What Is a Dickover?(daringfireball.net)

379 points by tambourine_man 4 months ago | 148 comments

John Gruber's Daring Fireball post coining "dickover" for modal popovers that obscure web content to force unwanted interactions like cookie consent or newsletter signups.

'AI Mania Is Eviscerating Global Decision-Making'(daringfireball.net)

22 points by robenkleene 3 months ago | 3 comments

Coming to Grips with Apple's Seemingly Unshakable Sense of Entitlement(daringfireball.net)

91 points by chmaynard 2 years ago | 80 comments

Markdown is meant to be shown (2021)(daringfireball.net)

162 points by SoKamil 2 years ago | 134 comments

James Thomson on the Origins of the macOS Dock(daringfireball.net)

60 points by tosh 1 year ago | 39 comments

macOS 26 Tahoe's Dead Canary Utility App Icons(daringfireball.net)

345 points by Bogdanp 1 year ago | 141 comments

Daring Fireball post by John Gruber critiquing the redesigned utility app icons in macOS 26 Tahoe as a warning sign for Apple's design direction.

Om Malik has died(om.co)

1286 points by minimaxir 4 months ago | 159 comments

Death announcement on Om Malik's blog stating he passed away June 24, 2026 at Stanford Hospital after a long heart illness, inviting remembrances.

The MacBook Neo(daringfireball.net)

603 points by etothet 7 months ago | 947 comments

John Gruber's Daring Fireball piece on Apple's MacBook Neo, tracing how iPhone A-series chip performance foreshadowed it.

John C. Dvorak has died(twitter.com)

865 points by coleca 3 months ago | 286 comments

A post on X from The No Agenda Show account announcing the death of tech journalist and podcast host John C. Dvorak at age 74.

Tell HN: John Friel my father, internet pioneer and creator of QModem, has died

988 points by AaronFriel 1 year ago | 87 comments

A Hacker News post by Aaron Friel announcing the death of his father John Friel, creator of QModem, inviting people to share memories.

Jake Seliger has died(marginalrevolution.com)

908 points by A_D_E_P_T 2 years ago | 189 comments

Alex Tabarrok's Marginal Revolution post remembering writer Jake Seliger after his death from cancer, noting his advocacy for faster drug development.

Remembering Bob Lee

1986 points by aEJ04Izw5HYm 3 years ago | 135 comments

Hacker News discussion thread inviting users to share memories of Bob Lee, former Square CTO and technologist, after his death.