Hacker News: rXwubXUGAm

New comment by rXwubXUGAm in "Trial of 12mph bike lane speed limit grinds gears of Dutch cyclists"

rXwubXUGAm — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 09:23:27 +0000

Not necessarily against the idea but 20kph is very slow. It would be super easy to accidentally go over the limit unless you have a cycling computer attached to the bike and constantly monitor your speed.

New comment by rXwubXUGAm in "Acetaminophen vs. ibuprofen"

rXwubXUGAm — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 09:12:53 +0000

In my personal experience, paracetamol hardly does anything when it comes to alleviating fever symptoms. Like I'm not sure whether I'd be able to distinguish it from placebo. I always default to ibuprofen and the difference it makes is like night and day. I only take it like a handful of times a year and usually no more than 1000mg a day so I'm hoping I'll be fine.

New comment by rXwubXUGAm in "Too Much Color"

rXwubXUGAm — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 16:48:54 +0000

Replying to myself. I also tried this with both my Samsung S25+ phone and LG G5 TV and repeatedly scored in the 0.003-0.005 range on both so it doesn't seem like the display makes that much of a difference for me.

New comment by rXwubXUGAm in "Too Much Color"

rXwubXUGAm — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 12:04:44 +0000

I got a 0.0035. I'm on a Dell U2724D monitor which is supposed to have decent color accuracy and I cranked up the brightness and contrast to a maximum so I'm sure that helped a somewhat. I also noticed squinting and closing my eyes for a bit sometimes helped when I felt stuck.

"Genuinely remarkable. You sailed past the theoretical human limit like it owed you money. I'd accuse you of cheating but I don't actually know how you'd cheat at this."

New comment by rXwubXUGAm in "AI is not a coworker, it's an exoskeleton"

rXwubXUGAm — Fri, 20 Feb 2026 11:52:30 +0000

I'm assuming they all have enough equity that if they actually managed to build an AI capable of replacing themselves they'll be financially set for the rest of their lives.

New comment by rXwubXUGAm in "Thinking hard burns almost no calories but destroys your next workout"

rXwubXUGAm — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 09:54:38 +0000

yeah that's a ridiculous amount. I'd be so jittery there's no way I'd be able to workout after taking that much. If I have more than one cup of coffee in a single sitting I get so anxious I can't even take proper deep breaths.