Hacker News: memcg

New comment by memcg in "The One Question I Can't Stand at Restaurants ("What's your phone number?")"

memcg — Sun, 18 Oct 2026 17:54:51 +0000

I have been telling door knocking, clip board holding sales people that "we rent" for forty years. Also hold my phone up to my ear pretending to be on a call just in case they persist.

New comment by memcg in "Go Piss, Girl: The plight of the public potty"

memcg — Sun, 18 Oct 2026 14:53:59 +0000

Three competing gas station/ convenience stores were built in my area the past few years. All have at least 20 fuel pumps and sell hot carry out food. All have public restrooms that I assume met building codes, but one has a cramped men's room with one stall and one urinal. The other two have much larger restrooms with diaper changing stations. The other two also offer free tire inflation pumps available without purchase.

I'll go out of my way to support companies that do the right thing.

New comment by memcg in "Gold is now the top U.S. export"

memcg — Sat, 17 Oct 2026 21:39:49 +0000

I have 30 lbs of gold plated PCB fingers that I have saved over the years. It might be time to figure out how to recycle and sell.

New comment by memcg in "US report details extent of 'devastating' dating-app scams"

memcg — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 14:33:07 +0000

I get one or two SMS texts each month from unknown numbers with messages like "have time this week" or "I'm curious - how did we connect?". I have a collection of pics they send and use the pics to respond to others. It's probably smarter to ignore them, but it's hard to resist wasting their time.

New comment by memcg in "Ask HN: Do you still own a printer?"

memcg — Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:57:52 +0000

We have seven printers. I use an HP LaserJet 6P which I bought 20+ years ago. My son uses an Epson setup to print films for screen printing tee shirts. All the others were free on Craiglist over the years. I also have two FedX Kinkos nearby for color printing.

New comment by memcg in "The logic of gambling undergirds everything coming out of Silicon Valley"

memcg — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 02:04:12 +0000

Not trying to be clever, just a bit frustrated. How Everything Became Gambling is the main title. The cities that these firms were founded in has little to do with the point I think that the author is making regarding gambling. The impact on young men and women is my concern as a father and uncle, and I was hoping for a discussion about gambling.

Again, why is it flagged?

New comment by memcg in "The logic of gambling undergirds everything coming out of Silicon Valley"

memcg — Mon, 05 Oct 2026 17:53:36 +0000

Why is this flagged? How Everything Became Gambling is the main title and very relatable to me. I find it difficult to believe that the increased focus on gambling won't corrupt sports like NFL football.

I find myself longing for the good old days where commercials during NFL games at least taught my sons the danger of erections lasting more than 4 hours.

New comment by memcg in "The logic of gambling undergirds everything coming out of Silicon Valley"

memcg — Mon, 05 Oct 2026 17:41:23 +0000

Not even close. Read the article.

New comment by memcg in "Meta's Muse is fantastic for web scraping"

memcg — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 13:57:43 +0000

"risks and reputational damage"

Good one, I can't stop laughing. Thanks!

New comment by memcg in "Suits Are Better Tech Than Modern Clothes"

memcg — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 12:21:07 +0000

I wear shorts and a t-shirt about 360 days a year. Long sleeves and pants are reserved for weddings, funerals and avoiding poison ivy and insect bites.

New comment by memcg in "McDonald's push to have AI price your Big Mac"

memcg — Wed, 30 Sep 2026 13:51:42 +0000

I posted this a month ago: "At my location I can get an iced tea with free refills. Then I fill out the survey listed on the paper receipt and use that to get a buy one sandwich get one free deal."

The BOGO requires a manager thumb print, so order at the counter. Always say nice things in survey. I'm told managers read them to the staff.

New comment by memcg in "You are no longer invited to dinner"

memcg — Tue, 29 Sep 2026 20:14:04 +0000

I remember a pot luck dinner where I was the only guest that brought food. The invitation was clear, just ignored.

New comment by memcg in "Everybody’s home. No one’s coming over"

memcg — Tue, 29 Sep 2026 14:54:20 +0000

Another factor is alcohol consumption and the tolerance for drinking and driving. DUI citations were rare when I was young. I rarely see people drinking at parties I go to now.

New comment by memcg in "When did Google get so weird?"

memcg — Mon, 28 Sep 2026 12:51:26 +0000

"He hasn’t been cutting edge for 30 years, but Google has made AI so accessible through his existing search habit."

Maybe his smile is because he remembers how crappy search was 30 years ago.

Dogpile is still around. https://www.dogpile.com/

New comment by memcg in "Study: Young users (9 to 18Y) ditch Google for AI, with unknown consequences"

memcg — Tue, 22 Sep 2026 15:18:35 +0000

I just repeated all your searches using https://www.google.com/search?q=%s and the AI Overview gave good results with links to source material. I'm not signed into Google.

I picked up a broken TV on Craigslist free curb alert and spent a few hours trouble shooting with Google. This included taping contacts on a 90 pin cable. I was getting close when the screen fell over and broke. I told Google it was game over and it replied "take a breath. You have done a great job. Here is list of parts to harvest."

New comment by memcg in "Ask HN: How to recover Google auth after phone stolen?"

memcg — Fri, 18 Sep 2026 15:13:46 +0000

When I dropped my landline after more than 40 years, I transferred the number to a flip phone. This number is also used my family members as a backup phone number for 2FA and voice. Everyone has access to voice mail and can leave messages for others if a phone is lost, broken or stolen.

New comment by memcg in "The American Religion of Self-Storage Facilities"

memcg — Thu, 17 Sep 2026 16:55:52 +0000

I bought a Scott tube amplifier at a yard sale for $2 and sold it on Craigslist the same day for $40. At least I found someone who wanted to restore it or harvest parts instead of trashing it.

New comment by memcg in "The American Religion of Self-Storage Facilities"

memcg — Thu, 17 Sep 2026 15:10:06 +0000

I'm also in the Maryland suburbs and I'm trying to dispose of several generations worth of stuff while avoiding having to use a storage unit. Thankfully, we have a lot of deserving organizations that take charitable donations. However, my old tech collection just seems to grow and fill any space I gain from getting rid of what I consider junk.

New comment by memcg in "How to buy a good car for $1000"

memcg — Sat, 12 Sep 2026 16:14:28 +0000

Growing up, my Dad would buy cars from bulletin board ads where he worked at NASA. I was third of six kids and we had a fleet of as many as six cars at a time at our house. Oil changes were unnecessary, but adding oil every tank of gas was common.

I'm driving a 2005 Toyota Matrix with 230K miles that I bought new in 2004. It's just recently needed oil added before an oil change is due.

New comment by memcg in "Amazon Achieves Enshitification Inception"

memcg — Sat, 05 Sep 2026 13:23:36 +0000

At some point it feels like blaming someone else for my cocaine problem. If Amazon sucks, stop using it.

It would be nice to drive thru my neighborhood without have to sit behind an Amazon delivery vehicle parked in the middle of the road.