Hacker News: htk

New comment by htk in "Why macOS27 won't be supporting Intel anymore"

htk — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 12:55:09 +0000

Keep an Intel Mac around?

New comment by htk in "A new spam policy for “back button hijacking”"

htk — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 14:01:29 +0000

Popups were dealt in a way that could be useful here, they're only permitted when the user directly generates the interaction that creates the popup (not scripted). The back button could use the same algorithm back in history, only go back to screens that the user directly navigated.

Apple App Store Is Flooded with AI Slop and Legitimate Developers Are Paying

htk — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 16:12:46 +0000

Article URL: https://www.forbes.com/sites/josipamajic/2026/03/24/the-apple-app-store-is-flooded-with-ai-slop-and-legitimate-developers-are-paying-for-it/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47519381

Points: 7

# Comments: 3

New comment by htk in "AirPods Max 2"

htk — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 13:45:19 +0000

Thanks to the kind soul who upvoted this horrendously typed reply. Unfortunately I can't edit it anymore.

New comment by htk in "AirPods Max 2"

htk — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 19:51:14 +0000

Absolutely! I have both the AirPods Max and the Bose QC Ultra and even though my whole ecosystem is Apple, the QC Ultra is a lot more comfortable reliable on day to day usage. Comfort is due to weight, and reliability is the batter is predictably on the QC Ultra, but on the Max I never know if the battery went all down because I can't turn it off.

New comment by htk in "BitNet: Inference framework for 1-bit LLMs"

htk — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 20:12:33 +0000

So Microsoft is actually using 2 bits instead of 1.58. In this case they could represent -1, 0, 1, 2. As inhibitory synapses account for 20%-30%, this could map well to how biological brains are structured.

Does that make sense?

New comment by htk in "macOS Tahoe windows have different corner radiuses"

htk — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 14:46:06 +0000

"In 2015, Dye became the head of Apple's user interface design team"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Dye

Window resize pointer does not follow the window's corner shape

htk — Fri, 13 Feb 2026 18:46:56 +0000

Article URL: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/macos-release-notes/macos-26_3-release-notes

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47006193

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by htk in "NetNewsWire Turns 23"

htk — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 17:02:21 +0000

This is THE reader of RSS feeds if you're in the Apple ecosystem.

It's so good to still find new feeds to subscribe to now and then.

My latest is the newsletter from Retro Game Corps. Pure nostalgia fun right on my NetNewsWire apps.

Apple Stops Selling $200 'Pro Apps' Bundle with Final Cut Pro and More

htk — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 15:47:46 +0000

Article URL: https://www.macrumors.com/2026/01/29/apple-stops-selling-pro-apps-education-bundle/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46811734

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

Apple Apps Will No Longer Receive All New Features Without a Subscription

htk — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 19:06:48 +0000

Article URL: https://www.macrumors.com/2026/01/13/apple-creator-studio-exclusive-app-features/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46606106

Points: 6

# Comments: 1

New comment by htk in "iOS 26 Shows Unusually Slow Adoption Months After Release"

htk — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 02:26:44 +0000

Liquid Glass is less performant, and the interactions are less reliable due to the bouncing and wobbling. Also all the transparency makes it harder to read.

A bad "upgrade", but thankfully the designer who fathered this is gone from Apple.

Tech Startups Are Handing Out Free Nicotine Pouches to Boost Productivity

htk — Wed, 31 Dec 2025 11:08:37 +0000

Article URL: https://www.wsj.com/tech/tech-startups-are-handing-out-free-nicotine-pouches-to-boost-productivity-e42d3cbe

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46443187

Points: 3

# Comments: 2

Maybe the default settings are too high

htk — Thu, 25 Dec 2025 23:13:21 +0000

Article URL: https://www.raptitude.com/2025/12/maybe-the-default-settings-are-too-high/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46387657

Points: 937

# Comments: 321

New comment by htk in "We invited a man into our home at Christmas and he stayed with us for 45 years"

htk — Thu, 25 Dec 2025 19:50:51 +0000

Unbelievable story in the best of ways. Three amazing people lucky to have each other in their lives.

New comment by htk in "I program on the subway"

htk — Sun, 21 Dec 2025 18:55:21 +0000

If you took the time to read the first paragraph instead of typing this snarky comment, you'd know he's working on his personal projects.

New comment by htk in "Is Mozilla trying hard to kill itself?"

htk — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 12:36:39 +0000

Every now and then we talk here about Mozilla needing more money to keep Firefox alive, meanwhile they spend money with other priorities in mind.

This is an old article but has some good examples:

https://lunduke.locals.com/post/4387539/firefox-money-invest...

New comment by htk in "Surface Tension of Software"

htk — Sun, 14 Dec 2025 11:04:58 +0000

Please elaborate. I thought the article was interesting and would love a contrasting take.

Edit: thank you for the answers, I don't know how I missed that em dash clue.

New comment by htk in "The Disappearance of an Anti-AI Activist"

htk — Fri, 05 Dec 2025 11:56:00 +0000

Meanwhile, on another news website: "Cops still searching for ‘volatile’ activist whose death threats shut down OpenAI office The ChatGPT maker’s HQ was locked down after a former member of the protest group Stop AI allegedly threatened murder."[1]

[1]: https://sfstandard.com/2025/12/02/openai-protester-shut-down...

New comment by htk in "Average DRAM price in USD over last 18 months"

htk — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 16:15:40 +0000

I remember when crypto ruined the market for GPUs, and now AI is ruining the market for DRAM. Darn you, fads.