Hacker News: hi41

New comment by hi41 in "Steve Jobs in Exile – New book on his years at NeXT Computer"

hi41 — Fri, 15 May 2026 11:44:15 +0000

Much respect to Steve and the engineers at Apple. However, I hate using a product from Apple that actually causes me physical pain after using it. The magic mouse. I use that for 10 minutes and my palm and wrist hurt badly. Many have experienced the same symptoms and yet Apple hasn’t changed its design. I get that Apple is creative. Do they change their product design based on feedback from actual users in their creative process?

New comment by hi41 in "The buns in McDonald's Japan's burger photos are all slightly askew"

hi41 — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 01:59:45 +0000

Do you think the CEO will taste the product?

Jury finds that Live Nation acted as a monopoly and overcharged ticket buyers

hi41 — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 02:09:54 +0000

Article URL: https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5786715

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47787828

Points: 4

# Comments: 2

New comment by hi41 in "Physics Girl: Super-Kamiokande – Imaging the sun by detecting neutrinos [video]"

hi41 — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 22:54:21 +0000

Reminds me of the scene in Kung Panda 1 where one feather of the goose, Peng, falls into the tunnel which Tai Lung uses to unlock his cage and escape.

Prejudice Against Leprosy

hi41 — Sat, 07 Feb 2026 16:57:41 +0000

Article URL: https://text.npr.org/g-s1-108321

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46925332

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by hi41 in "He set out to walk around the world. After 27 years, his quest is nearly over"

hi41 — Sat, 13 Dec 2025 15:57:18 +0000

Does anyone know of he has a wife and kids? Such a trekking lifestyle would be very difficult with a family.

New comment by hi41 in "30 years ago today "Netscape and Sun announce JavaScript""

hi41 — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 19:00:01 +0000

Nice anecdote. What are you doing now? Are you a developer still or the VP of a company?

New comment by hi41 in "A laser pointer at 2B FPS [video]"

hi41 — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 13:32:01 +0000

Can we not find why the strange behavior of a double split experiment occurs using this setup?

New comment by hi41 in "Just Use Curl"

hi41 — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 13:17:09 +0000

I am a total newbie to curl. I am so excited to come across this post. Thanks, op! I want to use curl to send json and xml requests instead of using Postman and SoapUI while also using a jks file which stores a certificate for secure connection to API.

(Clarified regarding certificate)

New comment by hi41 in "Just Use Curl"

hi41 — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 13:14:58 +0000

I am new to curl. We use secure connection to Visa and Maactercard API. We have the certificate in a jks file.

Is there a way to send the json request that one sends in Postman but in curl while also using the jks file?

Similarly, we use SoapUI to send XML requests. Is there a way to send those XML requests using curl while also using the jks file?

Greatly appreciate your help.

New comment by hi41 in "I used to know how to write in Japanese"

hi41 — Fri, 15 Aug 2025 15:06:24 +0000

>> This is also why I believe that language is a bottleneck for thought

I am not sure I agree with this. We think our thoughts using language. I don’t language is the bottleneck.

New comment by hi41 in "United Airlines grounds flights after system meltdown"

hi41 — Thu, 07 Aug 2025 14:19:31 +0000

Wow. I couldn’t tell. How did you find out that it may be AI generated.

New comment by hi41 in "Google aims to reinvent email with Wave (2009)"

hi41 — Tue, 17 Jun 2025 14:10:33 +0000

I was one of those people. Really, I didn’t understand what Wave was trying to do. I tried to use it with my friends but all I saw was nested text boxes. Can you please tell me what it was trying to do?

New comment by hi41 in "Getting Past Procrastination"

hi41 — Sat, 07 Jun 2025 08:46:52 +0000

Regarding the family part. Don’t feel terribly bas about not having a family. There is the possibility of a divorce and the resulting court ordered payments that can be far more devastating. It’s simply too hard to keep someone else happy all the time. Frustrations add up, more fights, more insults, more angry words. As humans I don’t think we can ever be happy.

New comment by hi41 in "TLS certificate lifetimes will officially reduce to 47 days"

hi41 — Wed, 23 Apr 2025 14:39:17 +0000

Thx. For one API in my company, there is only root and intermediate certificates are present in the jks file but the leaf certificate is not. Would encryption work without a leaf certificate?

In another instance to connect to a server, only the root certificate is present in the trust store. Does it mean encryption can be performed with just the root certificate.

DESI observatory finds hints that dark energy has changed over

hi41 — Thu, 20 Mar 2025 19:21:53 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4geldjjge0o

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43427725

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by hi41 in "Stop Asking Your Teen How Their Day Was"

hi41 — Mon, 06 Jan 2025 15:58:47 +0000

I am a dad. This happened when my daughter reached high school and now my son as well. When I ask what happened in school, they always respond with one word - “nothing”. Then I follow up and say that they had so many classes and time on the playground. How could all of that amount to nothing. To that answer with two words- “nothing much”. I heave a huge sigh and mutter under my breath, It’s okay and move on. It’s probably to do with onset of puberty and the generation gap. I probably don’t understand their world much at all.

Getting your steps in can reduce depression

hi41 — Mon, 06 Jan 2025 00:11:12 +0000

Article URL: https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5247787

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42606211

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by hi41 in "A 10-Year Battery for AirTag"

hi41 — Sun, 29 Dec 2024 19:45:58 +0000

About a year or so back, there was an issue about Airtags being used for stalking a person. Has that issue been resolved by Apple? Or does the issue still exist?

New comment by hi41 in "US judge finds NSO Group liable for hacking journalists via WhatsApp"

hi41 — Sun, 22 Dec 2024 15:56:17 +0000

I think most influential companies such as Microsoft snd Google have said that c and c++ need to be deprecated. I think replacing old code with memory safe languages takes time, effort and money. Hopefully in a decade we can this can be fully done.