Hacker News: simmo9000

New comment by simmo9000 in "Backing up Spotify"

simmo9000 — Sun, 21 Dec 2025 13:21:10 +0000

We need insane for culture to survive.

New comment by simmo9000 in "Bikeshedding, or why I want to build a laptop"

simmo9000 — Sun, 07 Dec 2025 03:55:07 +0000

How much would you pay? Seriously.

There is market demand, but at what price? Hardware is a thin margin product.

Is it a few off the shelf parts placed in a custom CNCed block of aluminium or is it engineered, from the ground up, to suit purpose.

Getting an idea of what would people pay for such a product is step one.

5k?

New comment by simmo9000 in "Ask HN: The government of my country blocked VPN access. What should I use?"

simmo9000 — Fri, 29 Aug 2025 00:22:46 +0000

Recommendations for any 'good' ones?

New comment by simmo9000 in "Australia is introducing age checks for search engines like Google"

simmo9000 — Sun, 13 Jul 2025 03:31:19 +0000

And the Nicotine situation... The "government" sure got a good handle on that.

New comment by simmo9000 in "Australia is introducing age checks for search engines like Google"

simmo9000 — Fri, 11 Jul 2025 04:34:34 +0000

Australia has "the vote" for that.

New comment by simmo9000 in "Australia is quietly introducing age checks for search engines like Google"

simmo9000 — Fri, 11 Jul 2025 04:31:43 +0000

1788-2025 and still going strong...

New comment by simmo9000 in "Database management in a single PHP file"

simmo9000 — Thu, 20 Mar 2025 07:29:32 +0000

Less than a minute to install deploy and use. Could not be easier, well done.

Simple and strait forward is always a winner.

New comment by simmo9000 in "Show HN: Leaflet.pub – a web app for creating and sharing rich documents"

simmo9000 — Wed, 05 Mar 2025 23:19:42 +0000

Well done. Intuitive and simple like this sort of tool should be.

New comment by simmo9000 in "Station of despair: What to do if you get stuck at end of Tokyo Chuo Rapid Line"

simmo9000 — Fri, 07 Feb 2025 23:57:24 +0000

Uxbridge, High Barnet, Edgware, all painful for a wake-up nudge from a rail worker at 1am.

Cockfosters was proper despair, and Mordor (or Morden) well... don't.

What took the cake though was flying back and arriving at Stansted after midnight and waiting for the 5am escape back home in the depths of winter.

London offered many memorable evenings for those silly enough to party in the city a while back.

Not drinking so much is probably a way to avoid the despair, but where is the fun in that?

New comment by simmo9000 in "After 3 Years, I Failed. Here's All My Startup's Code"

simmo9000 — Wed, 18 Dec 2024 07:39:59 +0000

Well done having a go. Most don't.

Publishing your results makes you part of history. Respect.

New comment by simmo9000 in "Lfgss shutting down 16th March 2025 (day before Online Safety Act is enforced)"

simmo9000 — Wed, 18 Dec 2024 06:53:23 +0000

OP having to consult a lawyer IS the problem...

New comment by simmo9000 in "Lfgss shutting down 16th March 2025 (day before Online Safety Act is enforced)"

simmo9000 — Wed, 18 Dec 2024 06:50:22 +0000

Exactly. Adding punitive governance hurdles hinders the small and/or solo.

Those that do whist not seeking financial gain are impacted the most.

Regulatory capture. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulatory_capture

New comment by simmo9000 in "UK's Online Safety Act comes into force"

simmo9000 — Mon, 16 Dec 2024 23:11:20 +0000

Australia is following suit with it's 'Social Media Minimum age bill' that will require ALL users to prove their age.

https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislat...

New comment by simmo9000 in "The Onion buys Infowars"

simmo9000 — Fri, 15 Nov 2024 10:41:11 +0000

All place every experience in a category. One "man's" lethargy is another's strategy. Look and you see it. We all be it.

New comment by simmo9000 in "A New Age of Materials Is Dawning, for Everything from Smartphones to Missiles"

simmo9000 — Wed, 10 Jul 2024 11:44:36 +0000

Umm... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biological_carbon_fixation.

New comment by simmo9000 in "A New Age of Materials Is Dawning, for Everything from Smartphones to Missiles"

simmo9000 — Wed, 10 Jul 2024 11:35:31 +0000

It is a financial question... Which product makes most profit, in whole? Whole includes, in part, "The Commons".

New comment by simmo9000 in "Google releases smart watch for kids"

simmo9000 — Thu, 30 May 2024 00:38:22 +0000

Implant would be better. Harder to loose.

New comment by simmo9000 in "Google releases smart watch for kids"

simmo9000 — Thu, 30 May 2024 00:37:02 +0000

"Hook em while they are young" - George Carlin. Dogma.

New comment by simmo9000 in "Mornington Crescent"

simmo9000 — Mon, 12 Feb 2024 23:21:16 +0000

Bell-size park.

New comment by simmo9000 in "Adam? ... is there a reason your laptop is in the fridge? (2006)"

simmo9000 — Fri, 06 Oct 2023 04:19:16 +0000

10 mins does sound a little quick?

I can say from experiencing, 20 mins in the freezer for a bare 3.5 or 2.5 HDD would give about 5 mins of "quick, find important stuff" time...

>_last ditch method for pulling files off a dying HDD_ Before pulling it apart and and putting the platters in an identical donor drive. (Dam IBM DEATHSTAR drives back in the day!)