Hacker News: don_quiquong

New comment by don_quiquong in "Feds Target AI Critics as "Foreign Agents""

don_quiquong — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 05:22:02 +0000

k-shaped economies, speculative bubbles and 8 business trading astronomical sums of money isn't exactly ideal either

New comment by don_quiquong in "Mozilla to UK regulators: VPNs are essential privacy and security tools"

don_quiquong — Mon, 18 May 2026 06:15:13 +0000

Eh, I'm no big fan of the eSafety Office but if it was taken to an election there'd either be vague general support or just a lack of interest - no big opposition outside maybe The Greens and civil/digital rights groups.

New comment by don_quiquong in "UK, Canada and Australia formally recognise Palestinian state"

don_quiquong — Mon, 22 Sep 2025 04:04:00 +0000

Australia is doing 2 way arms trade with Israel, UK is helping Israeli planes refuel and doing recon for them. Seems pretty paltry

New comment by don_quiquong in "We hacked Burger King: How auth bypass led to drive-thru audio surveillance"

don_quiquong — Mon, 08 Sep 2025 01:57:30 +0000

Just imagining the world without Gary Tan and his ilk...

New comment by don_quiquong in "I ditched Spotify and set up my own music stack"

don_quiquong — Fri, 05 Sep 2025 03:53:45 +0000

People who pirate in the year 2025 are almost definitely going to be spending more on music (physical media, merch, tickets, etc) than the average Spotify subscriber. This was true ~20 years ago and given the ease of Spotify and the relative pain of pirating, I would imagine it's even moreso the case today. And even if they spend half a Spotify subscription on music, that's more money going to artists than a Spotify subscription giving them carte blanche access to most music.

New comment by don_quiquong in "I ditched Spotify and set up my own music stack"

don_quiquong — Fri, 05 Sep 2025 03:04:12 +0000

Part of what's wrong with the industry. Steve Albini had a flat fee and was one of the most sought after recording engineers (aka producer but he hated the term). And that was based on the quality of his work moreso than his modest, flat fee.

New comment by don_quiquong in "I ditched Spotify and set up my own music stack"

don_quiquong — Fri, 05 Sep 2025 02:58:40 +0000

I mean the use of lidarr is a dead giveaway. Don't need to snoop his history to put 2 and 2 together

New comment by don_quiquong in "I ditched Spotify and set up my own music stack"

don_quiquong — Fri, 05 Sep 2025 02:50:54 +0000

Maybe a market-based approach is inherently flawed for things like art, research, various services (health, education, etc)

New comment by don_quiquong in "I ditched Spotify and set up my own music stack"

don_quiquong — Fri, 05 Sep 2025 02:49:41 +0000

>There's a fair market value for the art

Fair ain't got nothing to do with it. Markets don't give a shit about 'fair'.