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New comment by nfbyte in "John Ternus to become Apple CEO"

nfbyte — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 07:58:22 +0000

This is exactly why the hardware + software vertical integration philosophy is fundamentally retarded. What it essentially means for N hardware vendors to each have their own software platform is that as an application developer, instead of having to develop ONE application, you have to develop N applications. Imagine if Apple hardware just used Linux and macOS / iOS / whateverthefuckOS was just a desktop environment project like Plasma / GNOME / COSMIC. You could still keep the exact same particularities / UX flows / ease of use that people expect from Apple products, AND get free access to the wealth of software and content which exists for Linux and ALSO Windows (because of wine).

New comment by nfbyte in "Ask HN: What is a good browser-based game for visceral thrill and excitement?"

nfbyte — Sat, 04 Jun 2022 06:44:23 +0000

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New comment by nfbyte in "Ask HN: What video games do you play during the day?"

nfbyte — Mon, 30 May 2022 13:54:47 +0000

Mindustry. It's like Factorio + tower defense. There is a basic campaign and sandbox mode with multiplayer as well. It has in-game visual programming (logic) with which you can do crazy things like play Chess: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoeS3S9S9Dk, and it also has a JavaScript API for mods.

New comment by nfbyte in "Reasons to ditch Chrome and use Firefox"

nfbyte — Sat, 28 May 2022 17:14:29 +0000

I specifically mentioned torrenting, please re-read. There is no reason to have all the network I/O of your computer go through an extra hop just for one application (e.g. a torrent client) when that application can be configured to use a proxy instead. It increases the network latency, complexity and attack surface of your system.

New comment by nfbyte in "Reasons to ditch Chrome and use Firefox"

nfbyte — Sat, 28 May 2022 12:27:38 +0000

You can also set a proxy per container (and assign specific websites to always use it), and when you combine that with an ultra-cheap VPS running e.g. a Shadowsocks server you have what I think is the real way to circumvent censorship and bypass regional restrictions (as opposed to using snake oil "VPN" providers or even the Tor Browser).

New comment by nfbyte in "Why isn’t new technology making us more productive?"

nfbyte — Wed, 25 May 2022 05:50:14 +0000

> I'd be hard-pressed to find such an accurate and comprehensive reference on that topic anywhere on the internet

You can find The Art of Electronics on the internet... And you can put it on an old tablet with dozens of other reference books.

New comment by nfbyte in "Modern programming languages require generics"

nfbyte — Mon, 23 May 2022 13:30:58 +0000

I would rather just have one code base per problem rather than one abomination per spectrum of problems.

New comment by nfbyte in "Modern programming languages require generics"

nfbyte — Mon, 23 May 2022 10:58:43 +0000

This is such crap. Modern programming languages (or any other tools) need to be well suited for a specific problem domain, not meet some generalized arbitrary criterion. And modern systems (as in actual low-level software, not web browsers or databases or games) suffer from a severe lack of security and reliability, not performance.