stuartd
Re:Apple captures 50% of consumer revenue of the top half of the S&P 500
on Sunday November 01, 2026 @04:45PM (#50330218)
Loads just fine for me? iPad
Re:Patrick Stewart has died
on Thursday October 29, 2026 @04:29PM (#50295407)
make it not so
Re:Mozilla Introduces Firefox Enterprise
on Tuesday October 13, 2026 @04:19PM (#50078064)
Many years ago I installed Firefox 0.6 on my mother-in-law’s laptop and gave it the IE logo - she never noticed, it never got updated, but she never had any malware problems.
Re:Policing sex in public toilets in 1930s London
on Saturday October 10, 2026 @06:35PM (#50037868)
> [policemen] acted as agents provocateur, enticing men through deceptive means to respond to sexual invitations – so they could catch them red-handed
This was still the case in the 1980s - I worked with an ex-policeman who was ‘young looking’ and his job was this kind of entrapment.
Re:Agents don't need memory. They need documentation
on Sunday October 04, 2026 @08:28AM (#49953338)
HN
Re:Eric S. Raymond – This is the case against AI Doom – pass it on
on Thursday September 17, 2026 @06:26PM (#49747529)
On a repellent platform as well
Re:I hate you Microsoft
on Thursday September 17, 2026 @06:19PM (#49747458)
> Please stop using windows. Please stop using proprietary document formats.
Re:Google Has Removed MV2 Extensions from the Chrome Web Store, Includ...
on Monday August 31, 2026 @06:40PM (#49515735)
The latter two potentially yes, as they can sell a product. Chrome - not so much: sell the browser, embed ads… nothing palatable.
Re:The Art and Beauty of Blade Runner
on Sunday August 23, 2026 @08:18AM (#49408214)
> But nowhere close to the emotional impact
It may be trite but “Because if a machine, a Terminator, can learn the value of human life, maybe we can, too.” gets me every single time
Re:Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (July 2026)
on Sunday July 12, 2026 @10:05PM (#48887003)
Photos Wallpaper - recreates the functionality from older Mac OS versions to rotate photos from your library as wallpaper, changing on a schedule.
Written by Codex with me driving product direction, reviewing, testing, occasionally scolding, and handling the release process.
Accepted onto the Mac App Store last week.
Re:Hackers made death threats against this security researcher. Big mi...
on Sunday July 05, 2026 @04:21PM (#48797629)
Re:The only scalable delete in Postgres is DROP TABLE
on Sunday June 14, 2026 @08:39PM (#48534980)
> The HN entry is still there, but I can't read the original post now.
The post on IA - https://web.archive.org/web/20160304013342/https://eng.uber....
Re:Building from Zero After Addiction, Prison, and a Felony
on Sunday June 07, 2026 @08:35PM (#48440114)
Thank you for that link. I recommend reading to the very last line.
Re:Tim Cook Is Leaving. Good
on Monday April 27, 2026 @10:07AM (#47921794)
much as I love and revere woz that is a terrible idea
Re:iOS 26.3 and macOS 26.3 Fix Dozens of Vulnerabilities, Including Ze...
on Wednesday February 11, 2026 @07:52PM (#46983485)
Is that not 18.7.5 as released yesterday or am I missing something?
Re:Even the Happiest Place on Earth Has Measles
on Wednesday February 04, 2026 @07:24AM (#46885004)
Re:Microsoft kills official way to activate Windows 11/10 without inte...
on Friday January 02, 2026 @10:30PM (#46472525)
Hanlon’s razor applies
Re:GitHub no longer uses Toasts
on Monday December 08, 2025 @05:17PM (#46198395)
Re:Nook Browser
on Saturday December 06, 2025 @07:20PM (#46177980)
I loved Camino. I think I still have the binary on my MBA just to look at the icon and sigh
Re:Reinventing how .NET builds and ships (again)
on Wednesday November 26, 2025 @01:21AM (#46054694)
It is, shall we say, more curated
Wix was open sourced in 2004 - https://www.computerworld.com/article/1580079/microsoft-goes...
Re:Over 80% of Sunscreen Performed Below Their Labelled Efficacy
on Saturday September 06, 2025 @06:34PM (#45153531)
https://altruistsun.com/
I have vitiligo and basically no skin pigment above my neck line - this product is excellent, reasonably priced, and ethical
Re:Windows 11 is a minefield of micro-aggressions in the shipping lane...
on Monday July 28, 2025 @05:20PM (#44715820)
I’m using Windows 11 at my new job and wow, it really is horrible (always been a server OS user at work, Mac at home)
This whole thing about it opening links in Edge despite your preferences is just.. bizarre! It’s like they had a bet on “hey what’s the most user hostile thing we can get away with?!”
Re:Max, a Real Programmer
on Thursday July 03, 2025 @08:49AM (#44454482)
I remembered this story the other day but couldn’t remember the name - and then coincidentally came across this link to it! https://users.cs.utah.edu/~elb/folklore/mel.html
Re:They don't make 'em like that any more: Sony DTC-700 audio DAT play...
on Monday June 30, 2025 @03:35PM (#44427015)
I used to have a DTC-690 - brilliant for parties. Sold it for £1 in the end to a happy customer.
Re:Git Notes: Git's coolest, most unloved feature (2022)
on Sunday June 22, 2025 @02:50PM (#44349329)
The post links to a GitHub page, which contains this:
> I just blogged about the new git-notes functionality over at the [Pro Git blog](dead link)
The link is archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20100828155504/http://progit.org...
Re:AI sceptic Emily Bender: 'The emperor has no clothes'
on Sunday June 22, 2025 @05:40AM (#44345450)
> how can she say that it's both no good at most things and simultaneous dangerous because of the job losses it will cause?
worse is cheaper
Re:AI sceptic Emily Bender: 'The emperor has no clothes'
on Sunday June 22, 2025 @01:38AM (#44344052)