Hacker News: CynicusRex

New comment by CynicusRex in "My Windows Computer Just Doesn't Feel Like Mine Anymore"

CynicusRex — Sat, 22 Jun 2024 07:00:25 +0000

I beg to differ, Linux is way more straightforward. Within each new Windows version they keep switching things around, adding layers upon layers and options within options within option that point back toward the initial options page, where you end up in a loop. The search function rarely finds the settings I want. Edge search results by default, including digital cancer such as Instagram, TikTok, et cetera, on the start menu by default.

Now too, for normal computer users who don't want to tweak their operating system and only need basic utilities, and are able to read and follow simple instructions, Linux has long become way more accessible than Windows.

New comment by CynicusRex in "Telegram Stars: Pay for Digital Goods and More"

CynicusRex — Thu, 06 Jun 2024 19:54:38 +0000

Each iteration I dislike Telegram a bit more. It used to be the sleek "flagship killer" among chat software, but now it's slowly becoming bloatware. Their positive stance on pyramid schemes was were it all went downhill.

New comment by CynicusRex in "YouTube stops working for millions as war against ad blockers intensifies"

CynicusRex — Thu, 30 May 2024 16:42:47 +0000

Don't use ads and I'll start paying.

New comment by CynicusRex in "Ubuntu 24.10 to Default to Wayland for Nvidia Users"

CynicusRex — Mon, 20 May 2024 06:48:19 +0000

“I don't really want to deal with all the little annoyances anymore” and “I have zero issues with Windows” does not compute. Or are you running Windows XP/7?

I'm running EndevourOS (Arch), KDE Plasma 6 on X11 and rarely have issues. Wayland isn't nice to me though. And as long as XScreenSaver doesn't work on it I likely won't switch. The same for AutoKey, although Hawck seems to be an alternative (https://github.com/snyball/Hawck).

New comment by CynicusRex in "How the US Is Destroying Young People's Future – Scott Galloway – Ted [video]"

CynicusRex — Mon, 06 May 2024 06:05:41 +0000

Relevant to Europe too.

New comment by CynicusRex in "US drug control agency will move to reclassify marijuana"

CynicusRex — Wed, 01 May 2024 06:37:49 +0000

“People aren't children to be appeased by such gestures.”

Good one.

Bobby Fischer on Paul Morphy and how opening theory destroyed chess [video]

CynicusRex — Tue, 30 Apr 2024 20:37:23 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P349BdHUxlc

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40216016

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

New comment by CynicusRex in "World Wide Web (1991)"

CynicusRex — Sat, 27 Apr 2024 08:56:09 +0000

The first website is still more user-friendly, faster, and prettier than most of the Web today.

“Web4 should run on LaTeX. The World Wide Web is broken: it is dominated by a handful of websites, nearly everything is financed by ads, bloated tech needlessly slows down surfing, NFTs and blockchain are digital cancer, et cetera. Stop it. Just stop it.” —https://www.cynicusrex.com/file/web4.html

POSSE: Publish (on your) Own Site, Syndicate Elsewhere (https://indieweb.org/POSSE)

New comment by CynicusRex in "Crypto Mixer Samourai Wallet's Co-Founders Arrested for Money Laundering"

CynicusRex — Fri, 26 Apr 2024 15:19:34 +0000

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Money corrupts; bitcoin corrupts absolutely. Disregarding all of bitcoin's shortcomings, a financial instrument that brings out the worst in people—greed—won't change the world for the better. https://www.cynicusrex.com/file/cryptocultscience.html

New comment by CynicusRex in "Meta Llama 3"

CynicusRex — Thu, 18 Apr 2024 16:42:09 +0000

It's by Facebook, currently hidden behind the veil of Meta, so what's the catch?

New comment by CynicusRex in "[dead]"

CynicusRex — Mon, 15 Apr 2024 05:27:36 +0000

“The world of cryptocurrencies is one of the sectors of society that embraces the "degen" the most. It has ups and downs that are unseen in almost any other market.”

Because it's a multi-level marketing pyramid/Ponzi scheme.

[Money corrupts; bitcoin corrupts absolutely; https://www.cynicusrex.com/file/cryptocultscience.html]

New comment by CynicusRex in "[dead]"

CynicusRex — Fri, 29 Mar 2024 09:07:05 +0000

I find it most satisfying that the majority of negative comments just corroborate the article.

New comment by CynicusRex in "Ibis, a federated Wikipedia alternative"

CynicusRex — Thu, 14 Mar 2024 06:49:52 +0000

Horrible rendering on mobile. And screw those pyramid scheme (crypto“currency”) donation links.

Linus's Law

CynicusRex — Sat, 03 Feb 2024 19:27:38 +0000

Article URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus%27s_law

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39243847

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

Prime 997 and the Significance of 1

CynicusRex — Thu, 18 Jan 2024 19:46:22 +0000

Article URL: https://www.cynicusrex.com/file/997.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39046639

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

CEOs may be tough, but cleaning is tougher

CynicusRex — Wed, 17 Jan 2024 00:10:56 +0000

Article URL: https://www.cynicusrex.com/file/cleaning.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39021127

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by CynicusRex in "AI to hit 40% of jobs and worsen inequality, IMF says"

CynicusRex — Mon, 15 Jan 2024 07:47:29 +0000

Give us that list, please?

New comment by CynicusRex in "Spot Bitcoin ETF receives official approval from the SEC"

CynicusRex — Thu, 11 Jan 2024 15:59:45 +0000

So merely by luck of being born earlier you deserve to be wealthier than any future generations?

New comment by CynicusRex in "Spot Bitcoin ETF receives official approval from the SEC"

CynicusRex — Thu, 11 Jan 2024 08:54:06 +0000

> You buy bitcoin at the price you deserve.

This is out-of-touch on so many levels. What about people born in ten years? What about people born in ten years in developing countries? The only thing crypto“currencies” have done is increase the wealth disparity and greed.

https://www.cynicusrex.com/file/cryptocultscience.html

New comment by CynicusRex in "Where Have All the Websites Gone?"

CynicusRex — Wed, 10 Jan 2024 20:54:54 +0000

My shout-out page: https://www.cynicusrex.com/shoutout.html