Hacker News: imp0cat

New comment by imp0cat in "VMs can't boot with Network Mode set to Bridged on Apple M5 Pro machines"

imp0cat — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 18:46:33 +0000

RIP S3 sleep. You'll be missed.

New comment by imp0cat in "French firefighters face 'pyrocumulonimbus' for first time"

imp0cat — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 09:29:29 +0000

https://www.windy.com/-Menu/menu?camsEu,pm2p5,50.069,14.395,...

More layers -> PM2.5 is very telling.

New comment by imp0cat in "The relay market powering token resellers and fraud"

imp0cat — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 09:11:27 +0000

It's token piracy, plain and simple.

New comment by imp0cat in "Show HN: Physically accurate black hole you can put in your room"

imp0cat — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 08:45:38 +0000

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQZ3LAexNxE

Love, Death & Robots: Black hole used red for the disc, too.

New comment by imp0cat in "It's getting harder to focus every day"

imp0cat — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 11:41:02 +0000

Not even a smartwatch? What's your opinion on fitness trackers (the passive ones, without display)?

New comment by imp0cat in "It's a shame what's happened to radio"

imp0cat — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 08:44:23 +0000

Right, you'd need a really strong signal.

Also, I believe that is exactly the reason why FM tuners are being phased out.

Streaming services will nowadays give you uninterrupted playback pretty much anywhere, even in places like large buildings or subway tunnels, where radio coverage is nonexistent. Basically it all boils down to the fact that cell network coverage is much better today.

New comment by imp0cat in "Writing by hand is good for your brain"

imp0cat — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 05:23:48 +0000

Did you use a fountain pen to write and refine the post? ;)

New comment by imp0cat in "Writing by hand is good for your brain"

imp0cat — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 05:07:37 +0000

That's quite similar to the "start from the shoulder and use your whole arm to strum" concept when playing the guitar.

New comment by imp0cat in "Writing by hand is good for your brain"

imp0cat — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 05:00:33 +0000

No worries, there is even a Radiohead song about that (the weirdo part). ;)

New comment by imp0cat in "Writing by hand is good for your brain"

imp0cat — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 04:56:34 +0000

Also, most cookbooks desperately need notes as everyone's kitchen equipment is different.

New comment by imp0cat in "Writing by hand is good for your brain"

imp0cat — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 04:54:22 +0000

Yeah, I am always reminded of the "property of the Half-Blood Prince".

New comment by imp0cat in "EU fines Google €890M for competition breaches over search and apps"

imp0cat — Thu, 23 Jul 2026 12:10:00 +0000

Is ASML really that insignificant?

New comment by imp0cat in "Judge approves $1.5B Anthropic settlement for pirated books used to train Claude"

imp0cat — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 05:26:44 +0000

But does it, really?

A slap on the wrist, that's what it's doing here, isn't it?

New comment by imp0cat in "It's a shame what's happened to radio"

imp0cat — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 04:41:09 +0000

The 3.5mm jack is the other missing piece required for that FM receiver to work - and that's not coming back any time soon.

New comment by imp0cat in "Building a real-time AI tutor for 5-year-olds"

imp0cat — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 06:01:11 +0000

Fine. Just for the record, I never said that AI causes nearsightedness.

It's the increase in screen use.

New comment by imp0cat in "I'm a USB-C Maximalist"

imp0cat — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 05:55:56 +0000

Right, but it solves the other problem that you mentioned - charging ports or contacts exposed to the elements.

New comment by imp0cat in "CD sales growth outpaced vinyl in the first half of 2026"

imp0cat — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 05:45:09 +0000

If you could go back in time and show your younger self Spotify streamed wirelessly from a phone via AA/AC, now that would be magical. Pretty much endless amount of music delivered instantly.

But I understand that it is a different kind of magic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-kqUkZnDcM (VW Cabrion Pink Moon ad)

New comment by imp0cat in "M 3.9 Experimental Explosion – 147 Km ENE of Ponce Inlet, Florida"

imp0cat — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 05:39:54 +0000

I mean, we've all seen Battleship (2012), right? ;)

New comment by imp0cat in "The human-in-the-loop is tired"

imp0cat — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 05:12:39 +0000

I get your point, but:

> "If it makes a mistake, it's because I screwed it up. "

Is that really true though with an LLM? I don't think so.

New comment by imp0cat in "I'm a USB-C Maximalist"

imp0cat — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 05:40:45 +0000

Wait till you enter the world of more advanced RC stuff, that's when the Cambrian explosion of connector types really happens.