Hacker News: maxbaines

New comment by maxbaines in "Is it a pint?"

maxbaines — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 16:35:45 +0000

Great minds...

New comment by maxbaines in "Is it a pint?"

maxbaines — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 16:35:20 +0000

Agree this is a fact - we mark our glasses because of it. https://www.gov.uk/weights-measures-and-packaging-the-law/pr...

New comment by maxbaines in "Wikipedia: WikiProject AI Cleanup"

maxbaines — Mon, 19 Jan 2026 10:31:31 +0000

This is hardly surprising given - New partnerships with tech companies support Wikipedia’s sustainability. Which relies on Human content.

https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2026/01/15/wikipedia-ce...

New comment by maxbaines in "Michelangelo's first painting, created when he was 12 or 13"

maxbaines — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 14:31:26 +0000

Thankyou

New comment by maxbaines in "Linus Torvalds' Latest Open-Source Project Is AudioNoise – Made with Vibe Coding"

maxbaines — Sun, 11 Jan 2026 15:55:52 +0000

This should make you think..

New comment by maxbaines in "AI coding assistants are getting worse?"

maxbaines — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 15:58:42 +0000

I think as the article mentions garbage in garbage Out, we are more trusting and expect more. Coding assistants don't just need a good model, they need a good harness, these methods have also changed recently.

New comment by maxbaines in "AI coding assistants are getting worse?"

maxbaines — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 15:52:07 +0000

Not seeing this in my day to day, in fact the opposite.

New comment by maxbaines in "Creators of Tailwind laid off 75% of their engineering team"

maxbaines — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 09:27:18 +0000

I nearly always use Tailwind, had no idea there was even a Plus offering. Checking the site I see it now but it’s a subtle link. Also wonder if shad/cn had something to do with the reduced usage of plus.

Ofcom Online Nation Report 2025 [pdf]

maxbaines — Sat, 03 Jan 2026 10:46:44 +0000

Article URL: https://www.ofcom.org.uk/siteassets/resources/documents/research-and-data/online-research/online-nation/2025/online-nations-report-2025.pdf

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46475122

Points: 1

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New comment by maxbaines in "Asus Ascent GX10"

maxbaines — Mon, 10 Nov 2025 16:19:09 +0000

Looks like a pretty useful offering, 128Gb Memory Unified, with the ability to be chained. IN the Uk release price looks to be £2999.99 Nice to see AI Inference becoming available to us all, rather than using a GPU ..3090etc.

https://www.scan.co.uk/products/asus-ascent-gx10-desktop-ai-...

New comment by maxbaines in "My friends spent thousands on engagement photos, so I built an AI alternative"

maxbaines — Fri, 05 Sep 2025 08:40:35 +0000

I am very much pro AI and use it daily for everything from code to product photos, and games. But I feel these moments are one of the few you actually want to keep AI away from. Imagine looking back in hopefully 50years at an AI image.

New comment by maxbaines in "Standard Thermal: Energy Storage 500x Cheaper Than Batteries"

maxbaines — Mon, 25 Aug 2025 13:56:31 +0000

There are plenty of slag heaps (spoil tips) near coal plants, wonder how it could work with those? I guess the specific heat capacity is greater..

New comment by maxbaines in "Standard Thermal: Energy Storage 500x Cheaper Than Batteries"

maxbaines — Mon, 25 Aug 2025 13:53:37 +0000

This type of plant is generally used for emergency power to balance the grid, whilst other plant come online.

New comment by maxbaines in "AI-powered Reddit marketing for indie founders"

maxbaines — Fri, 22 Aug 2025 10:46:06 +0000

Really like the idea of this, and good timing for me. Will give this a try over the weekend.

New comment by maxbaines in "Digg.com is back"

maxbaines — Wed, 20 Aug 2025 16:38:48 +0000

Have a soft spot for digg

New comment by maxbaines in "Show HN: I was curious about spherical helix, ended up making this visualization"

maxbaines — Wed, 20 Aug 2025 14:31:50 +0000

Best thing I have seen on HN in ages. Also interesting for a CNC geek.

New comment by maxbaines in "GPT-5 is already (ostensibly) available via API"

maxbaines — Fri, 01 Aug 2025 15:07:19 +0000

Pelican riding a bicycle is only official when it comes from Simon Willison https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/6/six-months-in-llms/

New comment by maxbaines in "Try the Mosquito Bucket of Death"

maxbaines — Wed, 30 Jul 2025 16:18:43 +0000

good bugs lol

New comment by maxbaines in "Try the Mosquito Bucket of Death"

maxbaines — Wed, 30 Jul 2025 14:49:54 +0000

Yeah lets just kill all the bugs, good move.

New comment by maxbaines in "Nuclear Reactor SIM by PeteTimesSix"

maxbaines — Fri, 25 Jul 2025 11:12:28 +0000

Reminds me of http://www.gamtech.com/oakflat.aspx loved blowing triggering SCRAM as a kid