Hacker News: rwc

New comment by rwc in "Native Instant Space Switching on macOS"

rwc — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 20:28:35 +0000

Just installed and I have to say, works exactly as promised. This is a huge quality of life upgrade, thank you for sharing it Paul.

New comment by rwc in "Native Instant Space Switching on macOS"

rwc — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 20:23:12 +0000

Now do it 100x every day and see if it gets old :)

New comment by rwc in "Ask HN: How do systems (or people) detect when a text is written by an LLM"

rwc — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 13:32:23 +0000

Contrastive negation continues to be a dead giveaway.

New comment by rwc in "AI users whose lives were wrecked by delusion"

rwc — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 15:24:19 +0000

The unrelenting human belief that one is special, unique, and capable of things no one else is.

New comment by rwc in "The window chrome of our discontent"

rwc — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 14:20:53 +0000

"None of the siblings got it right."

Perfectly proving my point. It's a meaningless argument built on vibes that every reader interprets differently.

New comment by rwc in "The window chrome of our discontent"

rwc — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 17:09:17 +0000

"shareholder-enforced enshittification" what on earth could this possibly mean?

New comment by rwc in "Why it takes you and an elephant the same amount of time to poop (2017)"

rwc — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 20:51:38 +0000

I mean, I don’t know what I was expecting but I clicked anyway…

New comment by rwc in "Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety after surveillance backlash"

rwc — Fri, 13 Feb 2026 00:35:17 +0000

Early audience response suggested the message struggled to land. According to an iSpot survey of 500 viewers, the ad’s likeability score placed it in the bottom 3% compared with Super Bowl ads over the past five years. Its top-two-box purchase intent scored 24% below Super Bowl norms and 19% below ads in its category that aired over the last 90 days. Viewers most commonly described their reaction as “WTF,” signaling confusion around both the message and the execution.

https://www.adweek.com/brand-marketing/super-bowl-revealed-a...

New comment by rwc in "Film students who can no longer sit through films"

rwc — Sat, 31 Jan 2026 17:02:31 +0000

"Many students are resisting the idea of in-person screenings altogether. Given the ease of streaming assignments from their dorm rooms, they see gathering in a campus theater as an imposition."

Students telegraphing to the film world that a coming generation of consumers simply won't be going to the theatre. The article is framed as a tragedy about the students, but it's actually a tragedy about the professors and institution of moviegoing.

New comment by rwc in "Using AI to negotiate a $195k hospital bill down to $33k"

rwc — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 18:05:29 +0000

There's a nonzero chance his AI bot was just talking to their AI bot to reach this happy conclusion.

New comment by rwc in "How to Firefox"

rwc — Tue, 22 Jul 2025 12:19:28 +0000

Yes. If you say you’re compatible with Windows software and games, my expectation as a user is that everything “just works”.

New comment by rwc in "Grammarly acquires Superhuman"

rwc — Tue, 01 Jul 2025 16:37:38 +0000

Mimestream on Mac implements GMail's keyboard shortcuts so there was no learning curve for me and I'm able to enjoy a desktop app experience.

New comment by rwc in "More on Apple's Trust-Eroding 'F1 the Movie' Wallet Ad"

rwc — Sun, 29 Jun 2025 11:09:00 +0000

I think you've got your timeline mixed up. App Store search ads debuted in 2016, prior to your entire narrative.

New comment by rwc in "Rents fall in most U.S. metros since 2023, demand struggles to match supply"

rwc — Sun, 08 Jun 2025 18:44:34 +0000

Source: https://www.redfin.com/news/rental-tracker-may-2025/

New comment by rwc in "Apple M4 MacBook Air review: I have no notes"

rwc — Wed, 19 Mar 2025 13:21:25 +0000

When I owned an M1 Air the keys felt "thin" and "hollow" when bottoming out, versus the Pros which have always felt slightly softer without losing responsiveness. You can hear the difference between the keyboards at full speed typing. The M1 Air sounded cheaper to me. Can't speak to M4 Air.

New comment by rwc in "Microsoft Launches Surface Laptop 6 for Business and Surface Pro 10"

rwc — Sat, 23 Mar 2024 18:02:05 +0000

They do not

New comment by rwc in "Apple Is in Talks to Let Google's Gemini Power iPhone Generative AI Features"

rwc — Mon, 18 Mar 2024 14:18:26 +0000

This is such a dramatic turnaround from the way Apple has positioned itself in the last few years you have to really wonder about their confidence level for in-house AI efforts.

An alternative read is that AI in its current form can produce such unpredictable results they're content for now to use Google as a scapegoat for any oddities.

New comment by rwc in "Apple exploring a partnership with Google for Gemini-powered feature on iPhones"

rwc — Mon, 18 Mar 2024 14:18:15 +0000

This is such a dramatic turnaround from the way Apple has positioned itself in the last few years you have to really wonder about their confidence level for in-house AI efforts.

An alternative read is that AI in its current form can produce such unpredictable results they're content for now to use Google as a scapegoat for any oddities.

New comment by rwc in "I'll take it slow today"

rwc — Thu, 14 Mar 2024 19:13:15 +0000

It isn't my responsibility to adapt to your slow day. Keep it to yourself, be a professional. This "trend" seems little more than just immaturity.

New comment by rwc in "Apple Watch no longer sold with blood oxygen monitoring after patent battle loss"

rwc — Sun, 21 Jan 2024 23:29:43 +0000

Because the O2 sensor was a COVID-era feature that nobody cares about now and moves zero units. Soon Apple will have definitive confirmation in the form of Watch sales data.