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eugeniub··on Ask HN: Anyone Building a Competitor to Reddit?
Reddit used to have pretty low overhead. You couldn't upload/host videos directly on Reddit, you could only share links or create self-posts. They didn't have all these superfluous features that they have now like live chat, push notifications, cryptocurrency wallets, first-party mobile apps, etc. A "classical" version of Reddit would be a fraction of the development and hosting cost compared to modern Reddit, especially if you can continue to keep moderation the responsibility of individual subreddits.
eugeniub··on AirPods Pro (2nd Generation)
Sorry to hear that this happens to you but I have never seen this issue on my AirPods Pro in the last 3 years or my AirPods 1st/2nd gen.
eugeniub··on North Koreans are jailbreaking phones to access forbidden media
No, you need to know Dijkstra's algorithm in order to tinker with an OS. /s
eugeniub··on Phone number has been used too many times
The Play Store doesn't require a credit card, at least not in the U.S. I have a Google account that I use for testing on an Pixel phone. When I go to install a new (free) app, it nags me to add a payment method to my account. But I can skip the prompt and download the app.
eugeniub··on Ask HN: Why aren't there other biographies of Steve Jobs?
If you don’t understand how iPhone could have defeated Windows Mobile, it’s hard to take you seriously on your other points.
eugeniub··on MacBook Pro 14-inch and MacBook Pro 16-inch
Disagree. 2016 15" MBP was 4.0 pounds. 2019 16" MBP was 4.3 pounds. New 16" MBP is 4.5 pounds. Apple simply decided in 2016 to shrink the size and weight by removing ports and other things, and then to increase the size and weight by bringing them back.

Personally I'm surprised they didn't decide to keep the same weight by shrinking the battery. Not that many people absolutely need a 21 hour battery life, though it is nice.

eugeniub··on MacBook Pro 14-inch and MacBook Pro 16-inch
My problem with it is it only works 75% of the time. Another 15% of the time it just hangs indefinitely. And 10% it just doesn't even try.
eugeniub··on MacBook Pro 14-inch and MacBook Pro 16-inch
Dell XPS webcams are generally really inferior to MacBook Pro webcams. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgFd_w2n1es&t=193s shows a good comparison between the M1 MacBook Pro from last year and the 13" Dell XPS. The difference is night and day, even though the M1 MacBook Pro has a 720p resolution. I imagine the difference is similar with the larger 1080p webcam on the new MacBook Pros that, as mentioned in the announcement, has a larger aperture to let in more light and a larger image sensor.
eugeniub··on Apple’s new M1 Pro and M1 Max processors
Same. I am impressed with M1 Pro and M1 Max performance numbers. I ordered the new MBP to replace my 2020 M1 MBP, but I bought it with the base M1 Pro and I'm personally way more excited about 32gb, 1000 nits brightness, function row keys, etc.
eugeniub··on Apple’s new M1 Pro and M1 Max processors
FWIW initial Geekbench scores that surfaced today do not show a significant improvement in the single-core performance for M1 Max compared to M1. https://www.macrumors.com/2021/10/18/first-m1-max-geekbench-...
eugeniub··on Apple’s new M1 Pro and M1 Max processors
It appears that M1 Max itself comes in 24-core and 32-core GPU variants. So I guess some M1 Max chips are more maximum than other M1 Max chips.
eugeniub··on Apple’s new M1 Pro and M1 Max processors
I'm pretty sure they are comparing them with 2019/2020 MacBook Pros, which apparently have chips originally launched 2017.
eugeniub··on MacBook Pro 14-inch and MacBook Pro 16-inch
This is literally what they have always done and they don’t see a reason to stop
eugeniub··on Remarkable starts implementing subscription plans for its cloud features
I'm not opposed to subscriptions but the terms here feel draconian. If you lose your reMarkable, your cloud backups give you access only to the files you used in the last 50 days? Am I reading this right?
eugeniub··on iOS 15
It's worth noting that Apple also sometimes releases security updates for devices that no longer support the latest iOS. For example, Apple released security update iOS 12.5.4[1] on June 14, 2021 for the iPhone 5s and iPhone 6.

[1]: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212548

eugeniub··on Minimum wage would be $26 an hour if it had grown in line with productivity
Yes, indeed we have seen decreased prices in housing, healthcare, education, etc in the last 40 years.
eugeniub··on Apple’s new Private Relay is leaking your original address through WebRTC
WebRTC has been having these problems for at least 6 years straight. At what point can we call this a deliberate back door?
eugeniub··on Youtube-dl is possibly dead
Maintainers: 2 months of inactivity on a FOSS project

Redditors: Yep, this is the end.

eugeniub··on FOSS app removed from the Play Store for linking to the project's website
I'm happy with what Valve is doing now, but as a whole, the fact that Steam OS is a Linux distro doesn't necessarily mean that Steam OS / Steam Deck won't become locked down in the same manner in the future. Android itself is open source and Linux-based.
eugeniub··on Valve Steam Deck
To be fair, many Quest games are very small (1gb-5gb). In contrast, GTA V on Steam is 72gb.
eugeniub··on Apple MagSafe Battery Pack
After looking at the specs, I'm really disappointed. MagSafe by itself already heats up my iPhone 12 mini tremendously compared to a normal wired charger, which can charge up to 20W instead of just 15W (or 12W for my mini). But this battery doesn't do even 12W/15W when not plugged in, it only goes to 5W, the same as the Anker battery, which is less than half the price. Also it only comes in white.
eugeniub··on USA Today is getting a paywall. Who’s the audience for it?
Sure, but if there was such a thing as adblock for the physical world, able to get rid of freeway billboards, USA Today's "hybrid babies" front page (https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/usatoday-hybrid-babies-ad-...), etc, it would be extremely popular.
eugeniub··on Canada to Ban Sale of New Fuel-Powered Cars and Light Trucks from 2035
Bans this far into the future are so meaningless. They're a way for ostensibly progressive governments to act like they're doing something without upsetting anyone in power. Fourteen years from now, this will either happen without a ban even being necessary, or whatever government is in power will just say "well this obviously was unrealistic" and simply reverse the ban.
eugeniub··on Ask HN: Notion is withholding my company data, what can I do?
> Imagine if a bank said "sorry, we know the withdrawal feature to get your money is broken, but our engineers have a big backlog." Unbelievable!

The Mt. Gox story.

eugeniub··on Nvidia cripples cryptocurrency mining on RTX 3080 and 3070 cards
No I don't care.
eugeniub··on Your entitled behavior has no place in this project or its issue tracker
Are we supposed to comment on a discussion from 3 years ago?
eugeniub··on “About one-third of Basecamp employees accepted buyouts today”
Basecamp isn't a typical company, it has an outsized influence on work culture, development trends, etc. Its CTO is the creator of Ruby on Rails with nearly half a million Twitter followers. One of the people resigning, George Claghorn, also resigned from the Rails core team.
eugeniub··on Signald: Unofficial daemon for interacting with Signal
"Twitteriffic" and "Tweetbot" exist as accepted third-party Twitter-related apps, despite the fact that Twitter owns the "Twitter" and "Tweet" trademarks.
eugeniub··on Signal Adds Cryptocurrency Support
Come on. The article you linked just shows that if the FBI can unlock an iPhone, they can read Signal messages. This is not exactly a surprising revelation.
eugeniub··on Numi – Calculator app for Mac
A lot of people mentioning Soulver as a great alternative. But after running into limitations with Soulver, I eventually discovered Magic Calculator, and I fell in love. It allows for more precise calculations, and it's way cheaper at $4: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/magic-calculator/id421993158?m...
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