<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Hacker News: mjamesaustin</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=mjamesaustin</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2026 04:50:11 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=mjamesaustin" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by mjamesaustin in "Leaked financial docs show OpenAI is losing billions of dollars a year"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Actually reduce R&D to ZERO and they are still losing money.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 23:46:36 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48578625</link><dc:creator>mjamesaustin</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48578625</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48578625</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by mjamesaustin in "How to earn a billion dollars"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Yes, and they've optimized our economy in a wonderful place where the average worker today makes less than 50 years ago.<p>But don't worry – it's not important that poverty, hunger, sickness, and many other social ills still exist even though we have far more wealth than required to solve those problems.<p>Obviously the answer is that ending poverty is just an inefficient solution the Great Minds have concluded, and our money is better spent elsewhere. Sorry Timmy, but you should be proud as you're dying of cancer because a billionaire's next yacht will surely solve more problems (or at least generate more money) than your life is worth.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2026 21:58:55 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48533265</link><dc:creator>mjamesaustin</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48533265</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48533265</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by mjamesaustin in "US Consumer Price Index up 4.2%"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Prices have doubled since 1999!? Restaurant prices near me have doubled since 2015, easily. And that's not counting delivery going from free to 25% of the meal cost.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 16:25:32 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48478712</link><dc:creator>mjamesaustin</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48478712</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48478712</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by mjamesaustin in "What it feels like to work with Mythos"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>The snake game is legit very fun. Once I got the ability to pick up the apples and plant apple trees, I was sold.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 20:35:29 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48467340</link><dc:creator>mjamesaustin</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48467340</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48467340</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by mjamesaustin in "The company I work for is losing all of its humanity, I don't know where to go"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>At a minimum any commute is extra unpaid time you have to spend for no benefit. For many people where I live, commutes can be an hour or more each way.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 20:46:54 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48418027</link><dc:creator>mjamesaustin</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48418027</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48418027</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by mjamesaustin in "Wind and solar generated more power than gas globally in April 2026"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Technology Connections did the math on this and found that if you ONLY replaced fields used for ethanol production with solar panels, the amount of space would be enough solar panels to power the entire power grid in the US.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 17:37:51 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48401944</link><dc:creator>mjamesaustin</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48401944</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48401944</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by mjamesaustin in "Meta launches Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp subscriptions"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>A small annual subscription is a great way to add friction to bots. I truly wish every platform I used had one.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 07:05:27 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48353498</link><dc:creator>mjamesaustin</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48353498</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48353498</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by mjamesaustin in "The dead economy theory"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>As the article mentions, even if it is like other technical revolutions, it could still mean multiple generations of hardship. The economic pain of job displacement in the industrial revolution took 70 years to overcome.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 18:12:27 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48327048</link><dc:creator>mjamesaustin</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48327048</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48327048</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by mjamesaustin in "New York passes pied-a-terre tax"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>The middle class doesn't own second homes. This tax does not apply to primary homes.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 16:46:44 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48311595</link><dc:creator>mjamesaustin</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48311595</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48311595</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by mjamesaustin in "Ferrari Luce"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I was trying to pinpoint what it reminded me of, and this is it 100%. It looks exactly like an iPhone 5C taken the form of a car.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 03:25:13 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48274618</link><dc:creator>mjamesaustin</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48274618</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48274618</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by mjamesaustin in "Search engines alternatives now that Google isn't Google anymore"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>This is constantly the case, anytime I Google something more obscure than the front page of a top 50 website.<p>Even when Google gets it right (often they don't) I have to wade through a bunch of AI slop and countless ads. After that, it's dozens of SEO referral link sites trying to sell me garbage.<p>Kagi gives me better results by default, no ads, and I can customize results by prioritizing or blocking different domains. Very much worth the small price.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2026 16:33:24 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48268752</link><dc:creator>mjamesaustin</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48268752</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48268752</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by mjamesaustin in "The seed oil panic is hurting my cardiac patients"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>If you're interested in just the pure statistics and outcomes of scientific trials, I highly recommend <a href="https://nutritionfacts.org/" rel="nofollow">https://nutritionfacts.org/</a>. It's a non-profit charity featuring numerous ~5 min videos highlighting specific findings across scientific studies about nutrition, with sources read directly and linked.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2026 15:48:30 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48258248</link><dc:creator>mjamesaustin</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48258248</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48258248</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by mjamesaustin in "Lost Images from the 1945 Trinity Nuclear Test Restored"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I don't think I've ever read a story that encapsulates the vibe of Fallout more than this one. Thanks for sharing!</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 19:06:55 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48227526</link><dc:creator>mjamesaustin</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48227526</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48227526</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by mjamesaustin in "Apple unveils new accessibility features"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>The hate was because it replaced function keys many people use by tactile touch, without looking. Doing the same on a touch screen is very difficult.<p>If the bar had been added on top of those, I don't think there would've been the same kind of hate for it.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 16:38:00 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48195663</link><dc:creator>mjamesaustin</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48195663</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48195663</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by mjamesaustin in "New York to tax luxury second homes in NYC"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Imagine 1.6% of the earth receiving nearly 50% of all sunlight, and 82% of the earth only receiving 12% of all precipitation.<p>If rain distribution and solar light distribution were even half as unequal as wealth distribution, our global ecosystem would collapse.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 20:51:35 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48185457</link><dc:creator>mjamesaustin</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48185457</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48185457</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by mjamesaustin in "When the cheap one is the cool one"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Just my personal perspective, every Apple laptop I've ever owned has lasted 10+ years. Their phones may have some planned obsolescence, but I don't find that to be the case at all with their computers.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 06:45:58 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47918448</link><dc:creator>mjamesaustin</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47918448</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47918448</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by mjamesaustin in "I bought Friendster for $30k – Here's what I'm doing with it"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>What I was describing is a way to quickly onboard a friend who I want to friend, because chances are zero of my friends will have this app yet.<p>If the connect with friend interface also had a QR code for app download and could trigger a connection between our accounts upon download, that would remove enough friction that I could start recommending this to my friends on the fly.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 00:09:45 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47916244</link><dc:creator>mjamesaustin</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47916244</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47916244</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by mjamesaustin in "I bought Friendster for $30k – Here's what I'm doing with it"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>This looks exactly like what I've been looking for. I love the idea of using phone proximity as the only way to add friends.<p>I think it will be very important for the onboarding process to be effortless, so you should focus on that. Until you reach some kind of saturation, most people will be downloading the app because a friend wants to add them. Having a way to generate a QR download code on my phone when I "add" a friend so they can take a photo and then download it, and immediately connect us, would be huge.<p>Do you have any kind of development plan for new features?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2026 22:14:20 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47915268</link><dc:creator>mjamesaustin</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47915268</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47915268</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by mjamesaustin in "DeepSeek v4"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Foreigners are literally being denied entry into the country due to opposing viewpoints expressed on social media. People have to disable FaceID on their phones prior to going through customs in case an agent decides to investigate whether their political views are in opposition to the current administration.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 07:06:06 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47886666</link><dc:creator>mjamesaustin</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47886666</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47886666</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by mjamesaustin in "Turtle WoW classic server announces shutdown after Blizzard wins injunction"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>They still hate Classic and can't stand that players prefer it, because it is less profitable per user. This is why they've done almost nothing with Classic+ despite players clamoring for it very loudly.</p>
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