<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: q1w2</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=q1w2</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2026 02:42:17 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=q1w2" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by q1w2 in "Creatine raises brain energy levels and slows cognitive decline: study"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>This mirrors my experience.  Very significant increase in prolonged focus.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2026 20:20:25 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48349351</link><dc:creator>q1w2</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48349351</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48349351</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by q1w2 in "Man 'refused entry into US' as border control catch him with bald JD Vance meme"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Important to note that the only source of information we have right now is the deported person's account of events.<p>He does say he was detained PRIOR to the picture being found.  Being detained if far more relevant than being asked about a photo.<p>It's also important to note that Border Control will not tell you WHY you're being denied entry, so the person ascribing it to the meme is speculating based on being asked about it.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2025 17:53:15 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44380026</link><dc:creator>q1w2</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44380026</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44380026</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by q1w2 in "An end to all this prostate trouble?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I'm share some skepticism.  While I agree with their belief that prostates suffer from unappreciated "mechanical" issues, I'm less convinced of their method of resolution.<p>For my own worthless anecdote, I've noted that my (usually post-orgasm) prostate pain was significantly improved when I started taking Losartan - a anti-hypertension medication (angiotension II blocker (ARB)).  The day after I started taking it, I could feel my prostate like never before (then that initial sensation went away), so there was very clearly an associative mechanism of action.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2025 14:04:11 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43832816</link><dc:creator>q1w2</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43832816</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43832816</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by q1w2 in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (April 2025)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Any plans to integrate with Download providers like IVANS?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2025 13:56:26 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43832696</link><dc:creator>q1w2</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43832696</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43832696</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by q1w2 in "Suspicious data pattern in recent Venezuelan election"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I'm not sure I understand your comment.  Maduro/Chavez were Soviet/Russia backed, and have since not only wrecked the country, but have now seized permanent dictatorial power.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jul 2024 22:28:26 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41124192</link><dc:creator>q1w2</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41124192</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41124192</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by q1w2 in "Suspicious data pattern in recent Venezuelan election"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>That would mean that the group that released the percentage, and thus calculated it, was a different group than the one that released the raw numbers.  That doesn't seem likely since they seem to be coming from the same gov't body.<p>This is an official election release, not some PR post on their website.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jul 2024 22:25:33 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41124159</link><dc:creator>q1w2</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41124159</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41124159</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by q1w2 in "Courts Close the Loophole Letting the Feds Search Your Phone at the Border"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I've crossed the border hundreds of times and no one has ever asked me for my social media accounts.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jul 2024 13:51:26 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41086595</link><dc:creator>q1w2</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41086595</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41086595</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by q1w2 in "France high-speed rail traffic disrupted by 'malicious acts' on Olympic ceremony"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>What a failure of our western surveillance organizations that the only spies we catch are the ones that are so bad at their jobs that they get drunk and brag about it.<p>How do we fail so badly to counter foreign influence, sabotage, and espionage operations?<p>The examples of successful foreign operations in Western countries is so long and embarrassing - high level people operating for DECADES, changing MAJOR western policies, and sending back to their foreign handlers CRITICAL data and intelligence.<p>If this continues, we are absolutely going to get destroyed.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jul 2024 15:19:10 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41079340</link><dc:creator>q1w2</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41079340</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41079340</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by q1w2 in "Amazon fined $5.9M for breaking labor law in California"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>These fines DO discourage these behaviors.  As some who handled fines at a very large bank, a fine would ALWAYS change the bank's procedures.  ...and not only fines against us, but fines against ANY bank would alter procedures.</p>
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<p>It was also never awarded - it's a made-up number.</p>
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<p>Yes, usually they do.<p>I suspect there is a more political motivation to target Amazon specifically.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2024 15:36:08 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40729251</link><dc:creator>q1w2</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40729251</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40729251</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by q1w2 in "Astronomers see a black hole awaken in real time"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>A more correct title is "Galaxy brightens and scientists suspect it might be due to the galaxy's black hole"<p>There is no direct evidence the black hole is doing anything - it's just the only theory we have.</p>
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<p>Renewables cannot store sufficient capacity to make up for their variable output.<p>A cloudy/windless 2 week period in December, would require far more battery capacity than is possible - even with future tech.<p>Nuclear is the only solution that is carbon free.<p>Solar and wind are great for non-critical/non-time-sensitive power consumption.<p>Remember that they are only cheaper than Nuclear if you exclude storage and include the insane Russia-inspired regulatory blocks we impose on Nuclear.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2024 15:31:21 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40729206</link><dc:creator>q1w2</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40729206</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40729206</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by q1w2 in "Husband and wife outed as GRU spies aiding bombings and poisonings across Europe"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Germany was where Putin was stationed for decades - that's why he speaks fluent German and spends a disproportionate amount of time on German politics.   His penetration of German politics makes US politics in 2016 look like test run.<p>Putin successfully convinced the Germans to abandon nuclear power and then pay him to build a dedicated pipeline into Germany - making all of Europe more dependent on Russia.<p>...and Germans fell for it.  There must be dozens, if not hundreds of Russian operatives in German political offices.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2024 00:47:13 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40218286</link><dc:creator>q1w2</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40218286</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40218286</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by q1w2 in "Reddit is full of bots: thread reposted comment by comment, 10 months later"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Exactly - and it's important to make a distinction between the bots that post comments and posts, and the much larger and more influential bot farms that manipulate content (both promoting and demoting).<p>Personally, I'm fairly certain it's a difficult cat-and-mouse game, but there's no question that some very popular mods also use bot farms to promote the content they want on the subs they mod.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2024 00:34:33 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40218191</link><dc:creator>q1w2</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40218191</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40218191</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by q1w2 in "Reddit is full of bots: thread reposted comment by comment, 10 months later"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Not possible as most are in Russia/China/Iran/Nigeria/etc...</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2024 23:59:57 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40217960</link><dc:creator>q1w2</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40217960</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40217960</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by q1w2 in "Reddit is full of bots: thread reposted comment by comment, 10 months later"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Not to mention there are plenty of leaked/faked passports out there</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2024 23:59:21 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40217952</link><dc:creator>q1w2</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40217952</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40217952</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by q1w2 in "Reddit is full of bots: thread reposted comment by comment, 10 months later"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Even political and historical events that you would not think are controversial have become biased.<p>As an example, there are some Wikipedia editors that continually remove mentions of genocide from the opening paragraphs of Stalin's page, whereas they leave them there for Hitler.<p>People really enjoy pushing their ideology in their spare time.  I really don't understand it.</p>
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<p>Building a large building does not look anything like building a nuclear silo.<p>This comment is 100% ridiculous speculation.<p>That's not to say they don't have a nuclear weapons program - they probably do - but needing a mega-project to cover it up is just silly.</p>
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<p>Strong vibrations in Westchester county</p>
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