, you keep saying that, but it never comes true. First of all, you suggest that just because progress has been fast up to now, it will continue being fast. I think that's something like Gambler's fallacy. Secondly, the progress we're seeing is not like linear progress to 100%. It continues to get certain things extremely wrong. This might be half decent today for fooling the elderly, but it's not a good look for artistic expression or even marketing for that matter.

New comment by functionmouse in "Why Am I Left-Handed?"

functionmouse — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 14:07:31 +0000

For me it's as if I'm missing a muscle in my right hand. I can do the Vulcan salute just fine with my left, but not at all with my right. I simply don't have the same input responsible for that specific motion. I have no trouble typing with both hands or doing most tasks, as we're adaptable, but it's still a physical limitation.

Here's an experiment - place both of your hands flat down on your desk, and on each hand try to tap your ring finger on the surface without lifting or moving any of the other fingers. I can do this hard enough to make a noise with my left, but not with my right.

New comment by functionmouse in "TSMC plans further $100B US investment to feed AI demand"

functionmouse — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 14:02:14 +0000

I wouldn't touch that with a 39+1/2 foot pole.

The current state of the global economy is dizzying. Of course the market has no top because fiat has no bottom. But still,,, dizzying.

New comment by functionmouse in "British Steel taken into public ownership to protect 'vital' UK supply"

functionmouse — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 12:46:13 +0000

"I drank the kool-aid and I am very smart."

New comment by functionmouse in "US Debt Clock Live"

functionmouse — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 18:01:27 +0000

VOTE

New comment by functionmouse in "Devs aren't maximizing what they can do with AI b/C they still look at the code"

functionmouse — Sun, 12 Jul 2026 16:25:06 +0000

Statements dreamed up by the utterly deranged.

New comment by functionmouse in "Woman in Brazil enslaved for 55 years by 3 generations of the same family"

functionmouse — Sun, 12 Jul 2026 12:26:25 +0000

poopie

New comment by functionmouse in "Meta's Teen Safety Case Just Became a $1.4T Existential Threat"

functionmouse — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 20:52:22 +0000

it's not enough

New comment by functionmouse in "Snails' teeth beats spider silk as nature's strongest material (2015)"

functionmouse — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 18:10:02 +0000

because as a reader, bags of sugar are more engaging to me than bags of concrete.

New comment by functionmouse in "Show HN: 18 Words"

functionmouse — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 13:16:57 +0000

tbh this should accept all dictionary matches

New comment by functionmouse in "It seems that the age of reading might be a short anomaly in human history"

functionmouse — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 15:11:36 +0000

It's true; I also started reading the comments before clicking the article. Show of hands?

New comment by functionmouse in "Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs Video Lectures (1986)"

functionmouse — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 13:24:43 +0000

I think we should only be recommending MIT Scheme. Everything else has got too much going on and can become distracting, for the purposes of education.

New comment by functionmouse in "Resetting Xbox"

functionmouse — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 22:07:38 +0000

if they fire everyone and stop spending money, only making money, their PnL ratio will be infinite!