Hacker News: natch

New comment by natch in "Giving friends custom text buzzes based on Morse code"

natch — Sun, 04 Oct 2026 23:50:04 +0000

Thank you for sharing, this is one of the coolest things ever!

New comment by natch in "Giving friends custom text buzzes based on Morse code"

natch — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 17:34:03 +0000

I do this with syllable counts for my main contacts full names. Too lazy to learn morse code, and syllables work great except when there’s overlap (two people with same counts).

New comment by natch in "SpaceX's Starship launching to orbit for first time ever today"

natch — Mon, 28 Sep 2026 16:14:04 +0000

Reusability is harder.

New comment by natch in "SpaceX's Starship launching to orbit for first time ever today"

natch — Mon, 28 Sep 2026 12:29:11 +0000

The X video stream is flawless.

New comment by natch in "Data collected by cars and sold to third parties"

natch — Sat, 19 Sep 2026 23:41:05 +0000

Sentry mode. A feature that is turned off by default. Then if you turn it on, You still have to opt in to Sentry at home above and beyond that. Then… have sex in your garage, sure, you can do that.

Then, beyond that, it was rogue employees who were looking at that, and they were caught. I don’t know if they were fired, maybe you do.

New comment by natch in "XCancel service is suspended until further notice"

natch — Sat, 19 Sep 2026 23:27:06 +0000

This has been debunked.

New comment by natch in "Data collected by cars and sold to third parties"

natch — Tue, 15 Sep 2026 01:33:16 +0000

Tesla

New comment by natch in "Data collected by cars and sold to third parties"

natch — Tue, 15 Sep 2026 01:32:40 +0000

Since 2008 they have not changed the policy. But sure, the policy could be changed if they changed management. Tesla, to answer your question.

New comment by natch in "XCancel service is suspended until further notice"

natch — Tue, 15 Sep 2026 01:31:11 +0000

Actual Nazis, sure. But don't believe everything you think.

New comment by natch in "XCancel service is suspended until further notice"

natch — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 19:09:35 +0000

White nationalist is a wild, wild misreading though. Though not an uncommon one.

The Overton window doesn’t allow talking about all real issues, so people like yourself mistake race as the crux of the matter, when other issues are the real topic.

If you want understanding, work on helping open, not close, the Overton window.

New comment by natch in "XCancel service is suspended until further notice"

natch — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 19:00:07 +0000

Very well reasoned and it fits a long evolved pattern but what you’re describing fits the mass sociopathic behavior called shunning, as engaged in by some religions like JW if you need a neutral example to think about. It is in no way good for society or for individuals in the long term.

New comment by natch in "Ask HN: Fable hacked my piano, can I release the results?"

natch — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 18:11:47 +0000

Sure, that goes without saying. That aside, if it is true, the point stands. The word “seems” already covered your point, fwiw.

New comment by natch in "Ask HN: Fable hacked my piano, can I release the results?"

natch — Mon, 07 Sep 2026 04:38:29 +0000

You bought a hardware device and you own that device?

This decoy notes scheme seems pretty unethical.

New comment by natch in "Qwen 3.8 27B"

natch — Fri, 14 Aug 2026 18:49:55 +0000

Apart from model performance, what harness are people using to come close to Claude Code or Codex workflow styles with tool use, conversations, loops, remote control, etc.?

New comment by natch in "Mea Culpa – Dark Hours"

natch — Sun, 09 Aug 2026 22:34:33 +0000

Sure, glad to clarify. The value is to point out something that I’ve noticed a lot of people miss as conversations about App Store rejections tend to take a knee-jerk negative attitude toward Apple. Considering the opposite possibility would clear up a lot of false conceptions and raise the quality of discussions.

New comment by natch in "Mea Culpa – Dark Hours"

natch — Sun, 09 Aug 2026 16:58:52 +0000

I’ve noticed that when a developer cries foul over an Apple App Store rejection, it often seems to be a red flag that there is something fishy about that developer. Gruber, not to his credit, often does not give Apple the benefit of the doubt on these matters. imho he bears some responsibility if he feels duped.

New comment by natch in "Stowaway – take the window seat on any plane or satellite overhead"

natch — Fri, 07 Aug 2026 16:08:43 +0000

Nice work! I got lost in a clouds only view after setting my location but I’m sure I’ll figure it out, the first couple flights were over an unfamiliar area but worked fine.

New comment by natch in "AI-Generated Images Discourage Me from Reading Your Blog"

natch — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 14:13:47 +0000

Are you saying nobody should ever do anything with any tool if they cannot reasonably do it without the tool?

I mean personal blogs I agree the writing portion should be personal but does that go for everything? Maybe the author should take the emoji off his page(??!!)

New comment by natch in "Zitron: "Everyone Has Been Sold a Lie" on AI [video]"

natch — Sat, 01 Aug 2026 03:05:10 +0000

He seems to be saying the cloud provider revenue has something wrong with it because it stems from serving training and inference. It doesn’t follow.

New comment by natch in "An LLM-assisted security review of GlobaLeaks: 41 findings for $3,140"

natch — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 19:24:38 +0000

Title should not use a minus sign before the dollar amount, that’s super confusing.