Hacker News: untog

New comment by untog in "AirPods Max"

untog — Tue, 08 Dec 2020 17:36:42 +0000

Thanks, I suspected as much. I'd contend that I've done neither of those things but will instead take it as an opportunity to re-evaluate my choice in even spending time here. Time to sign out, I think.

New comment by untog in "AirPods Max"

untog — Tue, 08 Dec 2020 15:05:34 +0000

How is it helpful to post an example of a buying guide for over the ear headphones? It solves the exact problem the OP pointed out: that they don't know what to buy and don't want to spend the time researching themselves. It gives you an answer right at the top of the page, from someone who did the research for you.

EDIT: would love to continue this conversation with those who replied to me but HN has decided I am "posting too fast" (my last post was an hour ago?) so... shrug.

New comment by untog in "AirPods Max"

untog — Tue, 08 Dec 2020 14:46:19 +0000

You're asking what's wrong with wasting money?

New comment by untog in "AirPods Max"

untog — Tue, 08 Dec 2020 14:23:28 +0000

Perhaps paranoia on my part but this opens them up to deprecate that support whenever they feel like it.

New comment by untog in "AirPods Max"

untog — Tue, 08 Dec 2020 14:22:30 +0000

> nor do I want to invest any time learning about headphones

https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/best-over-ear-hea...

~ 5 minutes of reading time and done.

New comment by untog in "AirPods Max"

untog — Tue, 08 Dec 2020 14:21:05 +0000

No doubt Apple will have made a great product but that doesn't oblige you to buy them! What would the Airpod Max bring you that your existing Airpod Pros don't? What problem will they solve? It sounds like you're just buying things because Apple decided to sell them.

New comment by untog in "Zero-click, wormable, cross-platform remote code execution in Microsoft Teams"

untog — Mon, 07 Dec 2020 20:55:58 +0000

C'mon. Just because there is one C++ app without remote exploits doesn't mean all C++ apps are immune.

New comment by untog in "Zero-click, wormable, cross-platform remote code execution in Microsoft Teams"

untog — Mon, 07 Dec 2020 15:33:23 +0000

> They should then think again about their choice of using teams.

What percentage of Teams users do you think have a choice in their use of Teams?

New comment by untog in "Zero-click, wormable, cross-platform remote code execution in Microsoft Teams"

untog — Mon, 07 Dec 2020 15:32:13 +0000

The OP is asking for more detail than “not enough”, though:

“Can it escape the Chromium renderer sandbox? Or is that sandbox disabled?”

New comment by untog in "Apple Silicon M1 Disruption"

untog — Mon, 07 Dec 2020 06:22:02 +0000

Like I said, there was a vocal minority. Did you forget that he was widely mocked for being so dismissive of an obviously very impressive product?

New comment by untog in "Apple Silicon M1 Disruption"

untog — Mon, 07 Dec 2020 01:08:47 +0000

Oh, for sure. It’s going to be a big deal to use techies and represents a huge shift in terms of who holds the power in processing. (that said, the vast majority of PCs won’t be able to use it!)

But entire industries (e.g. ride hailing) were created in the aftermath of the iPhone’s launch. I just don’t think we’ll see that kind of change reflected in most people’s lives.

New comment by untog in "Apple Silicon M1 Disruption"

untog — Mon, 07 Dec 2020 01:03:53 +0000

> Appreciating the iPhone is largely done in hindsight.

I’m sorry but that’s definitely not true. Yes, there were a vocal minority of folks who said the iPhone was nothing special but the mass market response was huge and it was heralded as a huge deal by the vast majority.

And to go back to my original point: there’s a difference between “this new invention allows you to do new things, but those things aren’t important” and “this new invention does not allow you to do new things”. Reaction to the iPhone was the former. My reaction to the M1 is the latter. It allows you to do the things you already do faster and cooler and it’s a big technological shift. But it isn’t going to change the way people use computers in the way the iPhone did.

New comment by untog in "Apple Silicon M1 Disruption"

untog — Mon, 07 Dec 2020 00:26:28 +0000

I doubt that very much. The iPhone was a true revelation: in user interface, in form factor, in the things it allowed you to do.

The M1 is amazing but it doesn’t compare. Performance (both raw and thermal) is a big boost but it’s not going to reinvent computing.

New comment by untog in "Apple Silicon M1 Disruption"

untog — Mon, 07 Dec 2020 00:24:54 +0000

I was a little confused by this part because MS is already happy for Office to run everywhere, in browsers. Given the in house expertise that’s given us VS Code I wouldn’t be at all surprised to see an Electron powered Office app suite in the not too distant future. Linux would (and does) benefit just as much as Mac.

New comment by untog in "Paris to ‘get rid of 70k parking spaces’"

untog — Fri, 04 Dec 2020 20:15:53 +0000

NYC can already do that: it's not uncommon for express lines to be shut down overnight for work to be completed, for example.

(the entire system is shut down overnight right now anyway)

New comment by untog in "Paris to ‘get rid of 70k parking spaces’"

untog — Fri, 04 Dec 2020 20:14:58 +0000

Info from the MTA here:

https://www.mta.info/press-release/nyc-transit/new-full-year...

I regret to inform you that the NYC subway has many more problems than you experienced. Before the pandemic I traveled between Brooklyn and Manhattan and problems were common. Much more common was just random slowdowns, sitting between stations, etc. that makes it a lot more difficult to know when you'll arrive at your destination.

New comment by untog in "Paris to ‘get rid of 70k parking spaces’"

untog — Fri, 04 Dec 2020 19:35:50 +0000

As someone living in NYC I can attest that the local/express lines are great. But I'd kill for 95% reliability! The on-time performance in NYC is somewhere around 80% and likely to get worse with the huge budget issues NYC will have post-COVID.

New comment by untog in "Netscape and Sun Announce JavaScript (1995)"

untog — Fri, 04 Dec 2020 15:56:46 +0000

This notion always makes me laugh. Which is better, Google Maps or the old MapQuest pages that had arrows and reloaded the entire page when you wanted to move the map? I know which one I prefer.

New comment by untog in "HTTP/2 Push is dead"

untog — Thu, 03 Dec 2020 14:53:11 +0000

That's a lot more overhead. For one it requires you to spin up an entire JavaScript engine! I don't know if it was ever implemented but the beauty of doing this at the HTTP level is that (for example) it could be built into the networking layer of iOS or Android.

New comment by untog in "Archive and historians sue White House, seek to preserve presidential records"

untog — Wed, 02 Dec 2020 19:32:10 +0000

Do people often refer to 'bleaching' when they use BleachBit? I've never heard it used.