Hacker News: wappieslurkzhttps://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=wappieslurkzHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Tue, 07 Apr 2026 08:53:04 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by wappieslurkz in "Apple discontinues the Mac Pro"]]>Thanks.

]]>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 14:42:49 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47543225wappieslurkzhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47543225https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47543225<![CDATA[New comment by wappieslurkz in "Apple discontinues the Mac Pro"]]>Do NVIDIA solutions also outperform the Apple M-series in performance per Watt?

]]>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 13:57:24 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47542720wappieslurkzhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47542720https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47542720<![CDATA[New comment by wappieslurkz in "The MacBook Neo"]]>I don't think you actually tried it.

]]>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 12:47:20 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47334865wappieslurkzhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47334865https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47334865<![CDATA[New comment by wappieslurkz in "The most-seen UI on the internet? Redesigning turnstile and challenge pages"]]>Thanks for the Wikipedia tip.

]]>Sat, 28 Feb 2026 13:45:36 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47195308wappieslurkzhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47195308https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47195308<![CDATA[New comment by wappieslurkz in "The Slow Death of the Power User"]]>Please further explain what you mean. I think this is a pretty interesting and well written article, but your comment made me doubt myself.

]]>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 15:38:07 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47152989wappieslurkzhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47152989https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47152989<![CDATA[New comment by wappieslurkz in "Ask HN: Any real OpenClaw (Clawd Bot/Molt Bot) users? What's your experience?"]]>They wouldn't get any worse, but I assume they'd get behind really fast.

]]>Sun, 01 Feb 2026 10:12:24 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46845016wappieslurkzhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46845016https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46845016<![CDATA[New comment by wappieslurkz in "YouTube blocks background video playback on Brave and other browsers"]]>They did not seem to succeed very well. On my M1 iPad Air and iPhone 12 mini background YT playback works mostly fine via Brave, although you might have to go to full screen first before you enter background mode.

]]>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 16:57:15 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46838325wappieslurkzhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46838325https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46838325<![CDATA[New comment by wappieslurkz in "I stopped following the news"]]>This might be an open door, but I use the amazing HN-reader app called Hack which offers a filter that hides posts via a list of keywords you can manage. Of course some false negatives happen this way, but I don't mind about that.

]]>Wed, 28 Jan 2026 14:32:49 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46795912wappieslurkzhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46795912https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46795912<![CDATA[New comment by wappieslurkz in "iCloud Photos Downloader"]]>Thanks for confirming my hunch. I'd be surprised if it would be possible to work around this.

]]>Sun, 18 Jan 2026 02:00:31 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46664109wappieslurkzhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46664109https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46664109<![CDATA[New comment by wappieslurkz in "iCloud Photos Downloader"]]>Aha, thanks. That's good to know.

]]>Sun, 18 Jan 2026 01:58:29 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46664100wappieslurkzhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46664100https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46664100<![CDATA[New comment by wappieslurkz in "iCloud Photos Downloader"]]>I did not discover it, disabling ADP is listed under "iCloud Prerequisites" on the/your GitHub page.

]]>Mon, 12 Jan 2026 14:13:08 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46588770wappieslurkzhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46588770https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46588770<![CDATA[New comment by wappieslurkz in "iCloud Photos Downloader"]]>Thanks for creating this amazing tool. A requirement for it to work is disabling "Advanced Data Protection". What are the implications of doing this?

]]>Mon, 12 Jan 2026 10:32:06 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46586556wappieslurkzhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46586556https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46586556<![CDATA[New comment by wappieslurkz in "I'm returning my Framework 16"]]>Apple could sell so many Macs to Linux users looking for decent machines once they'd open up the hardware just a bit...

]]>Thu, 25 Dec 2025 14:47:38 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46384714wappieslurkzhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46384714https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46384714<![CDATA[New comment by wappieslurkz in "Sick of smart TVs? Here are your best options"]]>I just ignore all the smart features and never connect my smart TV to the internet, and I disconnected the WiFi antennas from the main board. I use an Apple TV to feed it live TV, series and movies via apps.

]]>Sat, 13 Dec 2025 16:38:40 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46255842wappieslurkzhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46255842https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46255842<![CDATA[New comment by wappieslurkz in "Europe's crusade against air conditioning is insane"]]>Technically, but in practice.... On top of that the production of AC's is also a factor, and there is the spilling of the refrigerant liquids that only recently became much less damaging.

]]>Sun, 24 Aug 2025 10:30:37 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45003049wappieslurkzhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45003049https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45003049<![CDATA[New comment by wappieslurkz in "Europe's crusade against air conditioning is insane"]]>Wait... aren't AC's one of the prevalent causes of global warming, so in effect partly causing more heat related deaths? And what about stress caused by noise pollution from AC's? I think we need less units - not more.

]]>Sat, 23 Aug 2025 18:30:39 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44998020wappieslurkzhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44998020https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44998020<![CDATA[New comment by wappieslurkz in "Win10 users looking for a new OS? Apple $599 MacBook can't come at a better time"]]>You can absolutely install, run and update macOS without an Apple ID.

]]>Tue, 19 Aug 2025 20:12:03 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44955778wappieslurkzhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44955778https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44955778<![CDATA[New comment by wappieslurkz in "Microsoft keeps adding stuff into Windows we don't need"]]>"Windows 2000 was peak Windows to me. "

Exactly, Windows 2000 was such a comfortable workhorse. And lightning fast, it made me doubt why I was a Mac head. I switched briefly until OS X grew up and surpassed any version of Windows in reliability and versatility (for me).

]]>Sun, 17 Aug 2025 02:34:47 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44928447wappieslurkzhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44928447https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44928447<![CDATA[New comment by wappieslurkz in "More honey bees dying, even as antibiotic use halves"]]>If you were ever wondering why (us) vegans don't eat honey: this is one of many reasons.

]]>Wed, 30 Jul 2025 18:20:16 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44737743wappieslurkzhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44737743https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44737743<![CDATA[New comment by wappieslurkz in "Show HN: Badgeify – Add Any App to Your Mac Menu Bar"]]>Tried reducing the space between the icons?

https://community.folivora.ai/t/reduce-menu-bar-icon-spacing...

]]>Wed, 09 Apr 2025 08:16:34 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43629970wappieslurkzhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43629970https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43629970