Hacker News: rlam2x51

New comment by rlam2x51 in "Iguanaworks has closed and our products are no longer sold"

rlam2x51 — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 16:52:30 +0000

Let me know if you find one! I wanted to wait for a few months to let the experienced smart homers pave the way.

New comment by rlam2x51 in "Iguanaworks has closed and our products are no longer sold"

rlam2x51 — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 14:50:57 +0000

Home Assistant* introduced support for infrared a few days ago. Not sure if it would be a good idea to stay in business for a bit longer and see if the Home Assistant community boost the sales.

I am personally interested in an IR Sender to make my old Hifi Setup smarter.

* https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2026/04/01/release-20264/

New comment by rlam2x51 in "New Apple Silicon M4 and M5 HiDPI Limitation on 4K External Displays"

rlam2x51 — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 19:22:09 +0000

Impressive, that's quite a feat. It is great that you found a workaround - it gives me hope that Apple will eventually fix this issue. I will hold out for a bit longer an wait for apple to get their act together.

I am still in disbelieve about the issue. I thought I have bought the most advanced notebook on this planet just to find out that it does not support external displays?

New comment by rlam2x51 in "New Apple Silicon M4 and M5 HiDPI Limitation on 4K External Displays"

rlam2x51 — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 21:12:51 +0000

I recently bought my first MacBook Pro (M5 Pro) and I kinda regret it. It is a nice notebook but I would never bought it if I knew that it does not work properly with my LG 38WN95C-W Monitor (3840x1600@144Hz via USB-C). BetterDisplay allows me to use 3360x1400 with HiDPI but I still lose screen estate that I got use to.

The worst part is that I did my research if my monitor works nicely with Apple Silicon and got confirmation that this is the case. I would never expected that M5 would perform worse compared to previous generations.

Apple really does a lot of things right but then they mess up the basic.

Guess I will ask Apple Intelligence for advise how to explain to my wife that I need a new Monitor…

New comment by rlam2x51 in "Software I’m thankful for (2021)"

rlam2x51 — Fri, 23 Sep 2022 18:45:46 +0000

Fork - a fast and friendly git client https://fork.dev/

Beyond Compare 4 - compare files and folders https://www.scootersoftware.com/

uBlock Origin - An efficient blocker add-on for various browsers. Fast, potent, and lean. https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock

Those tools made my life so much easier. Can't recommend them enough.

Just a happy user and not affiliated

New comment by rlam2x51 in "Ultra Wide Monitors – A pain in the neck? (2020)"

rlam2x51 — Sat, 07 Aug 2021 17:33:13 +0000

I was looking for a 35"+ Monitor with additional height. I also wanted Curved, IPS Panel, 100 Hz+ and 90W+ USB-C Power Delivery.

I ended up buying an LG 38wn95c-w* which checks all the boxes. It has a resolution of resolution 3840 x 1600. Love it so far!

However, a tool like FancyZones ** is a must at this size.

* https://www.lg.com/us/monitors/lg-38wn95c-w-ultrawide-monito...

** https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/powertoys/fancyzone...