xuki's comments

On: Ads on Apple Maps

[xuki]

The keychain data of an app on iOS is NEVER removed from your device, unless you completely wipe the device. This has been the behavior since the beginning.

[Razengan → xuki]

> unless you completely wipe the device.

then it comes back after you sign into the same Apple ID on that device or even a NEW device!

and of course the crap remains on your other devices.

Funnily enough Apple allowed users to delete that shit for a while, during a certain iOS beta, but then backtracked before release.

On: Another Day Has Come

[xuki]

The first time I saw a blind person using an iPhone, I was blown away. I follow some Apple engineers who work on accessibility, and they all seem very passionate about their work. It’s an area where I truly believe Apple is doing it to help people, not just for profit.

On: SpaceX says it has agreement to acquire Cursor for $60B

[xuki]

There is no other mode of transportation cheaper than shipping across the ocean.

[stainablesteel → xuki]

launching things via a mass driver from the moon to the earth requires a lot less fuel, is faster, and cheaper than shipping across the ocean

[andai → xuki]

That one is subsidized by externalizing costs to our lungs.

[kibwen → andai]

Shipping on water has been, by far, the cheapest mode of long-distance shipping since the moment boats were invented. That is to say, since thousands of years before boats were ever powered by the shit that destroys our lungs.

[sroussey → andai]

So is pace travel. Then rockets are not green!

On: A Brief History of Fish Sauce

[xuki]

Some people are just more sensitive to certain smells and flavors than others, especially if they didn't have previous exposure to them.

On: Migrating from DigitalOcean to Hetzner

[xuki]

I've had excellent experiences with Percona xtrabackup for MySQL migration and backups in general. It runs live with almost no performance penalty on the source. It works so well that I always wait for them to release a new matching version before upgrade to a new MySQL version.

On: I ported Mac OS X to the Nintendo Wii

[xuki]

Go ahead and downvote krsw, he is correct on every single thing he said.

On: Qatar helium shutdown puts chip supply chain on a two-week clock

[xuki]

Send it to the sun to get more helium!

[naruhodo → xuki]

Fill it with hydrogen and just squeeze really hard.

On: Qatar helium shutdown puts chip supply chain on a two-week clock

[xuki]

I'm not sure in this instance, but for industrial plants, the expectation is for them to run 24/7/365 without disruption. They're not designed to be turned off and then on again. When you shut something down, how do you "reset" it to a clean state so production can start again? Think about all the existing stuff still in the pipes, residual, etc.

On: Microgpt

[xuki]

Human internet is dead. I don't know how we can come back from this.

[dang → xuki]

It's going to take a while for HN (the community, the mods, and the software systems) to adapt. Hopefully we can find a new equilibrium, but there is going to be quite some turbulence for a while.

In the meantime, it's super helpful for people to let us know at hn@ycombinator.com when they see accounts like these which are posting nothing but what appear to be generated comments, so we can ban them.

Edit: (perhaps I shouldn't bury the lede): Generated comments aren't allowed on HN - https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que.... They never have been, and of course this rule is becoming more relevant these days.

[growingswe → xuki]

It's tragic. So many bots!

On: Mac mini will be made at a new facility in Houston

[xuki]

Mac mini is a relatively low volume product for Apple, the margin hit would not be consequential to their bottom line. I'll believe it when they start making iPhone in the US.