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minton··on Fastpotify
Well it will only get better now that the “Code is no longer a constraint”! AI can just do everything for them now. https://youtu.be/zFslvuvYifQ?si=sEN270fkICYSpaLU
minton··on Google Discloses $94.1B in SpaceX Stock, Marking 6% Stake
Terrible! Source?
minton··on DisplayMate
Nostalgic maybe, but not sure it qualifies as beautiful.
minton··on Lore – Open source version control system designed for scalability
I know this is targeted at game dev, but I wonder if this would work well for a huge MS Access app.
minton··on Running local models is good now
I’m glad people are looking into this because I do think it’s the future. However, why would you not take advantage of the heavily subsidized frontier models while you can. It’s obvious that they’re gonna have to raise prices at which point it might make sense to consider local models, but not today.
minton··on Mechanical Watch (2022)
What do people get out of this kind of spam? How does having AI regurgitate another post (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48553975) benefit them?
minton··on Can the stockmarket swallow Anthropic, SpaceX and OpenAI?
> No body who has a choice is using Grok

The Grok app had over 100 million downloads in 2025, over 60 million active users, and generated $350 million in revenue. That’s a lot of people being forced to use it.

minton··on US Bill Mandates On-Device Age Verification
Digital currency can help control you. Imagine negative inflation based on your social score.
minton··on Ask HN: Is Claude Down Again?
Same. I have been using it all morning, no issues.
minton··on Online age-verification tools for child safety are surveilling adults
So you’ll just not use Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, or Android? In other words, you’ll just not use any computers? Seems nonsensical.
minton··on New iPad Air, powered by M4
Not my experience. I have iPad Pro and I only use it for workouts. It sits on my workout machine and once or twice a week I try to watch a ~45 min episode while doing cardio. It’s always dead and needs constant charging. Never last more than 3 days without needing charging.
minton··on The Codex App
But Electron doesn’t hit that bar even
minton··on Apple introduces new AirTag with longer range and improved findability
> Designed exclusively for tracking objects, and not people or pets, the new AirTag incorporates…

Interesting to call out that it’s not designed for pets. I know several people with AirTags on their pet collars.

minton··on A macOS app that blurs your screen when you slouch
Lots of things people might want to monitor for such as nail biting.
minton··on Using Git add -p for fun (and profit)
I’ve looked at jj, but couldn’t make sense of the proposed benefits. I always stage individual files and never the entire working directory, so I’m confused how it improves that over git.
minton··on The differences between an IndyCar and a F1 car
> An IndyCar is heavier than a Formula 1 car: while a Formula 1 car weighs 1759 pounds / 798 kg including the driver, an IndyCar weighs 1700 pounds / 771 kg on road and street courses, excluding the driver.

This seems to contradict itself.

minton··on Imo.im – Instant Messenger
How are all these chat app funded?
minton··on Is Health Insurance Even Worth It Anymore?
Isn’t idea of insurance at odds with the idea of a pre-existing condition? Like car insurance is a hedge against a crash. We don’t let people buy it after totaling their car.

We really need an alternative system to cover pre-existing and not force it into insurance.

minton··on Wealth tax would be deadly for French economy, says Europe's richest man
I suppose they could take their enterprises with them. Removing jobs and taxes from the local economy.
minton··on Reverse-Engineering the LCD Display Interface of the Nest 2nd Gen Thermostat
I love the idea of this. Keep perfectly working things from being made obsolete artificially. They should look at the old Nest Protect next.
minton··on Cloudflare is sponsoring Ladybird and Omarchy
> At its core, Omarchy embraces Linux . . . makes a version of it that is accessible and fun to use for developers that don’t have a deep background in operating systems.
minton··on Cloudflare is sponsoring Ladybird and Omarchy
Maybe one company should not be able to decide which browsers we are allowed to use.
minton··on Show HN: I'm a dermatologist and I vibe coded a skin cancer learning app
The zoomed in view is great if you’re commonly examining under magnification, but perhaps a slightly less zoomed view (or ability to switch between each) might make this more practical for common folks.
minton··on I ditched Docker for Podman
We are are migrating back to Docker org-wide after 5 months on Podman.
minton··on I Used Arch, BTW: macOS, Day 1
Insane that their official docs suggest running some Xcode project to start your VM. It seems like such a powerful feature might have a better UI.
minton··on Sole maintainer of Linux distro AnduinOS turns out to be a Microsoft employee
I actually don’t want the Windows aesthetic, but for my older family members, I recommend Linux Mint. For those more technical who still prefer a Windows-like UX, stock Ubuntu with ArcMenu w/ Eleven layout and Dash to Panel with Windows 11 Theme & Icon pack.
minton··on America's cyber defenses are being dismantled from the inside
I don’t think we need a study to understand that someone who always gets everything they want is usually a spoiled brat.
minton··on The Rise and Fall of Toys 'R' Us (2018)
They had electronics and legos, not just models and hot wheels. I think they’d have adapted like most businesses have.
minton··on Major endometriosis study reveals impact of gluten, coffee, dairy and alcohol
Low carb has been a “trend” for 20+ years with the Atkins Diet and keto for over 10 years now (although it’s from the 1920s).
minton··on MacBook Air M4
I run Windows daily at work on a 60Hz display. I recently got my son a gaming PC complete with a 144Hz monitor. I was genuinely confused why Windows itself “felt” so much better. Just dragging windows around seemed like magic. It’s not that the UI is lagging on my machine, it’s more the smoothness of things when they move around. It makes everything seem faster, despite us timing various things and finding no actual performance differences.
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