Hacker News: wappieslurkz

New comment by wappieslurkz in "Do turmeric and curcumin have any actual health benefits?"

wappieslurkz — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 15:54:30 +0000

Good thing it did, I've been struggling with it for 9 months now. I'm seeing a new specialist next week.

New comment by wappieslurkz in "Do turmeric and curcumin have any actual health benefits?"

wappieslurkz — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 11:12:57 +0000

One problem is: a tennis elbow does not really involve inflammation... Look it up.

New comment by wappieslurkz in "Leak reveals Google's Aluminium OS with a 16-minute video"

wappieslurkz — Wed, 13 May 2026 11:50:41 +0000

Is it me or is Google's UI & graphic design becoming more and more childish (and boring at the same time) with every move they make? Not a fan. And: the Google Sans font family looks just so annoyingly "whimsical" and outdated to me.

New comment by wappieslurkz in "Leak reveals Google's Aluminium OS with a 16-minute video"

wappieslurkz — Wed, 13 May 2026 11:40:44 +0000

Thank you!

New comment by wappieslurkz in "Apple discontinues the Mac Pro"

wappieslurkz — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 14:42:49 +0000

Thanks.

New comment by wappieslurkz in "Apple discontinues the Mac Pro"

wappieslurkz — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 13:57:24 +0000

Do NVIDIA solutions also outperform the Apple M-series in performance per Watt?

New comment by wappieslurkz in "The MacBook Neo"

wappieslurkz — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 12:47:20 +0000

I don't think you actually tried it.

New comment by wappieslurkz in "The most-seen UI on the internet? Redesigning turnstile and challenge pages"

wappieslurkz — Sat, 28 Feb 2026 13:45:36 +0000

Thanks for the Wikipedia tip.

New comment by wappieslurkz in "The Slow Death of the Power User"

wappieslurkz — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 15:38:07 +0000

Please further explain what you mean. I think this is a pretty interesting and well written article, but your comment made me doubt myself.

New comment by wappieslurkz in "Ask HN: Any real OpenClaw (Clawd Bot/Molt Bot) users? What's your experience?"

wappieslurkz — Sun, 01 Feb 2026 10:12:24 +0000

They wouldn't get any worse, but I assume they'd get behind really fast.

New comment by wappieslurkz in "YouTube blocks background video playback on Brave and other browsers"

wappieslurkz — Sat, 31 Jan 2026 16:57:15 +0000

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.

New comment by wappieslurkz in "I stopped following the news"

wappieslurkz — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 14:32:49 +0000

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.

New comment by wappieslurkz in "iCloud Photos Downloader"

wappieslurkz — Sun, 18 Jan 2026 02:00:31 +0000

Thanks for confirming my hunch. I'd be surprised if it would be possible to work around this.

New comment by wappieslurkz in "iCloud Photos Downloader"

wappieslurkz — Sun, 18 Jan 2026 01:58:29 +0000

Aha, thanks. That's good to know.

New comment by wappieslurkz in "iCloud Photos Downloader"

wappieslurkz — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 14:13:08 +0000

I did not discover it, disabling ADP is listed under "iCloud Prerequisites" on the/your GitHub page.

New comment by wappieslurkz in "iCloud Photos Downloader"

wappieslurkz — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 10:32:06 +0000

Thanks for creating this amazing tool. A requirement for it to work is disabling "Advanced Data Protection". What are the implications of doing this?

New comment by wappieslurkz in "I'm returning my Framework 16"

wappieslurkz — Thu, 25 Dec 2025 14:47:38 +0000

Apple could sell so many Macs to Linux users looking for decent machines once they'd open up the hardware just a bit...

New comment by wappieslurkz in "Sick of smart TVs? Here are your best options"

wappieslurkz — Sat, 13 Dec 2025 16:38:40 +0000

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.

New comment by wappieslurkz in "Europe's crusade against air conditioning is insane"

wappieslurkz — Sun, 24 Aug 2025 10:30:37 +0000

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.

New comment by wappieslurkz in "Europe's crusade against air conditioning is insane"

wappieslurkz — Sat, 23 Aug 2025 18:30:39 +0000

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.