Hacker News: xgkickt

New comment by xgkickt in "1worldflag: A blue dot on a transparent background"

xgkickt — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 03:59:36 +0000

Blue needs to be paler, and the dot smaller ;-)

New comment by xgkickt in "U.S. to dismantle system tracking Atlantic currents that are at risk of collapse"

xgkickt — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 03:54:48 +0000

A subgroup of MAGMA, for owners of secret volcano lairs.

New comment by xgkickt in "Warm up your MacBook (2019)"

xgkickt — Thu, 28 May 2026 14:26:09 +0000

“Designed in California, for Californians” was too long.

New comment by xgkickt in "Additive Blending on the Nintendo 64"

xgkickt — Sat, 23 May 2026 16:39:17 +0000

Interesting. I was on PlayStation so I only heard about N64 dev at lunch. Factor5 were much closer to Nintendo than we were, and also known to be a bit good. Plus SDKs change over time. Take PS1 for example. We didn’t get GTE register details and inline functions initially, just libraries, and the more open it became the more we wrote in assembly.

New comment by xgkickt in "Tesla reveals two Robotaxi crashes involving teleoperators"

xgkickt — Sat, 16 May 2026 16:55:59 +0000

They’re called off ramps for a reason right?

New comment by xgkickt in "Additive Blending on the Nintendo 64"

xgkickt — Sat, 16 May 2026 15:54:25 +0000

Yes, 2nd party privileges.

New comment by xgkickt in "Additive Blending on the Nintendo 64"

xgkickt — Sat, 16 May 2026 14:25:03 +0000

Probably more accurate to say the custom microcode tools were not given to third party developers. From what I remember, you had to list the microcode used on your submission form, and Nintendo checked for it in your ROM. Did some third parties make custom microcode? Highly probable, but I do not know how many were able to ship with it.

New comment by xgkickt in "EU to crack down on TikTok, Instagram's 'addictive design' targeting kids"

xgkickt — Tue, 12 May 2026 16:43:45 +0000

Why do they do it? To make money. How do they make money? Advertising. Designate them broadcasters and hold them to the same advertising standards.

New comment by xgkickt in "PC Engine CPU"

xgkickt — Fri, 08 May 2026 19:59:23 +0000

Which, despite the VCR-like appearance, meant no faux wood detailing ;-)

New comment by xgkickt in "Porsche will contest Laguna Seca in historic colors of the Apple Computer livery"

xgkickt — Sun, 03 May 2026 19:43:19 +0000

I wish they’d bring back the original PlayStation logo though, not just on anniversary editions.

New comment by xgkickt in "John Ternus to become Apple CEO"

xgkickt — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 02:58:43 +0000

Their presumed lack of regression testing.

New comment by xgkickt in "The Death of Character in Game Console Interfaces"

xgkickt — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 03:51:52 +0000

For big games, it’s a legal thing. Ever since the Hot Coffee debacle, we are not allowed to hide content, all of which has to be approved by legal.

New comment by xgkickt in "The buns in McDonald's Japan's burger photos are all slightly askew"

xgkickt — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 04:11:01 +0000

I have been in the situation of standing outside an after-hours pick-up only window at a McDonald’s in the UK, able to talk to the staff, but unable to order because they only accepted app orders and I only had access to the Canadian app.

New comment by xgkickt in "The Hunt for Dark Breakfast"

xgkickt — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 15:56:19 +0000

Or pasta as a cereal, in a bowl with milk.

New comment by xgkickt in "AI didn't break copyright law, it just exposed how broken it was"

xgkickt — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 22:05:06 +0000

In space, no-one can ... serve you warrants.

New comment by xgkickt in "Our approach to age prediction"

xgkickt — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 20:26:51 +0000

How long before a phrase is found that causes a predicted birthdate of 1970/01/01 ?

New comment by xgkickt in "Fighting back against biometric surveillance at Wegmans"

xgkickt — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 17:52:16 +0000

I'd imagine that at most [e: of their] stores the loss from theft is less than that of spoiled goods.

New comment by xgkickt in "Dell admits consumers don't care about AI PCs"

xgkickt — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 19:40:32 +0000

Can PowerToys remap it?

New comment by xgkickt in "Rob Pike goes nuclear over GenAI"

xgkickt — Sat, 27 Dec 2025 03:12:28 +0000

Sometimes it does seem like they’re just showing off how much data they’ve gathered on you.

New comment by xgkickt in "How did DOGE disrupt so much while saving so little?"

xgkickt — Wed, 24 Dec 2025 03:25:36 +0000

It was a smash & grab.