johnhamlin

Kind of hilarious how much they’re touting that it sucks at cybersecurity like it’s a feature

I think you’re thinking of American mahjong. Which I can’t understand for the life of me how it’s gotten so popular. The ratio of luck to skill is completely upside down

Remember when it was just common sense that letting people gamble on things would undermine the integrity of those things?

I was wondering why someone proposed IPv8

I discovered KTool here when you launched and I love it! I hope you’re doing well

It’s infuriating that Amazon abandoned the Oasis form factor. I love having a safe area on the side to, ya know, hold the damn thing. And physical buttons are so much more reliable for page turns. Every once in a while, tapping the screen to turn the page does something unexpected, and suddenly I’m futzing with my kindle instead of being immersed in my book.

I was a happy Oasis user until last year when I used a new Kindle and saw how much faster they’ve gotten. That started a very frustrating search for a kindle replacement. I ordered and returned many units before settling on the Kobo Libra Color. I didn’t want color, but I don’t notice the lower resolution now unless I’m using it side-by-side with a B&W screen. I do miss whisper sync, which I’d occasionally use to read a few pages on my phone. The Instapaper integration is awesome— I used to pay for KTool to accomplish something similar.

AI psychosis intensifies

So no Linux?

So the government said, We need y’all to flip on the Minority Report and the Terminator modes or we’ll put you out of business… cool

Labeling a company that refused to comply with nakedly authoritarian orders is a true New Speak moment

I appreciate all the earnest feedback to my tongue-in-cheek comment! I’m really tempted to try one out

I actually welcome this. Markdown is this incredible, future proof, portable and elegant format… up until you have to collaborate on something with a normie

New speed record for time from LaunchHN to getting Sherlocked set by that company everyone was dunking on a couple of weeks ago

Fascinating! I’d add “word nerd” to the list to describe the authors.

I got into solving the NYT crossword during Covid. I couldn’t solve a Monday when I started; now I do Mondays downs-only and look forward to Saturdays. Along the way, I developed a sixth sense for when an answer will be more than one word. I’ve thought a lot about it and can’t really describe how I do it. (Some other puzzles clarify if an answer spans multiple words, but I find the ambiguity adds to the fun.)

What about when you’re on the go? Or can we presume split-keyboard users never leave the house

I never check pudding.cool for some reason, but I always smash the link when I see one

Makes my recent decision to ditch osx for Linux with a tiling wm seem all the more fitting

Imagine having a government that demands a company like TikTok stop abusing its users instead of checks notes forcing its sale to your cronies so you can silence your critics. Must be nice.

Love games like this. I used Vim Snake to make the muscle memory for hjkl finally stick in my brain. (I wish you could disable the insert mode toggling -- it's cute but didn't help when I was trying to break the habit of moving my finger up to press W or Up Arrow and remember that everything is in a straight line.)

https://vimsnake.com

https://archive.is/2026.01.19-112840/https://www.wired.com/s...

My twin 2yo boys have a Tonie box and absolutely love it. I hear such good things about the Yoto, I plan to get them one once they’re old enough not to rip the cards to shreds

I’m getting closer with every update Apple pushes

Reminds me of the query methods in Spring Data JPA: https://docs.spring.io/spring-data/jpa/reference/jpa/query-m...

Love seeing NC on HN. Go Heels!

Another +1 for TypeScript from a new lifetime subscriber. Great site!

How’s the battery life?

I’ve been feeling exact way for a while now. Tahoe brought it to a head. I just want a portable machine I truly own and control that doesn’t suck. Why is that so much to ask?

Paramount can’t be happy

Love to see this. I lost steam working my way through SICP a couple of years ago because I spent so much time trying to figure out Emacs instead of writing Scheme