Hacker News: jurmous

New comment by jurmous in "Apple increases MacBook and iPad prices by 20%"

jurmous — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 16:04:35 +0000

You can also buy something now that not all shops have adjusted to the new pricing.

New comment by jurmous in "Apple Has Given Up on the Vision Pro After M5 Refresh Flop"

jurmous — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 21:35:47 +0000

It works with third party controllers. Both the classic console ones as more VR styled ones.

Example: https://www.surreal-interactive.com/

Apple Has Given Up on the Vision Pro After M5 Refresh Flop

jurmous — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 18:35:51 +0000

Article URL: https://www.macrumors.com/2026/04/29/apple-vision-pro-m5-flop/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47952497

Points: 87

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New comment by jurmous in "Apple's accidental moat: How the "AI Loser" may end up winning"

jurmous — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 06:07:21 +0000

We don’t need 200gb of RAM on a phone to run big models. Just 200 GB of storage thanks to Apple’s “LLM in a flash” research.

See: https://x.com/danveloper/status/2034353876753592372

New comment by jurmous in "Cocoa-Way – Native macOS Wayland compositor for running Linux apps seamlessly"

jurmous — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 12:05:20 +0000

Many of the keyboard commands are configurable in settings, complete with switching cmd and ctrl keys around. Or you can get used in a week or two when switching, this is what I did years ago and now for me Win/Linux is confusing and find the location of the command key more ergonomic on a Mac.

Here some history on how the command key came to be https://www.folklore.org/Swedish_Campground.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Command_key

New comment by jurmous in "MacBook Neo"

jurmous — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 15:25:53 +0000

For those wondering: Geekbench CPU single/multi and GPU Metal scores.

- M1: 2,347 / 8,342 / 32,377

- M2: 2,587 / 9,669 / 44,712

- A18Pro: 3,539 / 8,772 / 32,288

So Neo is really comparable with the M1, although it has quite faster in single core speed.

New comment by jurmous in "MacBook Neo"

jurmous — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 15:25:16 +0000

Geekbench CPU single/multi and GPU Metal scores.

- M1: 2,347 / 8,342 / 32,377

- M2: 2,587 / 9,669 / 44,712

- A18Pro: 3,539 / 8,772 / 32,288

So Neo is really comparable with the M1, although it has quite faster single core speed.

New comment by jurmous in "macOS 26 Tahoe's Dead Canary Utility App Icons"

jurmous — Tue, 26 Aug 2025 07:12:07 +0000

This year the Apple leadership didn't visit his Talkshow anymore. Likely as a response to this article.

https://www.macrumors.com/2025/05/29/no-apple-executives-tal...

New comment by jurmous in "Apple has announced its final version of macOS for Intel"

jurmous — Tue, 10 Jun 2025 08:21:59 +0000

They also support updating Safari for 2 versions back of macOS.

New comment by jurmous in "Koog, a Kotlin-based framework to build and run Al agents in idiomatic Kotlin"

jurmous — Sun, 25 May 2025 22:38:38 +0000

I’m a Kotlin dev, and Koog feels like a breath of fresh air being able to spin up agents with a typesafe, Kotlin-native DSL is really nice. The magic for me is the ability to swap between OpenAI, Anthropic, or your own Llama with zero friction. Plus, the smart history compression already looks like it’ll save a ton on tokens, and the streaming + persistent memory hooks look nice too! Can’t wait to dig in and see how it holds up in a real project!

New comment by jurmous in "Dart added support for cross-compilation"

jurmous — Mon, 12 May 2025 11:26:03 +0000

I prefer the Kotlin route. It is also supported by a foundation of multiple companies which includes Google and Kotlin is the native language for Android. It supports more targets already for years with Kotlin Native. And recently the Compose iOS target became stable with 1.8 enabling cross platform UI development. It is easier to integrate with native components.

https://blog.jetbrains.com/kotlin/2025/05/compose-multiplatf...

Also the web stack (incl Wasm) got some big updates.

https://blog.jetbrains.com/kotlin/2025/05/present-and-future...

Why would Google still invest in Flutter and Dart when Kotlin is becoming this versatile?

Are there long term advantages with Dart which I am missing?

New comment by jurmous in "Why am I still on Twitter?"

jurmous — Mon, 14 Apr 2025 13:43:03 +0000

> More than that though, there’s simply no good competitor. Maybe, one day, Bluesky can take over, but it’s too small and too self-congratulatory currently. Like most of these starter platforms, the majority of posts seem to be about the network itself, rather than the world outside of it.

I don't recognize the authors comment that it is only about Bluesky. It likely all depends on who you follow.

I have now been a few months on Bluesky and havent looked back. I noticed many thinkers I followed did continue on Bluesky and I noticed there is a much less toxic community which is a big win for my mental health.

New comment by jurmous in "EU looks to hit Big Tech in crackdown on US services exports"

jurmous — Fri, 28 Mar 2025 09:59:19 +0000

As an EU citizen, I think we have no choice but to be tough here. Trump’s tariffs aren’t something we asked for, but backing down isn’t an option either—he’ll just keep pushing. Targeting US services, especially big tech, makes sense because it hits where the US is genuinely vulnerable, and Europe can’t match them dollar-for-dollar on goods alone.

Look, I’d prefer a cooperative relationship too, but diplomacy clearly hasn’t worked. The US administration needs to understand that actions have consequences, and if this means leveraging our market strength and standing firm, then that’s exactly what we have to do. If the EU doesn’t respond decisively, we’ll only embolden more aggressive policies from Trump’s side.

We’ve tried being patient. Now it’s about showing we won’t be pushed around.

New comment by jurmous in "EU looks to hit Big Tech in crackdown on US services exports"

jurmous — Fri, 28 Mar 2025 09:48:47 +0000

The EU isn’t trying to “rob” American tech companies or punish them just out of spite. They’ve introduced strict regulations like GDPR or the Digital Markets Act, because they’re genuinely concerned about protecting consumer rights, privacy, and maintaining fair compettion. These aren’t random fines aimed only at US firms, European companies get fined too if they break the rules.

It’s true Europe struggles to build big global tech companies, but that’s mainly due to factors like fragmented markets, less venture capital, and more cautious investors, not just regulation. Cities like Berlin, Amsterdam, and Stockholm actually have thriving tech scenes despite these rules.

So it’s really not about hurting US tech, it’s more about making sure huge companies, wherever they’re from, follow clear rules and don’t abuse their market power.

New comment by jurmous in "US Judge invalidates blood glucose sensor patent, opens door for Apple Watch"

jurmous — Fri, 21 Feb 2025 12:46:08 +0000

I was reading it is based on the part numbers and it is a different number for US bought watches.

If number ends with LW/A you will not have it

https://support.apple.com/en-us/120359

New comment by jurmous in "US Judge invalidates blood glucose sensor patent, opens door for Apple Watch"

jurmous — Fri, 21 Feb 2025 07:20:32 +0000

The blood oxygen sensor does work outside the US

New comment by jurmous in "If you believe in "Artificial Intelligence", take five minutes to ask it"

jurmous — Sat, 15 Feb 2025 11:08:57 +0000

I also got the right reply from ChatGPT

New comment by jurmous in "YouTube audio quality – How good does it get? (2022)"

jurmous — Sat, 01 Feb 2025 20:59:29 +0000

I have YouTube premium and I have access to experimental features and coincidentally they offer one feature called audio in high quality. So they are working on improving it.

Description:

High-Quality Audio

Available until February 22

With high-quality audio, you can listen to music on YouTube in the best audio quality.

How it works: Watch an eligible music video on YouTube and enjoy the benefits of higher-quality audio.

Only available on iOS and Android.

New comment by jurmous in "Poland fumes over US block on AI chips"

jurmous — Wed, 22 Jan 2025 08:19:23 +0000

Yes, see wiki about the website: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitehouse.gov

This was after Biden's transition: https://www.npr.org/sections/president-biden-takes-office/20...

New comment by jurmous in "Poland fumes over US block on AI chips"

jurmous — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 12:48:46 +0000

Something about the event of yesterday after which the whole site was replaced.