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Paul Kafasis
Personal blog · onefoottsunami.comwritingculture
Paul Kafasis writes One Foot Tsunami, a personal blog at onefoottsunami.com about writing and culture. Since 2010, 17 different Hacker News readers have linked it 28 times, most often “The Singing Ice Machine”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-11-02, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Paul Kafasis's posts on Apple's control over which apps run on iOS devices, including after ICEBlock was removed, and on tech demos that over-promised, such as early Siri claims.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Humor writing that’s less disappointing than it sounds, from the literal one and only Paul Kafasis
Most-linked posts?
- The Singing Ice Machine2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2022-09-21
- macOS Tahoe's Terrible Icons2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2025-11-05
What Hacker News says?
From: https://onefoottsunami.com/2025/10/03/iceblock-blocked/ > Gosh, it’s almost like Apple serving as the exclusive gatekeeper for what software can be installed on the iPhone (and iPad, and Apple TV, and Apple Watch, and Vision Pro) is a bad thing that creates a single point of failure which can be abused by increasingly authoritarian governments. Apple should not be able to decide which apps their customers are…
Comment linking /2025/10/03/iceblock-blocked/
on “Google removes ICE-spotting app following Apple's ICEBlock crackdown”Submitted Finally, it will be possible to flip someone off via emoji as a story · 64 points
HN discussion> Siri and Alexa were demoed using pretested phrases and a speaker with a neutral accent in a quiet studio it's not just "happy path" - for the longest time, Siri could not even understand the samples extracted from it's own advertisement - it was straight up fabricate - https://onefoottsunami.com/2012/05/23/over-promise-and-under...
Comment linking /2012/05/23/over-promise-and-under-deliver/
on “Former Employees Allege Tesla Faked Original Full Self-Driving Video”Submitted The Ever Loving Hell as a story · 61 points
HN discussionSubmitted Creeping on You in the Cold Drinks Aisle as a story · 57 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Singing Ice Machine as a story · 15 points
HN discussionSubmitted macOS Tahoe's Terrible Icons as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted Notification Summary Miscues as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Not So Super, Apple as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted This is the MagSafe to MagSafe 2 adapter as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Tahoe's Terrible Icons: macOS 26's new icons are a step backwards as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted The FT's Humane JavaScript as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Over-Promise and Under-Deliver as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted We Are the One and Only You as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Don’t Do Business with Inkjet Supply and Hostage Situations Incorporated as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Meditations on an Inexpensive Laundry Basket as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted USPS’s New “Premium” Tracking as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Stop Being Sexist, Siri as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted My Apple Dumbwatch as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted One Foot Tsunami: After All, We're All Somebody's Father as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Giant Pandas Are Poorly Designed as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted One Foot Tsunami: Redacted Brands as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Y'all are weird, email marketers as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Singing Ice Machine as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted All the Buns Are Blank as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Continued Improvements in Blood Donor Screening as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Other Virtual Assistants Are Sexist Too as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Cowboys.com as a story · 1 points
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