Hacker News: richrichardssonhttps://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=richrichardssonHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Thu, 09 Apr 2026 05:39:27 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by richrichardsson in "Revision Demoparty 2026: Razor1911 [video]"]]>Same! Beautiful nod to this amazing demo : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMFBAOjuMWw

]]>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 09:44:44 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47687775richrichardssonhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47687775https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47687775<![CDATA[New comment by richrichardsson in "Revision Demoparty 2026: Razor1911 [video]"]]>This came up in the Discord party chat, basically there isn't a size limit in the rules[1], but going beyond 2GB would be concerning that it's not a real-time demo but instead just playback of animation.

[1] https://2026.revision-party.net/competitions/pc/

]]>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 09:42:34 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47687759richrichardssonhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47687759https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47687759<![CDATA[New comment by richrichardsson in "The curious case of retro demo scene graphics"]]>Not sure I agree with the final takeaway point. At least from a personal standpoint anyway. I used AI images in a couple of Amiga intros, but actively admitted to using them. At the time there wasn't quite the backlash against their use, so now would completely steer clear, but not having access to a graphic artist is reflected in the output I've managed in the recent times (zero).

]]>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 08:50:11 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47571988richrichardssonhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47571988https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47571988<![CDATA[New comment by richrichardsson in "Apple Just Lost Me"]]>I tried using a debit card, it will not let me progress. The issue is a debit card can be issued to anyone, including those under 18. So that then becomes a useless age verification.

]]>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 09:08:57 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47528180richrichardssonhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47528180https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47528180<![CDATA[New comment by richrichardsson in "Apple Just Lost Me"]]>This new age verification is such bullshit, I don't even live in the UK any more yet have to be subject to that bullshit because Apple (and a bunch of other companies) can't comprehend the concept that people might want to change which country they live in.

Can't use my expired provisional license to confirm my age.

Can't use my Croatian ID to confirm my age.

Can't use a credit card, because I never have had nor do I ever want to have a credit card.

So I'm fucked.

]]>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 18:28:45 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47521299richrichardssonhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47521299https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47521299<![CDATA[New comment by richrichardsson in "Apple Just Lost Me"]]>I doubt they will. I suspect the rumours of a touch screen MacBook are likely true and that's the reason for the shitshow that is Tahoe's UI.

]]>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 15:18:35 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47518543richrichardssonhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47518543https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47518543<![CDATA[New comment by richrichardsson in "Meta Platforms: Lobbying, dark money, and the App Store Accountability Act"]]>Netflix age recommendations are a complete joke.

There was one documentary series that apparently appropriate for 7+ and had "motherfucker" within the first 30 seconds of one episode.

I don't know which parallel reality they're from where that is an appropriate word for a 7 year old to learn.

]]>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 15:47:55 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47414337richrichardssonhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47414337https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47414337<![CDATA[New comment by richrichardsson in "Dulce et Decorum Est (1921)"]]>Instantly took me back 35 years.

I wonder if you can age a person based on them knowing this and whatever the Siegfried Sassoon poem that was covered in order to demonstrate onomatopoeia? I suppose it would depend how long it was (or indeed if it still is) part of the curriculum.

]]>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 13:10:15 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47261183richrichardssonhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47261183https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47261183<![CDATA[New comment by richrichardsson in "You Want to Visit the UK? You Better Have a Google Play or App Store Account"]]>I would half like to move back to the UK, but I'm terribly worried that after jumping through all the hoops so that my EU citizen partner could come with us and be a part our children's lives that Reform would get in and throw out all the "undesirables" (basically anyone without a British Passport at first, sure they won't stop there). I'm really not sure how likely them attaining power is, but it sure looks like a terrible but possible future from afar. :(

]]>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 11:53:28 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47164851richrichardssonhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47164851https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47164851<![CDATA[New comment by richrichardsson in "Meta Deployed AI and It Is Killing Our Agency"]]>Switch off your ad blocker/pi hole temporarily..

I tried three times of getting insta-banned before getting advised here to do the same.

]]>Sat, 21 Feb 2026 08:30:24 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47098694richrichardssonhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47098694https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47098694<![CDATA[New comment by richrichardsson in "The AI boom is causing shortages everywhere else"]]>Isn't the 650 billion required per year, so the monthly cost is automatically 12x

]]>Sun, 08 Feb 2026 11:30:38 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46933362richrichardssonhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46933362https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46933362<![CDATA[New comment by richrichardsson in "Xcode 26.3 – Developers can leverage coding agents directly in Xcode"]]>That makes sense. The latest Sequoia update can't understand it's done updating and shows the "welcome" message every time I boot. I won't upgrade to Tahoe until absolutely necessary. It's like Apple is doing everything in its power to alienate their users.

]]>Tue, 03 Feb 2026 22:40:29 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46878401richrichardssonhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46878401https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46878401<![CDATA[New comment by richrichardsson in "Xmake: A cross-platform build utility based on Lua"]]>I honestly didn't mean it like that, but I can understand that it comes across that way.

A better wording would be "what advantage does this have over premake which is also Lua based".

]]>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 10:58:12 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46808453richrichardssonhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46808453https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46808453<![CDATA[New comment by richrichardsson in "Xmake: A cross-platform build utility based on Lua"]]>I apologise for this:

What's wrong with premake which is also Lua based?

when I meant:

What advantage does this have over premake which is also Lua based?

]]>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 09:13:27 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46807639richrichardssonhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46807639https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46807639<![CDATA[New comment by richrichardsson in "SoundCloud Data Breach Now on HaveIBeenPwned"]]>> email addresses

Aren't on public SoundCloud profiles.

]]>Wed, 28 Jan 2026 09:23:45 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46793000richrichardssonhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46793000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46793000<![CDATA[New comment by richrichardsson in "Booting from a vinyl record (2020)"]]>They're fairly expensive, but on-demand vinyl is easy to get made.

]]>Fri, 23 Jan 2026 13:32:49 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46732292richrichardssonhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46732292https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46732292<![CDATA[New comment by richrichardsson in "Your brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of cognitive debt when using an AI assistant"]]>> Calculators do do arithmetic and if you ask me to do the kind of calculations I had to do in high school by hand today I wouldnt be able to

I got scared by how awfully my juniour (middle? 5-11) school mathematics had slipped when helping my 9 year old boy with his homework yesterday.

I literally couldn't remember how to carry the 1 when doing subtractions of 3 digit numbers! Felt literally idiotic having to ask an LLM for help. :(

]]>Thu, 22 Jan 2026 10:09:26 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46717284richrichardssonhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46717284https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46717284<![CDATA[Ask HN: Does Apple not have *any* QA for their older macOS releases?]]>Since upgrading to 15.7.3 on my main machine (M4 Pro mini), every time I start I get asked if I want to enable automatic updates or just download only. Regardless the response I then get a welcome message and it happens again at the next boot.

I have installed the latest Tahoe on my 2nd machine (M1 mini) and it's complete dog shit. I refuse to subject myself to that until they fix some of the egregious problems (as documented numerous times on this forum).

Apple seem to be desperate to alienate their userbase.

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]]>Thu, 22 Jan 2026 09:11:08 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46716856richrichardssonhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46716856https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46716856<![CDATA[New comment by richrichardsson in "AI generated music barred from Bandcamp"]]>Humans prove to have some value in the LLM age after all! /s

]]>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 10:07:55 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46614283richrichardssonhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46614283https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46614283<![CDATA[New comment by richrichardsson in "Show HN: Fruito – match-3 puzzle game I made with Claude Code"]]>Seems to be a bug: around level 20 a single move will complete the level.

]]>Tue, 13 Jan 2026 11:54:34 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46599851richrichardssonhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46599851https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46599851