<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Hacker News: Gustomaximus</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=Gustomaximus</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 14:16:51 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=Gustomaximus" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Gustomaximus in "A New Spy Radio Signal Has Appeared. It's Broadcasting in Farsi"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>A mysterious shortwave radio station began broadcasting strings of numbers in Farsi on the day Israel and the United States first struck Iran. It hasn't stopped since.<p>If confirmed, it would be only the second new voice numbers station to be classified since a Vietnamese station went dark in 2016.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 14:45:15 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47309813</link><dc:creator>Gustomaximus</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47309813</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47309813</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A New Spy Radio Signal Has Appeared. It's Broadcasting in Farsi]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://theiceman.substack.com/p/a-new-spy-radio-signal-has-appeared">https://theiceman.substack.com/p/a-new-spy-radio-signal-has-appeared</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47309812">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47309812</a></p>
<p>Points: 6</p>
<p># Comments: 1</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 14:45:15 +0000</pubDate><link>https://theiceman.substack.com/p/a-new-spy-radio-signal-has-appeared</link><dc:creator>Gustomaximus</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47309812</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47309812</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Gustomaximus in "US Court of Appeals: TOS may be updated by email, use can imply consent [pdf]"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Dmitry Argarkov<p><a href="https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2013/08/14/man-who-outwitted-bank-ends-700k-lawsuit-a26770" rel="nofollow">https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2013/08/14/man-who-outwitted-...</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 13:54:43 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47309102</link><dc:creator>Gustomaximus</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47309102</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47309102</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Gustomaximus in "US plans online portal to bypass content bans in Europe and elsewhere"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>That seems crazy to me I read news there occasionally as I like to view opposite sides. Go to BBC, RT, France24 ,Al-Jazeera type sites and see what each has as their focus stories.<p>You're aware news sites are used to push agenda, some more than others, but that's half the interest of seeing what they push. And sometimes the more fringe have stories on what should be news but don't make it to mainstream media channels.<p>...anyway I'm more a believer in assuming people have a brain and can figure stuff out vs banning sites, both have danger to them but censorship seems the bigger danger to me.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 03:24:01 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47083269</link><dc:creator>Gustomaximus</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47083269</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47083269</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Gustomaximus in "Ask HN: What are your go-to websites for honest consumer electronics reviews?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Australia centric: <a href="https://forums.whirlpool.net.au/" rel="nofollow">https://forums.whirlpool.net.au/</a><p>Great site and community. I suspect keeping the interface so basic has kept it that way.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2025 04:07:17 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45601358</link><dc:creator>Gustomaximus</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45601358</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45601358</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Gustomaximus in "America is getting an AI gold rush instead of a factory boom"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I was thinking the issue might be its much better for factories to automate sections of production over time.<p>It must be a huge expense with risk to design a new factory, automate it end to end and push live hoping the market expectation for the product exists and the automation is as good as planned.<p>Whereas if you have a manual production line you could have a massive advantage as they can automate out sections ongoing and it allows engineers to build skills in this also as they go.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2025 07:18:47 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45577145</link><dc:creator>Gustomaximus</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45577145</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45577145</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Gustomaximus in "Who owns Express VPN, Nord, Surfshark? VPN relationships explained (2024)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I use a VPN for 3 main reasons:<p>1) I need to come out of a particular country for some systems access. If I'm travelling it's easier than having IT team change permissions.<p>2) I use dedicated IPs for some systems.<p>3) Testing websites where I want to appear local to a particular country.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2025 02:58:54 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45498972</link><dc:creator>Gustomaximus</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45498972</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45498972</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Gustomaximus in "Starlink is currently experiencing a service outage"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Not my experience or people around me (rural area so it's common). WFH with no fibre and patchy mobile so starlink is a godsend.<p>The most common outage is a regular 3am reboot. Otherwise outages are infrequent and typically a few seconds.<p>Also the latency is surprisingly good, it's not fibre but can game FPS on it.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2025 08:21:04 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45247348</link><dc:creator>Gustomaximus</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45247348</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45247348</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Gustomaximus in "Comparing the Climate and Productivity Impacts of a Shrinking Population"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Was a long article and only skim read, but wouldn't a bigger factor be rising living standards? As more of the world moves to developed world living standards, which would be ideal, if this shift is faster than green technology + depopulation we are going to see increased climate pressure. I didn't seem them mention this but my inexpert view seems the rising tide of living standards may present the real problem.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2025 06:28:58 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44506889</link><dc:creator>Gustomaximus</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44506889</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44506889</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Gustomaximus in "Ask HN: Do people actually pay for small web tools?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>> I'd love to make that I think would honestly be worth a small subscription ($5/mo maybe)<p>I buy a few things for web dev side. I'm a sample of one but I avoid /mth pricing for most stuff if I can and prefer annual. Maybe me but the 'another monthly subscription' feels annoying as much as I respect I want this for my own business.<p>Will almost always start using free first then pay if its business beneficial to feature enrich of scale.<p>I think your best focusing on free and getting users. Once you hit a threshold you can ask for some $$ and some people will feel that's reasonable. If you start paid I suspect you'll have little chance of growth unless you come out with something truly amazing.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2025 05:23:39 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44048526</link><dc:creator>Gustomaximus</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44048526</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44048526</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Gustomaximus in "Ask HN: Moving to London from California"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Unless it really doesn't suit your commute, pay more to be central. This will help you see the city + be social. It can be really difficult if you are one side of the city and your friends end up being the other side as you can have an hour travel to see people type deal.<p>With location, proximity to a station & what train line matters - you'll likely use the underground a bunch so consider your commute for this closely.<p>Take one of those bus tours. I did only after living there for years as 'that's for tourists' but its really worth it and gives a good city perspective.<p>Do lots of travel to Europe from London. So much is on your doorstep with cheap flights if flexible on where you go. Take advantage of this especially if kids are on the horizon.<p>If you dont already, learn to like beer and pubs. There's something better about British pubs and pub culture. Also it usually well priced reasonable quality meals.<p>Speaking of pubs, anything crowded in the city will have pickpockets so watch you phone/bag closely or it wont be there.<p>Its quite common to rent flats furnished, this is likely a good option for you to start. Also what I did as I had no rental history there is offer to pay 6-months up front (and requested a discount  for that) to show there financial risk was reduced.<p>Its an awesome city - I personally enjoyed immensely. I noticed people tended to be there 6-month or 6-years - it was kind of love or hate though, with the majority loving.<p>Oh and go to Shakespeare's globe theatre for me will you. I walked past that place for 2 years thinking I'll line that one up sometime and never did!</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2025 05:13:41 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44048481</link><dc:creator>Gustomaximus</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44048481</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44048481</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Gustomaximus in "Why does the U.S. always run a trade deficit?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>> There is no untapped source of demand anywhere in the world.<p>What about global growth and development? There are ~billion living in poverty + general low income for even more.<p>If India and other high population poor countries achieve what China did over the last ~50 years, while China continue to export while transitioning towards a consumption/service economy, there is another engine for global growth. I'm sceptical this will happen, but the potential source of demand is sitting there.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2025 04:55:04 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44048412</link><dc:creator>Gustomaximus</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44048412</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44048412</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Gustomaximus in "Show HN: We built a Plug-in Home Battery for the 99.7% of us without Powerwalls"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I live in an area where we get a handful of outages every year. From a few hours to a few days.<p>My current setup is a 2.8Kv generator I haul our of the shed, run a few extension cords to core things like fridge/freezer, internet, office etc.<p>This is a nice fit between a generator and a Powerwall. Generator is a pain if you have to setup + if not home the fridge stays off or my wife will leave to me unless its urgent. A Powerwall (or similar) is a significant investment.<p>This product covers people like me with occasional outages but it doesn't have the setup or out of home hassle, and its a more financially accessible solution than a Powerwall. I could def see people interested in this.</p>
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<p>There was a great chrome extension called "Linkclump" which let you 'screengrab' a section of a window and any links inside the shape that would open as new tabs.<p>Was super useful for checking out sites. Its now flagged in chrome now as not meeting their new requirements and cant find anything else like it - have people come across similar?<p>Linkclump: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/linkclump/lfpjkncokllnfokkgpkobnkbkmelfefj</p>
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<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43268146">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43268146</a></p>
<p>Points: 2</p>
<p># Comments: 0</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2025 15:47:39 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43268146</link><dc:creator>Gustomaximus</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43268146</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43268146</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Melbourne startup launches 'biological computer' made of human brain cells]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2025-03-05/cortical-labs-neuron-brain-chip/104996484">https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2025-03-05/cortical-labs-neuron-brain-chip/104996484</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43261218">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43261218</a></p>
<p>Points: 54</p>
<p># Comments: 37</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2025 00:27:34 +0000</pubDate><link>https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2025-03-05/cortical-labs-neuron-brain-chip/104996484</link><dc:creator>Gustomaximus</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43261218</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43261218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Gustomaximus in "GM exits robotaxi market, will bring Cruise operations in house"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I wouldn't take that as face value.<p>We know how big the taxi market is and it's growth rate. There is clearly room for a few businesses here alone. Then consider driverless will go beyond taxi to general transportation like trucking which is massive market. Also likely play a significant variable in what cars consumers choose.<p>I think the risk here is software tends to a winner (or small number of winners) gets all market.<p>That has to be a major risk/reward concern on the companies investing in this tech.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2024 11:50:46 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42386872</link><dc:creator>Gustomaximus</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42386872</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42386872</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Gustomaximus in "'Switches' are turning handguns into machine guns on Ontario streets"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>In my very limited experience of firing a handgun you shoot with a slight pause between shots to bring the muzzle back down on target.<p>If you go full auto, I suspect the shooter would find their muzzle going higher and higher so after the first couple shots they are shooting way high. So if they have 15 bullets in the magazine 3 are good and 12 are way off target type deal. Whereas if they were pulling the trigger at each shot they might aim the '12 air shots' more effectively.<p>Pure speculation but as I said has the feel of one of those things that may be counter intuitive to what you would initially expect.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 30 Nov 2024 14:02:42 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42281685</link><dc:creator>Gustomaximus</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42281685</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42281685</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Gustomaximus in "'Switches' are turning handguns into machine guns on Ontario streets"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Obviously not supporting having these switches, but wondering if it makes shooting more dangerous or less.<p>My non expert guess is the people using these 'pray and spray' in something I suspect is very hard to control. This would serve to make a heap of wild shots plus make them run out of bullets very quickly for any kind of follow up or ongoing fight. But at the same time send a heap of bullets fast.<p>I wonder if it becomes one of those events that on the surface looks far worse but statistically is not. Or more unintended bystander deaths?<p>To be clear. I don't know the answer or are promoting one, but it has the feeling of something that might have a counter initiative answer.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 30 Nov 2024 06:10:41 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42279908</link><dc:creator>Gustomaximus</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42279908</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42279908</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Gustomaximus in "Ask HN: As a parent how do you respond to kids school results?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>We focus on discussing their work effort and minimise focus on the grade.<p>That said we do have a 'B' rule where our 2 kids get an ice-cream for B's.<p>Our daughter is straight A student so we like to take the pressure off on getting a B.<p>Our son is dyslexic and tends to get C's so he gets an ice-cream for his B/A grades.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2024 00:13:41 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42251560</link><dc:creator>Gustomaximus</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42251560</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42251560</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Gustomaximus in "Australian employees now have the right to ignore work emails, calls after hours"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>For emails, I generally feel these are a 24hr thing. I turn off email alerts so I can focus on my tasks then check a few times a day only.<p>I used to filter CC emails into their own folder for reading maybe once a day which worked mostly well but occasionally people can't seem to use to/CC as they are supposed to.<p>Calls I always try to pickup or callback asap but my job calls usually means urgent.<p>Chat like Teams I'm mixed. Often it's urgent but too many people use  Teams in my current company like email and it's really disruptive to work flow getting 50 unimportant messages a day + long "just one more thing' task requests. Ive considered putting an auto-reply of "if it's not on JIRA it's not a task" but that would not come across well.<p>But generally I feel a better law change would be right to work your contracted hours. Put the onus on the company that they have to get your workload to the contracted hours or pay overtime. Some exceptions for execs on top end pay, but generally this would be a better win for employees, and then you can get that after work call but your being paid extra, which in itself will make people think twice about calling etc when they know there is a cost.</p>
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