Hacker News: joshtynjala

New comment by joshtynjala in "Floppy disks turn out to be the greatest TV remote for kids"

joshtynjala — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 22:41:51 +0000

If you have a pihole or something that blocks ads/tracking for your entire network, try configuring it to exclude to your Apple TV. My Paramount+ app went from crashing daily to no crashes in many months.

Technically, you could also configure the pihole to allow the specific hosts that the Paramount+ app needs to access. However, I found that there were many hosts, and they also change from time to time, so it can be annoying to keep them updated when the app starts crashing again.

New comment by joshtynjala in "When stick figures fought"

joshtynjala — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 22:24:48 +0000

And OpenFL https://openfl.org/ which is an implementation of the Flash API written in Haxe. It can cross-compile to HTML5 or native C++ mobile and desktop. Disclosure: I'm a contributor.

New comment by joshtynjala in "How Flash games shaped the video game industry (2020)"

joshtynjala — Sun, 02 Mar 2025 20:00:58 +0000

I don’t recall Apple unpublishing my AIR apps. One of mine was among the first secretly submitted before Adobe revealed the feature publicly. However, I definitely remember after Apple added the new clause, when I needed to submit updates, those were stuck in approval limbo for many, many months. Then, suddenly, they all got approved in a flurry and there was never an issue again.

Adobe AIR is actually still available today (now maintained by Harman through an agreement with Adobe), and it can still compile native iOS apps that can be submitted to the App Store. This feature was never removed, and is still maintained to be compatible with new iPhones.

New comment by joshtynjala in "The Skyline algorithm for packing 2D rectangles"

joshtynjala — Mon, 18 Nov 2024 23:51:06 +0000

Your web browser may have also spent some time packing rectangles into rectangles. I recall reading this article a while back about how Firefox does/did it.

https://mozillagfx.wordpress.com/2021/02/04/improving-textur...

New comment by joshtynjala in "Wordpress.org Login: "I am not affiliated with WP Engine in any way""

joshtynjala — Wed, 09 Oct 2024 17:13:10 +0000

He's appeared in several of related threads here on HN. He is always asked about his lawyers, and he repeatedly claims that they're cool with his behavior.

New comment by joshtynjala in "Bubbles"

joshtynjala — Sat, 12 Nov 2022 17:56:44 +0000

Haxe can compile to even more targets these days, like C++, JVM, C#, PHP, Lua, etc. It also includes an interpreter to run without compiling, and there’s a newer, faster VM for Haxe called HashLink.

Remote Work and the Urban Long Tail

joshtynjala — Fri, 29 Jul 2022 20:51:28 +0000

Article URL: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/remote-work-urban-long-tail-dror-poleg

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32281619

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by joshtynjala in "We don't do that here (2017)"

joshtynjala — Wed, 27 Jul 2022 19:14:44 +0000

Maybe I read it too fast, or maybe my brain was still focused on my work tasks, and that was taking priority over my casual skimming of HN. It doesn't really matter. All I know is that I suddenly had to go back and re-read that part because, for a moment, it seemed to me that the author might consider "gay" to always be a pejorative. And maybe others were incorrectly interpreting it the same way that I did at first.

I also considered that other commenters might not think using "gay" as a perjorative was a big deal, but HN rules encourage the assumption of good intent.

New comment by joshtynjala in "We don't do that here (2017)"

joshtynjala — Wed, 27 Jul 2022 18:37:20 +0000

I think that the author was a bit unclear in regards to the word "gay". It almost sounded like the author thinks that using the word "gay" in any context should be considered bad. After I went back to read that part again, I realized that they were referring to people saying "that's gay" to mean something along the lines of "that's bad" or "that's something I don't like". This was a common phrase among teens and 20-somethings 15-20 years ago, but it is rightly considered in poor taste today.

Pushing Buttons: Resolving Ambiguity in Video Game Controls

joshtynjala — Sat, 18 Jun 2022 16:30:53 +0000

Article URL: https://cowboyprogramming.com/2007/01/02/pushhing-buttons/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31791357

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by joshtynjala in "“Open source” is broken"

joshtynjala — Sat, 11 Dec 2021 21:35:52 +0000

Apache funding goes to stuff like infrastructure and administrative stuff. Developers writing code for Apache projects are volunteers and are not paid by Apache. If they’re lucky, their employer might pay them to contribute to the Apache project.

New comment by joshtynjala in "Unifying iPadOS and macOS"

joshtynjala — Sat, 14 Aug 2021 20:08:15 +0000

Have you tried creating a .pkg file instead of .dmg? Much better user experience, in my opinion. The developer controls where the .app goes, and there’s nothing for the user to unmount when finished.

New comment by joshtynjala in "HiveNightmare a.k.a. SeriousSAM – anybody can read the registry in Windows 10"

joshtynjala — Sat, 24 Jul 2021 18:33:57 +0000

There’s a safer way to run self-signed software on macOS, for anyone that prefers not to do the master disable. First, try to run the program. When it fails, open Settings.app and go to the security section. You’ll find the most recently blocked program name mentioned and an Allow button that will remove the block. Then, you can run the program. You need to do this only once per program.

New comment by joshtynjala in "Kind Engineering [video]"

joshtynjala — Sat, 03 Jul 2021 19:31:37 +0000

When I was attending university, one of my professors pointed out the ACM code of ethics: https://ethics.acm.org/

New comment by joshtynjala in "Whatever Happened to UI Affordances?"

joshtynjala — Sat, 26 Jun 2021 19:23:45 +0000

Ideally, the layout would adjust the spacing between items, so that one item is always partially cut off. I don't know whether Apple does that or not (or if it's their small number of possible iOS device resolutions, like you suggested). However, that seems like something that Google should consider as a way to improve the Android experience.

New comment by joshtynjala in "NymphCast – Open-source Chromecast Alternative"

joshtynjala — Sat, 12 Jun 2021 19:11:10 +0000

If I discover a new movie trailer on my phone, and I want to watch it on my bigger TV screen, it's much easier to immediately cast the video that I've already pulled up than to try to find the same video with my TV remote.

New comment by joshtynjala in "Using fake reviews to find dangerous extensions"

joshtynjala — Sat, 29 May 2021 17:34:51 +0000

I took his meaning as, the vetting seems strict before you submit, but it actually turns out to be much less strict after you submit.

Adobe XD for Visual Studio Code

joshtynjala — Tue, 20 Oct 2020 16:27:47 +0000

Article URL: https://letsxd.com/vscode

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24839306

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

TestFlight forever: Developers are building a better world outside the App Store

joshtynjala — Mon, 17 Aug 2020 21:14:24 +0000

Article URL: https://www.protocol.com/testflight-app-store

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24192192

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by joshtynjala in "Eat for $1.50 per Day – Layoffs, Coronavirus Quarantine, Food Shortages"

joshtynjala — Sun, 22 Mar 2020 18:01:13 +0000

Yesterday, QFC in Interbay was nearly out of canned beans, flour, and milk. I’m sure there was more that was low, but I noticed those bare sections in particular.