Hacker News: maxwellito

New comment by maxwellito in "Physical disc production ending in Jan 2028 for new games on PlayStation"

maxwellito — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 13:59:36 +0000

This didn't age well : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWSIFh8ICaA

New comment by maxwellito in "GTA 6 will cost $80"

maxwellito — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 16:00:54 +0000

That's right. I forgot about the ability to pre-download the game before the official release, which might help the servers. That also remove the joke "Patch day 1 (of the size of the game)" which I always found ridiculous but became a standard practice.

Having the game of that size is the only excuse I accept for not releasing a physical version, but because no blu-ray will handle it, it starts darker days for game preservation. I love the fact that I will be able to undust my old PS4 in a couple of years and play GTA V without relying on the PlayStation Store. But we knew these days were counted.

New comment by maxwellito in "GTA 6 will cost $80"

maxwellito — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 15:52:19 +0000

Excuse my silly question, but what's the point of pre-buying a game, if it will only exists as a downloadable copy. I get you want to gift it for xmas, but for the rest of players? The point of pre-sale is to make sure you will get one when it comes out?

New comment by maxwellito in "Show HN: Race to the Bottom"

maxwellito — Thu, 14 May 2026 15:28:07 +0000

Thanks, sadly it didn't pick-up on HN The diff per region/state would be fantastic! The stats are shared, nothing "per user". At first I just wanted to see if it would trigger some interest. There's a huge room for improvements, your suggestions are great

New comment by maxwellito in "Meta's New Reality: Record High Profits. Record Low Morale"

maxwellito — Thu, 14 May 2026 14:42:01 +0000

I have a genuine question for Meta engineers: what were you hoping to gain by working at this company? What motivated you, and what were your aspirations?

Show HN: Race to the Bottom

maxwellito — Thu, 14 May 2026 14:15:50 +0000

Article URL: https://race-to-the-bottom.onrender.com

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48135764

Points: 61

# Comments: 50

Show HN: NFC tags are good material for pranks on Android

maxwellito — Wed, 06 May 2026 13:44:17 +0000

Article URL: https://mastodon.social/@maxwellito/116524250100439866

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48036182

Points: 18

# Comments: 2

New comment by maxwellito in "MacBook Neo"

maxwellito — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 17:39:35 +0000

Yeah it comes with a compromise. Tbh, if it was an option I would sacrifice a tiny bit of my screen to not have the notch while keeping a uniform bezel.

New comment by maxwellito in "MacBook Neo"

maxwellito — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 14:37:43 +0000

Hey Folks: no notch! This is beautiful!

Show HN: TunesReloaded, a web tool to transfer and manage songs on an iPod

maxwellito — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 23:02:43 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/rish1p/tunesreloaded

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46863428

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by maxwellito in "Ask HN: What's the Poster Child of Enshittification?"

maxwellito — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 14:47:42 +0000

Savage :-D

Ask HN: What's the Poster Child of Enshittification?

maxwellito — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 14:39:24 +0000

We all have an example we are attached to. I'm curious to hear what HN has to share.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46107957

Points: 1

# Comments: 3

New comment by maxwellito in "Meta Ray-Ban Display"

maxwellito — Thu, 18 Sep 2025 08:12:11 +0000

> Meta seems like one of the few large tech companies where if the whole company vanished, the world would be purely a better place.

+1 ...and I think about it everyday

New comment by maxwellito in "iPhone dumbphone"

maxwellito — Mon, 08 Sep 2025 18:28:34 +0000

There’s another solution, much faster, it’s to use Screen Time and have your partner own the passcode. I hold my partner’s phone passcode and it’s fantastic to control when he’s allowed to doom scroll

YouTube pre-roll can be skipped with a simple bookmarklet

maxwellito — Fri, 22 Aug 2025 16:17:07 +0000

Article URL: https://mastodon.social/@maxwellito/115066849662523631

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44986382

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by maxwellito in "Pixel 10 Phones"

maxwellito — Thu, 21 Aug 2025 00:05:53 +0000

+1 SO MUCH After two years I couldn't understand them. Sometime one notification appear, then it disappear, is it in the bottom stack? No, it just disappear. Also when there's many of them grouped, will tapping expand them? open the app? It's random.

But mostly, on Android, having quick actions on notifications. Receiving a useless email? The "Delete" action is right there. Boom, done. Move on.

In retrospect, I think it's why I find Android so functional. Just from the notifications you can do everything. No need to unlock your phone and end up distracted.

New comment by maxwellito in "Pixel 10 Phones"

maxwellito — Thu, 21 Aug 2025 00:01:15 +0000

I just switched from an iPhone 13 mini to a Pixel 9 Pro, and it's tough to admit but I can do so much more with my thumb on a big Android than a tiny iPhone. Mostly due to the back gesture always works (never need to tap the top left corner in some cases, and also being able to return to the 3 button navigation) and being able to pull down the notifications by sliding down on the main screen.

New comment by maxwellito in "Pixel 10 Phones"

maxwellito — Wed, 20 Aug 2025 23:55:40 +0000

I remember my iPhone, on my desk, turning up because of a notification, then hearing the vibration for a failed FaceID unlock. This very smart system wasn't able to understand that it was looking at a ceiling. So I always ended up having to type my password due to too many failed FaceID attempts. FaceID was highly ranked in the reasons why I disliked iPhones.

TouchID all the way. On an iPad, it's fantastic.

New comment by maxwellito in "Show HN: Do you know RGB?"

maxwellito — Fri, 27 Jun 2025 20:05:36 +0000

Good job! That’s really good! Oh damn I didn’t realised it was you!

Dear HN community, susam built the GuessMyRGB game which was a huge inspiration for this game. Please take the time to play it!!

https://susam.net/myrgb.html

Show HN: Do you know RGB?

maxwellito — Tue, 24 Jun 2025 08:19:49 +0000

Article URL: https://maxwellito.github.io/do-you-know-rgb/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44363948

Points: 92

# Comments: 59