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New comment by iammiles in "iPhone 16 Best-Selling Smartphone in 2025; Apple Takes 7 Spots in Top Models"

iammiles — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 21:48:50 +0000

Apple makes a sizeable sum through the App store and accessories. I don't think low churn on their flagship hardware is keeping their executives awake at night.

New comment by iammiles in "JRR Tolkien reads from The Hobbit for 30 Minutes (1952)"

iammiles — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 16:04:10 +0000

While we’re at it, Christopher Lee’s narration of Children of Húrin deserves a mention.

New comment by iammiles in "Ask HN: What did you read in 2025?"

iammiles — Sat, 27 Dec 2025 05:28:15 +0000

I'm rereading the Lord of the Rings after about ~15 years since my last one. For this read through I've been thoroughly delighted by the interlude of poems and songs whereas before I'd just gloss over them. I wonder if this is an effect of getting older.

New comment by iammiles in "A Library for Fish Sounds"

iammiles — Sat, 11 Oct 2025 16:23:13 +0000

For anyone interested, the musical artist Cosmo Sheldrake has an album entitled Wild Wet World [0] where he samples sounds from the ocean. He often incorporates a lot from nature in his music and is a real treat to see live.

[0] - https://www.cosmosheldrake.com/music/wildwetworld

New comment by iammiles in "What a crab sees before it gets eaten by a cuttlefish"

iammiles — Wed, 05 Mar 2025 04:50:00 +0000

I appreciate the gift but I suspect sleep tonight will be less than appreciative.

New comment by iammiles in "Bald eagles are thriving again after near extinction"

iammiles — Tue, 25 Feb 2025 20:57:34 +0000

Adding to this thread: I see them a ton around Cathedral Park in St Johns.

New comment by iammiles in "Nintendo announces the Switch 2 [video]"

iammiles — Thu, 16 Jan 2025 14:23:44 +0000

My number one wish for this iteration is more reliability out of the joycons.

New comment by iammiles in "ABC News hacks into popular robot vacuum, watches owner through camera"

iammiles — Fri, 04 Oct 2024 15:22:14 +0000

This sounds like the Roborock S series. I went with lidar over camera because it can run in any lighting condition and I don’t have a need for poop detection.

Google's online search monopoly is illegal, US judge rules

iammiles — Mon, 05 Aug 2024 22:59:48 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0k44x6mge3o

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41166402

Points: 10

# Comments: 2

New comment by iammiles in "The Second Golden Age of Emacs"

iammiles — Tue, 27 Feb 2024 19:36:32 +0000

Clojure for the Brave and True[0] is what introduced me to Emacs. Getting a job writing Clojure(script) cemented my use of it.

[0] - https://www.braveclojure.com/basic-emacs/

New comment by iammiles in "How Netflix really uses Java"

iammiles — Tue, 27 Feb 2024 17:24:19 +0000

…let's say, your TV, or your iOS device will just do 10 network calls to these different microservices. It will just not scale at all. You would have a very bad customer experience. It would feel like using the Disney app. It's just not ideal.

That’s some shade.

Moving from Nyxt to Surf

iammiles — Wed, 14 Feb 2024 20:39:23 +0000

Article URL: https://www.aartaka.me.eu.org/nyxt-to-surf

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39375002

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

New comment by iammiles in "Ruby's exceptional creatures"

iammiles — Mon, 29 Jan 2024 06:15:52 +0000

This is absolutely delightful! The Ruby community seems to punch above its weight when it comes to producing fun, joyful documentation.

New comment by iammiles in "Who makes the most reliable new cars?"

iammiles — Thu, 30 Nov 2023 04:30:24 +0000

Sounds a lot like my 2013 Subaru Forester. I often fantasize about getting a newer car but then I remember my car is paid off and has never let me down. It doesn't deserve me.

An initial investigation into using Zig to speed up Raku code

iammiles — Thu, 30 Nov 2023 03:01:38 +0000

Article URL: https://5ab5traction5.bearblog.dev/an-initial-investigation-into-using-zig-to-speed-up-raku-code/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38468932

Points: 5

# Comments: 0

Racket Beyond Languages

iammiles — Wed, 22 Nov 2023 00:23:10 +0000

Article URL: https://nikhilism.com/post/2023/racket-beyond-languages/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38372710

Points: 7

# Comments: 0

The Zig subreddit has closed

iammiles — Sat, 17 Jun 2023 07:46:52 +0000

Article URL: https://ziggit.dev/t/the-zig-subreddit-has-closed/679

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36368185

Points: 5

# Comments: 1

New comment by iammiles in "Roku filed an 8-K saying that of its $1.9B of cash, $487M is stuck at SVB"

iammiles — Fri, 10 Mar 2023 23:36:18 +0000

To save people a quick search, here is part of the Wikipedia definition of Form 8-K: "...a very broad form used to notify investors in United States public companies of specified events that may be important to shareholders or the United States Securities and Exchange Commission."

New comment by iammiles in "Apple's Popularity with Gen Z Poses Challenges for Android"

iammiles — Tue, 21 Feb 2023 18:50:29 +0000

Differentiating messages between iPhone and non-iPhone (i.e. blue text vs green text) has to be one of the greatest ploys in business history.

New comment by iammiles in "Show HN: I finished v5 of a JVM framework I've spent spent half a decade making"

iammiles — Tue, 04 Oct 2022 00:14:24 +0000

Similar to other use cases mentioned already, it was a way for us to create a privacy-focused site to manage guests and give guests the opportunity to update their RSVP, dietary needs, and requested song for the DJ. Additionally there were a few sections of the site where my fiancée could update content as she saw fit by logging in and hitting save. We found the database useful to keep track of RSVPs, gifts, and who we still needed to send thank you's to after the event.

The main drawbacks were people who are not comfortable using the web and people remembering their unique adjective-noun passphrase. Also, I'm not very savvy when it comes to CSS or design so my giddiness was crushed demoing what I thought was the MVP to the "project manager".

I don't want to detract this from being about Javalin though. It's fantastic. I would recommend it and use it again for projects.