Hacker News: y1n0

New comment by y1n0 in "US FAA says it will phase out floppy disks from air traffic control by 2028"

y1n0 — Sat, 07 Nov 2026 07:11:08 +0000

It's a cultural tic to refer to something by its name.

New comment by y1n0 in "US FAA says it will phase out floppy disks from air traffic control by 2028"

y1n0 — Sat, 07 Nov 2026 07:05:00 +0000

That's how it was named. The bootscreen didn't say Apple IIe. It's Apple //e. with slashes. That's how it was in all the docs and any software and the bootrom.

Call it weird if you want, but that's what the name was.

New comment by y1n0 in "US FAA says it will phase out floppy disks from air traffic control by 2028"

y1n0 — Sat, 07 Nov 2026 01:48:26 +0000

> disks have a natural expiration date and it's not long

You really have no idea what you are talking about. It's normal for floppies, especially 3.5" to last decades just sitting on a shelf. I've got 5.25" floppies from 1984, and they boot just fine on my old apple //e.

42 years in my parent's dank midwest basement.

New comment by y1n0 in "The Hackintosh Reborn"

y1n0 — Fri, 06 Nov 2026 03:29:02 +0000

Everybody thinks macOS on ipad would be great, but it's not. If you are in the ecosystem, you can use your ipad as a remote display for your mac. Boom, macos on ipad.

And. It. Sucks.

It's a terrible, shitty experience.

New comment by y1n0 in "The Hackintosh Reborn"

y1n0 — Fri, 06 Nov 2026 03:20:56 +0000

Reversing said blobs is only a few tokens away.

New comment by y1n0 in "Claude Code sends your email address to websites"

y1n0 — Fri, 06 Nov 2026 01:48:43 +0000

Yes but this was true before Claude existed.

New comment by y1n0 in "Starfall – Affordable, routine access to microgravity"

y1n0 — Thu, 05 Nov 2026 03:09:29 +0000

Maybe their kids are gifted.

New comment by y1n0 in "AI is forcing us to pay off 40 years of technical debt"

y1n0 — Thu, 05 Nov 2026 00:45:02 +0000

That’s pretty interesting about the parable you mentioned. Maybe I’ll give GEB a try.

New comment by y1n0 in "The Little Book of Generative AI Foundations: An Intuitive Mathematical Primer"

y1n0 — Wed, 04 Nov 2026 00:37:52 +0000

From what I understand the iPad mini weighs the same with a slightly larger screen. Has their matte display option.

I have big pockets so for me it’s probably pocketable. But I still would have a phone. So I’ve got a duo on order with a year lease so I’m not stuck if I don’t think it’s great.

I have to confess to considering a mini with cellular instead of a phone altogether though.

New comment by y1n0 in "The Little Book of Generative AI Foundations: An Intuitive Mathematical Primer"

y1n0 — Wed, 04 Nov 2026 00:33:52 +0000

My old crappy eyes need big screens for this. I have one on order. I’m ambivilating over the screen crack issue.

New comment by y1n0 in "US boy names that became girl names and vice versa"

y1n0 — Tue, 03 Nov 2026 02:07:55 +0000

> John Luke

that's not how I would pronounce by default, though I suppose I might if star trek TNG wasn't a thing.

New comment by y1n0 in "US boy names that became girl names and vice versa"

y1n0 — Tue, 03 Nov 2026 01:56:26 +0000

hard fail on colorblindness accessibility

New comment by y1n0 in "If you love a website, back it up"

y1n0 — Tue, 03 Nov 2026 00:08:26 +0000

You should check them. Writable cds / dvds have a limited lifespan with their own bit rot issues. Something from 2001 may not be readable anymore.

New comment by y1n0 in "HackerTube: YouTube built from videos recommended by HN"

y1n0 — Sun, 01 Nov 2026 11:14:58 +0000

I'd love for an alternative to youtube. And there are some... it's not really my area but I've at least heard of vimeo for example.

The problem is hosting videos is not cheap. Certainly not free. Storage and bandwidth are the easier costs to deal with. Policing to prevent devolution into the utterly deplorable is where things start to get costly and challenging. People get PTSD from having the job of scrubbing content on places like youtube and facebook.

New comment by y1n0 in "Flock camera searches fell 95% after a dispatcher's misconduct was caught"

y1n0 — Sat, 31 Oct 2026 04:43:31 +0000

Improper for sure. Illegal? maybe. It should be at least.

New comment by y1n0 in "The $6.3B Binance hack was pulled off in just 20 minutes"

y1n0 — Sat, 31 Oct 2026 03:38:16 +0000

Criminal negligence usually involves bodily harm or serious risk of bodily harm.

New comment by y1n0 in "The $6.3B Binance hack was pulled off in just 20 minutes"

y1n0 — Sat, 31 Oct 2026 03:35:49 +0000

I think it’s the mixed terminology that’s causing confusion. Prosecution is for criminal offenses. Lawsuits are for civil cases.

New comment by y1n0 in "Formlabs Studio 1 $699 Resin Printer"

y1n0 — Wed, 28 Oct 2026 22:21:40 +0000

OMG $79 more! That ruins everything!

New comment by y1n0 in "New 14‑inch MacBook Pro with M6"

y1n0 — Wed, 28 Oct 2026 20:49:32 +0000

I believe you. But Apple has a history of deprecating MacBook Pro after about 7 years

New comment by y1n0 in "New 14‑inch MacBook Pro with M6"

y1n0 — Wed, 28 Oct 2026 07:22:52 +0000

It's getting more average every day. QED.