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Maximus9000on A greyscale iPhone setup that works in everyday life

This is fantastic! I had greyscale on many years ago, but I had to turn turn colours back on for google maps... but this trick allows me to have my cake and eat it too!

Maximus9000on Car Seats as Contraception

That seems reasonable. Which state do you live in?

Maximus9000on Tech employment now significantly worse than the 2008 or 2020 recessions

That's funny, I'm also thinking about Electrician.

Maximus9000on AI Doesn't Reduce Work–It Intensifies It

Did you know your comment was featured in TechCrunch?

https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/09/the-first-signs-of-burnout...

Maximus9000on In New York City, congestion pricing leads to marked drop in pollution

Isn't times square already pedestrian?

https://ny.curbed.com/2017/4/19/15358234/times-square-snohet...

Maximus9000on Exploit allows for takeover of fleets of Unitree robots

are talking about unmanned drones?

Maximus9000on The ROI of Exercise

Can you recommend any specific games that meet these requirements? I don't have VR, but I remember playing "Super hot VR" and getting a surprisingly good workout from that game.

Maximus9000on Home Depot sued for 'secretly' using facial recognition at self-checkouts

This might fool the gait analysis, but they will come up with more metrics to analyze you by. You can't beat it. IMO, the only way to stop this is government

Maximus9000on The Death of Daydreaming: What we lose when phones take away boredom

Some audio is poor for daydreaming though. Audiobooks and podcasts often require attention (some music too).

Maximus9000on TikTok preparing for U.S. shut-off on Sunday

If buying a plastic toilet bowl cleaner, I don't care where it comes from. If buying a 5G network equipment, we do care. Most of the stuff we buy from China is plastic junk.

Maximus9000on TikTok preparing for U.S. shut-off on Sunday

Google the phase "flood the zone with shit". Your strategy only works if most of the people speaking/writing are genuinely trying to make the world a better place. If state actors are trying to flood the zone with anything and everything, then it becomes impossible for John Everyman to distinguish signal from noise.

Maximus9000on A new dental scam is to pull healthy teeth to sell you expensive fake ones

> This might sound stupid but I refuse to go to dentists that have "too nice" of an office.

You'd love mine. Their x-ray machine is still rocking windows Vista - and that machine is definitely plugged into the internet. With that said, I like them as a dentist.

Maximus9000on California Bans Sell-By Dates

I've seen it on vinegar too.

Maximus9000on iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max

I'd add "10x optical zoom"

Maximus9000on iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max

As a regular user, I'd still like 10x optical zoom

Maximus9000on Leaked Microsoft pay data shows how much software engineers report making

Cries in Canadian monies

Maximus9000on Within 2 years, 90% of organizations will suffer a critical tech skills shortage

Do you think it will bounce back? or was 2021/2022 the peak of a long and slow decline in tech jobs.

Maximus9000on Exit Strategy: The Case for Single-Stair Egress

That looks cool! Video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzETWeO5nqw

Maximus9000on New gel breaks down alcohol in the body

Take this gel at the end of the night so that you don't have a hangover the next day?

Maximus9000on The LaserDisc

The photos aren't great at showing the scale. It was like a CD but it was as big as a vinyl record. like this:

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3833/9373539522_a3065346b8.jp...

Maximus9000on Open Sourcing DOS 4

win 3.1 was released in early 1992. It looks like it was Dos 5.0 and 6.0 by then.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_DOS_operating_syst...

Maximus9000on Apple alerts users in 92 nations to mercenary spyware attacks

Check out Darknet diaries podcast on the NSO group. NSO group likely pays over $100k USD to hackers that have a good zero day for iphone.

https://darknetdiaries.com/episode/100/

Maximus9000on An EMP or Solar Incident Could Result in Blackout Warfare

> The report concluded that, one year after a large-scale EMP or CME, nine of every ten Americans would be dead, from a variety of causes stemming from the attack.

Anyone else find that hard to believe?

Maximus9000on Safetyism killed playtime

Nope. I keep mine out hoping to affect even 1% of speeders - mostly parents who are speeding but really should know better.

Maximus9000on Software Engineers Say the Job Market Is Getting Much Worse

Thanks. I've been using these sites as well to watch the trends:

https://www.itjobswatch.co.uk/jobs/uk/senior%20software%20en...

https://www.trueup.io/job-trend

Maximus9000on Consumer Reports finds 'widespread' presence of plastics in food

Cows too are fed candy (with wrapper)

https://www.motherjones.com/food/2013/12/cow-feed-chicken-po...

Maximus9000on Innovative wireless light switch could cut house wiring costs in half

I wish the article included a diagram of before and after wiring using this solution.

Maximus9000on 280M e-bikes and mopeds are cutting demand for oil far more than electric cars

> big Home Depot plastic storage crate into the bars

Nice! That's such a simple solution. Thanks for the tip.

Maximus9000on Sweden plans new nuclear reactors by 2035, will share costs

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20230613-onkalo-has-finla...

Maximus9000on Ask HN: I’m an FCC Commissioner proposing regulation of IoT security updates

Does the IoT company called "Eve" give hope to the industry? From what I understand, they take a security first approach to their IoT products. I haven't tried them out yet though.