Hacker News: rabf

New comment by rabf in "Samsung Magician disk utility takes 18 steps and two reboots to uninstall"

rabf — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 17:52:40 +0000

Those users have never heard of the word `uninstall` nor have any comprehension of what it would do. They will after a time, just buy a new computer because the old one is full up.

New comment by rabf in "Ubuntu 26.04 Ends 46 Years of Silent sudo Passwords"

rabf — Sat, 21 Mar 2026 08:18:07 +0000

Password recovery where you enter your mothers maiden name and favourite food.

New comment by rabf in "OpenAI – How to delete your account"

rabf — Sat, 28 Feb 2026 13:50:35 +0000

I just find it strange that you have the same people always complaining about how big tech is too powerful. If you have a problem with what you military is upto, you should take that up with your elected representatives. Boycotting an AI company is a laughable response and will have no effect on outcomes here.

New comment by rabf in "OpenAI – How to delete your account"

rabf — Sat, 28 Feb 2026 13:11:29 +0000

First you want the goverment to regulate AI. Now you want AI companies to regulate the goverment? Personally when I buy something I do whatever I want with it and imagine the DOD feels the same.

New comment by rabf in "Nano Banana 2: Google's latest AI image generation model"

rabf — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 17:48:30 +0000

They have an API.

New comment by rabf in "Windows 11 Notepad to support Markdown"

rabf — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 23:59:03 +0000

https://github.com/rabfulton/ViewMD

Markdown viewer for Linux

New comment by rabf in "Samsung Upcycle Promise"

rabf — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 19:12:27 +0000

The motorola razr flip phones are great in my opinion.

New comment by rabf in "Intel XeSS 3: expanded support for Core Ultra/Core Ultra 2 and Arc A, B series"

rabf — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 15:12:00 +0000

My concern is that it will make developers even more lazy when optimising their code. What one hand giveth the other takes away. When has any advancement in the hardware not led to the same or worse software performance in few years time? There surely must be a name for this paradox. This will not result in you getting 1000fps. You will end up with the same `acceptable` refresh rates with worse rendering through novel hacks.

New comment by rabf in "FreeCAD"

rabf — Fri, 20 Feb 2026 10:31:07 +0000

I use GIMP and FreeCAD quite often and find them very powerful programs, but maybe I'm some sort of genius? I think where these programs don't do well is among the crowd who expect to be able to just click around an advanced piece of software and somehow it just works to get things done! For basic apps this is a reasonable expectation, but CAD is not a simple process.

PS: I've still not managed to learn Blender, not put enough hours in, it is a hugely complex beast of a program that basically requires keyboard shortcut use imho. That interface (beautiful as it is) has so many options that even if I know what I'm looking for I can't find it!

New comment by rabf in "FreeCAD"

rabf — Fri, 20 Feb 2026 10:24:41 +0000

OpenSCAD is ideal for making models that can be modified! You have to program your models with the mindset of parametric CAD though, if I was making a battery case I would start by defining variables for battery length, diameter and count and work from there.

New comment by rabf in "Show HN: A small, simple music theory library in C99"

rabf — Fri, 20 Feb 2026 02:45:24 +0000

Very few people are using C for `quality-of-life features`. I'm fairly certain I've never even seen any C23 code, is it supported by many compilers or C tooling? One of the great things about C is that it is fairly easy to write code that runs everywhere and for a library that is especially important. There are many who just stick to C89.

New comment by rabf in "Tesla Sales Down 55% UK, 58% Spain, 59% Germany, 81% Netherlands, 93% Norway"

rabf — Wed, 18 Feb 2026 06:47:44 +0000

I'll burn what little karma I have and say that for market insights and interesting perspectives, x.com is the best place (manual curation required). Beyond that you should be watching earnings calls each quarter for a range of companies in the market. Most of what is written here, in the press and on reddit is complete nonsense.

New comment by rabf in "Show HN: Free alternative to Wispr Flow, Superwhisper, and Monologue"

rabf — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 00:59:27 +0000

https://github.com/rabfulton/Auriscribe

My take for X11 Linux systems. Small and low dependency except for the model download.

New comment by rabf in "I want to wash my car. The car wash is 50 meters away. Should I walk or drive?"

rabf — Mon, 16 Feb 2026 08:41:32 +0000

Perhaps it thinks you need to exercise more?

New comment by rabf in "Babylon 5 is now free to watch on YouTube"

rabf — Sat, 14 Feb 2026 17:46:02 +0000

You know, AI might actually be able to fix this!

New comment by rabf in "Shifts in U.S. Social Media Use, 2020–2024: Decline, Fragmentation, Polarization (2025)"

rabf — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 01:32:34 +0000

Bring back webrings!

New comment by rabf in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (February 2026)"

rabf — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 01:14:43 +0000

Oh and porting my first ever OpenGL project to modern Linux for some nostalgia.

https://github.com/rabfulton/Hotrocks

New comment by rabf in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (February 2026)"

rabf — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 01:11:54 +0000

Applications for Linux that I always wanted but could never quite find the one that works how I think it should.

traymd: A system tray notes application that supports basic live input of markdown. https://github.com/rabfulton/TrayMD

reelvault: A local film browser and launcher. https://github.com/rabfulton/ReelVault

preditor: A simple image viewer that shows each image in the center of the screen in a window sized for that image with some basic editing functions built in. https://github.com/rabfulton/preditor

New comment by rabf in "Voxtral Transcribe 2"

rabf — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 02:57:58 +0000

I made this for myself, might not work on wayland though if thats an issue.

https://github.com/rabfulton/Auriscribe

New comment by rabf in "Film students who can no longer sit through films"

rabf — Sat, 31 Jan 2026 20:56:41 +0000

Install Davinci Resolve on your phone.