rectangleboy's comments

On: iPhone Pocket

[rectangleboy]

Us iPhone 13 Mini holdouts need to get a little louder. It feels like I find more and more on the internet every month -- I'm pretty sure there're far more than just "dozens of us" who want a reasonably-sized phone.

[keepamovin → rectangleboy]

You too?!? Where can we congregate. Apart from no Live Translation for AirPods 13mini has everything you want. In a tiny form factor.

[dognotdog → rectangleboy]

Indeed, how exciting a phone would be that fit in... you know... bear with me... your pants' pocket you already have... lol

[loloquwowndueo → dognotdog]

How are they going to sell you $1500 issei MIYAKE pants with custom-sized pockets.

On: LibriVox

[rectangleboy]

> Unfortunately, the quality of the readings can vary widely . . . I tried LibriVox in college to listen to difficult-to-understand poems (at the professor's recommendation) on my iPod and my ears couldn't take the harsh plosives that nearly every recording I tried had.

[WillAdams → rectangleboy]

There is a collection of different authors reading Coleridge's "Kublai Khan" which is a great way to get an experience of a lot of different readers and possibly find one you like.

For my part, I'm grateful that folks volunteer their time and energy, and when there is only one reader for a given text, accept it.

On: One in four 2020 Tesla Model 3 failed the Danish periodic inspection in 2024

[rectangleboy]

Yes

On: The rich history of ham radio culture

[rectangleboy]

Just looking up his callsign, I found this: https://www.cardcow.com/215722/k9bcj-ill-seeing-you-farther-...

[AlbertCory → rectangleboy]

Thanks. That's our neighborhood all right.

On: Ask HN: How do you handle tech use with your kids?

[rectangleboy]

My friends have managed to avoid introducing their 5 year old to the iPad. They do allow her to use it on airplanes, but they rope the flight attendants into it and have the attendant present it as "the airplane's iPad."

[qzw → rectangleboy]

Santa, Easter Bunny, Tooth Fairy, and the Airplane’s iPad. The Four Horsemen of Childhood Disillusions.

On: A look inside the SNES, PS5, and Xbox controllers with CT scans

[rectangleboy]

Interesting. I get this controller headphone port feature when using the PS5, it's too bad it doesn't carry over to PC.

[seaal → rectangleboy]

It does work on PC when plugged in via USB. Bluetooth support for controllers on Windows is terrible without 3rd party programs like DS4Windows.

[WeylandYutani → seaal]

I like the Dualsense controller but it's obvious that for Sony PC support is still an afterthought.

Playing wired is so 2002.

On: Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (June 2023)

[rectangleboy]

  Location: South Bay Area of SF, CA
  Remote: Yes, prefer hybrid.
  Willing to relocate: No.
  Technologies: Java, C++, Python, Bash, C, Objective-C, SQL, Unix/Linux, BigQuery, Google Cloud Platform, Xcode
  Résumé/CV: https://www.overleaf.com/project/56a406b7dfccdf3f2efc3a4e
  Email: jeffreydmcgovern@gmail.com

On: The D.E.N.N.I.S. system: Résumé tips for Senior Devs

[rectangleboy]

I have the \LaTeX command in my skills line, which is really hard to typeset in anything other than LaTeX. Other engineers notice it unprompted.

On: Black widows are losing to brown widows in the fight for attics and garages

[rectangleboy]

ugh me too lol

On: Tim Cook Faces Surprising Employee Unrest at Apple

[rectangleboy]

The Tile existed before the AirTags.

[donarb → rectangleboy]

Can you find an item using Tile if it's out of Bluetooth range, like AirTags can?