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New comment by ink_13 in "Running a Minecraft Server and more on a 1960s UNIVAC Computer"

ink_13 — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:51:32 +0000

Hey, wait a minute, you're the guy who got Linux to run on a 4004 by writing a MIPS emulator[1]! If there's anyone who's been down a similar path before it'd have to be you.

[1] - https://dmitry.gr/?r=05.Projects&proj=35.%20Linux4004

Two ways to turn a cube into an octahedron [video]

ink_13 — Sat, 18 Apr 2026 14:54:33 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9BNMLFHXUw

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47816401

Points: 3

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New comment by ink_13 in "The Xkcd thing, now interactive"

ink_13 — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 17:29:54 +0000

Oh cool, a product of Waterloo's Craig Kaplan, most famous for his work on the discovery of the einstein monotile

New comment by ink_13 in "British Columbia is permanently adopting daylight time"

ink_13 — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 22:31:05 +0000

I don't have children and I prefer permanent Standard Time because I have the apparently weird belief that noon should be at noon.

(i.e. the time 12:00PM should be when the sun is overhead)

I'm not a "capitalism gives you brain worms" kind of person, but the idea that it is somehow better to literally change the location of the sun in the sky because the holy hours of 9-5 are sacrosanct is so strange to me.

New comment by ink_13 in "The Windows 95 user interface: A case study in usability engineering (1996)"

ink_13 — Sun, 01 Mar 2026 02:03:10 +0000

This is it. Ultimately the best interfaces are designed for experts, not beginners. "Usability" at some point became confused with "approachability", probably because like in so many other areas, growth was prioritized over retention. It's OK if complex software is hard to use at first if that enables advanced users to work better.

Really, the most efficient interfaces are the old-style pure text mode mainframe forms, where a power user can tab through fields faster than a 3270-style terminal emulator can render them.

New comment by ink_13 in "What not to write on your security clearance form (1988)"

ink_13 — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 20:25:22 +0000

Thanks for posting. That's actually a much more interesting story.

New comment by ink_13 in "Infrastructure decisions I endorse or regret after 4 years at a startup (2024)"

ink_13 — Fri, 20 Feb 2026 02:54:53 +0000

(2024)

Just FYI article is two years old

New comment by ink_13 in "The Codex app illustrates the shift left of IDEs and coding GUIs"

ink_13 — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 22:26:23 +0000

An AI agent cannot be held accountable

New comment by ink_13 in "The Codex app illustrates the shift left of IDEs and coding GUIs"

ink_13 — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 22:25:10 +0000

So... things where the producer doesn't respect the audience? Because any such analysis would be worth as much as a 4.5 hour atonal bass solo.

New comment by ink_13 in "Proton spam and the AI consent problem"

ink_13 — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 18:19:20 +0000

What are you going to do instead? I am very close to moving from a 20-year-old GMail address to a custom domain and was planning to use Proton as the email host.

New comment by ink_13 in "How to make a damn website (2024)"

ink_13 — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 01:48:42 +0000

Let's not overlook podcasts

New comment by ink_13 in "Classical statues were not painted horribly"

ink_13 — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 19:37:08 +0000

Old recipes are more memory cues for experienced cooks than the modern step-by-step guide for amateurs we are used to. They're scanty in detail because they assume quite a lot of existing knowledge.

It's the difference between "a chicken stew flavoured with turmeric and cumin, then rice enough to cook in and fully absorb the broth" and "first, take 500g of boneless skinless chicken thighs..."

New comment by ink_13 in "Beej's Guide to Learning Computer Science"

ink_13 — Tue, 02 Dec 2025 14:55:40 +0000

What's the name of the book?

New comment by ink_13 in "OpenAI Is Just Another Boring, Desperate AI Startup"

ink_13 — Fri, 03 Oct 2025 19:12:33 +0000

Pixel phones exist (and have for some time!) yet people still buy iPhones

New comment by ink_13 in "The story of DOGE, as told by federal workers"

ink_13 — Fri, 26 Sep 2025 02:38:28 +0000

Dismantling USAID has condemned hundreds of thousands of people (if not millions) to literal death through a loss of famine relief and life saving medications for diseases like HIV and tuberculosis. It has diminished the soft power of the United States, destroyed the credibility of the country for a generation or more, and didn't even save that much money. It has profited the average American not at all and likely made everyone less safe.

I have no idea what kind of person thinks that was a good idea.

New comment by ink_13 in "We regret but have to temporary suspend the shipments to USA"

ink_13 — Tue, 26 Aug 2025 20:06:34 +0000

What are you vaccinating your dog against that you need to purchase multiple doses from overseas?

Is there even a dog?

New comment by ink_13 in "VHS-C: When a lazy idea stumbles towards perfection [video]"

ink_13 — Fri, 22 Aug 2025 15:47:25 +0000

I suggest you start with his dishwasher content

New comment by ink_13 in "Mac history echoes in current Mac operating systems"

ink_13 — Thu, 07 Aug 2025 03:11:57 +0000

I believe these images are also used in the "About This Mac" window, although of course most highlighted in the article are long obsolete by now.

New comment by ink_13 in "Study mode"

ink_13 — Wed, 30 Jul 2025 03:11:15 +0000

Given the propensity of LLMs to hallucinate references, I'm not sure that really solves anything

New comment by ink_13 in "Tesla Robotaxi Videos Show Speeding, Driving into Wrong Lane"

ink_13 — Mon, 23 Jun 2025 20:09:20 +0000

As I write this comment, it's up 8.23% today alone (from ~322 to ~348).

TSLA is a meme stock at this point to which ordinary expectations do not apply. The price is unmoored from what the company does. _By the book_ I agree, it should be shorted, but I wouldn't.