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New comment by nytesky in "Microsoft Office 2019 and 2021 for Mac view-only conversion"

nytesky — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 11:46:15 +0000

I agree the 1TB is a good deal. But our phones are Apple and our email is Google, so it’s all wonky sync via OneDrive (and when you have a lot of OneDrive the forced syncs to your windows login takes a lot of cache space).

Wish there was an open interface to use cloud storage, like a mount point, so Gmail or iPhotos could just write there rather than the hand carrying of data. But probably vendor lock-in is too compelling

New comment by nytesky in "Microsoft Office 2019 and 2021 for Mac view-only conversion"

nytesky — Sun, 31 May 2026 00:06:31 +0000

Did Apple pay them to drop support to boost their revamped Numbers/Pages/Keynote suite (ClarisWorks Infitniy.0).

Obviously this is a joke, though there was a period when Microsoft invested in Apple to serve as a stand-in foil for the anti-trust lawsuit. So tactical investing for something other than monetary ROI has precedent …

New comment by nytesky in "Meta's embrace of AI is making its employees miserable"

nytesky — Sun, 10 May 2026 16:07:34 +0000

I actually regularly used emdashes in my writing —- my kids complain I write like AI in fact — and now I have to consciously remove them.

Likewise, I often used literary flourish and pleasantries like that above article about email decompression; I’m from the south so I think structured formality comes with territory.

I do think using LLM to turn notes and bullets into narratives should be considered no different than rendering CSV text into an excel format, just making it more digestible by recipient.

New comment by nytesky in "Cloudflare to cut about 20% of its workforce"

nytesky — Fri, 08 May 2026 15:10:53 +0000

I thought post Netflix the model had switched to “we’re a team, not a family” — like in MLB?

https://variety.com/2017/digital/news/netflix-company-cultur...

New comment by nytesky in "No new trial for Sam Bankman-Fried"

nytesky — Fri, 01 May 2026 01:08:52 +0000

Not just “experts”. Legal ETHICS professors at Stanford.

New comment by nytesky in "Her life savings mysteriously disappeared after a systems glitch"

nytesky — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 01:44:47 +0000

Yeah saving statements is important but banks make it so hard to automate. 2FA for login, and statements have to be navigated to, sometimes time range set.

My bank just sends a note that a statement is available, rather than an actual statement.

New comment by nytesky in "A simpler, faster way to unlock 1Password"

nytesky — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:08:10 +0000

Maybe I misread it but it’s like Apple Pay on a MacBook.

You query 1Password to open in the Mac/PC and a prompt shows up on your phone and you auto with PIN/FaceID which then unlocks 1P on Mac/PC

Microsoft Authenticator has a similar workflow for MS accounts but it’s based upon matching a number on the screen AND authenticating with FaceID.

New comment by nytesky in "Bitcoin miners are losing on every coin produced as difficulty drops"

nytesky — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 14:48:52 +0000

But as number of miners drop arent btc at risk of a 50% attack?

New comment by nytesky in "Ramp Up AI Skills"

nytesky — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 06:41:52 +0000

I often hear on podcast such as this one giving career advice that folks should become AI native, and improve their AI skills. I’m not a software developer, so I am not using Claude Code or other frameworks — my office basically authorizes us to use a Gemini chat interface. For non programming jobs does that mean just getting better at prompts? Is there another avenue I should be learning?

Ramp Up AI Skills

nytesky — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 06:41:52 +0000

Article URL: https://soundcloud.com/robenfarzad/deepali-vyas-the-elite

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47728092

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New comment by nytesky in "Who is Satoshi Nakamoto? My quest to unmask Bitcoin's creator"

nytesky — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 04:46:31 +0000

Very on brand for our darkest timeline, if you excuse the mixed media metaphor.

New comment by nytesky in "Goodbye to Sora"

nytesky — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 02:18:13 +0000

The bantering of the podcast I found distracting and the breathless enthusiasm. I guess there was a way to make it more no nonsense? I found I lost content if tuned for brevity.

New comment by nytesky in "The Reason Windows Hate Is Exploding: It's the End of Personal Computing [video]"

nytesky — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 14:18:43 +0000

Oh I thought it was a very dodgy process. Can you give some pointers? I will also ask an LLM?

New comment by nytesky in "The Reason Windows Hate Is Exploding: It's the End of Personal Computing [video]"

nytesky — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 14:10:15 +0000

I don’t think I have ever spent over $100 on a Chromebook. I can’t imagine putting serious money in one; it’s a toy/disposable computer.

New comment by nytesky in "The Reason Windows Hate Is Exploding: It's the End of Personal Computing [video]"

nytesky — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 14:09:07 +0000

I really dislike the “expiration” date, and at one point they were very short (5 years) and poorly documented so it was a nasty surprise if you got an older model on sale.

New comment by nytesky in "A rogue AI led to a serious security incident at Meta"

nytesky — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 20:07:10 +0000

I’m not in AI, but what is happening is that it is building output from the long tail of its training data? Instead of branching down the more common probability paths, something in this interaction had it travel into the data wilderness?

So I asked AI to give it a good name, and it said “statistical wandering” or “logical improv”.

New comment by nytesky in "Meta Horizon Worlds on Meta Quest is being discontinued"

nytesky — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 06:34:54 +0000

That was more an issue when rates were low and borrowing capital was “free”.

New comment by nytesky in "Honda is killing its EVs"

nytesky — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 00:32:30 +0000

How is safety and quality for Chinese EVs? There was the 2008 melamine baby formula scandal, where a toxic substance was deliberately introduced into baby formula for domestic market. Chinese food imports were curtailed across many countries.

Capitalism over there is at another level, and cars are so complicated with tiny changes can have huge problems. Look at the immobilizer chips that Kia dropped to save $5, which resulted in thousands of car thefts and the whole Kia Boyz phenomenon.

New comment by nytesky in "Honda is killing its EVs"

nytesky — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 17:15:29 +0000

Honda is an engine company at its heart. It makes very reliable, long lived engines.

They refine technology not really invent it (maybe invented VTEC). The transition to EV will be very gradual, I don’t even think we have enough rare earth metals and electrical grid capacity to go even twice as fast in adoption?

Honda is waiting for the standards and technology to settle out and become commodity technology, then they implement and iterate to a refined and reliable product.

It doesn’t seem like a winner take all market for EV? What would be the most? Perhaps I am ignorant on that part of market dynamics.

*edit for typos

New comment by nytesky in "UMD Scientists Create 'Smart Underwear' to Measure Human Flatulence"

nytesky — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 17:09:55 +0000

I know this is worthwhile, especially with the rise in colorectal cancer in younger adults, perhaps this will help in early detection.

But I did take a double take and go “Is it April already?”