Hacker News: timc3

New comment by timc3 in "BMW Spider-Man in-car advertising"

timc3 — Sat, 01 Aug 2026 06:22:13 +0000

Seriously not helpful, and have you actually matched this opinion to the statistics which are freely available?

New comment by timc3 in "Read this before you buy that TV streaming stick"

timc3 — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 06:31:51 +0000

My Makita one is excellent.

New comment by timc3 in "Why Sony can't bring back its classic Walkman models"

timc3 — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 08:33:12 +0000

Oh that is kinda cool. Now I really want one

New comment by timc3 in "LG to ban residential proxies from smart TV apps"

timc3 — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 07:38:36 +0000

Apple TV is the usual recommendation.

New comment by timc3 in "I'm a USB-C Maximalist"

timc3 — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 20:57:40 +0000

IEC isn’t great, hence you get a cage around them to hold them in for critical use.

New comment by timc3 in "I'm a USB-C Maximalist"

timc3 — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 20:55:41 +0000

Perhaps you are just not careful with things, I’ve been an early adopter and never broken one ( I probably have at least 40 different ones, some of which get plugged/unplugged multiple times a day).

My kids haven’t broken a single one either and they destroyed plenty of lightning cables.

New comment by timc3 in "Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (July 2026)"

timc3 — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 06:04:07 +0000

This looks great. Going to give it a try.

New comment by timc3 in "New Sweden: the US's long-lost 'secret' colony"

timc3 — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 05:21:38 +0000

Its just a stupid headline isnt it, I am British born and knew about it but then again I also live in Sweden and like learning about history.

New comment by timc3 in "Every new car sold in the European Union must include a driver monitoring camera"

timc3 — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 05:33:59 +0000

Mine did until I turned it off, and on an early software version it would do it at full acceleration of the car - and considering it has over 600 horsepower was really terrifying. It also slowed down violently once, misreading a sign on the motorway.

New comment by timc3 in "The Free Market Lie: Why Switzerland Has 25 Gbit Internet and America Doesn't"

timc3 — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 06:09:00 +0000

Well in the area of Sweden I live in a particular company seems to own the fibre, and then they have to allow access to resell it. The company owning the fibre has been finding interesting extra ways of charging me extra fees over the years and I don't have a choice of moving away from them (except paying for commercial fibre or using slower 5G with quotas)

New comment by timc3 in "Apple raises prices of MacBooks, iPads"

timc3 — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 05:58:19 +0000

It’s an alternative, but for the majority not a good alternative (unless you go the OSMC Vero route). I have tried doing this ever since it’s been possible to play video back on a PC (and before that I used SGI’s, and Macs with external video solutions) and continue to try it with many devices and hardware configurations. An Apple TV is easier to maintain and the quality of output is great.

The only thing not so great with Apple TV are the solutions for local media playback, OSMC and a Vero V is a better solution for that.

For reference I do this both for fun and work professionally in video workflow and pipeline solutions for 25+ years.

New comment by timc3 in "Kindle loyalists scramble as Amazon turns page on old e-readers"

timc3 — Tue, 26 May 2026 00:55:29 +0000

We must be operating in completely different circles, because I can’t remember the last time I came across someone that didn’t prefer buttons in a lot of sensible scenarios.

New comment by timc3 in "Show HN: Audiomass – a free, open-source multitrack audio editor for the web"

timc3 — Sun, 24 May 2026 23:40:01 +0000

Try Ocenaudio - I’ve used pretty much every audio editor free and paid for and this is my go to for a free editor.

I also cannot understand why anyone would recommend Audacity.

New comment by timc3 in "Usborne 1980s Computer Books"

timc3 — Sun, 24 May 2026 17:28:44 +0000

I remember these very well from when they first came out, I particularly liked Keyboards and Computer Music and would spend ages working out what synth/drum machine that they had tried to draw as they somewhat abstracted the design away.

Loved them and they really did spark an interest in taking music and computing more seriously.

New comment by timc3 in "Old laptops in a colo as low cost servers"

timc3 — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 05:17:02 +0000

You are correct. (Had it verified years ago in Europe and the US).

New comment by timc3 in "Ask HN: Any interesting niche hobbies?"

timc3 — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 06:05:20 +0000

Same here. I love it, I have lots of “normal” equipment as well but it’s not quite as fulfilling as modular.

The only slight downside is I often do it on my own away from the family.

New comment by timc3 in "Building a Blog with Elixir and Phoenix"

timc3 — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 09:09:02 +0000

Do you mean because you can’t use Elixir/Phoenix for work? Because I don’t quite understand, doing a big project and learning/using a particular tech stack should have many transferable skills.

New comment by timc3 in "The wonder of modern drywall"

timc3 — Sat, 14 Feb 2026 05:27:41 +0000

The drywall wall is stronger, heavier thicker stuff and sometimes doubled up. We also often use steel work as the studs (particularly good professionals) as it’s stronger and faster than wood to put up. Then all the wiring is in conduits, and it’s acceptable to put water feeds on the outside of walls in the room for servicing. Then it comes to our bathrooms which are proper wet rooms and usually built to a very high standard to meet insurance needs.

I watch a lot of building videos from the US, it’s eyeopening watching for someone used to better construction methods.

The construction of UK inner walls is even better, it”s often plaster applied on plasterboard/drywall usually by skilled trades. Very strong.

Hacker News: timc3

New comment by timc3 in "BMW Spider-Man in-car advertising"

New comment by timc3 in "Read this before you buy that TV streaming stick"

New comment by timc3 in "Why Sony can't bring back its classic Walkman models"

New comment by timc3 in "LG to ban residential proxies from smart TV apps"

New comment by timc3 in "I'm a USB-C Maximalist"

New comment by timc3 in "I'm a USB-C Maximalist"

New comment by timc3 in "Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (July 2026)"

New comment by timc3 in "New Sweden: the US's long-lost 'secret' colony"

New comment by timc3 in "Every new car sold in the European Union must include a driver monitoring camera"

New comment by timc3 in "The Free Market Lie: Why Switzerland Has 25 Gbit Internet and America Doesn't"

New comment by timc3 in "Apple raises prices of MacBooks, iPads"

New comment by timc3 in "Kindle loyalists scramble as Amazon turns page on old e-readers"

New comment by timc3 in "Show HN: Audiomass – a free, open-source multitrack audio editor for the web"

New comment by timc3 in "Usborne 1980s Computer Books"

New comment by timc3 in "Old laptops in a colo as low cost servers"

New comment by timc3 in "Ask HN: Any interesting niche hobbies?"

New comment by timc3 in "Building a Blog with Elixir and Phoenix"

New comment by timc3 in "The wonder of modern drywall"

New comment by timc3 in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (February 2026)"

New comment by timc3 in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (February 2026)"