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Kirk McElhearn
Personal blog · kirkville.comhardwareculture
Kirk McElhearn writes Kirkville, a personal blog at kirkville.com about hardware and culture. Since 2017, 18 different Hacker News readers have linked it 19 times, most often “Apple’s Measure App and Accuracy”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-28, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (6) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Kirk McElhearn's posts on Apple hardware and software, such as iPad sales, Time Machine server setup, and the Measure app, plus USB cables and ad blocking. Most links are cited as sources or how-tos.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 6 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Writings by Kirk McElhearn about Apple products, photography, music, books, and more.
Most-linked posts?
- Apple’s Measure App and Accuracy2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2018-09-19
- NameCheap Name Server Vulnerability Allows Unauthorized Creation of Subdomains2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2018-02-06
What Hacker News says?
>"However, further research showed that this domain hosts the code of an anti-adblocking startup Admiral" Who goes to work for an anti ad blocking startup? What is their mission statement "to make the web a more intrusive place"? I am OK with Ads and understand their purpose in the business model. The reason I use and ad blocker is because of how intrusive they are to consuming actual content. You can subscribe yes…
Comment linking /i-pay-for-news-why-do-i-still-see-ads/
on “Ad blocking is under attack”Submitted I Pay for News; Why Do I Still See Intrusive Ads? (2017) as a story · 250 points
HN discussionWires don't always work. If you think wires always work, you've never dealt with the vagaries of SCSI or FibreChannel or even 10gigabit ethernet. Hell Benson Leung became net famous for reviewing all the problems with USB cables ( https://kirkville.com/google-employee-reviews-usb-c-cables-o... ) let alone the insanity between USB devices (and this was before the whole USB 3, USB 3.1, USB 3.1 Gen 1, USB 3.1 Gen 2, an…
Comment linking /google-employee-reviews-usb-c-cables-on-amazon-to-warn-about-faulty-cables/
on “Wireless Is a Trap”Submitted I Now Assume That All Ads on Apple News Are Scams as a story · 80 points
HN discussionApple posted its first full-year iPad sales dip in fiscal 2014. Unit sales slipped 4% that year, while revenue fell 5%. The sales declines accelerated thereafter. In fiscal 2015, unit sales plunged 19% and revenue dropped by 23%. In fiscal 2016, unit sales fell another 17%, while revenue tumbled 11%. Double-digit declines along both metrics continued in the first quarter of fiscal 2017. The net result is that Apple…
Comment linking /has-apple-lost-interest-in-the-mac/
on “iPad Pro”Submitted Screen Time on macOS Catalina Isn’t Reporting Actual App Usage as a story · 4 points
HN discussionThey are DNG files, but I don't think they're truly raw like one might expect from other cameras[1]. I just downloaded the DNG posted in the article and took a look in Photoshop with all post-processing turned off. Definitely looks a bit processed in some of the background details, but I could be wrong. Specifically, the out-of-focus shadow details look like a smoothing or denoising algorithm has been applied. Maybe…
Comment linking /apples-new-proraw-photo-format-is-neither-pro-nor-raw/
on “iPhone 14 Pro Camera Review: Scotland”Submitted Namecheap hosting vulnerability let crooks create subdomains on other accounts as a story · 3 points
HN discussionTime Machine server is now built-in into macOS... it used to be part of macOS server but Apple recently moved it to standard macOS. Personally I have a Mac Mini being used as a Plex Server and now as a Time Machine server too. Instructions on how to activate it: https://www.kirkville.com/how-to-use-time-machine-server-in-...
Comment linking /how-to-use-time-machine-server-in-macos-high-sierra/
on “Apple ends production of AirPort base stations”Submitted NameCheap Name Server Vulnerability Allows Unauthorized Creation of Subdomains as a story · 3 points
HN discussionI think this post is better off linking to the original (Kirk’s): https://www.kirkville.com/apples-measure-app-and-accuracy/ It took me a full minute to figure out how to get to it from loopinsight, and I don’t think loopinsight provides any additional “insight” at all...
Comment linking /apples-measure-app-and-accuracy/
on “iOS 12's new Measure app is simply not accurate. Don't count on it”Submitted If Only Apple Would Let You Use Your Own Domain for iCloud Email… as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Apple’s Measure App and Accuracy as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The many shades of (Apple's) space gray as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Kindle Moment (Fire and Fury Unavailability) as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Where is eBook Interoperability? as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Stop auto-play videos like CNN from annoying you in Safari as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why Is Apple Asking for These Documents to Change Address on Developer Account? as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why iTunes Isn’t Bloated (2015) as a story · 1 points
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