<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Hacker News: PlotCitizen</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=PlotCitizen</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 13:22:45 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=PlotCitizen" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by PlotCitizen in "Scrcpy v4.0"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Thanks EU</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 08:46:20 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48119363</link><dc:creator>PlotCitizen</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48119363</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48119363</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by PlotCitizen in "Cloudflare was down"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>This is a good reminder for everyone to reconsider making all of their websites depend on a single centralized point of failure. There are many alternatives to the different services which Cloudflare offers.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2025 08:59:49 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46158360</link><dc:creator>PlotCitizen</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46158360</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46158360</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by PlotCitizen in "Internet's biggest annoyance: Cookie laws should target browsers, not websites"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>This is the best suggestion here with the least friction in my opinion</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2025 12:45:00 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45668225</link><dc:creator>PlotCitizen</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45668225</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45668225</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by PlotCitizen in "My game's server is blocked in Spain whenever there's a football match on"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I totally agree with point number 2. Even point number 1 is reasonable. But there are many CDNs you could use, perhaps smaller ones, perhaps some that do not offer their services to streaming websites, which is arguably the reason for the blocking.<p>Ultimately point number 3 is a prediction. I could see that happening, but I am not convinced it's set in stone that the blocking would just increase. And even if that happens, and even bigger ranges are blocked, and even more stuff breaks, perhaps more people will start to notice and put an end to this, to CloudFlare's delight.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2025 06:56:51 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45369988</link><dc:creator>PlotCitizen</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45369988</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45369988</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by PlotCitizen in "My game's server is blocked in Spain whenever there's a football match on"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>> Internet does not work in Spain when there are football matches.<p>There's a distinction between the above statement and the truth, which is that CloudFlare and other large CDNs do not work in Spain when there are football matches.<p>Yes, it's not CloudFlare's fault in this instance, since I believe CloudFlare is not being notified to take action in real time. The blocking needs to happen quickly to block access to illegal streams of a live event. My understanding is that CloudFlare is largely out of the picture when this decision is happening, and CloudFlare is only taking the blame since that's what Twitch uses, which also can't react as quickly as La Liga wants.<p>That being said there is a solution to this that helps protect from collateral as well as the decentralized open nature of the internet: moving away from those large CDNs</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2025 14:22:07 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45360839</link><dc:creator>PlotCitizen</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45360839</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45360839</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by PlotCitizen in "Ask HN: Does anyone else notice YouTube causing 100% CPU usage and stattering?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>And do you notice high CPU usage or stuttering?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2025 14:19:37 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45301961</link><dc:creator>PlotCitizen</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45301961</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45301961</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by PlotCitizen in "Kien, the most-delayed video game in history, released after 22 years"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Hopefully miegakure doesn't beat the record</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jul 2024 09:18:50 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40881158</link><dc:creator>PlotCitizen</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40881158</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40881158</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by PlotCitizen in "Cloudflare DNS Must Block Pirate Sites, Italian Court Confirms"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p><a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29047754" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29047754</a></p>
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<p>Unpaywalled <a href="http://archive.today/Fdtyx" rel="nofollow">http://archive.today/Fdtyx</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Apr 2023 21:38:55 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35431660</link><dc:creator>PlotCitizen</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35431660</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35431660</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by PlotCitizen in "Ask HN: Can I download GPT / ChatGPT to my desktop?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>It’s not possible currently but there’s another story on the HN front page with an open source alternative which I haven’t tried</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2022 15:56:27 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34173903</link><dc:creator>PlotCitizen</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34173903</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34173903</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by PlotCitizen in "Non-replaceable battery? Not if this proposed EU law passes"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I would prefer to keep to option to at least be able to buy a more water resistant phone</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 25 Dec 2022 18:58:16 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34129982</link><dc:creator>PlotCitizen</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34129982</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34129982</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by PlotCitizen in "LibGen Is Down"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>No it’s not</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Dec 2022 10:44:56 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33842454</link><dc:creator>PlotCitizen</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33842454</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33842454</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by PlotCitizen in "Three common misconceptions about the nature and nurture of research"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Paywalled</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2022 10:23:19 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33785783</link><dc:creator>PlotCitizen</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33785783</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33785783</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by PlotCitizen in "Google Is Not a Search Engine – It's an Advertising Platform (2019)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Relevant: <a href="https://xkcd.com/1361/" rel="nofollow">https://xkcd.com/1361/</a></p>
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<p>Paywalled</p>
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<p>I'm also holding out</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2021 06:42:42 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27273606</link><dc:creator>PlotCitizen</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27273606</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27273606</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by PlotCitizen in "Ask HN: Why is Reddit on mobile so obsessed with making me use their app?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>In a similar vein, I use Apollo for iOS[1] and it's also magnitudes better. The official reddit app is starting to catch up, but it's designed with advertisers in mind, whereas you can use a different app and pay for ads to go away, or use the old, web version with a blocker.<p>[1] <a href="https://apolloapp.io/" rel="nofollow">https://apolloapp.io/</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2020 15:47:44 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24211667</link><dc:creator>PlotCitizen</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24211667</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24211667</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by PlotCitizen in "I Hope the Search for Extraterrestrial Life Finds Nothing (2008) [pdf]"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>This article reads alarmingly similar to the Kurzgesagt video about the great filter (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjtOGPJ0URM" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjtOGPJ0URM</a>).<p>Of course, the Great Filter isn't a new concept, but provided that this is an argument made by somebody other than the person who coined the term (that was Robin Hanson I believe), combined with the fact that I read almost the entire article before then going on to find the video, I find the two too similar to write it off to simple chance.<p>There have been criticisms of Kurzgesagt in the past, one I can recall being the following, in video form (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2dAGU-VJcE" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2dAGU-VJcE</a>). I've now found out that the original video was retracted and the creator issued a public apology (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcgHGslVdrg" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcgHGslVdrg</a>), in addition to Kurzgesagt committing to performing more scrutiny over their videos and citing their sources wherever possible.<p>I do applaud this last step on their part, and I understand that you have to admit that the Great Filter video was published back in 2018 before this commitment was made, but something about the lack of attribution throughout the video doesn't sit right with me, still.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2020 16:59:18 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24122610</link><dc:creator>PlotCitizen</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24122610</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24122610</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by PlotCitizen in "Ask HN: Affordable, online university for getting a degree to quit programming?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>You could always try openuniversity.edu</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 18 Aug 2019 22:09:05 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20733245</link><dc:creator>PlotCitizen</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20733245</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20733245</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by PlotCitizen in "The future of loneliness"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I was reminded this video I saw some time ago with a similar title… It's in my YouTube favorites and I'm pasting it here for your consideration: <a href="https://youtu.be/c6Bkr_udado" rel="nofollow">https://youtu.be/c6Bkr_udado</a><p>You can also have a look at the TED talk the description references. Cheers.</p>
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