Hacker News: xuki

New comment by xuki in "Wi is Fi: Understanding Wi-Fi 4/5/6/6E/7/8 (802.11 n/AC/ax/be/bn)"

xuki — Sat, 09 May 2026 04:13:20 +0000

Yeah 6Ghz freq doesn't have DFS channels which remove a lot of usable channels for 5Ghz. Unfortunately it'll be a while until most devices support 6Ghz.

New comment by xuki in "Ads on Apple Maps"

xuki — Thu, 07 May 2026 07:46:08 +0000

The keychain data of an app on iOS is NEVER removed from your device, unless you completely wipe the device. This has been the behavior since the beginning.

New comment by xuki in "Another Day Has Come"

xuki — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 14:08:58 +0000

The first time I saw a blind person using an iPhone, I was blown away. I follow some Apple engineers who work on accessibility, and they all seem very passionate about their work. It’s an area where I truly believe Apple is doing it to help people, not just for profit.

New comment by xuki in "SpaceX says it has agreement to acquire Cursor for $60B"

xuki — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 01:49:00 +0000

There is no other mode of transportation cheaper than shipping across the ocean.

New comment by xuki in "A Brief History of Fish Sauce"

xuki — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 01:15:17 +0000

Some people are just more sensitive to certain smells and flavors than others, especially if they didn't have previous exposure to them.

New comment by xuki in "Migrating from DigitalOcean to Hetzner"

xuki — Sat, 18 Apr 2026 13:55:39 +0000

I've had excellent experiences with Percona xtrabackup for MySQL migration and backups in general. It runs live with almost no performance penalty on the source. It works so well that I always wait for them to release a new matching version before upgrade to a new MySQL version.

New comment by xuki in "I ported Mac OS X to the Nintendo Wii"

xuki — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 23:38:26 +0000

Go ahead and downvote krsw, he is correct on every single thing he said.

New comment by xuki in "Qatar helium shutdown puts chip supply chain on a two-week clock"

xuki — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:34:12 +0000

Send it to the sun to get more helium!

New comment by xuki in "Qatar helium shutdown puts chip supply chain on a two-week clock"

xuki — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:32:05 +0000

I'm not sure in this instance, but for industrial plants, the expectation is for them to run 24/7/365 without disruption. They're not designed to be turned off and then on again. When you shut something down, how do you "reset" it to a clean state so production can start again? Think about all the existing stuff still in the pipes, residual, etc.

New comment by xuki in "Microgpt"

xuki — Sun, 01 Mar 2026 07:35:37 +0000

Human internet is dead. I don't know how we can come back from this.

New comment by xuki in "Mac mini will be made at a new facility in Houston"

xuki — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 22:42:26 +0000

Mac mini is a relatively low volume product for Apple, the margin hit would not be consequential to their bottom line. I'll believe it when they start making iPhone in the US.

New comment by xuki in "Clawdbot Renames to Moltbot"

xuki — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 21:05:06 +0000

You don't want to spend time and money to fight with a $350B company.

New comment by xuki in "Why is it legal and ok when big corp. straight tries to scam a user?"

xuki — Sun, 25 Jan 2026 04:19:38 +0000

This is Apple Pay on the web, not the App Store.

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

xuki — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 08:59:08 +0000

The original version removed the ESC key as well. By the time they added it back, the damage was done.

New comment by xuki in "If you care about security you might want to move the iPhone Camera app"

xuki — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 10:53:00 +0000

> why can't I disable network access entirely for some apps

Apple kind of do this in China. Each app on Chinese iPhone needs to ask for permission when they access WiFi for the first time. Combine with cellular blocking, you can effectively block internet access for an app.

New comment by xuki in "List of domains censored by German ISPs"

xuki — Mon, 29 Dec 2025 23:20:17 +0000

Spain ISPs block CloudFlare IPs during La Liga matches.

New comment by xuki in "Apple has locked my Apple ID, and I have no recourse. A plea for help"

xuki — Sat, 13 Dec 2025 15:48:11 +0000

The author lives in Australia. You get points from supermarket for purchasing some gift cards during some promotion, it's around 10% of the card value.

New comment by xuki in "Running Unsupported iOS on Deprecated Devices"

xuki — Thu, 27 Nov 2025 04:59:44 +0000

Probably need a lawsuit in the EU before they allow downgrading OS. I would love to get my old phones to iOS 16 to jailbreak it.

New comment by xuki in "M5 MacBook Pro"

xuki — Wed, 15 Oct 2025 14:27:22 +0000

It has always been this way. Base M1's max RAM was 16GB, M2/M3's was 24GB, M4's was 32GB.

New comment by xuki in "The App Store was always authoritarian"

xuki — Sun, 12 Oct 2025 08:17:28 +0000

Tax is only on profit, Apple "tax" in 30% (15% in some cases) of revenue.