Hacker News: loco5niner

New comment by loco5niner in "Tracking Costco gas prices"

loco5niner — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 21:48:41 +0000

Their rotisserie chicken is certainly a loss leader, even if they don't call it that.

New comment by loco5niner in "I used to be excited about new tech, but I rarely am anymore"

loco5niner — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 20:13:18 +0000

I know 2 middle-aged to older ladies who both had bad accidents after their husbands bought or rented an e-bike for them that they did not have the skillset to handle. Months of recovery, thankfully nothing life-threatening.

> To those people I wish a slow and painful death. I'm on generally the same page, but this is a bit much.

New comment by loco5niner in "I used to be excited about new tech, but I rarely am anymore"

loco5niner — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 20:09:56 +0000

The biggest problem I've seen with bicycles is that SOME bicyclists act like they are a car when it suits them and a pedestrian when it suits them, even when infrastructure is properly in place.

New comment by loco5niner in "Stop Turning every purchase into a tip request"

loco5niner — Mon, 17 Aug 2026 02:53:07 +0000

> I just choose not to be a miser and I hit yes on the lowest tip option for every purchase

Calling others a miser but always hitting the lowest tip option

New comment by loco5niner in "Stop Turning every purchase into a tip request"

loco5niner — Mon, 17 Aug 2026 02:46:54 +0000

Then why don't we tip at the deli counter? Or at the supermarket? Tips have always been about the service.

New comment by loco5niner in "“Code was never the hard part” is an insult to all programmers"

loco5niner — Fri, 14 Aug 2026 14:32:12 +0000

Speaking English well is very hard unless you were born into it, and even then people struggle

New comment by loco5niner in "Situational Awareness down 67% in July in AI stock rout"

loco5niner — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 14:23:47 +0000

Yeah, probably. Its too bad.

New comment by loco5niner in "Situational Awareness Down 67% in July in AI Stock Rout"

loco5niner — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 14:12:39 +0000

I really don't like this guy, seriously he's a shark (he's probably right, but what a jerk): "If you know somebody has to liquidate, the best thing you have to do, unfortunately, sadly, Darwinian is to go sell all the positions you have in common, then start shorting everything they have. It accelerates the downfall as quickly as you can." of course then he says 'It's nothing I would ever do...'

New comment by loco5niner in "Show HN: CheapFoodMap – A map of good meals under $10"

loco5niner — Wed, 29 Jul 2026 18:21:45 +0000

Dropped a couple spots in my area. I like seeing the deals in the community section.

New comment by loco5niner in "We Tested Nonstick Cookware: Coatings Don't Need to Look Worn to Shed Particles"

loco5niner — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 16:12:08 +0000

I use my well seasoned carbon steel, but with a very nice metal spatula with a fairly 'sharp' edge. It really is necessary to scrape under the egg in a quick motion. Works great even without too much oil. You do have to use some oil.

New comment by loco5niner in "Learning to code is still worthwhile"

loco5niner — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 22:39:46 +0000

Have you not seen the Mechanical Watch work of art by Bartosz Ciechanowski? My goodness it's beautiful.

https://ciechanow.ski/mechanical-watch/

New comment by loco5niner in "A better way to tie gym shorts (or any drawstring) [video]"

loco5niner — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 22:33:51 +0000

Looks like the Ian Knot, seen on hackernews everywhere.

New comment by loco5niner in "We Don't Have to Be This Bad at Improving Society"

loco5niner — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 16:29:16 +0000

China does a terrible job of it.

New comment by loco5niner in "Show HN: My 13-year-old built an ant colony tracker"

loco5niner — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 22:03:53 +0000

> black garden ant (Lasius niger) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_garden_ant

Probably from Latin or Greek.

New comment by loco5niner in "Škoda DuoBell: A bicycle bell that penetrates noise-cancelling headphones"

loco5niner — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 14:51:12 +0000

... and fire alarms? carbon monoxide detectors?

New comment by loco5niner in "Men are ditching TV for YouTube as AI usage and social media fatigue grow"

loco5niner — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 13:53:43 +0000

I think not, mostly just removes ads, and a few other features

New comment by loco5niner in "Obsolete Sounds"

loco5niner — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 21:26:48 +0000

This is the completely wrong take. Yes, perhaps GP may have gone a bit far in his comments, but so have you. I also don't see the point in bringing up the current US situation when the UK has had similar issues in the past. The pot calling the kettle black.

I have also been frustrated in the past with organizations putting stickers haphazardly over screens etc, and it's worth reminding them.

New comment by loco5niner in "Building Better Country Selects"

loco5niner — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 14:38:50 +0000

This completely ignores those of us who fill forms by tabbing through fields to stay on our keyboard.

TAB into the country field, type 'Uni', down-arrow a couple times to United States. TAB to the next field. Simple.

Having the suggested country at the top for mouse-bound folks helps, but a standard select dropdown can also pre-select a default choice (via the 'selected' attribute).

New comment by loco5niner in "Study shows two child household must earn $400k/year to afford childcare"

loco5niner — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 17:14:56 +0000

My wife is MUCH more nurturing, than I am. I'm glad she is taking on the role of caring for our children full-time. She is also homeschooling 2 of our kids at 3 and 4, and "has her finger on the pulse of our children's lives" as I like to say. I don't think she'd be able to do that with a full-time job, and I definitely wouldn't do as good a job as her. Also, if she had a full time job, she would still feel the drive to take on household and family tasks that would fall to the wayside if I were in charge of them, and frankly find herself overloaded. It's working well for us to fall into traditional roles.

New comment by loco5niner in "What Most People Miss About Getting Promoted"

loco5niner — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 16:31:59 +0000

Yeah, but I want to get to that point.

Currently, there are a lot of things in my life (old house, old cars, etc) that more money will simply remove from being a headache in my life.