Hacker News: chrismcb

New comment by chrismcb in "Why Switzerland has 25 Gbit internet and America doesn't"

chrismcb — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 20:16:45 +0000

Because it isn't a free market in the USA. And those that regulate it don't seem to care. Or maybe it is those that have been granted a monopoly do everything they can to retain said monopoly. Things would be different if we actually had a free market

New comment by chrismcb in "Oregon school cell phone ban: 'Engaged students, joyful teachers'"

chrismcb — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 22:27:58 +0000

Smart phones came out like 20 years ago. Why did it take so long to ban them in schools?

New comment by chrismcb in "The return-to-the-office trend backfires"

chrismcb — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 04:14:52 +0000

Lockstep? Once the major company did it, it was easy for others to follow. No conspiracy here. You are right, it is about controlling labor, watching the workforce, justifying the office expense. But I think a lot of your questions are just coincidental. As much as I enjoy working from home (been doing it for most of the last two decades) there are some advantageous to new hires working in the office.

New comment by chrismcb in "Entomologists use a particle accelerator to image ants at scale"

chrismcb — Sat, 07 Mar 2026 05:56:54 +0000

Them? I think we've seen this movie

New comment by chrismcb in "Banned in California"

chrismcb — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 02:09:18 +0000

California, by density, is that highly populated. I didn't really like the idea is "hey we need to build something that uses a toxic process, by just don't build it here. Build it somewhere else." Unless that somewhere else is in outer space.

New comment by chrismcb in "San Francisco Graffiti"

chrismcb — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 01:24:29 +0000

By definition graffiti is non consensual. If there is consent then it is a mural.

New comment by chrismcb in "The world of Japanese snack bars"

chrismcb — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 01:21:21 +0000

But... It was a third place for you as well.

New comment by chrismcb in "How Markdown took over the world"

chrismcb — Sat, 10 Jan 2026 08:04:39 +0000

Provided you know the byte format of the text.

New comment by chrismcb in "The Graffiti Question"

chrismcb — Sat, 20 Dec 2025 22:42:01 +0000

"Their work is, by nature, uncredited." Uhm... Most graffiti is actually just a tag, the artist's tag. So, most graffiti is literally just the artists credit. And, by definition, they are vandals, not heroes.

New comment by chrismcb in "The Average Founder Ages 6 Months Each Year"

chrismcb — Sat, 13 Dec 2025 06:03:36 +0000

The title clearly states that the average founder doesn't grow old as fast as everyone else. I assume ur actually meant that the age of the average find increases 6 months every year. So, no, not very clear

New comment by chrismcb in "Vacuum bricked after user blocks data collection – user mods it to run anyway"

chrismcb — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 22:42:46 +0000

Well, no. You can't just revoke a license. As far as owning the software in the device, I works would argue that you do own a copy of it. I'm sure there is some buried tos claiming you just own a license to run it, and I know this is still being litigated. But when the average person purchases someone their expectation is that they've purchased it, not licensed it.

New comment by chrismcb in "The least amount of CSS for a decent looking site (2023)"

chrismcb — Tue, 07 Oct 2025 05:15:50 +0000

You won't make 100% of the users happy. In fact if argue you would make the majority of the users unhappy. I don't want to have to realize my browser for every web site. Is rather have a website that is fairly easy to read without me doing anything. I think most people would want that.

New comment by chrismcb in "Seattle, Tech Boomtown, Grapples with a Future of Fewer Tech Jobs"

chrismcb — Mon, 22 Sep 2025 06:49:05 +0000

I'm curious to know what you consider good weather.

New comment by chrismcb in "I launched a Mac utility; now there are 5 clones on the App Store using my story"

chrismcb — Wed, 17 Sep 2025 00:19:16 +0000

Personally I works at least submit a DCMA takedown of the plagiarizing.

New comment by chrismcb in "Study: Hashtags and humour are used to spread extreme content on social media"

chrismcb — Sat, 06 Sep 2025 22:51:24 +0000

Isn't that true it ANY content?

New comment by chrismcb in "Experimental Hook-and-Loop Attachment System for Walls and Floors"

chrismcb — Sat, 06 Sep 2025 13:25:20 +0000

Why are you puzzled? "Doesn't work with rigid surfaces" shows it working with a non rigid surface. Of course what the article says is a true system didn't work with a rigid surface, but they came up with something close.

New comment by chrismcb in "Substack just killed the creator economy"

chrismcb — Mon, 01 Sep 2025 03:42:21 +0000

Yes. I think it is too hard for the average person. It is one reason why some of these other became popular

New comment by chrismcb in "Beginning 1 September, we will need to geoblock Mississippi IPs"

chrismcb — Wed, 27 Aug 2025 21:00:11 +0000

That wasn't a loophole. It was just a bunch of people evading taxes.

New comment by chrismcb in "Spending too much time at airports"

chrismcb — Sun, 24 Aug 2025 22:37:49 +0000

Are you asking? No they are not the same. Sure they take in the same input, but boy they can figure it how to do it differently

New comment by chrismcb in "Pixel 10 Phones"

chrismcb — Thu, 21 Aug 2025 22:22:07 +0000

I get, I guess it is the "comically oversized"phone and I consider it to small. So...