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New comment by quarkw in "It's Not Just You – The iOS Keyboard Is Broken [video]"

quarkw — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 23:20:31 +0000

I haven't had time to test it but some people in the yt comments claim turning off swipe to type fixes this.

New comment by quarkw in "It's Not Just You – The iOS Keyboard Is Broken [video]"

quarkw — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 23:15:42 +0000

When a friend sent this to me I thought that was what the video was about. There's clearly some weird autocomplete bugs not documented in the video. I'm going to try turning off predictive text in settings to see if that fixes the issue.

It's Not Just You – The iOS Keyboard Is Broken [video]

quarkw — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 22:45:07 +0000

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

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45662685

Points: 18

# Comments: 3

New comment by quarkw in "Quark Stars"

quarkw — Fri, 02 Aug 2024 18:43:38 +0000

This is an exceptionally fun read for me since my name is Quark! The terms "quark star" and "quark matter" are completely new to me so I'll have to do some reading!

New comment by quarkw in "Cold brew coffee in 3 minutes using acoustic cavitation"

quarkw — Tue, 07 May 2024 21:41:49 +0000

That was my first thought. It seems like others have already tried it with good results.

https://old.reddit.com/r/coldbrew/comments/ob0gzg/cold_brew_...

You can also sous vide coldbrew coffee for faster results than traditional coldbrew. But at that point is it still technically coldbrew? Maybe warmbrew is a better term for it.

New comment by quarkw in "Beeper – Moving Forward"

quarkw — Thu, 21 Dec 2023 17:40:52 +0000

Like jmondi mentioned, its' the default app for messaging on iPhones.

On top of that, switching to upgraded chats by switching platforms is not as easy as it sounds because you need to convince your friends to switch platforms. And that can be a hard ask, especially for friends and family that are less tech-savvy.

You could have people only message you via text, instead of iMessage, but doing that reliably is harder than switching platforms, unless you ask someone to disable iMessage in the messages app altogether, and no one wants to do that

New comment by quarkw in "Beeper – Moving Forward"

quarkw — Thu, 21 Dec 2023 17:35:31 +0000

I've been using it for a few months, and even if iMessage gets removed from Beeper (cloud) I'll keep using it, alongside the Messages app. And this is coming from an almost-exclusive mac-iPhone user.

Having all my chats in one place have helped me better keep in touch with friends and family.

New comment by quarkw in "GPT4 simulating a FTP server at ftp.disney.com"

quarkw — Wed, 05 Apr 2023 14:28:32 +0000

I think it's likely that ChatGPT made up the email address, but what if this is some functionality Open AI has already added, but not enabled, in the system? Or instructed ChatGPT to say that it's unable to access external sources/links when that's not exactly the truth.

New comment by quarkw in "Zed, the new code editor from Atom developers, has entered open beta"

quarkw — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 21:59:17 +0000

Having some kind of leader keybinding would be great along with something like "which-key" for discoverability.

Checking out Spacemacs or Doom Emacs would give a clear idea of what I'm talking about.

If unfamiliar with emacs, VSpaceCode is a VSCode extension that ports Spacemacs-style keybindings pretty successfully, although the UI is suboptimal due to limitations of VSCode extensions.

New comment by quarkw in "Ask HN: Small scripts, hacks and automations you're proud of?"

quarkw — Mon, 13 Mar 2023 02:01:32 +0000

I modified the multitouch code for Karabiner Elements to support a palm activated action that can be used to add another layer of keys to my MacBook’s built in keyboard