internet2000 (u/internet2000)

internet2000 commented on Ask HN: How do you handle release notes for multiple audiences? · Posted by u/glidr_dev

3rodents · 4 hours ago

Perhaps the perfect time to ask: why are release notes like this on the App Store? Are they a required field and this is the default? Does a popular tool use this value?

internet2000 · 4 hours ago

The real answer is this: https://www.reddit.com/r/iOSProgramming/comments/1efubql/im_...

Not only nobody reads them, but Apple forces you to translate them into languages even less than nobody read. It'd be an improvement if they only required English text.

internet2000 commented on Nokia N900 Necromancy yaky.dev/2025-12-11-nokia... · Posted by u/yaky

specialp · 2 days ago

I remember when the N900 came out other phones including the iPhone could not process a web page with AJAX or most javascript and Flash. It truly gave you a desktop experience on a phone. You could open a terminal and ssh into a server or do whatever you want. Another funny thing people forget: It had another Finnish company's game for it that later became wildly successful: Rovio Angry Birds

internet2000 · 2 days ago

Web browsing wasn't a particular strength of it. I remember the N900's browser came with a version of Gecko around a year old by the time. Flash support was a downside. And of course, contemporary iPhones ran circles around it in smoothness.

internet2000 commented on Nokia N900 Necromancy yaky.dev/2025-12-11-nokia... · Posted by u/yaky

internet2000 · 2 days ago

Buddy, just buy a replacement battery https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=BL-5J

internet2000 commented on The fuck off contact page nicchan.me/blog/the-f-off... · Posted by u/OuterVale

stavros · 5 days ago

I hated it. It looks really pretty, but was terrible for reading. Half my phone screen was taken up by icons, and there was no scrollbar so I had no idea how long the article was. I really needed reader mode for it.

internet2000 · 5 days ago

In the industry, we call this the "fuck off article design" (I gave up reading midway through the post.)

internet2000 commented on What the heck is going on at Apple? cnn.com/2025/12/06/tech/a... · Posted by u/methuselah_in

randycupertino · 6 days ago

There's more than just 4 execs and imo an unprecedented level of turnover for a historically very stable company. It’s multiple senior leaders across legal, policy, AI, design, hardware, and operations leaving within a short period, making it one of Apple’s most significant leadership shakeups in years, which is why several outlets are finding it newsworthy.

1) John Giannandrea, Senior VP of Machine Learning & AI Strategy, Apple’s AI chief is leaving in 2026 after setbacks with Siri, his entire team is being reorganized and cut.

2) Alan Dye, VP of Design and responsible for liquid glass left for Meta Bloomberg

3) Kate Adams, the top lawyer and general counsel is leaving

4) Lisa Jackson, VP of Policy & Social Initiatives also leaving

5) Johny Srouji, hardware/chip head, said he is "seriously considering leaving" which is really interesting seeing as he actually said that out loud for press to report on.

6) Jeff Williams, COO retired

7) Luca Maestri the CFO left ealier this year

8) Ruoming Pang the AI foundation leader left for Meta

9) Ke Yang, head of Siri search also left for Meta.

A lot of other AI engineers have also left.

internet2000 · 6 days ago

1, 8 and 9 leaving is expected. They failed at their jobs.

3 and 4 literally don't matter.

5, 6 and 7 probably left / are going to leave because they got news they wouldn't get the CEO role once Cook retires.

2 is the big surprise that raises the most eyebrows.

Seems it's mostly succession drama with a side of failure @ AI.

internet2000 commented on The Anatomy of a macOS App eclecticlight.co/2025/12/... · Posted by u/elashri

mitchellh · 6 days ago

> while that shown in blue is the stapled notarisation ticket (optional)

This is correct, but practically speaking non-notarized apps are pretty terrible to use for a user enough so that this isn't optional and you're going to pay your $99/yr Apple tax.

(This only applies to distributed software, if you are only building and running apps for your own personal use, its not bad because macOS lets you do that without the scary warnings)

For users who aren't aware of notarization, your app looks straight up broken. See screenshots in the Apple support site here: https://support.apple.com/en-us/102445

For users who are aware, you used to be able to right click and "run" apps and nowadays you need to actually go all the way into system settings to allow it: https://developer.apple.com/news/?id=saqachfa

I'm generally a fan of what Apple does for security but I think notarization specifically for apps outside the App Store has been a net negative for all parties involved. I'd love to hear a refutation to that because I've tried to find concrete evidence that notarization has helped prevent real issues and haven't been able to yet.

internet2000 · 6 days ago

Maybe half of the 3rd party apps I have on my applications folder right now are not notarized. It’s really not that big of a deal.

internet2000 commented on The RAM shortage comes for us all jeffgeerling.com/blog/202... · Posted by u/speckx

internet2000 · 9 days ago

Hopefully Apple uses their volume as leverage to avoid getting affected by this for as long as possible. I can ride it out if they manage to.

internet2000 commented on Imgur geo-blocked the UK, so I geo-unblocked my network blog.tymscar.com/posts/im... · Posted by u/tymscar

internet2000 · 15 days ago

> ⌘+F, "vote", Not found

Seems the author forgot one step.

internet2000 commented on Tell HN: Happy Thanksgiving · Posted by u/prodigycorp

internet2000 · 16 days ago

Thanks Dang your a LEGEND

internet2000 commented on The EU made Apple adopt new Wi-Fi standards, and now Android can support AirDrop arstechnica.com/gadgets/2... · Posted by u/cyclecount

madeofpalk · 17 days ago

People keep mentioning Wi-Fi Aware with this, but so far haven't seen anyone actually prove that this is the case.

Apple undoubtedly added Wi-Fi Aware support to iOS https://developer.apple.com/documentation/WiFiAware, but its not clear whether iOS actually supports AirDrop over Wi-Fi Aware. Apple clearly hasn't completely dropped AWDL for AirDrop, because you can still AirDrop from iOS 26 to earlier devices.

Note that the Ars Technica article never directly makes the claim that Apple supports Airdrop over Wi-Fi Aware. The title is two independent statements - "The EU made Apple adopt new Wi-Fi standards, and now Android can support AirDrop" - that's true.

> Google doesn’t mention it in either Quick Share post, but if you’re wondering why it’s suddenly possible for Quick Share to work with AirDrop, it can almost certainly be credited to European Union regulations imposed under the Digital Markets Act (DMA).

Again, they're just theorising. They never directly make the claim. Would love on Hacker News for someone to do some Hacking and actually figure it out for real!

internet2000 · 17 days ago

It's frustrating how much people want this to be an EU win they'll fabricate evidence. The same happened with RCS in iOS, everybody jumped in to credit it to the EU, when you can find the document spelling out how RCS is a requirement for China.