Hacker News: ms7m

New comment by ms7m in "Nano Banana 2 Lite"

ms7m — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 17:44:48 +0000

And it's borderline fraud, I think I saw an apartment on Streeteasy where they were able to 'fit' an entire desk, drawers and a queen size bed, obviously these image models just scale these down to proportions that just don't exist in real life.

the actual bedroom could only fit queen size bed ;(

New comment by ms7m in "Apple's weird anti-nausea dots cured my car sickness"

ms7m — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 17:50:54 +0000

This works really well in the Tesla Ubers here in NYC when i'm working on my MacBook :)

New comment by ms7m in "AI Product Graveyard"

ms7m — Tue, 05 May 2026 15:54:51 +0000

Domain unreachable being marked as 'dead' just makes this whole list kinda not helpful?

Just the first item I can see https://tooldirectory.ai/tools/letterdrop-ai-content-creatio... but the site just looks fine? https://letterdrop.com/

Maybe some of these are not really dead but thriving enough they are able to get a proper .com domain :^)

New comment by ms7m in "Two pilots dead after plane and ground vehicle collide at LaGuardia"

ms7m — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 18:40:14 +0000

Unrelated United aborted takeoff, as well as reported some odors in the cabin from the flight attendants.

New comment by ms7m in "Show HN: WalletWallet – create Apple passes from anything"

ms7m — Sun, 21 Dec 2025 17:48:38 +0000

A personal use case: my local gym that issues only physical barcode cards -- I used a different app (similar in this style) that allowed me keep it on my apple watch / iPhone instead

New comment by ms7m in "Texas is suing all of the big TV makers for spying on what you watch"

ms7m — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 22:12:31 +0000

This is especially annoying and just incredibly creepy -- I was watching a clip of Smiling Friends on YouTube (via my Apple TV), and I suddenly got a banner telling me to watch this on HBO Max.

I never felt more motivated to pi-hole the TV.

New comment by ms7m in "A story about bypassing air Canada's in-flight network restrictions"

ms7m — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 13:21:06 +0000

I don't think so, compared to transcontinental, which lately (before Starlink) has been using the cell towers on the ground + satellite backhaul -- even paying would probably still result in a garbage experience.

New comment by ms7m in "Microsoft blocks Israel’s use of its tech in mass surveillance of Palestinians"

ms7m — Thu, 25 Sep 2025 15:43:44 +0000

> The disclosures caused alarm among senior Microsoft executives, sparking concerns that some of its Israel-based employees may not have been fully transparent about their knowledge of how Unit 8200 used Azure when questioned as part of the review.

Highly likely, or at least a bit naive -- Completely reasonable to have local staff for a contract this big, but Microsoft should have independently 'double-checked' sooner

New comment by ms7m in "Things the guys who stole my phone have texted me to try to get me to unlock it"

ms7m — Tue, 04 Jun 2024 21:55:08 +0000

No, if an iPhone is iCloud locked, you're not able to use the phone unless you enter the password of the account.

New comment by ms7m in "Autopay is making us worse at managing credit-card bills"

ms7m — Mon, 09 Oct 2023 17:35:33 +0000

The only economic benefit I see with credits are the rewards/protections it provides for everyday purchases. Here in the states, we don't have a cap on interchange rates for merchants. This trickles down into benefits (For example on my Amex card)

- 1 year extra warranty on top of my purchases, with return protection if the merchant

- Points / 'Cash Back' (much higher multiplier) that can be used to purchase airline tickets or gift cards

This is essentially free money and protections if you use the credit card and fully pay it off, but obviously, most Americans carry balances over and the interest charges basically negate any rewards.

New comment by ms7m in "Ipmitool Repository Archived, Developer Suspended by GitHub"

ms7m — Mon, 13 Mar 2023 19:00:33 +0000

> US law does not apply to foreign nationals residing in a foreign country.

I don't think parent meant it in the context of US Law, but more as a general statement, is it a reasonable precaution by MS to ban X solely on the actions of their government?

New comment by ms7m in "Google to end support for OnHub routers in 2022"

ms7m — Mon, 20 Dec 2021 22:40:15 +0000

> You won’t be able to update things like Wi-Fi network settings, add additional Wifi devices, or run speed tests.

Wow, I'm not familiar if users are forced to use the Google Home app, but that seems a bit drastic to stop users from even changing the most basic settings?

New comment by ms7m in "Google Offices to Mandate Vaccines"

ms7m — Wed, 28 Jul 2021 17:42:39 +0000

Emergency Authorization also allows for production of the vaccine to happen alongside testing [0]..

Compared to Approval -> Production. If they drop the emergency use, technically they would need to stop production of the vaccine..

[0] https://vaccine.unchealthcare.org/science/vaccine-approval/w...

New comment by ms7m in "Safari adopts the Chrome/Firefox extension model"

ms7m — Fri, 28 Aug 2020 02:41:25 +0000

It does not. There is a handful of APIs that are blocked.

https://developer.apple.com/documentation/safariservices/saf...

New comment by ms7m in "TikTok: Logs, Logs, Logs"

ms7m — Mon, 03 Aug 2020 12:43:07 +0000

> No but there's evidence of CCP propaganda already, just try to make a video about Taiwan, Hong-Kong or the insecurity issues within China and notice your account being banned.

https://www.tiktok.com/tag/uighur https://www.tiktok.com/tag/hongkongprotests

Go to any of the hashtags for those issues and you'll find the hashtag still active, people bringing awareness and jokes about how they'll be banned.