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New comment by whiterook6 in "Surface laptop ships with 8GB RAM for $1299 despite pushing 16GB for Copilot PCs"

whiterook6 — Sat, 23 May 2026 17:00:53 +0000

Okay, the article I read on HN yesterday about the ram shortage crippling inexpensive devices feels relevant here. As far as I can tell, the article treats the low memory capacity as a foolish business decision rather than perhaps a required economic decision.

Like, I didn't see a single mention of why they chose 8GB while recommending 16GB. It's like a straw man argument: why not at least explore possible causes?

New comment by whiterook6 in "Show HN: Number Gacha, a gacha game distilled to its essence"

whiterook6 — Tue, 19 May 2026 05:43:16 +0000

That is addictive!

New comment by whiterook6 in "MacBook Neo"

whiterook6 — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 21:01:23 +0000

In case you didn't already know or haven't considered it, you can find right-angle usb-c MagSafe adaptors that basically allow the charging cable to disconnect from the device like MagSafe.

New comment by whiterook6 in "Why does SSH send 100 packets per keystroke?"

whiterook6 — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 22:40:29 +0000

Tell me more about this game!

New comment by whiterook6 in "4k tons of potatoes to be given away for free in Berlin"

whiterook6 — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 17:27:09 +0000

Oh, wow--what if Big Ketchup is behind this? Huge, if true.

New comment by whiterook6 in "Date is out, Temporal is in"

whiterook6 — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 20:56:37 +0000

So, hold on--the author's soul-breaking complaint isn't all of the "quirks" and inconsistencies with the Date functions, but rather the fact that it's an object? Specifically, an object with mutable properties in a language when all objects have mutable properties?

I mean, the author's conclusion is correct. But I disagree with the rationale. It's like hating an evil dictatorship because they use the wrong font in their propaganda.

New comment by whiterook6 in "Total monthly number of StackOverflow questions over time"

whiterook6 — Sun, 04 Jan 2026 00:38:23 +0000

Here's my brilliant idea: the longer it takes for an answer to be marked correct, or the more answers there are before one is marked correct, the more points that answer deserves.

New comment by whiterook6 in "Show HN: Picknplace.js, an alternative to drag-and-drop"

whiterook6 — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 23:33:34 +0000

Surely you're being hyperbolic. I've seen some atrocious UX before. Maybe what you mean is it's a good idea but the scrolling part should be list-based instead of page-based.

New comment by whiterook6 in "Cerebras Code now supports GLM 4.6 at 1000 tokens/sec"

whiterook6 — Sat, 08 Nov 2025 07:00:30 +0000

It's not that the product you're building is a commodity. It's that the tools you're using to built it are. Why not build a landing page using HTML and CSS and tailwind? Why not use swift to make an app? Why not write an AWS lambda using JavaScript?

New comment by whiterook6 in "The new calculus of AI-based coding"

whiterook6 — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 22:25:42 +0000

This reads like "Hey, we're not vibe coding, but when we do, we're careful!" with hints of "AI coding changes the costs associated with writing code, designing features, and refactoring" sprinkles in to stand out.

New comment by whiterook6 in "California invests in battery energy storage, leaving rolling blackouts behind"

whiterook6 — Sat, 25 Oct 2025 23:46:08 +0000

When they say their battery storage capacity is 15,000 MW, do they mean MWh? Because watts are time-independent, or rather, they're like speed to Joule's (watt-hour's) distance.

New comment by whiterook6 in "Macro Splats 2025"

whiterook6 — Sun, 12 Oct 2025 21:02:23 +0000

I still don't get the point of Gaussian Splats. How are they better than triangles?

New comment by whiterook6 in "Retrocide Mono – A monospaced font with no decenders"

whiterook6 — Sat, 04 Oct 2025 06:44:22 +0000

It's very nice, but why? The lack of descenders makes it slightly harder to read. More of the letters look the same.

New comment by whiterook6 in "New thermoelectric cooling breakthrough nearly doubles efficiency"

whiterook6 — Sun, 21 Sep 2025 15:16:54 +0000

Is this similar to Peltier coolers?

New comment by whiterook6 in "Plex Security Incident"

whiterook6 — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 05:56:00 +0000

I don't understand. I run a Plex instance on my home server as well. Are you referring to jellyfin not needing a centralized Plex account? Or do most Plex users rely on a plex-provided server?

New comment by whiterook6 in "Plex Security Incident"

whiterook6 — Mon, 08 Sep 2025 22:54:38 +0000

I am a faithful Plex lifetime user and have never had problems.

That said, I shouldn't be blinded by convenience. I hear jellyfin is a good alternative. Can someone share

- how easy is it to administer for clients outside of my network or possibly even outside my country?

- how good is the app support? I transcode all of my media to AAC and h264 for compatibility

-what about for streaming music? I really like Plex amp

- what do you like the most about jellyfin

- what do you miss most about Plex?

Thank you.

New comment by whiterook6 in "Where's the shovelware? Why AI coding claims don't add up"

whiterook6 — Wed, 03 Sep 2025 22:50:43 +0000

What the author is missing is the metric that matters more than shipping product: how much happier am I when my AI auto complete saves me typing and figures out what I'm trying to articulate for me. If devs using copilot are happier--and I am, at least--then that's value right there.

New comment by whiterook6 in "Why Perplexity is going after Google Chrome – and yes, it's serious"

whiterook6 — Wed, 13 Aug 2025 22:56:17 +0000

They're serious because ...

> ... would provide Perplexity with a shortcut to user acquisition and enhance data collection for targeted advertising.

... advertising dollars? Wouldn't every company want that? I'm guessing Perplexity wants to make an AI browser, but wanting advertisement money hardly makes a company's offer stand out.

New comment by whiterook6 in "I drank every cocktail"

whiterook6 — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 01:16:46 +0000

This was a pleasant read. I want a goal like this to try and achieve. Neat!

New comment by whiterook6 in "End of 10: Upgrade your old Windows 10 computer to Linux"

whiterook6 — Thu, 19 Jun 2025 21:28:17 +0000

I am not getting rid of windows 10 for several years at least. Too many of my workflows require windows apps, and windows 11 is incoherent, full of ads, and way too controlling.