Hacker News: givinguflac

New comment by givinguflac in "LittleSnitch for Linux"

givinguflac — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 11:53:19 +0000

Ads, trackers, general boost to privacy. Not every protection tool is just about malware.

New comment by givinguflac in "Virtual Mars Traverse: Every inch of Curiosity rover's path since 2012 landing"

givinguflac — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 19:56:39 +0000

I really don’t understand the lack of mobile access. Even requesting desktop site changes nothing.

You really can’t make what’s effectively a slideshow/streetview work on mobile?

I don’t care if it’s not as good on mobile, just that I can access it.

Seems like a cool idea, but not about to hop over to my desktop to check it out though.

New comment by givinguflac in "Apple approves driver that lets Nvidia eGPUs work with Arm Macs"

givinguflac — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 19:35:09 +0000

Derp, didn’t read closely enough. Thanks

New comment by givinguflac in "Apple approves driver that lets Nvidia eGPUs work with Arm Macs"

givinguflac — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 18:09:19 +0000

I think you missed a zero, TB5 does 80GB/s.

New comment by givinguflac in "Apple Business"

givinguflac — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 22:04:22 +0000

Which ones of those can do notifications, health tracking, sleep cycle, temperature/blood pressure? I’ll wait.

New comment by givinguflac in "Apple Business"

givinguflac — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 22:03:37 +0000

Couldn’t agree more. Those amalgam windows mobile devices were an interesting for the time, but hellish experience imho.

New comment by givinguflac in "Apple Business"

givinguflac — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 21:59:57 +0000

> but the M-series Macs have spent 5 years changing absolutely nothing.

You clearly keep up with tech news, kudos! I’ve seen no changes from other major pc manufacturers in response to Apple silicon, at all. /s

New comment by givinguflac in "Apple Business"

givinguflac — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 21:50:34 +0000

Thank you, point well made!

New comment by givinguflac in "Apple Business"

givinguflac — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 21:48:57 +0000

>Look at laptop reviews from places like Just Josh Tech on YouTube

I stopped reading here.

New comment by givinguflac in "Apple Business"

givinguflac — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 21:46:41 +0000

I will be absolutely shocked if any current pc company can even approach the neos build quality/performance/price combo. See you next year, happy to wait .

New comment by givinguflac in "Apple Business"

givinguflac — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 21:42:56 +0000

Are you talking Mac or iOS? I have never had an issue on iPhone’s mail app, though my desktop is Linux so I don’t know? Hence the question. I’ve never experienced any of that. Thanks

New comment by givinguflac in "Apple Business"

givinguflac — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 21:36:00 +0000

Genuinely curious, what were the Apple mail service issues for you? I hate gmail and have had zero issues with my @Mac.com email in 20+ years, that I’ve noticed. Thanks

New comment by givinguflac in "Rack-mount hydroponics"

givinguflac — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 13:30:26 +0000

Any of the billion guides to growing hydroponic cannabis can teach you how to do this in a vertical rack without issues. Neat write up though.

New comment by givinguflac in "Ageless Linux – Software for humans of indeterminate age"

givinguflac — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 13:04:36 +0000

> There's a lot of well intentioned people writing these laws and pushing for them.

No, there absolutely are not. There are Meta et al and their international lobbyists, pushing copy-paste bills. Anyone pearl clutching for the kids is an idiot, or is paid off.

New comment by givinguflac in "The Appalling Stupidity of Spotify's AI DJ"

givinguflac — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 11:55:05 +0000

1. Duh.

2. This author is truly insufferable and arrogant.

3. Apple Music Classical exists.

Feds take notice of iOS vulnerabilities exploited under mysterious circumstances

givinguflac — Sat, 07 Mar 2026 01:26:55 +0000

Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/03/cisa-adds-3-ios-flaws-to-its-catalog-of-known-exploited-vulnerabilities/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47283404

Points: 3

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New comment by givinguflac in "Meta Plans to Add Facial Recognition Technology to Its Smart Glasses"

givinguflac — Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:37:26 +0000

Serious question- how does one defend against this besides wearing a mask or face paint? I want nothing to do with these glassholes.

New comment by givinguflac in "Where did all the starships go?"

givinguflac — Sat, 07 Feb 2026 22:48:19 +0000

2. How do you define loans, tax credits and other subsidies then? You claim it’s this person specifically advancing space faring capabilities- which literally would not be possible without the US government. So please elaborate, as you’re not making sense.

New comment by givinguflac in "I now assume that all ads on Apple news are scams"

givinguflac — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 13:53:08 +0000

You can definitely block ads- try NextDNS.

New comment by givinguflac in "Show HN: LemonSlice – Upgrade your voice agents to real-time video"

givinguflac — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 02:22:47 +0000

While the tech is impressive, from an end user interacting with this perspective, I want nothing to do with it, and I can’t support it. Neat as a one off but destructive imho.

It’s bad enough some companies are doing AI-only interviews. I could see this used to train employees, interview people, replace people at call centers… it’s the next step towards an absolute nightmare. Automated phone trees are bad enough.

There will likely be little human interaction in those and many other situations, and hallucinations will definitely disqualify some people from some jobs.

I’m not anti AI, I’m anti destructive innovation in AI leading to personal health and societal issues, just like modern social media has. I’m not saying this tool is that, I’m saying it’s a foundation for that.

People can choose to not work on things that lead to eventual negative outcomes, and that’s a personal choice for everyone. Of course hindsight is 20/20 but some things can certainly be foreseen.

Apologies for the seemingly negative rant, but this positivity echo chamber in this thread is crazy and I wanted to provide an alternative feedback view.