Hacker News: rr808

New comment by rr808 in "Microsoft to force updates to Windows 11 25H2 for PCs with older OS versions"

rr808 — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 22:34:12 +0000

I'm still on 23H2, windows update fails every time I try. This summer I'm switching to Linux.

New comment by rr808 in "How many products does Microsoft have named 'Copilot'?"

rr808 — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 21:20:57 +0000

I work in big financials. Everything used to be built on Excel. A lot still is but Python/Jupyterhub or custom applications has taken over a lot of the complex stuff. Excel isn't really essential any more.

New comment by rr808 in "C++26 is done: ISO C++ standards meeting Trip Report"

rr808 — Sun, 29 Mar 2026 23:08:39 +0000

I switched from C++ to Java/Python 20 years ago. I never really fit in, I just dont understand when people talk about the complicated frameworks to avoid multithreading/mutexes etc when basic C++ multi threading is much simpler than rxjava or async/await or whatever is flavor of the month.

But C++ projects are usually really boring. I want to go back but glad I left. Has anyone found a place where C++ style programming is in fashion but isn't quite C++? I hope that makes sense.

New comment by rr808 in "I quit editing photos"

rr808 — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 13:59:40 +0000

Me too, I figured I spent more time on the computer than taking pics. Now I shoot jpg and if I have some spare time I go out and shoot. If I take a good pic I share it with basic editing if any instead of waiting to get it "perfect".

New comment by rr808 in "Electronics for Kids, 2nd Edition"

rr808 — Sun, 22 Mar 2026 11:45:25 +0000

Yeah I started with that. Eventually did an electronics engineering degree. Now I just write python and CI config.

New comment by rr808 in "Cloud VM benchmarks 2026"

rr808 — Sun, 08 Mar 2026 01:47:51 +0000

Still having your own hardware seems so much cheaper. Maybe even just for dev/uat environments?

Every big corporate I have worked at has lower cost of capital than Amazon, and yet they want to move to AWS. I just dont understand it.

New comment by rr808 in "PC processors entered the Gigahertz era today in the year 2000 with AMD's Athlon"

rr808 — Sun, 08 Mar 2026 01:44:56 +0000

Nice, I didn't think of that. I love the fanless trend in Apple macbook airs.

New comment by rr808 in "A decade of Docker containers"

rr808 — Sat, 07 Mar 2026 23:04:31 +0000

Back then I didn't foresee the 22GB image our jupyter/ML is in 2026. There must be a better way.

New comment by rr808 in "PC processors entered the Gigahertz era today in the year 2000 with AMD's Athlon"

rr808 — Sat, 07 Mar 2026 21:43:36 +0000

The first Xeon looks to be released 1998, so sounds about right

New comment by rr808 in "PC processors entered the Gigahertz era today in the year 2000 with AMD's Athlon"

rr808 — Sat, 07 Mar 2026 16:35:24 +0000

I still remember my first CPU with a heatsink. It seemed like a temporary dumb hack.

New comment by rr808 in "MacBook Neo"

rr808 — Thu, 05 Mar 2026 02:28:05 +0000

The LG Gram is incredible, 17 inch thin light and powerful. However it has one of the worst keyboards I've ever used.

New comment by rr808 in "Meta’s AI smart glasses and data privacy concerns"

rr808 — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 02:16:27 +0000

I think they're dumb but my wife loves them. The video quality is surprisingly good.

New comment by rr808 in "The Windows 95 user interface: A case study in usability engineering (1996)"

rr808 — Sun, 01 Mar 2026 00:43:02 +0000

Wasn't Windows 95 just a copy of Windows NT, which was the real product.

New comment by rr808 in "Why is Claude an Electron app?"

rr808 — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 22:42:49 +0000

Can we talk about how much copilot sucks in vscode? I have to use for work, buggy as hell for the premier product of a trillion dollar company.

New comment by rr808 in "AI adoption and Solow's productivity paradox"

rr808 — Wed, 18 Feb 2026 02:48:24 +0000

BTW the study was from September 2024 to 2025, so its the very earliest of adopters.

New comment by rr808 in "Using go fix to modernize Go code"

rr808 — Wed, 18 Feb 2026 02:03:31 +0000

Incidentally I saw the Wes McKinney podcast who said that Go was the perfect language now because of the fast compile-run cycle with strong types and built in multi thread safety was perfect for Coding Agents. Gave me a whole new interest. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VfzDXeQRhU

New comment by rr808 in "Why more companies are recognizing the benefits of keeping older employees"

rr808 — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 04:04:06 +0000

I'm now in my 50s. I tried management but prefer working as an IC. I think I'm good but I know most companies would never hire me. One thing I do now is try to look after all the youngest grads and new joiners. Its so cutthroat now it seems no one has time to help anyone else, so I like helping people get up and running and encouraging them to enjoy their work while being productive and getting their skills up. No one else seems to care.

New comment by rr808 in "The history of C# and TypeScript with Anders Hejlsberg [video]"

rr808 — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 02:03:29 +0000

Somewhere its in my list of things to try one day. Maybe an ai agent can help make this happen.

New comment by rr808 in "English professors double down on requiring printed copies of readings"

rr808 — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 00:36:21 +0000

As someone who interviews students for internships and grad programs I mostly agree, however I think you should listen to the best, hardest working students to hear if they're getting picked OK. I suspect the students with the best jobs are the ones who do the minimum classwork and spend their time doing leetcode and applying for jobs - I would think that is sub optimal for everyone including yourself.

New comment by rr808 in "The history of C# and TypeScript with Anders Hejlsberg [video]"

rr808 — Sun, 01 Feb 2026 18:03:40 +0000

Right? I was hoping webassembly would bring back some proper gui tools like this to avoid the whole JS/DOM but no luck so far.