Hacker News: mtillman

New comment by mtillman in "Court filings allege Meta downplayed risks to children and misled the public"

mtillman — Sun, 23 Nov 2025 17:10:05 +0000

Every cig exec lied under oath and only received monetary fines.

New comment by mtillman in "The Driver of Formula 1 – Willem Toet and Francesco Del Citto [video]"

mtillman — Sat, 22 Nov 2025 00:19:10 +0000

The Hidden Driver of Formula 1 (F1 Aerodynamics) - Willem Toet & Francesco Del Citto. Good detail around CFD usage and config at Sauber.

The Driver of Formula 1 – Willem Toet and Francesco Del Citto [video]

mtillman — Sat, 22 Nov 2025 00:19:10 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RffOsDb89Y

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46010723

Points: 1

# Comments: 1

New comment by mtillman in "New OS aims to provide (some) compatibility with macOS"

mtillman — Fri, 21 Nov 2025 15:00:58 +0000

Maps, news, stocks are all installed by default and supported by ads. Opting out eliminates personalization. One needs to install an app like lulu to block background calls even with personalization turned off. This started with the twitter integration many years again and while social is no longer tightly integrated, the philosophy around user fingerprinting “while not being tied to your identity” is still very much alive and well in a default macOS install.

New comment by mtillman in "New OS aims to provide (some) compatibility with macOS"

mtillman — Fri, 21 Nov 2025 01:06:22 +0000

Mac OS without the background ads garbage or the constant blocking of call-home requests would be nice.

New comment by mtillman in "Red Alert 2 in web browser"

mtillman — Thu, 20 Nov 2025 17:37:29 +0000

Panzer Dragoon Saga is also lost. Probably a lot of games like that.

New comment by mtillman in "Pimped Amiga 500"

mtillman — Wed, 19 Nov 2025 16:56:55 +0000

I had an old Tandy and the instruction manual touted “10MHz of Intel processing power!”

Still makes me smile.

New comment by mtillman in "Ultima VII Revisited"

mtillman — Wed, 19 Nov 2025 16:48:42 +0000

The updated camera angle is the killer feature for me. That’s the only issue I have with the original and I had that same issue when it came out.

New comment by mtillman in "Ultima VII Revisited"

mtillman — Wed, 19 Nov 2025 16:47:37 +0000

The only reason to play that version is the SotN unlock for the PSP and even then, easier to just download the PSX iso.

New comment by mtillman in "How many video games include a marriage proposal? At least one"

mtillman — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 08:01:01 +0000

Not just that, I think it was summoner 2 which means she’d have to be real committed!

New comment by mtillman in "How many video games include a marriage proposal? At least one"

mtillman — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 03:55:49 +0000

A guy I know proposed to his wife in the end credits of summoner. They’re still happily married afaik.

New comment by mtillman in "Ion: Modern System Shell in Rust"

mtillman — Mon, 17 Nov 2025 23:03:32 +0000

"It is written entirely in Rust, which greatly increases the overall quality and security of the shell."

Is this true? I don't know Rust so I'm probably missing context. Obvious kudos to OP for writing a shell.

New comment by mtillman in "Google is killing the open web, part 2"

mtillman — Mon, 17 Nov 2025 20:35:59 +0000

I think the person you’re replying to was referring to the partial support of XML instead of the xslt part.

New comment by mtillman in "I think nobody wants AI in Firefox, Mozilla"

mtillman — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 15:44:48 +0000

Many years ago now, Mozilla hired an adtech exec to run the show and I arrived at the conclusion that Firefox would be staffed by for-profit thinkers in direct conflict with their non-profit foundation. That’s the moment I stopped donating. I daily drive Orion as even though Kagi is for profit, they have managed to keep trash out of their free version.

New comment by mtillman in "Valve is about to win the console generation"

mtillman — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 04:17:54 +0000

This is really cool. I still play my series X on occasion but tend to prefer the experience I get from my Saturn and Dreamcast when I load a game and it plays without needing to update. Every time I turn on my Xbox or PC with steam/GOG I have to wait for an update of some kind.

New comment by mtillman in "Yann LeCun to depart Meta and launch AI startup focused on 'world models'"

mtillman — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 17:48:20 +0000

Having raised more than $100M myself, I’m not sure I would call VC money a reward. However, VC money should be allocated in part to massive upside science experiments. PE money is focused on things already figured out.

New comment by mtillman in "A Fond Farewell"

mtillman — Mon, 10 Nov 2025 06:56:57 +0000

Um…that’s how I skim them. I buy them. Sorry for the confusion.

New comment by mtillman in "A Fond Farewell"

mtillman — Fri, 07 Nov 2025 04:43:09 +0000

I skim both almanac products each year. Both have helpful little home tips and quite a bit of gardening advice. Sad to see them go.

New comment by mtillman in "Dillo, a multi-platform graphical web browser"

mtillman — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 22:30:04 +0000

It still has great looking icons, a proper boarder bevel, and real scroll bars. Thank you!

New comment by mtillman in "Google Removed 749M Anna's Archive URLs from Its Search Results"

mtillman — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 07:19:56 +0000

Edit: after the 3rd page

Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/18552824/1436/united-st...

For fun what Gemini says: “The notion that Google explicitly admitted to "deprioritizing good results to sell more ads" is a common interpretation of these documents and expert testimony.”