Hacker News: talentedcoin

New comment by talentedcoin in "The unbearable frustration of figuring out APIs"

talentedcoin — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 01:26:22 +0000

They seem to be unemployed (maybe for a reason)

New comment by talentedcoin in "The unbearable frustration of figuring out APIs"

talentedcoin — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 01:24:47 +0000

This seems like the most ineffective way possible to figure out an API

New comment by talentedcoin in "The struggle of resizing windows on macOS Tahoe"

talentedcoin — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 03:13:58 +0000

If you’re unlucky in the same way I was, it could actually be a GNOME/GTK issue. Some questionable (?) font rendering decisions were made that for me caused all text in GNOME to be blurry. I hated it so much I switched to KDE but soon realized GTK apps had the same issue.

Eventually I found a fix that worked and now I’m happy. So, next time you can try this. In the file:

~/.config/gtk-4.0/settings.ini

You can add:

[Settings]

gtk-hint-font-metrics=1

Here’s the Arch wiki page that explains it:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/GTK#Text_in_GTK_4_applicati...

If your settings.ini is in a different spot see:

https://docs.gtk.org/gtk4/class.Settings.html

New comment by talentedcoin in "Calling All Hackers: How money works (2024)"

talentedcoin — Sat, 10 Jan 2026 22:57:05 +0000

This comment makes it very clear to me that we are not talking about the same things, lol.

New comment by talentedcoin in "Calling All Hackers: How money works (2024)"

talentedcoin — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 03:33:59 +0000

What gets on my tits more is people who are pretty bright in one field (hacking) thinking that entitles them to just brute force their way through reasoning about some other field (finance) that in their arrogance they think is simpler.

New comment by talentedcoin in "Google is dead. Where do we go now?"

talentedcoin — Mon, 29 Dec 2025 21:07:03 +0000

Why hate on the guy with the kids’ entertainment business for placing ads? I don’t get it.

New comment by talentedcoin in "Ask HN: Loneliness at 19, how to cope?"

talentedcoin — Mon, 29 Dec 2025 03:40:46 +0000

Go to Reddit with this kind of thing, seriously

New comment by talentedcoin in "Last Year on My Mac: Look Back in Disbelief"

talentedcoin — Sun, 28 Dec 2025 17:25:25 +0000

These articles always make me laugh. Everyone complains and then everyone lines up and buys Macs again. macOS has been on the decline for literally years now. If you really want things to change put your money where your mouth is and switch!

New comment by talentedcoin in "Is Firefox Firefucked?"

talentedcoin — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 16:36:31 +0000

I'm disappointed to see this immature, mean-spirited screed on HN.

New comment by talentedcoin in "If AI replaces workers, should it also pay taxes?"

talentedcoin — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 17:18:29 +0000

This is not true. Don't ask a historian, ask an economist:

https://knowledge.insead.edu/economics-finance/universal-bas...

With some exceptions, UBI generally doesn't seem to work.

New comment by talentedcoin in "Linda Yaccarino is leaving X"

talentedcoin — Wed, 09 Jul 2025 20:07:15 +0000

What I don’t believe is that somebody bought Twitter only, or even primarily, to further their “class interests”. The whole framing here is bent.

New comment by talentedcoin in "Schizophrenia is the price we pay for minds poised near the edge of a cliff"

talentedcoin — Sun, 29 Jun 2025 22:02:27 +0000

The one paper you keep shopping around here does indeed affirm that CBD may have some neuroprotective properties. That doesn’t change the fact that for the vast majority of people susceptible to schizophrenia or psychosis, that cannabis (always a mixture of THC and CBD in its natural state) is dangerous for them and can trigger mental issues. You can feel superior or more intelligent than others as much as you like, but that will not change this fact. You are getting a negative reaction from people who know this because we have been negatively affected by it, either ourselves or people we know. If you yourself “engage with the research” beyond your tunnel vision, you will see that the link between cannabis and mental issues is pretty well established by this point. In fact, refusal to acknowledge downsides of cannabis use is one of the hallmarks of cannabis use disorder. Pluck the beam out of your own eye.

New comment by talentedcoin in "Schizophrenia is the price we pay for minds poised near the edge of a cliff"

talentedcoin — Sun, 29 Jun 2025 03:43:14 +0000

“Dangerous misconception”? Get out of here with that. Cannabis is dangerous for schizoaffective people. Why are people that smoke pot so tiresome about this? Just accept that it’s not good for everyone!

New comment by talentedcoin in "My Windows Computer Just Doesn't Feel Like Mine Anymore"

talentedcoin — Sat, 22 Jun 2024 04:10:18 +0000

Here’s a representative example of what I mean, an issue from one “modern” Linux desktop:

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gtk/-/issues/3787

At least with Windows you don’t have to gaslight yourself into thinking that blurry fonts are better. If you have a setup with multiple high-res monitors (or, God forbid, have to mess with scaling), it takes a lot of work to be happy with the looks and feel of a Linux desktop compared to what you get out of the box with Windows or a Mac.

New comment by talentedcoin in "My Windows Computer Just Doesn't Feel Like Mine Anymore"

talentedcoin — Sat, 22 Jun 2024 02:40:31 +0000

Windows is the only reasonable option for someone who wants a modern desktop but doesn’t want a Mac. Apple has been integrating ID into their systems for years and nobody bats an eye. Do you want a computer that “feels like” something or do you want to get work done?

New comment by talentedcoin in "John C. Lilly and the Solid State Entity (2016)"

talentedcoin — Sat, 13 Jan 2024 01:12:13 +0000

He sure did. This was a man so vain he refused to wear glasses even though he needed them.

New comment by talentedcoin in "Apple Vision Pro available in the U.S. on February 2"

talentedcoin — Mon, 08 Jan 2024 14:54:13 +0000

Apple “pro” stuff has meant “pro-sumer” for awhile now - nice stuff, for some, but nothing to do with “professionals” per se.

New comment by talentedcoin in "Canada Blocks Citizenship for Russian Conviction for Criticizing Ukrainian War"

talentedcoin — Sun, 07 Jan 2024 04:34:11 +0000

That’s a lazy critique. It’s a Commonwealth thing. If you really believe all Commonwealth countries are authoritarian, there’s not much I can say here that would convince you otherwise.

Anyways, I don’t deny there are pluses and minuses. The situation of the person in this article (if the facts are as reported) is unfortunate, and I’d hope that the ministry would intervene if push really came to shove.

New comment by talentedcoin in "Canada Blocks Citizenship for Russian Conviction for Criticizing Ukrainian War"

talentedcoin — Sun, 07 Jan 2024 03:21:49 +0000

The fact that some countries don’t give free speech (no matter how reckless, dangerous or untrue) the religious status that America does doesn’t make them authoritarian.

The American constitution says: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. The Canadian one says: peace, order, and good government. Different strokes for different folks - you do you.

New comment by talentedcoin in "Canada Blocks Citizenship for Russian Conviction for Criticizing Ukrainian War"

talentedcoin — Sun, 07 Jan 2024 02:23:21 +0000

Pathetic that this ragebait has ended up on HN. I am Canadian. There is no sweeping authoritarianism here.