News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

Savely

Re:Apple's Blue Ocean on Monday October 30, 2023 @03:23AM (#38066561)
Imagine Samsung battery incident on another level!
Re:Apple's Blue Ocean on Monday October 30, 2023 @03:14AM (#38066515)
You know you can buy other products, right? There’re plenty of computer manufacturers that use discrete modules.
> one has more horsepower, you would want the one with fewer?

Not necessarily, I would choose using other factors. I argue we should rely less on rarely practical characteristics (maximum power / brigthness) and add more day-to-day aspects into reviews and search filters.

There are few qualities usually mentioned along side displays: size, technology, resolution, colour rating, contrast ratio, and max brightness. I think brightness matters less past some point and we really should focus more on traits listed by @boplicity and @dijit (there's got to be more).

Similarly with cars: I don't care about top speed as long as it goes upto the motorway limit, I don't care about engine power as long as car feels nice in real life; I pay attention to size (will it be comfortable in the city and in my tight parking lot?), fuel consumption, interior quality, luggage space, steering sensations.

> Just like if a MacBook Pro came in either 1600nits or 400nits, you’d pick 400?

Well, if the 400 nits one has an advantage (for example it has OLED, so only the letters will burn my eyes in the evenings, not the whole area of the screen) then I would pick that one.

Re:4K4D: Real-Time 4D View Synthesis at 4K Resolution on Wednesday October 18, 2023 @04:46AM (#37926244)
I believe the way to go is hijacking neural connections, something between Neuralink and STEM from Upgrade.
Re:First of its kind material can reconnect severed nerves on Thursday October 12, 2023 @01:34AM (#37853764)
Robotic body replacement is some 20 years away!
Yeah, because good old passwords are safe against thermo-rectal cryptoanalysis.
Re:Nomnoml on Monday October 02, 2023 @08:38AM (#37737305)
We need another tool that would optimise permutation of statements for least overlap in the resulting diagram.
Re:How to type “blimpy” in Emacs? [video] on Monday September 04, 2023 @12:56AM (#37377250)
What do you mean “if”? https://imgur.com/KsLQxNC
Re:How to type “blimpy” in Emacs? [video] on Monday September 04, 2023 @12:47AM (#37377199)
Those without the sixth finger.
Re:Lie Still in Bed on Sunday August 27, 2023 @05:46PM (#37286916)
It bears a risk of developing a connection and feeling sleepy every time you need to do some math. :D
Re:Hacker News Guidelines on Thursday August 24, 2023 @02:48PM (#37252990)
But humour is half the reason I read HN and 3/4 the reason I comment!
Re:Godly – Astronomically good web design inspiration on Tuesday August 22, 2023 @03:18PM (#37227349)
Agree. Most of the presented sites are too dynamic for my taste, I don’t like when something on a page moves purposelessly.
Re:Anna’s Archive Containers (AAC): standardizing releases on Wednesday August 16, 2023 @12:36AM (#37142920)
Well, the acronym is unfortunate. The project is cool nonetheless.
Try turning off “Block Pop-ups” in Safari settings and reloading the page.
As a student myself I’d appreciate all those recipe sites to have a filter by appliances. Seems half of recipes involving meat requires a stove I don’t have.
Re:RISC-V Assembly Programming on Saturday July 08, 2023 @01:18PM (#36646443)
Thanks, I’ve glossed over the word “glossary”.
Re:HDR QR Code on Tuesday June 20, 2023 @02:38AM (#36400493)
Re: #1

Doesn’t that happen because shows are mastered for 5.1 systems and the dialogs are put in the centre channel, whereas most of us are watching in stereo with poorly setup automatic remixing?

Re:HDR QR Code on Tuesday June 20, 2023 @02:12AM (#36400354)
This HDR QR code currently (AFAIK) only works on Apple platforms, where a user already has an option to long-press a QR code in place. Maybe going forward we should spread easy in place interactions instead of spreading a different feature (HDR) and then abusing it?
Re:HDR QR Code on Tuesday June 20, 2023 @01:34AM (#36400122)
I thought it’s purpose is for me to feel the sunlight looking at my summer photos in December.
Heck, just plug a chip in my visual cortex and one in my spinal cord already -- I don't want to just see a butterfly, I want to feel it!
If so, why have teachers at all? Give those freshmen adults a syllabus in the beginning of the semester and conduct exams at the end. ”Those who are smart and motivated will get it, and heck with the rest.”