Hacker News: hackstack

New comment by hackstack in "Creating a bespoke data diode for air‑gapped networks"

hackstack — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 19:32:37 +0000

By that logic, an open wifi router would be considered air gapped, n’est pas?

New comment by hackstack in "A guide to local coding models"

hackstack — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 00:18:34 +0000

This is essentially vast.ai, no?

New comment by hackstack in "The underground world of hobby tunneling"

hackstack — Sun, 04 Feb 2024 17:32:07 +0000

I mean, I’m just saying the danger exists (which is what “real” means to me) and people should be aware of it. Not that people shouldn’t dig big holes. I thought that was clear in my original comment but evidently not.

New comment by hackstack in "Physical cash is dying–and you don't need to be a conspiracist to worry"

hackstack — Sun, 04 Feb 2024 17:28:58 +0000

Oh duh! Pardon my ignorance; that makes perfect sense, I guess my mind was elsewhere

New comment by hackstack in "Physical cash is dying–and you don't need to be a conspiracist to worry"

hackstack — Sun, 04 Feb 2024 04:05:16 +0000

“Of course”.

Thanks for responding — can you clarify this interest benefit you are talking about?

New comment by hackstack in "The underground world of hobby tunneling"

hackstack — Sun, 04 Feb 2024 03:46:33 +0000

I’m in the same age bracket and hole-digging enthusiasm bracket as you but recently became aware of the dangers of this whimsical pastime! [1]

That’s not to dissuade you or anyone else from doing it (I have continued!), but I think everyone should be aware of the very real danger. As they say, knowing is half the battle!

1 - https://www.npr.org/2022/05/19/1100068725/beach-holes-sand-c...

New comment by hackstack in "Physical cash is dying–and you don't need to be a conspiracist to worry"

hackstack — Sat, 03 Feb 2024 19:12:38 +0000

Let’s just take 95% as a true figure … first of all the 5% you don’t get back is a straight up loss. The rewards you get at the end of the month are fine (eg cash back) but you’ve missed out on earning interest on the money you “get back”

New comment by hackstack in "DeepSeek Coder: Let the Code Write Itself"

hackstack — Thu, 01 Feb 2024 08:10:28 +0000

What do you mean by this? I’ve been getting great mileage out of copilot, especially since learning about the @workspace keyword.

Could you quantify your criticism a bit more? (genuinely asking)

New comment by hackstack in "Apple Vision Pro review"

hackstack — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 01:11:21 +0000

Do people really watch movies on xreals? I tried the Air Pro 2 and found them borderline unusable.

Also, AR glasses being used by someone operating a motor vehicle sounds like a recipe for an entirely different kind of “killer” app.

New comment by hackstack in "Elevated Errors on API and ChatGPT"

hackstack — Wed, 22 Nov 2023 00:26:49 +0000

I wonder if it’s crossover from typing http, ftp, etc. I know the practice has fallen to the wayside in consumer computing but I’d buy that most people have more muscle memory for typing _tp than _pt in a semi-standalone context

New comment by hackstack in "Quebec bans unvaccinated from buying groceries at Walmart, Costco"

hackstack — Wed, 26 Jan 2022 21:48:42 +0000

They can shop at alternatives (if they exist in the specific town in Quebec), for now.

It's not really hyperbole, I think. The basic right is at the very least being threatened, if not explicitly violated (yet).

New comment by hackstack in "The next generation of AirPods"

hackstack — Mon, 18 Oct 2021 20:49:45 +0000

I believe iOS 15 includes a little-touted feature: "Voice Isolation" mode; I haven't tested it comprehensively, but other similar technology (e.g. RNNoise [1]) has very impressive results in the scenarios you allude to.

[1] https://jmvalin.ca/demo/rnnoise/

New comment by hackstack in "TSA’s “See cash, seize cash” policy"

hackstack — Thu, 23 Sep 2021 21:16:15 +0000

Chip-and-PIN has been prevalent outside the US since its inception, and is still the norm for large credit card purchases.

New comment by hackstack in "Apple Reports Second Quarter Results"

hackstack — Thu, 29 Apr 2021 02:01:13 +0000

I throw it on the charger for 30 minutes while I work in the evening. Works great, and as others have noted, that’s usually enough to get through 2 nights.

It charges pretty quickly; quickly enough in my experience that even if I forget to charge it one day and I find it dead at an inconvenient time, I can usually throw it in a charger for long enough to get through the rest of the day without much inconvenience. I’ve had my series 5 for about 18 months and in that time, only once have I had it die on me when I was trying to use it.

If I ever go back to working in an office, my use pattern might change, but for the most part I think the inconvenience of charging daily is overstated.

Edit: It also will notify you 1 hour before your configured bedtime if it doesn’t have enough juice to get through the night. I thought this was silly when they announced it but in practice it is great.

New comment by hackstack in "Artist releases album called “Ok Google Play Music” on Spotify"

hackstack — Wed, 02 Dec 2020 17:22:38 +0000

I don't know, I thought Vulfpeck's "Sleepify" hit the nail on the head without bringing any "real" content.

New comment by hackstack in "macOS Big Sur"

hackstack — Thu, 12 Nov 2020 21:24:48 +0000

Correct me if I'm wrong but does not Firefox supply full-text search on your history, bookmarks, and open tabs when you type stuff in the address bar?

I believe Chrome does the same?

New comment by hackstack in "Introducing the next generation of Mac"

hackstack — Tue, 10 Nov 2020 20:05:15 +0000

FWIW there are third-party software options for the Touch Bar such as MTMR (my touch bar, my rules), which at least allows you to activate the haptic feedback in the trackpad when touch bar buttons are pressed. I found that it helped dramatically with accidental touch bar presses.

MTMR also solves the other main problem with the Touch Bar which is that it hides brightness and volume controls behind a tap (so you can't, for example, instantly mash "volume down" when you find it is unexpectedly loud.) With MTMR (and others I believe) you can make multi-touch gestures on the bar to adjust volume and brightness swiftly.

All that said, I'm not convinced that the touch bar adds enough value to justify its cost. If your day-to-day computer use includes tasks it is good it, maybe. As a developer, probably not.

Just my $0.02 as a touchbar-skeptic-cum-macbook-owner.

New comment by hackstack in "Talking, Typing, Thinking: Software Is Not a Desk Job"

hackstack — Thu, 22 Oct 2020 00:47:16 +0000

My sauna is my absolute favorite place to think through anything complex or difficult. Careful not to burn yourself if you take a whiteboard in there!

New comment by hackstack in "China's social credit system is both unique and part of a global trend"

hackstack — Mon, 28 Sep 2020 16:11:43 +0000

Not today— it doesn’t seem like a terrible stretch to imagine that it could in a decade or two though.

New comment by hackstack in "Show HN: Muse – Tool for Thought on iPad"

hackstack — Thu, 27 Aug 2020 17:13:20 +0000

I think you've already gotten lots of feedback on pricing -- One thing I didn't see mentioned is that your website lacks a pricing page. Yes, you indicate the subscription price, and you hide a little note that says you can try it for free first... but here in the comments you said you have a "generous free tier" -- it would be useful to see information about that tier on your website.

All that said, I'll join the chorus of skeptics over the $100/yr price. Apparently you have people willing to pay that, which is great, and hopefully a sign that you have built a good product -- maybe we on HN are just a bunch of cheap, cynical bastards.