Hacker News: john_alan

New comment by john_alan in "The end of my AArch64 desktop experiment"

john_alan — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 10:16:05 +0000

I’ve been using ARM Debian desktop stably for a long time. I don’t see what the issue is, am I missing something or is this just his hardware choice?

New comment by john_alan in "Gooey: A GPU-accelerated UI framework for Zig"

john_alan — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 21:08:09 +0000

yep, dripping in AI.

It's a real problem, so many projects are adding features at breakneck speed, but with so many bugs and so little understanding.

Maybe that's just how it all works now, but I don't like it.

New comment by john_alan in "Scientists warn Atlantic current at risk of shutting down"

john_alan — Sun, 10 May 2026 16:19:22 +0000

What you've said is emotionally compelling, but scientifically very weak. Personal recollection is selective and location-specific. You’ve described a memory, not established a mechanism.

What you perceive as change isn't macro, it's micro.

It doesn't mean macro change isn't happening, but it's not happening on our timescale.

I'm 50 FWIW.

New comment by john_alan in "Scientists warn Atlantic current at risk of shutting down"

john_alan — Sun, 10 May 2026 16:00:29 +0000

Climate also doesn't change in macro over a lifetime.

It's very real, but the notion that it's changing over a 5 year period is nonsense.

things aren't "shutting off".

New comment by john_alan in "Linux 7.1 Expected to Begin Removing I486 CPU Support"

john_alan — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 01:07:19 +0000

yep aren't most fridges and ovens etc using 386DXs?

Maybe it's all ARM Cortex now? I thought the 386 was still in production.

New comment by john_alan in "Hide macOS Tahoe's Menu Icons"

john_alan — Sat, 21 Mar 2026 21:17:34 +0000

Great now just need the same for the window corners and ridiculous Finder overlays.

New comment by john_alan in "The evolution of Mac app window corners"

john_alan — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 17:49:42 +0000

I am repulsed by Tahoe's new design language.

I live in the vain hope that macOS 27 restores some sanity, at least maybe removes these clownish corner radiuses.

It makes the entire OS look like the Palm Pre's app switcher.

The evolution of Mac app window corners

john_alan — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 17:48:06 +0000

Article URL: https://lapcatsoftware.com/articles/2026/3/4.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47354612

Points: 3

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New comment by john_alan in "MacBook Neo"

john_alan — Thu, 05 Mar 2026 09:34:12 +0000

> Macbooks don't even have Nvidia in them.

lol!

New comment by john_alan in "MacBook Pro with M5 Pro and M5 Max"

john_alan — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 21:54:58 +0000

it's too slow for usable inference though.

New comment by john_alan in "MacBook Pro with M5 Pro and M5 Max"

john_alan — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 12:08:51 +0000

same, but will it change?

New comment by john_alan in "MacBook Pro with M5 Pro and M5 Max"

john_alan — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 12:03:54 +0000

GPT-OSS-120 works well.

New comment by john_alan in "MacBook Pro with M5 Pro and M5 Max"

john_alan — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 12:02:47 +0000

you can't run models that are bigger than 16GB, not comparable.

New comment by john_alan in "MacBook Pro with M5 Pro and M5 Max"

john_alan — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 11:58:44 +0000

sure the GPU isn't 4090 tier in compute, but the memory let's you run 120bn param models at usable speeds.

New comment by john_alan in "Access to a Shared Unix Computer"

john_alan — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 22:02:59 +0000

https://tilde.team FTW

New comment by john_alan in "NanoClaw moved from Apple Containers to Docker"

john_alan — Sun, 22 Feb 2026 20:21:00 +0000

Use containerd , Docker is cancer.

New comment by john_alan in "Fix the iOS keyboard before the timer hits zero or I'm switching back to Android"

john_alan — Fri, 13 Feb 2026 17:21:52 +0000

If iOS/macOS 27 isn't a snow leopard I'm gone too, I've been a user for nearly 30 decades... fuck this, it's all so sloppy, too many grievances to even begin enumerating.

New comment by john_alan in "The struggle of resizing windows on macOS Tahoe"

john_alan — Sun, 11 Jan 2026 22:44:38 +0000

Tahoe is a nightmare. I’m Literally not buying a new Mac because of it.

Dye destroyed macOS. I don’t know what they do, but they have to backtrack.

New comment by john_alan in "YouTube Removes Windows 11 Bypass Tutorials, Claims 'Risk of Physical Harm'"

john_alan — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 11:17:35 +0000

that's fair ya

New comment by john_alan in "Homebrew no longer allows bypassing Gatekeeper for unsigned/unnotarized software"

john_alan — Sat, 22 Nov 2025 22:23:56 +0000

_A Mac with Apple silicon doesn’t permit native arm64 code to execute unless a valid signature is attached. This signature can be as simple as an ad hoc code signature (cf. codesign(1)) that doesn’t bear any actual identity from the secret half of an asymmetric key pair (it’s simply an unauthenticated measurement of the binary)._

_For binary compatibility, translated x86_64 code is permitted to execute through Rosetta with no signature information at all. No specific identity is conveyed to this code through the device-specific Secure Enclave signing procedure, and it executes with precisely the same limitations as native unsigned code executing on an Intel-based Mac._

Maybe it's Rosetta bins? - src from Apple:

https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/security/secebb113be1/...