Hacker News: mouselett

New comment by mouselett in "What podcasts are you listening to?"

mouselett — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 13:13:09 +0000

I listen to an assortment of NPR podcasts, namely NPR's Book of the Day, Pop Culture Happy Hour, Wild Card with Rachel Martin, and the TED Radio Hour. I sometimes listen to Up First as well when I'm not in the mood to spend two hours listening to Morning Edition.

New comment by mouselett in "Spotify increases its US subscription prices for the third time in 3 years"

mouselett — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 19:37:09 +0000

I have to be honest, I immediately decided to quit the service and subscribe to YouTube Premium as soon as I saw the news yesterday. I would've been fine if it was just the regular full-priced subscription offerings that were increasing in price, but to do it to the student plan as well? And for what, to cover the costs of Hulu? It's not like audiobooks are included with the student plan! Given that this latest price hike now puts Spotify's student plan within a dollar of YouTube Premium's student plan while being more expensive than almost every other music streamer's student plans, I decided to take the plunge and subscribe to YouTube Premium, because if Spotify's going to increase the price of their subscriptions and not offer a good reason to do it, then why even bother?

New comment by mouselett in "I can't upgrade to Windows 11, now leave me alone"

mouselett — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 01:10:05 +0000

I had the same frustrations recently with my MacBook Pro, with macOS constantly telling me about Tahoe despite OCLP--which I used to patch my unsupported Mac to Sonoma--currently not supporting that version of macOS. These notifications aren't able to be disabled, just like in Windows--trust me, I tried to do that. They irritated me so much, that I've actually taken to installing Ubuntu on the Mac just so I can avoid seeing them.

New comment by mouselett in "uBlock Origin Lite now available for Safari"

mouselett — Tue, 05 Aug 2025 12:57:20 +0000

I meant to the one in the reply, but it looks like someone already did.

New comment by mouselett in "uBlock Origin Lite now available for Safari"

mouselett — Tue, 05 Aug 2025 09:59:01 +0000

Thank you for the link. Can some moderator please update the link? Thanks in advance.

Does listening to an audiobook count as reading?

mouselett — Mon, 07 Jul 2025 23:54:31 +0000

Article URL: https://www.npr.org/2025/07/07/nx-s1-5454723/does-listening-to-an-audiobook-count-as-reading

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44495731

Points: 5

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New comment by mouselett in "Calibre 8.0"

mouselett — Fri, 21 Mar 2025 10:04:29 +0000

Have you tried the built-in Books app on iOS? I find it to be a simple book reader that allows for ePub files to be opened from the Files app without having to sync them manually using something like a Mac.

New comment by mouselett in "Why are Texas interchanges so tall?"

mouselett — Tue, 20 Aug 2024 21:56:06 +0000

Same here, it opens the Maps app on my MacBook.

New comment by mouselett in "Anxious Generation – How Safetyism and Social Media Are Damaging the Kids"

mouselett — Sat, 06 Jul 2024 15:27:45 +0000

I just started reading the book this morning. I go to Hacker News and this is the top post. Either I have a third eye, or this is nothing more than a coincidence. This is also my first comment here, so apologies if I accidentally break a site rule.