Hacker News: hillbillydillyhttps://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=hillbillydillyHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Sun, 06 Sep 2026 19:49:27 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by hillbillydilly in "Fastpotify"]]>I don't know about you but spotify discovery feels like the least organic discovery possible. Its so homogeneous and predictable and corporate slop adjacent it makes me cringe just thinking about it.

]]>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 05:42:31 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49518364hillbillydillyhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49518364https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49518364<![CDATA[New comment by hillbillydilly in "TikTok shares your data more than any other app and it’s unclear where it goes"]]>yea these convos really make me think 'all hope is lost' when you get some decent idea fleshed out re: adtech algorithm auditing and your first thought is: yea lets root out anti american sentiment in the algo. facepalm strong fox news vibes around here these days

]]>Wed, 09 Feb 2022 17:54:40 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30275716hillbillydillyhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30275716https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30275716<![CDATA[New comment by hillbillydilly in "The rising human cost of sports betting"]]>its the classic hn libertarian take. empowered teens with freedom technology, saying one thing (body autonomy, no regs!) but, actually with regulations they're just smarter regulations cause I'm smart

]]>Mon, 31 Jan 2022 19:44:48 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30153205hillbillydillyhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30153205https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30153205<![CDATA[New comment by hillbillydilly in "Barrier Reef doomed as up to 99% of coral at risk, report finds"]]>might want to modify your interpretation of what "well educated" people get up to in the world these days huh? HN has long been a bastion of libertarian contrarianism made up of (imo) privileged and extremely "well educated" folks disconnected from large swaths non-silicon society.

you should really just not read the comments here and seriously stop thinking these nerds care that much or would do anything if they did.

]]>Sun, 04 Apr 2021 01:43:02 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26686284hillbillydillyhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26686284https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26686284<![CDATA[New comment by hillbillydilly in "Barrier Reef doomed as up to 99% of coral at risk, report finds"]]>low effort climate denialism posts- oversimplified, pedantic and contrarian, for what? "Oceans Acidifying Faster Today Than in Past 300 Million Years" https://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=123324

seriously two clicks.

]]>Sun, 04 Apr 2021 01:11:47 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26686145hillbillydillyhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26686145https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26686145