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New comment by icee in "Tell HN: Bob Cringely has died"

icee — Sun, 04 Oct 2026 05:50:09 +0000

I was a big fan of this guy's work. Great documentaries. Triumph of the Nerds was a great watch — I gifted this to several people. I also watch the lost Steve Jobs documentary every few years for inspiration. Accidental Empires was a great read — I always think of Larry Ellison doing the NYT Crossword puzzle when I read about all the Paramount drama. He'll be missed.

New comment by icee in "Apple unveils 'Passwords' manager app at WWDC 2024"

icee — Wed, 12 Jun 2024 04:33:14 +0000

Depends on how we define "fine," but your own post clarifies that it was "website passwords -- but not app passwords, secure notes, certs, or keys." That's a pretty big difference compared to "all passwords" and seems like it affected a small number of people. In any case, if we're using anecdotes, I haven't had any issues with it so far and it's been decades. Given how 1Password has been getting shittier over time, I've been looking for an alternative, and I for one am going to give this a shot. You can check in with me in a few more decades and ask me if it went okay.

New comment by icee in "Apple unveils 'Passwords' manager app at WWDC 2024"

icee — Tue, 11 Jun 2024 16:08:07 +0000

Keychain Access has been there since the beginning of OSX/macOS. It's quietly been storing email and wifi passwords this entire time. Many, before there was an alternative like 1Password, used the app to store other info within as well through secure notes. Passwords in iOS and Safari, along with Keychain sync in iCloud have expanded the keychain functionality over the years and it's been fine for ~25 years or so. I have faith they won't suddenly screw this up and comparisons to less critical stuff like Screen Time aren't really valid here. And sherlocking? I don't think so. When 1Password came out, it was clearly inspired by Keychain Access that had been there for years prior with similar functionality and even user interfaces.

New comment by icee in "OpenAI pulls Johansson soundalike Sky’s voice from ChatGPT"

icee — Mon, 20 May 2024 12:37:21 +0000

It doesn’t sound like Her.

New comment by icee in "Haunting photos of the bison extermination in 19th century America"

icee — Fri, 12 Apr 2024 18:47:44 +0000

This comment makes me feel like I'm on reddit. In a bad way.

New comment by icee in "IKEA made a smart air quality sensor to track indoor pollution"

icee — Thu, 16 Feb 2023 16:25:56 +0000

I went to a lot of trouble to install an ERV — a Panasonic model. Brought my CO2 levels down from consistently over 1200ppm to ~500ppm with people in the house. Hot/humid areas make it difficult to bring in fresh air since the moisture in the air can lead to all sorts of issues and obviously it's very inefficient to have 100 degree air coming into the house when you're seeking mid-70s temps indoors. ERVs are designed to address these issues.

Check out a video here to see how these things work (this demo is an HRV, so it doesn't help with humidity, but you can see how well it works when there is a big temperature difference between indoors and outdoors).

https://youtu.be/QOSelUK6dpQ?t=436

New comment by icee in "Ask HN: YouTube Channels for the Intellectually Curious"

icee — Mon, 25 Jul 2022 12:44:59 +0000

Curious Droid isn’t on these lists. Worth a look.