Hacker News: wileydragonfly

New comment by wileydragonfly in "'We hacked the FBI:' Hackers say they have data on all FBI employees"

wileydragonfly — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 04:32:36 +0000

Clown World.

New comment by wileydragonfly in "Don't let anyone take away your big box of cables"

wileydragonfly — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 00:37:17 +0000

Throwing all that shit in a box and spending half an hour digging through it is half the fun. Your organization systems distress me.

New comment by wileydragonfly in "Mechanical Turk shutting down September 30"

wileydragonfly — Thu, 27 Aug 2026 01:05:35 +0000

I made a couple thousand dollars off it squeezing in tasks here and there between meetings. Amazon Payments were challenging to redeem as I recall. I did more or less write the bulk of someone’s doctoral thesis. Kept giving me a dollar to summarize the findings of various psychology papers. The most memorable was the one where people were put in a room and someone sprayed “liquid ass” on the wall. The subjects given no explanation experienced higher levels of anxiety than those that were told there was a sewage leak being repaired. One of the strangest dollars I ever made. My PS4 and game collection was spectacular.

New comment by wileydragonfly in "John Deere owners will get the right to repair equipment under FTC settlement"

wileydragonfly — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 03:18:49 +0000

I’ll believe it when I hear farmers telling me it’s true

New comment by wileydragonfly in "Librepods: AirPods liberated"

wileydragonfly — Sun, 28 Jun 2026 22:59:27 +0000

I missed the replacement window by three weeks and they offered to “repair” them for $180. Was not impressed. Judging by resale prices on eBay, it’s always the right ear bud that goes bad on gen1 pros

New comment by wileydragonfly in "Scientists ejected from diabetes conference for distributing journal reprints"

wileydragonfly — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 15:09:13 +0000

You could have simply searched this versus posting, but he never completed a residency. To go into US medical school debt and not complete your training is strongly indicative of deep rooted problems.

New comment by wileydragonfly in "Scientists ejected from diabetes conference for distributing journal reprints"

wileydragonfly — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 12:20:33 +0000

Bhattacharya is an unlicensed MD and completely unfit to lead NIH

New comment by wileydragonfly in "WH proposes rules giving political appointees final approval on research grants"

wileydragonfly — Sat, 30 May 2026 21:42:12 +0000

There’s a BOY in the girls bathroom!!!

New comment by wileydragonfly in "WH proposes rules giving political appointees final approval on research grants"

wileydragonfly — Sat, 30 May 2026 21:40:42 +0000

I visited the UBC cyclotron. Instead of fixing or replacing the $250,009 chair, they were flying your citizens to UCSF for treatment. Pathetic.

New comment by wileydragonfly in "WH proposes rules giving political appointees final approval on research grants"

wileydragonfly — Sat, 30 May 2026 12:19:19 +0000

Remember when the director of NIH, an unlicensed MD, lied to congress two months ago and swore the award letters were coming? I do.

New comment by wileydragonfly in "Microsoft reports AI is more expensive than paying human employees"

wileydragonfly — Sat, 23 May 2026 05:25:21 +0000

For now.

New comment by wileydragonfly in "Why Japanese companies do so many different things"

wileydragonfly — Sat, 23 May 2026 01:46:27 +0000

“Weeabo crap” was also my take on the article.

New comment by wileydragonfly in "Space Cadet Pinball on Linux"

wileydragonfly — Sun, 10 May 2026 13:33:41 +0000

Just put one pop bumper there, you could make it work

New comment by wileydragonfly in "Space Cadet Pinball on Linux"

wileydragonfly — Sun, 10 May 2026 13:30:02 +0000

I suggested this to a Stern employee 21 years ago, which obviously went nowhere. Back then they were trying to do a Halo machine, which also went nowhere.

New comment by wileydragonfly in "PC Engine CPU"

wileydragonfly — Fri, 08 May 2026 19:58:19 +0000

If they had just let you remap the controls so you had fierce and round house, the two button controller would have been serviceable. All the ports of that game are good. I’ve compared them side by side (SNES, Genesis, PCE) and they’re frankly all fun.

I did have a PCB worked up that lets you convert anything to a PC Engine controller. Can’t give them away!

New comment by wileydragonfly in "I bought Friendster for $30k – Here's what I'm doing with it"

wileydragonfly — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 02:38:25 +0000

Nobody gets 10% a year

New comment by wileydragonfly in "Why do people keep stealing the small sauce bottle?"

wileydragonfly — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:50:23 +0000

Takes about how it’s cheap, plastic junk… yet also wanted to take it home. I get it.

New comment by wileydragonfly in "Aliens.gov will be running as a WordPress multisite"

wileydragonfly — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 02:10:41 +0000

Lazar said he walked by an open door and saw either an alien or what was possibly a stuffed animal on a chair. I commend him for making 40 years of hay out of this.

New comment by wileydragonfly in "Aliens.gov will be running as a WordPress multisite"

wileydragonfly — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 02:06:58 +0000

What odds? We have an n of 1.

New comment by wileydragonfly in "Aliens.gov will be running as a WordPress multisite"

wileydragonfly — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 00:52:52 +0000

The UFO people are telling me it’s Cuba next and then revelation of alien technology recovery from a crash site.

Vamos a ver…