Hacker News: maest

New comment by maest in "What Apple and Google are doing to push notifications"

maest — Wed, 27 May 2026 22:52:25 +0000

That's "growth hacking" for you

New comment by maest in "Chess puzzle I found in my dad's old book"

maest — Thu, 14 May 2026 00:21:26 +0000

You can rotate any solution by 90 degrees, which would toggle the square colour of your bishop, so it doesn't ultimately matter.

New comment by maest in "Chess puzzle I found in my dad's old book"

maest — Thu, 14 May 2026 00:20:30 +0000

> In other words, after arranging the five black pieces, it must be impossible to place the white king anywhere without it being in checkmate.

I think this is a bit ambiguous and, strictly speaking, wrong for the solution as given.

In particular, this asks for the king to be in check _mate_. Does this require all black pieces to defend each other? Otherwise, white king on the board would not be in checkmate if you place it next to a queen and can immediately capture.

From the solution, you can see it's not a checkmate requirement, just a check requirement.

New comment by maest in "I returned to AWS and was reminded why I left"

maest — Mon, 11 May 2026 03:56:11 +0000

> It's weird to me that the Hacker News community doesn't think that sort of competition is good.

Negative externalities. The company makes money using a free resource and disincentivises future development.

I'm sure you can see why killing the most popular business model for open source companies is bad for the ecosystem, right?

New comment by maest in "What British people mean when they say 'sorry'"

maest — Sat, 09 May 2026 03:12:23 +0000

You need more hints that it's rude to take up a seat with your bag?

New comment by maest in "Google Cloud fraud defense, the next evolution of reCAPTCHA"

maest — Wed, 06 May 2026 23:50:36 +0000

Only because you typo'd twice: it's "pervasive".

New comment by maest in "Days without GitHub incidents"

maest — Mon, 04 May 2026 19:11:56 +0000

Does this logic still applies if the company is getting other benefits from having me as a user? (Genuine question, I can see arguments for both sides)

For example, if I am using the free tier of a service and "paying" by seeing ads, should I have similar expectations?

I'm not saying that's how users pay for github - in that case it's more subtle, for example by giving up control of some of their stack and bolstering github already near monopolistic network effect.

New comment by maest in "Business Owners Are Worst Clients"

maest — Sun, 03 May 2026 18:39:48 +0000

> I did some manual verification on most of the data because this peaked my curiousity.

It's "piqued my curiosity".

New comment by maest in "Waymo says can't avoid bike lanes because riders want to be dropped off in them"

maest — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 02:05:01 +0000

Not a real problem, as proven by many countries where cycling is encouraged and supported

New comment by maest in "Waymo says can't avoid bike lanes because riders want to be dropped off in them"

maest — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 02:03:49 +0000

I semi regularly see big cop SUVs parked here: https://maps.app.goo.gl/MydRmrTkiJMxt3Pi7?g_st=ac

On the bike lane, which is physically separated from the road.

The cop car takes the whole width of the lanes.

It also means the cop had to get on the bike lane here: https://maps.app.goo.gl/frGXL1NpcCW18iRN9?g_st=ac and then drive for a couple of blocks _on the physically separated bike lane_.

New comment by maest in "Norway set to become latest country to ban social media for under 16s"

maest — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 21:05:56 +0000

You should actually try saying something instead of vaguely insinuating something.

Like, I legitimately am trying to understand what you're saying but it's frustratingly vague. I feel like you're wasting my time with your attempt to seem like you know more than everyone else.

New comment by maest in "Traders placed over $1B in perfectly timed bets on the Iran war"

maest — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 07:41:52 +0000

There is a market for custom and rare risk insurance - it's called "surplus lines"

New comment by maest in "Trump says US will blockade Strait of Hormuz"

maest — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 02:05:16 +0000

The Americans will keep voting like they have been. Trump's only a symptom

New comment by maest in "Internet outage in Iran reaches 1,008 hours"

maest — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 16:13:30 +0000

> I’m not convinced. My small anecdata of Iranian friends with contacts in Iran agrees with me.

I am having a very hard time believing anyone would be favourable to the country currently lobbing bombs at them from halfway around the globe. Regardless of how much they dislike their current regime.

Maybe this fuels some "everyone loves America, the good guys" fantasy, but, as someone who's come from a country where the people did not like the regime, I am very skeptical foreign interference will be seen positively or even neutrally.

Or maybe this is an attempt at making the war seem somehow just and led on humanitarian and democratic principles, as opposed to what it actually is.

New comment by maest in "Tell HN: Docker pull fails in Spain due to football Cloudflare block"

maest — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 16:02:22 +0000

Also, a classic tweet from the Cloudflare CEO re their fight with Italians authorities re censorship:

https://xcancel.com/eastdakota/status/2009654937303896492

Everyone looks bad in this conflict.

New comment by maest in "Top Performers Are Pathologically Ambitious"

maest — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 23:20:58 +0000

I think one blind spot for this type of article is the risk of taking hagiographies at their word.

New comment by maest in "France's government is ditching Windows for Linux, says US tech a strategic risk"

maest — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 17:51:30 +0000

"Tantrum" is a choice word.

New comment by maest in "Sam Altman's response to Molotov cocktail incident"

maest — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 00:55:24 +0000

Accountability sinks are good value and wealthy people always make sure they have enough of them

New comment by maest in "Filing the corners off my MacBooks"

maest — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 00:36:31 +0000

I'm now painfully aware of how uncomfortable the edge of my mac is.

New comment by maest in "Filing the corners off my MacBooks"

maest — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 00:35:02 +0000

Laptops are used in so many more situations than just sitting at a desk.

Literally "you're holding it wrong".