Hacker News: Maximus9000

New comment by Maximus9000 in "Car Seats as Contraception"

Maximus9000 — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 21:39:52 +0000

That seems reasonable. Which state do you live in?

New comment by Maximus9000 in "Tech employment now significantly worse than the 2008 or 2020 recessions"

Maximus9000 — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 21:27:43 +0000

That's funny, I'm also thinking about Electrician.

New comment by Maximus9000 in "AI Doesn't Reduce Work–It Intensifies It"

Maximus9000 — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 16:28:51 +0000

Did you know your comment was featured in TechCrunch?

https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/09/the-first-signs-of-burnout...

New comment by Maximus9000 in "In New York City, congestion pricing leads to marked drop in pollution"

Maximus9000 — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 18:08:01 +0000

Isn't times square already pedestrian?

https://ny.curbed.com/2017/4/19/15358234/times-square-snohet...

New comment by Maximus9000 in "Exploit allows for takeover of fleets of Unitree robots"

Maximus9000 — Fri, 26 Sep 2025 18:44:54 +0000

are talking about unmanned drones?

New comment by Maximus9000 in "The ROI of Exercise"

Maximus9000 — Sat, 23 Aug 2025 12:03:47 +0000

Can you recommend any specific games that meet these requirements? I don't have VR, but I remember playing "Super hot VR" and getting a surprisingly good workout from that game.

New comment by Maximus9000 in "Home Depot sued for 'secretly' using facial recognition at self-checkouts"

Maximus9000 — Thu, 21 Aug 2025 12:36:21 +0000

This might fool the gait analysis, but they will come up with more metrics to analyze you by. You can't beat it. IMO, the only way to stop this is government

New comment by Maximus9000 in "The Death of Daydreaming: What we lose when phones take away boredom"

Maximus9000 — Mon, 05 May 2025 15:49:20 +0000

Some audio is poor for daydreaming though. Audiobooks and podcasts often require attention (some music too).

New comment by Maximus9000 in "TikTok preparing for U.S. shut-off on Sunday"

Maximus9000 — Fri, 17 Jan 2025 16:21:34 +0000

If buying a plastic toilet bowl cleaner, I don't care where it comes from. If buying a 5G network equipment, we do care. Most of the stuff we buy from China is plastic junk.

New comment by Maximus9000 in "TikTok preparing for U.S. shut-off on Sunday"

Maximus9000 — Thu, 16 Jan 2025 01:27:35 +0000

Google the phase "flood the zone with shit". Your strategy only works if most of the people speaking/writing are genuinely trying to make the world a better place. If state actors are trying to flood the zone with anything and everything, then it becomes impossible for John Everyman to distinguish signal from noise.

New comment by Maximus9000 in "A new dental scam is to pull healthy teeth to sell you expensive fake ones"

Maximus9000 — Fri, 01 Nov 2024 17:15:22 +0000

> This might sound stupid but I refuse to go to dentists that have "too nice" of an office.

You'd love mine. Their x-ray machine is still rocking windows Vista - and that machine is definitely plugged into the internet. With that said, I like them as a dentist.

New comment by Maximus9000 in "California Bans Sell-By Dates"

Maximus9000 — Thu, 10 Oct 2024 15:00:29 +0000

I've seen it on vinegar too.

New comment by Maximus9000 in "iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max"

Maximus9000 — Mon, 09 Sep 2024 20:15:55 +0000

I'd add "10x optical zoom"

New comment by Maximus9000 in "iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max"

Maximus9000 — Mon, 09 Sep 2024 20:09:24 +0000

As a regular user, I'd still like 10x optical zoom

New comment by Maximus9000 in "Leaked Microsoft pay data shows how much software engineers report making"

Maximus9000 — Thu, 22 Aug 2024 15:33:27 +0000

Cries in Canadian monies

New comment by Maximus9000 in "Within 2 years, 90% of organizations will suffer a critical tech skills shortage"

Maximus9000 — Tue, 04 Jun 2024 18:20:45 +0000

Do you think it will bounce back? or was 2021/2022 the peak of a long and slow decline in tech jobs.

New comment by Maximus9000 in "Exit Strategy: The Case for Single-Stair Egress"

Maximus9000 — Thu, 16 May 2024 23:48:52 +0000

That looks cool! Video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzETWeO5nqw

New comment by Maximus9000 in "New gel breaks down alcohol in the body"

Maximus9000 — Tue, 14 May 2024 17:16:57 +0000

Take this gel at the end of the night so that you don't have a hangover the next day?

New comment by Maximus9000 in "The LaserDisc"

Maximus9000 — Wed, 01 May 2024 13:31:25 +0000

The photos aren't great at showing the scale. It was like a CD but it was as big as a vinyl record. like this:

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3833/9373539522_a3065346b8.jp...

New comment by Maximus9000 in "Open Sourcing DOS 4"

Maximus9000 — Fri, 26 Apr 2024 13:01:31 +0000

win 3.1 was released in early 1992. It looks like it was Dos 5.0 and 6.0 by then.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_DOS_operating_syst...