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maverickmax90on Predictions Scorecard, 2025 January 01

What you marked as hype is a flaw in your skill to recognize real world cases vs wishful thinking.

You are not predicting just daydreaming.

maverickmax90on Starlink offering free internet access for 30 days for Hurricane Helene victims

This!

maverickmax90on Unity's actions are unacceptable, I cannot keep endorsing this

He gives away a lot of game assets resources. Every game developer has been helped by this .

maverickmax90on Threads, an Instagram app

Never seen a more idiotic response lol. Twitter was there during fb highest time ...people have moved away from meta cra* because of values difference.

Hope you are from planet earth BTW.

maverickmax90on Debloating Windows 10 with one command and no internet scripts

Wow telling people what to do ..must work well for you I suppose.

maverickmax90on Programs are dead, and JavaScript has killed them

JavaScript will always win as is most accessible to new folks.

maverickmax90on Pong was boring, and people loved it

100%

maverickmax90on Disney says it has more streaming customers than Netflix

Disney.. Terrible ux though ....can't match Netflix slick interactions

maverickmax90on India lifted 415M out of poverty in 15 years, says UN

People have lifted themselves up...not some company or country. So kudos to you guys, gals.

maverickmax90on I helped negotiate the $22B sale to Facebook, Today, I regret it

Personal values should have taken precedence then because that's what he's claiming now. Money can be ignored if your are true to your values.

maverickmax90on Unreal Engine 5 is now available

Free for studios earning < some $$$ and a "x%" cut for studios that earn > some $$$

maverickmax90on Ask HN: Have OCD, suffering from extreme procrastination, please help?

Keep "failing" as a goal until you succeed. Eg. Goal "get a glass of water" take the first step towards wherever the water is = fail = success take the second step = fail = success....keep going until you finally get your glass of water = success....this method works for me.

maverickmax90on CEO behind Japan’s best-performing stock says his secret is raising salaries

Please play some AAA games from Japanese studios.

maverickmax90on GFXBench: Apple M1

What are the temperatures? Dont see any data on that; Frames/sec means very little if your macbook becomes hot leading to throttling...

maverickmax90on ProtonMail Voluntarily Offers Assistance for Real-Time Surveillance?

You guys should try migadu.com

maverickmax90on ProtonMail Voluntarily Offers Assistance for Real-Time Surveillance?

Migadu.com

maverickmax90on Let's start using DuckDuckGo more often

startpage.com

Way better in search and privacy

maverickmax90on Google search only has 60% of my content from 2006

Folks please use startpage.com just give it a chance. It has worked out very well for me in terms of privacy and equal search results compared to the big g.

maverickmax90on Ask HN: How do you secure your Mac?

Anti virus - Sophos home Free & according to me the only real antivirus Little snitch is excellent for severing unintended network connections Search engine - startpage.com. This one has been excellent as I get privacy + search results same as Google I use adguard... Very effective. Dns 1.1.1.1 from cloud flare

maverickmax90on Reducing notification permission prompt spam in Firefox

Finally

maverickmax90on Ask HN: Has anyone successfully been able to completely quit using Google?

For search needs you can try www.startpage.com ..just found it recently and the search is fantastic.