Hacker News: vile_wretch

New comment by vile_wretch in "Study found that young adults have grown less hopeful and more angry about AI"

vile_wretch — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 17:05:48 +0000

> I see young people frustrated when their cars get broken into or when they get robbed and criminals are not held accountable

Yes people of all ages tend to be unhappy when crime happens to them. Not sure where you live but lowering taxes and government oversight is actually a bad way to improve taxpayer funded and government run law enforcement agencies. None of this has anything to do with AI though and young people can be angry about multiple things.

New comment by vile_wretch in "Phone-free bars and restaurants on the rise across the U.S."

vile_wretch — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 21:40:20 +0000

I don't think you're going to have many good conversations if you go around interrupting people trying to read in peace, regardless of where you do it. What a bizarre sentiment.

New comment by vile_wretch in "I quit editing photos"

vile_wretch — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 14:24:42 +0000

Printmaking is a huge part of the art form. I think a lot of people miss this fact in the "shoot and scan" age of film photography. Not everyone cares, or even needs to care, but those who do really should read the Ansel Adams trilogy.

New comment by vile_wretch in "MacBook Pro with M5 Pro and M5 Max"

vile_wretch — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 14:54:52 +0000

The EU forbids them from including power adapters. They're still included everywhere else.

New comment by vile_wretch in "Amazon cuts 16k jobs"

vile_wretch — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 17:34:10 +0000

Yes that is how anecdotes work

New comment by vile_wretch in "Apple Creator Studio"

vile_wretch — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 15:27:34 +0000

$129/year is surely better than $300 once, 15 years ago. Though I'm guessing not offering it for free is to keep it distinct from iMovie and to maintain some semblance of "Pro"-ness (which I'm gathering is up for debate either way.. the last time I did any actual video editing it was on Final Cut Pro 5 so I'm out of the loop)

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

vile_wretch — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 18:11:14 +0000

That was when I started remapping caps lock to esc and have never gone back.

New comment by vile_wretch in "Framework Laptop 16"

vile_wretch — Tue, 26 Aug 2025 21:15:49 +0000

My only point of reference is my MacBook Pro trackpad but I have no problem using my finger to move the cursor with my thumb resting on the trackpad and clicking. Not exactly the same because you lose some of the tactility of discrete buttons but it seems somewhat possible at least.

New comment by vile_wretch in "Kodak says it might have to cease operations [updated]"

vile_wretch — Fri, 15 Aug 2025 17:25:38 +0000

I didn't say it was $1/shot yet, though medium format Portra 400 is $16/roll (if buying in a 5-pack) which is at minimum $1/shot. E100G is a bit pricier depending on where you buy it as well. I'm mostly just salty because a decade ago I was paying $6-7 roll for Portra and now (in Canada) it's closer to $35-40.

New comment by vile_wretch in "Kodak says it might have to cease operations [updated]"

vile_wretch — Thu, 14 Aug 2025 14:32:21 +0000

Kodak isn't far off from $1/shot retail for some of their film stocks.

New comment by vile_wretch in "Samsung is paying $350M for audio brands B&W, Denon, Marantz and Polk"

vile_wretch — Thu, 08 May 2025 18:08:55 +0000

Titanic 2

(I was replying to the person who called Nirvana cacophony/not music)

New comment by vile_wretch in "Samsung is paying $350M for audio brands B&W, Denon, Marantz and Polk"

vile_wretch — Thu, 08 May 2025 14:54:14 +0000

Are you 100 years old?

New comment by vile_wretch in "Rams is a documentary portrait of Dieter Rams (2018)"

vile_wretch — Fri, 02 May 2025 19:00:46 +0000

Yep it's a full DRM-free download.

New comment by vile_wretch in "Microsoft’s original source code"

vile_wretch — Fri, 04 Apr 2025 18:02:49 +0000

I have a MS Extended Basic cassette for the Sol-20, also 8080 based.

New comment by vile_wretch in "Show HN: Nue – Apps lighter than a React button"

vile_wretch — Tue, 01 Apr 2025 19:46:40 +0000

I mean it's quite literally "we don't use typescript because some developers over-use it" which is essentially the same thing

New comment by vile_wretch in "Konva.js - Declarative 2D Canvas for React, Vue, and Svelte"

vile_wretch — Wed, 19 Mar 2025 14:39:23 +0000

I used this for a project a few years ago. It's quite intuitive and made developing a workflow/graph editor a relative breeze.

New comment by vile_wretch in "Apple restricts Pebble from being awesome with iPhones"

vile_wretch — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 18:44:04 +0000

Similarly if Apple opened up every API and allowed every smart watch to do whatever it wanted, I'd still prefer an Apple Watch. I tried using a Garmin and "not being able to send an sms" isn't even on the list of things I disliked about it. Ugly clunky interface, pogo pin charging, a companion app that at times wouldn't look out of place on a Windows CE smartphone circa 2006, etc.

New comment by vile_wretch in "Repairable Flatpack Toaster"

vile_wretch — Tue, 04 Mar 2025 15:00:08 +0000

Dualit "Classic" toasters are the only toasters I'm aware of with heating elements that can be replaced. Every cheap toaster I've owned has died from the wire in one of the heating elements burning out. The only two toasters I'd buy these days are a Dualit or a vintage Sunbeam Radiant Control toaster. Dualit wins for the modern slot widths though.

New comment by vile_wretch in "Amazon’s delivery drones are grounded in College Station, Texas"

vile_wretch — Mon, 03 Mar 2025 15:03:02 +0000

> You're describing a caricature, not an actual group of people.

It's a term used to describe people who find everything a "real nuisance". There are NIMBYs in my town who spent months protesting sidewalks being built in a new residential subdivision.

It's kind of inherently a caricature.

New comment by vile_wretch in "Fabric and craft retailer Joann to go out of business, close all of its stores"

vile_wretch — Tue, 25 Feb 2025 16:47:48 +0000

You seem to be getting personally offended by someone suggesting an established crafts store doesn't need to be positioned as a financial asset – you might be projecting a bit with the "holier than though" comment.