Hacker News: roboror

New comment by roboror in "No more icons in every menu by default"

roboror — Thu, 22 Oct 2026 15:34:59 +0000

It's 2026 and I still can't hide favicons in Chrome's bookmark bar.

New comment by roboror in "Nissan's third generation e-POWER powertrain"

roboror — Mon, 28 Sep 2026 16:32:40 +0000

>Unless you live in bumfuck nowhere with expensive electricity, zero solar power and a daily 5 hour commute, an EV will likely work just fine for you.

In NYC it's a nightmare to own an EV and rely on public charging.

New comment by roboror in "Opus 5.5 is good at explainer videos"

roboror — Fri, 25 Sep 2026 16:15:32 +0000

Kind of whitewashing howto docs here--which in recent years have been replaced with (human-made) solely optimized for SEO to serve ads. That's why explainer videos took off in the first place.

New comment by roboror in "Turn off and restrict access to Apple Intelligence features on Mac"

roboror — Mon, 21 Sep 2026 21:47:46 +0000

That's putting a bandaid on an infected wound.

New comment by roboror in "David Sacks: OpenAI and Anthropic Don't Need Regulations to Pace Frontier Models"

roboror — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 14:50:10 +0000

They also want to implement self-regulation now instead of waiting for actual government watchdogs to be implemented.

New comment by roboror in "Claude is only available to people over 18 years"

roboror — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 14:32:43 +0000

Right, Sending off my data to some random 3rd party company with far lower stakes does not make me feel better.

New comment by roboror in "216M Spy TVs – The LG Smart TV Problem [video]"

roboror — Mon, 07 Sep 2026 15:28:25 +0000

There are ads for ATV content.

New comment by roboror in "Wiped out: US faces surging toilet paper prices amid trade war with Canada"

roboror — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 14:43:42 +0000

I hope this is comedy

New comment by roboror in "A year of fighting scrapers on my 1.5 million-page website"

roboror — Sat, 08 Aug 2026 01:57:07 +0000

This feels like "the best way to read a book is via CliffsNotes"

New comment by roboror in "How to Make a Nintendo 64 Game in 2026"

roboror — Thu, 06 Aug 2026 18:17:42 +0000

Really? I think the ModRetro M64 is hideous compared to Analogue's 3D (their version of the N64)

AMD and Anthropic Announce Partnership to Deploy Up to 2 Gigawatts of MI450 GPUs

roboror — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 17:47:48 +0000

Article URL: https://ir.amd.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/1292/amd-and-anthropic-announce-strategic-partnership-to-deploy-up-to-2-gigawatts-of-amd-instinct-mi450-series-gpus

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49010643

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by roboror in "Apple has decided to compete for creativity app users"

roboror — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 19:49:58 +0000

Renders poorly on desktop too.

New comment by roboror in "Apple has decided to compete for creativity app users"

roboror — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 19:48:46 +0000

>A single job posting for an engagement team

A single job posting for an engagement team in Poland.

New comment by roboror in "I built a page that tells you what AI model your laptop can run"

roboror — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 19:44:36 +0000

Identified every component of my system incorrectly. W11.

New comment by roboror in "Buried Apple feature turns an iPhone into the perfect kids' dumb phone"

roboror — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 20:46:50 +0000

Children don't have fully formed brains. There's a wildly varying ceiling on the efficacy of discipline.

New comment by roboror in "Mag 7 starting to underperform [pdf]"

roboror — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 15:05:08 +0000

If we're doing money=smart, the mag 7 control almost $4T in assets and cash, so wouldn't you trust them even more?

Apple seeks approval to buy chips from blacklisted Chinese company, FT reports

roboror — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 13:27:52 +0000

Article URL: https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/articles/apple-seeks-approval-buy-chips-032619203.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48698112

Points: 6

# Comments: 0

New comment by roboror in "Nvidia Halos"

roboror — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 16:15:07 +0000

How else are you supposed to counter all the danger transistors?

Hot take here, but personally I feel they should safety assess the danger transistors, reducing the need for so many safety transistors.

New comment by roboror in "AMD will reinstate memory encryption on Ryzen 9000 CPUs via BIOS update in July"

roboror — Sat, 20 Jun 2026 19:19:07 +0000

Full title: AMD will reinstate memory encryption on Ryzen 9000 CPUs through a BIOS update in July — TSME is coming back after 'valuable community feedback'

AMD will reinstate memory encryption on Ryzen 9000 CPUs via BIOS update in July

roboror — Sat, 20 Jun 2026 19:19:06 +0000

Article URL: https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/amd-will-reinstate-memory-encryption-on-ryzen-9000-cpus-through-a-bios-update-in-july-tsme-is-coming-back-after-valuable-community-feedback

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48612098

Points: 177

# Comments: 42