Hacker News: parisidau

Our 2D game character grew 3% taller every time he walked

parisidau — Mon, 25 May 2026 07:07:04 +0000

Article URL: https://hey.paris/posts/leo-sprite-alignment/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48264223

Points: 20

# Comments: 19

Show HN: Tarot for Yarn Spinner

parisidau — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 01:05:49 +0000

Article URL: https://www.yarnspinner.dev/blog/tarot-yarn-spinner/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47595532

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

We built a museum exhibit about a 1990s game hint line, with a physical binder

parisidau — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 16:57:08 +0000

Article URL: https://yarnspinner.dev/blog/hint-line-93/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46721855

Points: 5

# Comments: 0

Why we don’t use AI

parisidau — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 22:30:53 +0000

Article URL: https://yarnspinner.dev/blog/why-we-dont-use-ai/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46609279

Points: 114

# Comments: 80

New comment by parisidau in "Apple has locked my Apple ID, and I have no recourse. A plea for help"

parisidau — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 21:31:49 +0000

I've added a few updates on the original post, but there's no fix yet: https://hey.paris/posts/appleid/

Feel free to chat to me on Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/hey.paris) or Mastodon (https://cloudisland.nz/@parisba) or email if you have ideas. I've received nearly 500 emails!

New comment by parisidau in "Apple has locked my Apple ID, and I have no recourse. A plea for help"

parisidau — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 14:38:10 +0000

Whatever you’re quoting isn’t about me, the OP in this case…

New comment by parisidau in "Apple has locked my Apple ID, and I have no recourse. A plea for help"

parisidau — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 10:43:04 +0000

Here, I Googled it for you https://www.apple.com/iwork/

New comment by parisidau in "Apple has locked my Apple ID, and I have no recourse. A plea for help"

parisidau — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 06:33:57 +0000

Apple (via Executive Relations) says they won't do anything. Guess I'm stuffed.

New comment by parisidau in "Apple has locked my Apple ID, and I have no recourse. A plea for help"

parisidau — Sat, 13 Dec 2025 08:15:16 +0000

I prefer to keep it topped up like that. It's been the same for 20 years.

New comment by parisidau in "Apple has locked my Apple ID, and I have no recourse. A plea for help"

parisidau — Sat, 13 Dec 2025 07:28:33 +0000

Let's hope so...

New comment by parisidau in "Apple has locked my Apple ID, and I have no recourse. A plea for help"

parisidau — Sat, 13 Dec 2025 07:25:45 +0000

I have spoken verbally to multiple members of Apple's support teams. Apologies if that was unclear. I didn't record this calls, as they did not permit me to.

New comment by parisidau in "Apple has locked my Apple ID, and I have no recourse. A plea for help"

parisidau — Sat, 13 Dec 2025 06:51:45 +0000

I live in Tasmania, a state of Australia that is 1) an island, and 2) has no Apple Stores.

New comment by parisidau in "Apple has locked my Apple ID, and I have no recourse. A plea for help"

parisidau — Sat, 13 Dec 2025 05:58:25 +0000

Totally agree.

New comment by parisidau in "Apple has locked my Apple ID, and I have no recourse. A plea for help"

parisidau — Sat, 13 Dec 2025 05:47:45 +0000

It's been done, a few days ago. Nothing yet, but here's hoping.

New comment by parisidau in "Apple has locked my Apple ID, and I have no recourse. A plea for help"

parisidau — Sat, 13 Dec 2025 05:46:52 +0000

I would like to think you're wrong, but if they fix this, you're possibly right. My career is built on Apple technologies. I don't love that I'm captured by a vendor, but I have a lot of knowledge, and building to that level elsewhere is hard.

I just want to keep using my stuff, and getting on with the fun things I get to work on. I don't have a strong attachment to Apple, I have a strong attachment to the familiar productivity I normally have.

New comment by parisidau in "Apple has locked my Apple ID, and I have no recourse. A plea for help"

parisidau — Sat, 13 Dec 2025 05:44:04 +0000

Absolutely, but that doesn't solve my immediate issue of my devices and accounts, but of course I will do that.

New comment by parisidau in "Apple has locked my Apple ID, and I have no recourse. A plea for help"

parisidau — Sat, 13 Dec 2025 05:16:51 +0000

I do have backups of most data, including photos, but there are things you can't backup like shared actively edited iWork documents, and things like that. I can rebuild from it, but it's still a shitshow and my very expensive devices are bricked.

Apple has locked my Apple ID, and I have no recourse. A plea for help

parisidau — Sat, 13 Dec 2025 04:55:59 +0000

Article URL: https://hey.paris/posts/appleid/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46252114

Points: 1750

# Comments: 1049

New comment by parisidau in "Australian bank gives out customer phone to another customer by asking ChatGPT"

parisidau — Wed, 13 Aug 2025 01:11:58 +0000

Pardon? Why do you think I sound like a crazy person? Go on, please do.

Also APP 13 is tangentially relevant, for sure, but not the crux of it.

APP 13 is far less relevant than, for example, APP 11.

New comment by parisidau in "Australian bank gives out customer phone to another customer by asking ChatGPT"

parisidau — Tue, 12 Aug 2025 11:37:45 +0000

I would argue the source of the information doesn’t matter. The bank disclosed a phone number of a customer to another customer.