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New comment by mobiledev2014 in "Show HN: Brutalist Concrete Laptop Stand (2024)"

mobiledev2014 — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 19:39:24 +0000

  I see things like this and remind myself that I have free will.

What a compliment for an artist- I hope somebody says something like this to me some day

New comment by mobiledev2014 in "Teenage Engineering's PO-32 acoustic modem and synth implementation"

mobiledev2014 — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 01:26:05 +0000

This was released in 2017 for one thing. Considering that enough people are still interested in it a decade later they probably did something right.

New comment by mobiledev2014 in "Halt and Catch Fire: TV’s best drama you’ve probably never heard of (2021)"

mobiledev2014 — Thu, 19 Feb 2026 05:16:20 +0000

I don't disagree but I also don't think it's a bad thing. This is a show that stuck the landing. You never know, it could have felt stale with a singular writing team

New comment by mobiledev2014 in "Apple buys Israeli startup Q.ai"

mobiledev2014 — Fri, 30 Jan 2026 02:49:52 +0000

It's pretty crazy it's Apple's second-largest acquisition ever but it's kinda boring so nobody cares. Of course, Beats was a household name and founded by Dre... a much more accessible story

New comment by mobiledev2014 in "KORG phase8 – Acoustic Synthesizer"

mobiledev2014 — Sat, 24 Jan 2026 14:32:03 +0000

I think it’s one of the best pieces of software in existence and I don’t say that lightly. In a perfect world we’d have a magic of box of every modular component to build and rebuild to tinker with the physical controls but in lieu of magic vcv rack plus a midi controller is the next best thing

Strudel is very cool. Possibilities are endless with music tools

New comment by mobiledev2014 in "KORG phase8 – Acoustic Synthesizer"

mobiledev2014 — Sat, 24 Jan 2026 03:40:43 +0000

Totally agree. Have you tried VCV Rack? You're welcome/I'm sorry :D

New comment by mobiledev2014 in "KORG phase8 – Acoustic Synthesizer"

mobiledev2014 — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 20:12:25 +0000

That is how many synth users feel as well, that they don't need presets because they'll just create a new sound. Neither approach is invalid as there is no right or wrong way to be creative.

New comment by mobiledev2014 in "Swift on Android: Full Native App Development Now Possible"

mobiledev2014 — Mon, 05 Jan 2026 02:22:52 +0000

Ahh well that’s very different and equally unlikely to be true! Current and previous household name employers are all-in on SwiftUI and it is unquestionably a valuable thing to learn. Something new always comes along but I’d bet a lot of money we’re not going back to UIKit

New comment by mobiledev2014 in "Swift on Android: Full Native App Development Now Possible"

mobiledev2014 — Sun, 04 Jan 2026 05:40:53 +0000

That’s one I haven’t heard yet, do elaborate

New comment by mobiledev2014 in "Paul Hegarty's updated CS193p SwiftUI course released by Stanford"

mobiledev2014 — Sun, 30 Nov 2025 17:45:26 +0000

This course was integral in kicking off my career over a decade ago. I think there's no better way to learn to build an iOS app, and the fact that it's free is a true gift. Pre-reqs are in the first lecture:

-Experience writing code (100% of the work in this course involves programming) -At least CS106A (Programming Methodology) + CS106B or X (Programming Abstractions) and CS107 (Computer Organization & Systems); CS108 (Object Oriented Programming), CS43 (Functional Programming Abstractions), CS11O (Principles of Computer Systems), CS147 (Introduction to Human Computer Interaction Design) are awesome! -Know some "structured" programming paradigm, e.g. OOP or Functional Programming -Preferably you know more than one language (cause you're gonna learn a new one here!)

New comment by mobiledev2014 in "Show HN: I built a synth for my daughter"

mobiledev2014 — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 00:06:06 +0000

The newest one, EP-40, just came out! It's got the best specs by far and the features are a superset of the original EP-133, so it would be my strong recommendation. Unfortunately EP-1320 never received any updates so it lags behind, but hopefully they remedy that. Just don't buy hardware with hopes of unpromised future updates!

Edit: Because they don't make it totally clear- whichever one you buy, you can clear all the stock sounds and make any genre of music, regardless of the theming.

New comment by mobiledev2014 in "Steam Frame"

mobiledev2014 — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 03:22:15 +0000

I own the Index and Vision and haven't tried this yet. I was considering buying PSVR2 controllers since they're officially supported but maybe I shouldn't bother?

New comment by mobiledev2014 in "iPhone Pocket"

mobiledev2014 — Tue, 11 Nov 2025 19:14:23 +0000

Wow, that article is wild! Talk about "aged like milk." I'm not saying iPhone Pocket will be a hit as big as AirPods, but it goes to show how unimaginative early reactions can be.

New comment by mobiledev2014 in "Apple Vision Pro upgraded with M5 chip"

mobiledev2014 — Thu, 16 Oct 2025 03:29:51 +0000

Expectations vary but I find that regardless of perfect comfort and battery life I don’t want to go more than a few hours without a break. I’ll watch a jumbo movie or a few hours of tv on a flight no problem

Comfort: For me, the answer was “no” out of the box. I had to exchange my light seal twice before I got the right one. This was no charge but obviously it would be great to get it right the first time and it seems like a large number of users never did this and those are the ones who complain most about comfort. Not blaming the users btw, Apple needs to fix this if they care about the product

Onlookers: I always wonder if somebody will bug me and they never have. If you are self-conscious, it might not not be the product for you

Gestures: You learn that they can be done very subtly and you don’t need to bother the person next to you

New comment by mobiledev2014 in "Nobel Peace Prize 2025: María Corina Machado"

mobiledev2014 — Sat, 11 Oct 2025 01:40:15 +0000

When will this stop being controversial? All you need to do is look at past winners of this farcical prize

New comment by mobiledev2014 in "Electron-based apps cause system-wide lag on macOS 26 Tahoe"

mobiledev2014 — Thu, 25 Sep 2025 22:38:52 +0000

Without question worth it for the big CO’s like salesforce (market cap $230B) and MS (market cap $4T)

New comment by mobiledev2014 in "Some users have noticed settings that let Meta analyze and retain phone photos"

mobiledev2014 — Fri, 29 Aug 2025 23:22:59 +0000

CEO-hate is bipartisan and antithetical to the mission of our media (propaganda). Getting the working class to argue over wedge issues keeps them from seeking meaningful change.

New comment by mobiledev2014 in "Show HN: Ten years of running every day, visualized"

mobiledev2014 — Mon, 14 Jul 2025 02:24:21 +0000

The site is cool but as a runner this is not admirable and not something others should emulate. Interesting how few comments call that out but perhaps not surprising if your audience admires The Hustle

New comment by mobiledev2014 in "Show HN: IEMidi – Cross-platform MIDI map editor for arbitrary controllers"

mobiledev2014 — Sun, 09 Mar 2025 04:08:31 +0000

Alright alright I did it myself :)

* git clone https://github.com/Interactive-Echoes/IEMidi.git

* git submodule update --init --recursive

* cmake .

* cpack

I also had to install Vulkan because I didn't have it

New comment by mobiledev2014 in "Show HN: IEMidi – Cross-platform MIDI map editor for arbitrary controllers"

mobiledev2014 — Sun, 09 Mar 2025 03:41:26 +0000

Amazing, this is exactly the kind of thing I happened to be looking around for this week. I'm sure I can reason it out but would you mind adding macOS steps to the readme? I notice you marked an issue about macOS compilation as completed so I assume it works?

Edit: Yes yes yes this is awesome, thank you!