Hacker News: Chronoyes

New comment by Chronoyes in "YouTube is a mysterious monopoly"

Chronoyes — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 12:25:02 +0000

This only works if you login to YouTube, something I will never do.

New comment by Chronoyes in "What'll happen if we spend nearly $3T on data centres no one needs?"

Chronoyes — Tue, 05 Aug 2025 00:22:45 +0000

Me too! Except I wondered why my non-tech wife had stopped complaining about ChatGPT limits, and it turns out she has quietly been subscribing to Pro plan. It's happening.

New comment by Chronoyes in "Retro gaming YouTuber Once Were Nerd sued and raided by the Italian government"

Chronoyes — Thu, 17 Jul 2025 13:05:28 +0000

I have an opposing viewpoint here. Incompressible to me how normalised copyright theft has become in the commercial emulation space.

There are huge YouTube channels such as Linus Tech Tips reviewing $100 devices that contain copyrighted games that would have retailed for over a million dollars. This is not normal and is very different from an individual downloading some ROMs.

And to clarify the story, this guy is being investigated because it was suspected he was selling these devices, not just reviewing them.

New comment by Chronoyes in "Framework Laptop 12 review"

Chronoyes — Wed, 18 Jun 2025 16:22:11 +0000

"60 percent of the SRGB color space"

I never knew they made screens that bad anymore.

New comment by Chronoyes in "State of S3 – Your Laptop is no Laptop anymore – a personal Rant"

Chronoyes — Wed, 04 Sep 2024 08:02:55 +0000

Me too, had to flip to Reader Mode.

New comment by Chronoyes in "Information Security: "We Can Do It, We Just Choose Not To""

Chronoyes — Sat, 15 Jun 2024 12:11:04 +0000

No, one cannot just comply with the "general rules" of GDPR, you have to comply with every last letter of the considerable legal legislation. The fact that the rules can be generalised to a reasonable few paragraphs is meaningless.

New comment by Chronoyes in "Windows 11 Start menu ads are now rolling out to everyone"

Chronoyes — Wed, 24 Apr 2024 11:40:33 +0000

Strong words, but you make a valid point about Microsoft having a grotesque understanding of consent.

New comment by Chronoyes in "R3dfox: A fork of Firefox made specifically for Windows 7 and 8 compatibility"

Chronoyes — Thu, 18 Apr 2024 20:27:08 +0000

This is fantastic really. I run a Windows 7 laptop as part of my setup, and there is a real dearth of resources for securing Windows 7 online in 2024.

I'm shadow banned so no-one is going to read this comment.

Ask HN: YouTube no longer in Google search results?

Chronoyes — Tue, 14 Mar 2023 09:32:07 +0000

When I search Google for YouTube, the homepage doesn't appear in search results. Tested on various VPNs. Anyone else seeing this?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35149077

Points: 10

# Comments: 5

New comment by Chronoyes in "Toxic gases connected to Ohio train derailment cause concern"

Chronoyes — Mon, 13 Feb 2023 14:28:29 +0000

Do these accidents happen regularly in capitalist countries such as Sweden, Norway and Germany? If not then perhaps the problem is not capitalism but America's regulatory system.

New comment by Chronoyes in "Toxic gases connected to Ohio train derailment cause concern"

Chronoyes — Mon, 13 Feb 2023 13:52:38 +0000

That's an extraordinary allegation. Any evidence of this conspiracy?