<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Hacker News: thw_9a83c</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=thw_9a83c</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 10:14:11 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=thw_9a83c" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by thw_9a83c in "Maxell MXCP-P100 – wireless cassette player"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>The sad part of these cassette player remakes is that they don't have a Dolby NR (Noise Reducton) [1] system. I remember that without at least Dolby C-type NR, the sound from tape was really noisy.  I wonder if the applicable patents have already expired.<p>[1]: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolby_noise-reduction_system" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolby_noise-reduction_system</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 19:22:51 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47534534</link><dc:creator>thw_9a83c</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47534534</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47534534</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by thw_9a83c in "Text-based web browsers"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>From the article: <i>In this article I’m not going to include the admittedly cool browsh, because...</i><p>These browsers are cool but I didn't know about browsh [1]. That one is also really cool. Thanks!<p>[1]: <a href="https://www.brow.sh/" rel="nofollow">https://www.brow.sh/</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2026 12:14:23 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46599997</link><dc:creator>thw_9a83c</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46599997</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46599997</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by thw_9a83c in "The next two years of software engineering"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>> AIs (at the moment) don't learn.<p>Yes, and even when it learns (because there's new version of the AI model) it doesn't learn according to your company/team's values. Those values might be very specific to your business model.<p>Currently, AI (LLM) is just a tool. It's a novel and apparently powerful tool. But it's still just a tool.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2026 22:19:35 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46595042</link><dc:creator>thw_9a83c</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46595042</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46595042</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by thw_9a83c in "Malaysia and Indonesia block Musk's Grok over sexually explicit deepfakes"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Don't kill the messenger. I didn't say we shouldn't try. I'm saying that this will be a whack-a-mole problem and banning one mainstream service won't solve it.</p>
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<p>> but the gym was a much better option.<p>If you live in a suitable city, there is an even simpler solution. Just walk to wherever place you need to go.<p>Unfortunately, the century of individual automobile ownership has made most cities unsuitable for this natural mode of transportation.</p>
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<p>I think this is a lost cause. Even if the mainstream services are blocked or forced to comply, there will always be hundreds of lesser-known tools and services offering the same features. At this point, nobody has the power to close this can of worms.<p>Besides, who is going to decide when people's images are sexualized enough? Are images of Elon Musk in bikini alright because he's not a woman or a child?</p>
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<p>> More or less the same thing.<p>Worse. The AI doesn't share any responsibility.</p>
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<p>> Do you take into account the iPhone not holding the original images of every photo?<p>If you have enough storage space on your iPhone, you can select "Download and Keep Originals" in the photo app settings.</p>
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<p>There is one class of languages missing in the comparison: Programming golf languages: E.g. Japt [1], Pyth [2] or Jelly [3].<p>Update: I noticed that the author mentions that "APL's famous terseness isn't a plus for LLMs." Isn't that just a design limitation of the LLM tokenizers?<p>[1]: <a href="https://github.com/ETHproductions/japt" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/ETHproductions/japt</a><p>[2]: <a href="https://github.com/isaacg1/pyth" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/isaacg1/pyth</a><p>[3]: <a href="https://github.com/DennisMitchell/jellylanguage" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/DennisMitchell/jellylanguage</a></p>
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<p>I think this is a lost cause. While the mainstream services may be blocked or forced to comply, there will always be hundreds of lesser-known tools and services offering the same features.</p>
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<p>EMWM is really nice. Too bad that Wyaland will make alternative WMs like this one very hard to use and obsolete in the long run.</p>
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<p>From the project describtion: "Looking for MAINTAINER for this project"<p>Honestly, Apple should officially maintain tools like this. However, for obvious reasons, such as the iCloud subscription revenue model, Apple will not do it. In fact, Apple may even make life harder for such tools.</p>
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<p>> My current process for offloading photos off the iPhone<p>I'm not sure about Linux, but my workflow on Windows and MacOS is to frequently back up my iPhone locally (which you should do anyway because few incorrect PINs can security lock your phone [1]) and use utility like backup extractor (e.g. [2] but there are many others) to extract all photos from the backup. This effectively removes the need to use iCloud.<p>[1]: <a href="https://support.apple.com/en-us/105090?device-type=iphone" rel="nofollow">https://support.apple.com/en-us/105090?device-type=iphone</a><p>[2]: <a href="https://github.com/joz-k/ios_backup_extractor" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/joz-k/ios_backup_extractor</a></p>
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<p>> I have no sense of what they stand for<p>There a nice Mozilla Manifesto explaining the Mozilla mission and their values [1].<p>Apparently, it's difficult to find a stable, independent, and effective revenue model for an open-source browser that is completely free as a product, should not contain shady ads or product promotions, does not sell user data, and always puts the user first.<p>This is especially difficult because there are other free browsers with a similar mission that don't need to incur the cost of developing their own web engine.<p>[1]: <a href="https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/about/manifesto/" rel="nofollow">https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/about/manifesto/</a></p>
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<p>> ...it doesn't fit because it does not, in fact, serve the same purpose.<p>For many people and purposes, it does indeed serve the same purpose. I use it all the time for coding, which is still very tricky, and for writing emails. For writing emails in particular, it is already a life-changing technology. I have always wanted my own secretary to dictate and finalize various letters. But, for some reason, companies don't provide secretaries anymore. Now, I can finally have an LLM instead. I guess there's no discussion that a good secretary must have always been quite intelligent.</p>
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<p>> They also are actively decreasing the value by sunsetting Publisher in October 2026.<p>You have my sympathy. I was also a frequent MS Publisher user, and I always felt that not many people knew about it. It's a useful, simple DTP package suitable for many less complex page layout scenarios. After the End-of-Support announcement, I switched to the LibreOffice Draw already. Fortunately, LibreOffice Draw works quite nicely as a Publisher replacement for me. There is also Scribus [1].<p>[1]: <a href="https://www.scribus.net/" rel="nofollow">https://www.scribus.net/</a></p>
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<p>I think we can call LLMs <i>artificial</i> intelligence. They don't represent real intelligence. LLMs lack real-life experience, and so they cannot verify any information or claim by experiencing it with their own senses. However, "artificial intelligence" is a good name. Just as artificial grass is not real grass, it still makes sense to include "grass" in its name.</p>
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<p>> Cassettes suck hard.<p>Exactly. We need DAT Walkman back [1] [2].<p>[1]: <a href="https://www.dcaudiovisuel.com/product_info.php/products_id/16/language/en" rel="nofollow">https://www.dcaudiovisuel.com/product_info.php/products_id/1...</a><p>[2]: <a href="https://www.just-cassette.com/post/digital-audio-cassette-dat" rel="nofollow">https://www.just-cassette.com/post/digital-audio-cassette-da...</a></p>
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<p>There are few more photos of this HW here [1] and [2]. Apparently a real HW already exists. Also, it seems there is a storage space inside the box [3] and that the keyboard is foldable..<p>[1]: <a href="https://www.pentagram.com/news/caligra-computers-for-experts" rel="nofollow">https://www.pentagram.com/news/caligra-computers-for-experts</a><p>[2]: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DPEvytujE4k/" rel="nofollow">https://www.instagram.com/p/DPEvytujE4k/</a><p>[3]: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DPEvytujE4k/?img_index=8" rel="nofollow">https://www.instagram.com/p/DPEvytujE4k/?img_index=8</a></p>
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<p>Great story! At first, I got the impression that your dad was receiving a video stream directly from Voyager's signal. Of course, that would be technically impossible, since Voyager 1 requires approx. 70-meter radio telescopes and specialized equipment to obtain data.<p>So, what was the "satellite feed" mentioned in the story? Was it a regular TV broadcast, or something more internal distributed by NASA?</p>
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