Hacker News: righthand

New comment by righthand in "Steam Client is now faster than Epic's new vibe coded launcher"

righthand — Sat, 17 Oct 2026 16:40:01 +0000

But then whats the difference of running an application in Tauri vs just loading up a website? It’s just mimicking a real native application without the benefits because I have to load up a browser. I already have a browser, no I don’t want your browser wrapper.

New comment by righthand in "We still use paper"

righthand — Sat, 17 Oct 2026 16:33:56 +0000

Writing things down is handwriting. You perhaps mean “typing things out” as in using a keyboard. You get some benefits from typing things out but you don’t get many others, as handwriting requires you literally think about each letter and word as it is constructed and which actions you need to take to construct the letters and words. If I type, I type it and forget about it by design moving on to the next word not worrying at all about it. Handwriting essentially trains you to see, think, and understand longterm chains of thought; essentially deep focus on what you are doing while thinking about what is coming next. Typing only produces shortterm. Shortterm thought pairs well with brain dumping, such as on Twitter, which ends up being pretty valueless in the longterm.

New comment by righthand in "We Still Use Paper"

righthand — Sat, 17 Oct 2026 16:31:48 +0000

I’m writing a Kurt Vonnegut book out by hand in cursive on paper. Digital tools can’t give me the same effects and benefits of doing the same thing.

New comment by righthand in "We still use paper"

righthand — Sat, 17 Oct 2026 16:29:35 +0000

All I hear when I read the “but it’s just a useful tool” takes is “hey it’s fine if we use LLMs to kill people and take away their dignity and ability to make a living because it generates documents for me”.

New comment by righthand in "Delta’s Biscoff cookies were supposed to be temporary"

righthand — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 21:18:55 +0000

Sure can you speak up a little more? and make it a little zestier? and not mind downvotes?

New comment by righthand in "Steam Client is now faster than Epic's new vibe coded launcher"

righthand — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 16:39:54 +0000

I also avoid installing Tauri apps too. Anything that loads Javascript that’s not my browser is a bad smell and potential resource hog IMO.

New comment by righthand in "Steam Client is now faster than Epic's new vibe coded launcher"

righthand — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 16:17:56 +0000

Surprise it’s speed wars between Electron apps. Steam is based on Chromium/Electron.

New comment by righthand in "Steam Client is now faster than Epic's new vibe coded launcher"

righthand — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 16:16:55 +0000

I definitely don’t leave the resource hog Steam running, because it can be slow and terrible. I turned off Steam Overlay and Notifications to get substantial speed up improvements.

New comment by righthand in "I know why the mathematicians weep"

righthand — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 15:41:48 +0000

And how! All the “nothing has changed, stop whining posts” are neglecting that they haven’t had to go look for a job. My previous company became quite toxic about LLMs and employee usage. It’s not “move over to the paradigm or get left behind” instead it was “jump on the hype-wagon and sing LLM’s praises all day, every day or you’re out”.

New comment by righthand in "ICE Planning $100M 'Nightmare' Domestic Spy Program"

righthand — Wed, 14 Oct 2026 21:10:38 +0000

Exactly this; how do you have a country of law and order if you don’t extend at least the prosecution rights to the people within it’s borders, citizen or not?

New comment by righthand in "Apple HomeView"

righthand — Tue, 13 Oct 2026 13:52:30 +0000

Apple (and all of big tech) doesn't want a moment of your life to exist where you're not mindlessly staring into an screen.

New comment by righthand in "Apple HomeView"

righthand — Tue, 13 Oct 2026 13:22:39 +0000

Can't you use Siri to have a hands-free mode on an Apple laptop?

New comment by righthand in "Apple HomeView"

righthand — Tue, 13 Oct 2026 13:20:38 +0000

Finally a device to watch movies in the comfort of my kitchen...

New comment by righthand in "Apple HomeView"

righthand — Tue, 13 Oct 2026 13:18:53 +0000

And what's wrong with moving a laptop around? They're designed to do that. The keyboard and trackpad give you great tactile control of what you're doing.

New comment by righthand in "Apple HomeView"

righthand — Tue, 13 Oct 2026 13:15:43 +0000

They're out of ideas, the only thing left for product people there is to fill the gap of devices their competitors also offer. We're at peak "I ONLY BUY APPLE" fandom, so they make devices now for people who think they need Apple everything. Since these fans will always buy it, there is no incentive to make it a well crafted or even original or useful product. Just slap the damn Apple logo on it and use up the money budgeted for the year.

New comment by righthand in "Why aren't AI companies being charged for hacking?"

righthand — Tue, 13 Oct 2026 00:24:30 +0000

But the issue with the partisan Justice department is that the Potus can issue an executive order commanding the Justice department and states to prosecute and focus on specific crimes. So it’s not entirely separated from state level prosecutions.

New comment by righthand in "'AI' Is Not a Tool by Rich Hickey"

righthand — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:49:31 +0000

Okay but how is it used in society? I don’t know many people who refer to Websters. Notice your Webster’s doesn’t include the insult usage.

I see your Websters and raise you Urban Dictionary:

> That guy who makes us shake our head in disbelief but at the same time makes us feel better about ourselves since we are not him.

Please consider social and modern day usage as well when discussing English words.

Also 1913? Wow.

New comment by righthand in "'AI' Is Not a Tool by Rich Hickey"

righthand — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 21:59:32 +0000

> If you're a conductor, you can view the various members of your orchestra as "tools" to produce the ideal musical output.

I disagree, humans are the operators, tools are tools. Operators use tools. A conductor is an operator that uses a baton tool to direct other operators to produce the proper sound with their musical instrument tools.

I think calling people tools is dehumanizing if anything. The only way I know people can be a tool, is through an already existing insult.

New comment by righthand in "Why aren't AI companies being charged for hacking?"

righthand — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 20:35:02 +0000

Your point? The Potus appoints them and is supposed to be nonpartisan.

New comment by righthand in "Nitter: Update Oct 10th seeking funding and legal help"

righthand — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 15:13:49 +0000

Press releases, blogs, podcasts/radio, contacting press outlets, etc. Twitter didn't invent reporting the news, and not everyone gets their news from Twitter. Sorry to break it to you!