Hacker News: jtmarl1n

New comment by jtmarl1n in "Apple broke an essential presentation feature of iPads"

jtmarl1n — Tue, 20 Oct 2026 14:39:51 +0000

If it’s any consolation, I typically do the same timing on my device updates. Still on Sequoia and 26.6.x and was considering upgrading earlier than usual. I will stick to the delayed cadence.

New comment by jtmarl1n in "Apple HomeView"

jtmarl1n — Fri, 16 Oct 2026 15:02:44 +0000

It’s the same chip that was used in older iPhones and iPads, I don’t think there is anything special about the chip inside this new device.

New comment by jtmarl1n in "SlutCon"

jtmarl1n — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 21:47:02 +0000

Here is my read of that portion:

“Many of the panels were organized with the idea that being attractive/desirable can be reduced to a numerical value. Higher scores can be obtained by learning what traits are desirable and which are not. Using experience, you can learn which types of people desire which traits and improve their perception of those traits in yourself.”

New comment by jtmarl1n in "Stanford R&DE Uses AI to Race Swap Students for Advertising"

jtmarl1n — Tue, 22 Sep 2026 15:17:29 +0000

You think the first 2 students were changed as significantly as the 3rd?

The first 2 are still recognizable, the third is not.

New comment by jtmarl1n in "OpenAI GPT–6 Astra breaks Enigma message that has resisted solution since 2005"

jtmarl1n — Tue, 22 Sep 2026 14:40:44 +0000

So the LLM would have done all of this on its own? Why is it ok to acknowledge the human was needed but it’s not a collaboration? Is there a defined percentage of ownership required to make the word collaboration valid?

New comment by jtmarl1n in "Chrome again exempts Google from user site data settings"

jtmarl1n — Sun, 06 Sep 2026 13:36:27 +0000

I’m 100% with you on the spirit of this comment. I don’t understand it either. I fear the standard you mentioned has been set at far too low of a level.

New comment by jtmarl1n in "Study links GLP-1 drugs to bigger jump in women's employment than a degree"

jtmarl1n — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 21:42:37 +0000

Are these factual claims? Seems a little fuzzy to me.

New comment by jtmarl1n in "Monitors for Work"

jtmarl1n — Sat, 08 Aug 2026 23:56:06 +0000

What was the task?

New comment by jtmarl1n in "The Cold Email"

jtmarl1n — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 01:28:55 +0000

My parents did this exact thing to me growing up and I hated it at the time. I now see how valuable it was and will doing the same with my kids.

New comment by jtmarl1n in "Nvidia, Microsoft, Meta warn against overregulating open-weight models"

jtmarl1n — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 20:24:29 +0000

This is extremely regional dependent. Please don’t think 70K is living large across the majority of the Midwest, it is not.

New comment by jtmarl1n in "The KIDS Act would require age checks to get online"

jtmarl1n — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 00:20:34 +0000

Parental controls are extremely weak on all the major platforms. Apple, Google, Amazon, etc. they all have them so they can check the box but they are not good and certainly not a solution.

That said, it is better than nothing, but that’s about it.

New comment by jtmarl1n in "Apple raises prices of MacBooks, iPads"

jtmarl1n — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 22:19:25 +0000

That makes a lot of sense

New comment by jtmarl1n in "Loupe – A iOS app that raises awareness about what native apps can see"

jtmarl1n — Sun, 21 Jun 2026 11:34:11 +0000

Thanks, I did not know about this setting. Curious to see what will show up now that it’s on.

New comment by jtmarl1n in "South Korea introduces universal basic mobile data access"

jtmarl1n — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 13:08:01 +0000

That doesn’t make it right either.

New comment by jtmarl1n in "Discord/Twitch/Snapchat age verification bypass"

jtmarl1n — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 00:09:30 +0000

Somehow they don’t have trouble getting an ID when they want to buy alcohol

New comment by jtmarl1n in "No Socials November"

jtmarl1n — Mon, 03 Nov 2025 18:35:19 +0000

These things should free up your schedule :)

New comment by jtmarl1n in "Microsoft only lets you opt out of AI photo scanning 3x a year"

jtmarl1n — Sat, 11 Oct 2025 22:06:25 +0000

The lack of a true “no” option and only “maybe later” infuriates me.

New comment by jtmarl1n in "Word will now save new documents to OneDrive by default"

jtmarl1n — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 12:05:08 +0000

The quick access list drives me bonkers, glad someone else feels the same way. My work is an MS shop so it’s required. I somehow have two different desktops folders, one “local” and one in OneDrive, I assume some sync conflict caused that to happen but gave up trying to reconcile the versions.

New comment by jtmarl1n in "TiVo exiting legacy DVR business"

jtmarl1n — Wed, 08 Oct 2025 14:42:48 +0000

You may like this app, it can combine live tv with local files and DVR functionality with HDHR

https://getchannels.com/

New comment by jtmarl1n in "Microsoft to force install the Microsoft 365 Copilot app in October"

jtmarl1n — Wed, 17 Sep 2025 13:03:58 +0000

I'm a little surprised to see this use case as so important, there are a couple other comments agreeing with you. Out of curiosity, why is this particular feature that important to you? Why is this flow better than double clicking the file or opening the program first and then opening the file?

Again, not trying to disagree, just curious to understand.