Hacker News: qmr

New comment by qmr in "The death and rebirth of my home server"

qmr — Sun, 19 Jul 2026 14:08:30 +0000

Not unlike a combustion engine, cycles can do more damage than hours.

New comment by qmr in "LG monitors silently install software through Windows Update without consent"

qmr — Sat, 18 Jul 2026 11:43:19 +0000

Beyond tired of the rape mentality from Microsoft and other evil mega corp's.

Remember when you used to own your "personal" computer?

New comment by qmr in "New York City to ban deceptive subscription practices"

qmr — Sat, 11 Jul 2026 00:47:19 +0000

Nuremberg defense.

I thought the HN crowd at least pretended to be somewhat better.

New comment by qmr in "New York City to ban deceptive subscription practices"

qmr — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 20:45:08 +0000

Why would you do something so immoral?

New comment by qmr in "Windows CE Dreamcast Community Edition (wince-dc)"

qmr — Sun, 05 Jul 2026 03:50:56 +0000

What's the point of it then?

New comment by qmr in "My Steam Machine is a 50ft HDMI cable"

qmr — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 03:30:30 +0000

Because fuck Microsoft.

Using it even just for games is giving them a signal they're doing something right.

New comment by qmr in "Flock-Powered Police Chiefs Stalking Women Shows Why Warrants Are Needed"

qmr — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 08:14:29 +0000

Isn't his follow up "be extremely careful when talking to the police"? He gave a follow up lecture some years later.

New comment by qmr in "Flock-Powered Police Chiefs Stalking Women Shows Why Warrants Are Needed"

qmr — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 08:13:07 +0000

If I pivot to law enforcement does my wife have to stop talking to me?

She's a permanent resident and has already been given the do not talk to the police speech and role play practice from me.

New comment by qmr in "Flock-Powered Police Chiefs Stalking Women Shows Why Warrants Are Needed"

qmr — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 21:15:54 +0000

So glad we got them kicked out of Mountain View.

New comment by qmr in "Flock-Powered Police Chiefs Stalking Women Shows Why Warrants Are Needed"

qmr — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 21:15:25 +0000

Wrong. See Carpenter v US.

New comment by qmr in "CSSQuake"

qmr — Sun, 21 Jun 2026 01:37:40 +0000

Toaster you say?

https://philip.greenspun.com/humor/eecs-difference-explained

A Visit to id Software ft Bobby Prince (1993) [video]

qmr — Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:25:42 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpEBUV_g9vU

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48614453

Points: 5

# Comments: 2

New comment by qmr in "Windows 11 New Media Player Uses 3.5x More RAM, Charges for Popular Video Codecs"

qmr — Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:21:00 +0000

Why would you use such a system?

New comment by qmr in "Show HN: My Windows XP portfolio with working Game Boy and iPod"

qmr — Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:12:51 +0000

I enjoyed the pixel grid

New comment by qmr in "Show HN: My Windows XP portfolio with working Game Boy and iPod"

qmr — Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:12:20 +0000

XP had cleartype no?

New comment by qmr in "Show HN: My Windows XP portfolio with working Game Boy and iPod"

qmr — Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:10:36 +0000

A little dodgy that the game boy is only available on desktop?

Pretty cool though.

New comment by qmr in "DOS Game "F-15 Strike Eagle II" reversing project needs DOS test pilots"

qmr — Sat, 20 Jun 2026 23:43:31 +0000

It's not because they're selling ROMs, that only accounts for a small fraction of their back library.

It's because they're assholes.

New comment by qmr in "DOS Game "F-15 Strike Eagle II" reversing project needs DOS test pilots"

qmr — Sat, 20 Jun 2026 23:42:48 +0000

Worry about it when you get a C&D.

New comment by qmr in "Lore – Open source version control system designed for scalability"

qmr — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 17:06:19 +0000

Can you name five?

New comment by qmr in "Building from zero after addiction, prison, and a felony"

qmr — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 16:47:58 +0000

It's fine. Certainly far preferable to accident.