Hacker News: thecrumb

New comment by thecrumb in "Protect your shed"

thecrumb — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 14:35:15 +0000

I find the older I get - the more I want to work outside building a real shed.

New comment by thecrumb in "Hegseth gives Anthropic until Friday to back down on AI safeguards"

thecrumb — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 21:14:32 +0000

This will be an interesting test of money vs morals.

Sadly I think we all know which one will win.

New comment by thecrumb in "Spotify says its best developers haven't written code since Dec, thanks to AI"

thecrumb — Fri, 13 Feb 2026 23:44:13 +0000

Is that why the Linux version is still broken?

New comment by thecrumb in "[dead]"

thecrumb — Sat, 03 Jan 2026 17:22:23 +0000

Sorry. But if you think Trump actually cares about the people of Venezuela, you will be disappointed. Saw this on CNN: "...Venezuela is sitting on a massive 303 billion barrels worth of crude — about a fifth of the world’s global reserve...". Ah there it is. Money!

New comment by thecrumb in "Clicks Communicator"

thecrumb — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 20:00:22 +0000

Can wait to get my Clicks jeans with 18 pockets for all my devices. Or my Clicks sport coat which includes a hood.

Also find it ironic how all these things are starting to look more and more like my old Palm Pilot.

New comment by thecrumb in "Microsoft please get your tab to autocomplete shit together"

thecrumb — Thu, 25 Dec 2025 01:23:23 +0000

I switched from Sublime to VSCode years ago and have been fairly happy but the recent AI onslaught in VSCode is making me look at other editors.

New comment by thecrumb in "Atlassian is acquiring The Browser Company"

thecrumb — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 19:26:48 +0000

Say it with me. Bubble.

New comment by thecrumb in "Google Pixel 10 series review"

thecrumb — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 23:17:29 +0000

The summary is perfect. I had the first Pixel phone and at the time is was sooo nice compared to everything else. No bloat! Now it's just a hot mess with weird functionality and UI choices. It's like there are multiple teams working on it and they don't talk to each other.

New comment by thecrumb in "US to paint southern border wall black to make it hotter"

thecrumb — Thu, 21 Aug 2025 17:28:59 +0000

It's hard to believe we once put a man on the moon.

New comment by thecrumb in "Pixel 10 Phones"

thecrumb — Wed, 20 Aug 2025 20:42:23 +0000

Only one question. Can you disable the stupid date on the home screen. No I don't want to spend hundreds of dollars on a phone and then load another launcher on it. Just hire someone competent at programming to make this an option.

https://support.google.com/pixelphone/thread/132929200?hl=en

New comment by thecrumb in "Hulu Is Officially Ending as Disney Reveals New Streaming Plans"

thecrumb — Wed, 06 Aug 2025 16:46:34 +0000

Note to self: cancel Hulu

New comment by thecrumb in "Tesla board awards $29B of shares to Elon Musk"

thecrumb — Mon, 04 Aug 2025 18:08:27 +0000

Love seeing people rewarded for good behavior. Oh wait...

New comment by thecrumb in "Telo MT1"

thecrumb — Sun, 03 Aug 2025 13:55:08 +0000

Why do these 'new' trucks feel they need to reinvent the wheel? I don't want something I need to 'reconfigure' to either carry people or a 4x8. I don't need seating for 4. I need a small utility truck. Like... a Toyota. A late 70's, early 80's Toyota. No electric windows. No fancy interior. Seating for 2 (my and my dog). No information screen...

New comment by thecrumb in "Typing Speed Is the Hidden Signal of a 10x Developer"

thecrumb — Sat, 05 Jul 2025 17:27:53 +0000

Some of the smartest people I've worked with over my career were horrible typist. I'm not sure how you'd ever measure this but in my experience this hasn't been the case.

New comment by thecrumb in "Disney Reportedly Planning Full Reboot of the Indiana Jones Franchise"

thecrumb — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 18:09:17 +0000

Kill Star Wars. Done. Kill Indiana Jones. Pending.

New comment by thecrumb in "Meta invests $14.3B in Scale AI to kick-start superintelligence lab"

thecrumb — Fri, 13 Jun 2025 17:00:35 +0000

Meta developers can't even make Marketplace search work properly. I can't seem them making a 'super intelligence' LOL

New comment by thecrumb in "Front Brake Lights Could Drastically Diminish Road Accident Rates"

thecrumb — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 13:50:25 +0000

HAHAHAHAHA I mean turn signals work great (oh wait no one uses them). Headlights work (nope people still don't turn them on when it's raining).

New comment by thecrumb in "They used Xenon to climb Everest in days – is it the future of mountaineering?"

thecrumb — Thu, 29 May 2025 13:04:11 +0000

I'm waiting until the trash pile on Everest is higher than the mountain itself. Everest isn't supposed to be easy to climb. If someone wants to do it faster/quicker - why would I care how. I'd still look at them and say you cheated.

New comment by thecrumb in "As a developer, my most important tools are a pen and a notebook"

thecrumb — Wed, 28 May 2025 16:38:23 +0000

After scribbling down notes in paper notebooks for years I finally decided I didn't want to kill any more trees to take notes I seldom referenced.

Now I have a digital tablet (Supernote) on which I scribble down all the meaningless stuff throughout the day. Then I review that and anything useful or important goes into Obsidian where I can tag/search it later.

New comment by thecrumb in "Android and Wear OS are getting a redesign"

thecrumb — Tue, 13 May 2025 20:39:49 +0000

This will be my last Pixel phone. I had the original and it was perfect. No fluff. Simple. Each version gets worse and worse. 7 is horrible. Still can't remove the stupid date from the home screen.