Hacker News: robteix

New comment by robteix in "IBM Bob"

robteix — Fri, 04 Sep 2026 19:02:37 +0000

It's been a while since Sonnet 4.5 could be considered frontier :D

Sandboxes Are Not Security

robteix — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 16:57:33 +0000

Article URL: https://jlmr.dev/posts/sandboxes-are-not-security/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48506541

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Your app subscription is now my weekend project

robteix — Sun, 18 Jan 2026 22:16:43 +0000

Article URL: https://rselbach.com/your-sub-is-now-my-weekend-project

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46672713

Points: 544

# Comments: 378

From Desired State to Negotiated State

robteix — Sat, 17 Jan 2026 16:40:38 +0000

Article URL: https://jlmr.dev/posts/from-desired-state-to-negotiated-state/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46659425

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

LLMs Are Tools, Not Replacements

robteix — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 20:23:44 +0000

Article URL: https://rselbach.com/llms-are-tools-not-replacements/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46593755

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

AI tooling must be disclosed for contributions

robteix — Tue, 19 Aug 2025 22:37:56 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/ghostty-org/ghostty/pull/8289

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44956899

Points: 11

# Comments: 1

New comment by robteix in "iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max"

robteix — Mon, 09 Sep 2024 22:23:44 +0000

Honest question: why though? If someone uses a language other than English on their phone, the feature is quite literally useless to them, isn't it? I don't get why they're "self centered" for saying so.

I think it's quite telling that one of the main new features of the new iPhones won't even be available until next year for most of the world.

People Staring at Computers (2012)

robteix — Thu, 05 Sep 2024 21:54:06 +0000

Article URL: https://kylemcdonald.net/psac/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41460704

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Apple's privacy push cost Meta $10B

robteix — Fri, 04 Feb 2022 10:03:41 +0000

Article URL: https://www.economist.com/the-economist-explains/2022/02/03/how-apples-privacy-push-cost-meta-10bn

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30204862

Points: 489

# Comments: 548

Tree Survey Using Machine Learning

robteix — Fri, 21 Jan 2022 14:25:48 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.nobugware.com/post/2021/tree-survey-using-machine-learning/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30023874

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by robteix in "Mozilla to put ads in Firefox address bar suggestions"

robteix — Thu, 07 Oct 2021 09:40:49 +0000

I’d love to be able to stick to Safari. It’s an awesome browser, except that not having any form of multi-profile support makes it impossible for me to use. It’s really its only showstopper for me.

New comment by robteix in "Firefox Lost Almost 50M Users: Here’s Why It Is Concerning"

robteix — Sun, 08 Aug 2021 11:23:10 +0000

For me it was performance on my mac (esp. YouTube) and having to constantly switch browsers to use some specific sites I need that don't work on Firefox.

New comment by robteix in "My small revenge on Apple"

robteix — Wed, 04 Aug 2021 13:37:01 +0000

I'm confused about the "revenge" aspect of this. Seems like you're doing what Apple is asking you to do -- implementing Apple Sign-In -- and then going the extra mile to make sure your users have a worse experience than they should otherwise have. How is that revenge on Apple?

New comment by robteix in "Facebook is pushing back on Apple’s new iPhone privacy rules"

robteix — Fri, 26 Feb 2021 18:05:45 +0000

> Apple some time ago recognized that they won't be able to compete on software with other BigTech giants so they are building an environment where certain software advancements are crippled. User activity data will be important to tune algorithms for maximum utility and by restricting access to user data for others, Apple wants to give itself the best shot to stay in the game.

That seems off to me. Apple isn't crippling anything, they're giving their users the choice of opting in/out of tracking. If, as you say, choosing not being tracked makes the users' experiences so bad, they can simply opt-in and all will be good again. What am I missing?

New comment by robteix in "Judge in Google case disturbed that 'incognito' users are tracked"

robteix — Fri, 26 Feb 2021 18:01:46 +0000

> It doesn't seem like the complaint is that Chrome collects data on you in "Incognito" mode, rather that websites (e.g. Google Analytics) still collect on you in "Incognito" mode.

Isn't that a distinction without a difference though? It's not Chrome, it's Google Analytics. It's all Google in the end, isn't it?

Yes, I did drop 90GB of my work to Public Domain

robteix — Sat, 23 Jan 2021 13:49:27 +0000

Article URL: https://spark.adobe.com/page/ucLFuLOEKK9Uo/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25882182

Points: 64

# Comments: 4

New comment by robteix in "TikTok: All under-16s' accounts made private"

robteix — Wed, 13 Jan 2021 14:11:03 +0000

Such a different experience. I keep telling everyone how Tik Tok is the most positive social media experience. All I see is people dancing and comedy sketches. My wife sees some more "mom" jokes, but still the same overall feel.

I've never seen anything like what you're describing. Amazing how the algorithm can make experiences completely different.

New comment by robteix in "Tesla Mania vs. Economic Reality"

robteix — Wed, 23 Dec 2020 13:04:12 +0000

Apparently many are. Tesla is the most shorted stock in the US, apparently[0]

[0] https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/tesla-stock-...

New comment by robteix in "Facebook's attempt to vilify Apple looks like sour grapes"

robteix — Mon, 21 Dec 2020 14:01:52 +0000

None of this is hidden though. We have the absolute choice of not using Apple products. Simple. None of this seems relevant to the discussion at hand either. We can definitely disagree with two companies at the same time.

Facebook is objecting to allowing people to know that they're being tracked everywhere by them. Lots of people don't really understand how that works. I think this is a good thing Apple is doing in this particular case.

New comment by robteix in "Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla and the Unfortunate Implications"

robteix — Fri, 20 Nov 2020 20:19:32 +0000

> French Canada doesn't like the rest of Canada and vise versa.

Please stop these generalizations that are borderline racist. I personally have nothing against the English, for example. If you hate us so much, that's on you.

Go watch, say, The Last Kingdom on Netflix. It wasn't made by Ubisoft or French Canadians. And yet the depiction of English vs Danes is pretty much the same: the cowardly christians with their silly religion. That's the POV of one character. It is flawed as well. But it has nothing to do with French Canadians, come on.

> I'm just saying that given their cultural baggage (as a group) this is likely to a blind spot where they're less likely to notice.

I'm sorry but you seem to be showing your own "cultural baggage" here and projecting it onto others.