Hacker News: deejaaymac

New comment by deejaaymac in "AI uses less water than the public thinks"

deejaaymac — Fri, 01 May 2026 19:28:31 +0000

Where's the beef?!

New comment by deejaaymac in "How to be anti-social – a guide to incoherent and isolating social experiences"

deejaaymac — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 18:31:49 +0000

I mean, some of these are legitimate stragety to surviving corp America.

New comment by deejaaymac in "New laws to make it easier to cancel subscriptions and get refunds"

deejaaymac — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 15:23:15 +0000

Idk if you have something like this in Singapore but I use an app called 'privacy' that let's me make vendor specific digital cards, and I can pause them, set limits, etc.

New comment by deejaaymac in "Hong Kong police can now demand phone passwords under new security rules"

deejaaymac — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 15:17:28 +0000

5 years in prison can destroy your life easily, so yeah, what's the difference?

New comment by deejaaymac in "“Your frustration is the product”"

deejaaymac — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 15:09:35 +0000

I know of one but it's niche. OpenSubtitles allows people to pay for ads at the start/end of content when you download subtitles on the fly. I've seen countless NordVPN ads in subtitles.

New comment by deejaaymac in "Meta Platforms: Lobbying, dark money, and the App Store Accountability Act"

deejaaymac — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 14:53:45 +0000

Pretty sure Vlad the Impaler, Hitler, etc. did worse things to people than anything any of us saw on the internet. So, should we censor history books?

New comment by deejaaymac in "ATMs didn’t kill bank teller jobs, but the iPhone did"

deejaaymac — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 02:29:16 +0000

I do 100% of my banking from my GOS phone and I have like 7 bank apps

New comment by deejaaymac in "Tinnitus Is Connected to Sleep"

deejaaymac — Sat, 07 Mar 2026 15:20:24 +0000

I also should have mentioned this; despite having tinnitus my actual hearing is very good, and yeah a white noise or fan does wonders

New comment by deejaaymac in "Tinnitus Is Connected to Sleep"

deejaaymac — Sat, 07 Mar 2026 15:19:13 +0000

I've had tinnitus longer than I can remember (33m) and I also have moderate visual snow also as long as I can remember. Sadly, I have no tips on tuning it out, but I'd do anything for a cure

New comment by deejaaymac in "Setting up phones is a nightmare"

deejaaymac — Sun, 01 Mar 2026 16:37:41 +0000

If you use android and don't choose GrapheneOS then idk what to tell you, its been an awesome experience with no issues for the last ~5ish years I've used it.

New comment by deejaaymac in "Claws are now a new layer on top of LLM agents"

deejaaymac — Sun, 22 Feb 2026 18:56:53 +0000

Just to clarify; you're comparing nuclear weapons to lines of code that generate text/images?

New comment by deejaaymac in "Keep Android Open"

deejaaymac — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 04:25:42 +0000

The faraday bag I keep with me in my backpack!

New comment by deejaaymac in "Keep Android Open"

deejaaymac — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 04:21:17 +0000

So what you're saying is we go after the banking system next.

Decentralized banking is the future!

INB4 someone mentions some edge case like 'grandma got scammed' or refunds.

New comment by deejaaymac in "Sizing chaos"

deejaaymac — Wed, 18 Feb 2026 23:54:35 +0000

As a male who has been on both ends of the spectrum (morbidly obese) and 'fit' / bodybuilder I find the whole discussion about size, clothing, weight, vanity, etc incredibly boring.

Buy whatever clothes you're comfortable in and take steps to not be obese, and uninstall social media while you're at it. It really is that simple.

New comment by deejaaymac in "Dave Farber has died"

deejaaymac — Sun, 08 Feb 2026 14:13:24 +0000

RIP Dave

New comment by deejaaymac in "Microsoft gave FBI set of BitLocker encryption keys to unlock suspects' laptops"

deejaaymac — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 20:38:00 +0000

I wish there was more people like you and me.

Privacy is not a crime.

New comment by deejaaymac in "Proof of Corn"

deejaaymac — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 18:31:32 +0000

I'm not a huge fan of the unsolicited spam/letters/coupons/etc I get in my mail box from businesses and there's no way for me to opt out.

New comment by deejaaymac in "Spotify increases its US subscription prices for the third time in 3 years"

deejaaymac — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 19:18:36 +0000

I personally use jellyfin and supply the media myself, though there are much better ways to do it.

Alternative: https://nuclearplayer.com/

New comment by deejaaymac in "Flock Hardcoded the Password for America's Surveillance Infrastructure 53 Times"

deejaaymac — Sat, 10 Jan 2026 00:21:28 +0000

I have a controversial question; In the UK, they have blade runners who take down CCTV. I would have expected a more aggressive response in the USA, considering the culture. Is this not happening?

New comment by deejaaymac in "Calling All Hackers: How money works (2024)"

deejaaymac — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 23:57:31 +0000

Unpopular opinion, but I don't think banks should be able to loan out money that's not theirs, and printing money is bad.

Gold good, paper bad. But also, gold bad, because clipping.

If only there was a solution.