Hacker News: nickt

Why I'll never give up my DVD collection

nickt — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 05:25:57 +0000

Article URL: https://www.whathifi.com/streaming-entertainment/why-ill-never-give-up-my-dvd-collection

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47044001

Points: 8

# Comments: 4

Electronicos Fantasticos

nickt — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 22:06:34 +0000

Article URL: https://www.electronicosfantasticos.com/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46878001

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by nickt in "We (As a Society) Peaked in the 90s"

nickt — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 01:00:49 +0000

I’m optimistic too, but I can’t help wonder if the post scarcity world, like the future, won’t be evenly distributed.

New comment by nickt in "We (As a Society) Peaked in the 90s"

nickt — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 00:54:37 +0000

I was around in the 80’s in the UK and this was a real thing:

https://newsthump.com/2026/01/28/uk-on-verge-of-return-to-he...

New comment by nickt in "Apple-1 Computer Prototype Board #0 sold for $2.75M"

nickt — Sun, 01 Feb 2026 05:05:18 +0000

The ZX81 had that too, at least the UK ones did.

The keyboard itself, er, takes some getting used to. But they are a little cheaper.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZX81#/media/File:Sinclair-ZX81...

The sub-zero lair of the most powerful computer

nickt — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 00:41:12 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62r6dvpl5ro

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46535455

Points: 4

# Comments: 1

Explosively pumped flux compression generator

nickt — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 17:48:33 +0000

Article URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Explosively_pumped_flux_compression_generator

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46467337

Points: 4

# Comments: 1

New comment by nickt in "Quality of drinking water varies significantly by airline"

nickt — Wed, 31 Dec 2025 05:35:40 +0000

Good job the Brits are asleep as they’d be cracking up at these comments.

The Golden Age of Personal Computers – 80 Machines Reviewed (2023) [video]

nickt — Thu, 25 Dec 2025 15:58:33 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQPmPdL5t3Y

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46385130

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

WhatIFF?, a modern Amiga Guide magazine for creative Amiga users

nickt — Thu, 25 Dec 2025 05:40:17 +0000

Article URL: https://www.whatiff.info/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46382369

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

New comment by nickt in "Unifi Travel Router"

nickt — Wed, 24 Dec 2025 01:28:30 +0000

Not sure if you’re serious but reeks of “you can already build such a system yourself quite trivially”

Cyberattack disrupts France's postal service and banking during Christmas rush

nickt — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 20:55:19 +0000

Article URL: https://apnews.com/article/france-postal-service-cyberattack-4ea0c3e3bcb8a87341de8aebc1dfc916

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46358951

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

New comment by nickt in "Cassette tapes are making a comeback?"

nickt — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 05:44:55 +0000

Like DCC (1992)?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Compact_Cassette

New comment by nickt in "Modern Walkmans"

nickt — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 05:33:03 +0000

It’s amazing to see this. How good are the transports in these modern units? I seem to remember when cassettes died the first time, the whole ecosystem went away, from Chrome Dioxide cassettes to good quality transports, which took a long time to get right. How do these compare to a good quality unit from the 80’s and 90’s?

New comment by nickt in "Scala"

nickt — Sun, 30 Nov 2025 05:09:16 +0000

Then this one?

https://www.generationamiga.com/2020/05/10/scala-series-its-...

New comment by nickt in "Concrete Shipbuilding – Argentina"

nickt — Sat, 22 Nov 2025 14:26:57 +0000

I grew up in South Hylton where the Cretehawser was basically dumped near Claxheugh Rock (good luck pronouncing that if you’re not a Mackem!) Proper fun 70’s and 80’s adventure to be had getting on board at low tide. Can’t imagine the authorities being happy with kids doing this today!

It had lots of stories associated with it and it was a strange thing to see just sitting there in a shipbuilding town. Happy to see it get a mention on the site [1] and there’s an article with better photos here [2].

[1] https://thecretefleet.com/wwi-uk

[2] https://fabulousnorth.com/cretehawser-wreck/