Hacker News: r0ckarong

New comment by r0ckarong in "New Lifetime Plex Pass Pricing"

r0ckarong — Tue, 19 May 2026 15:28:27 +0000

I stopped using Plex when they started forcing the "streaming" of third party content into my network. What are they smoking now?

New comment by r0ckarong in "We've made the world too complicated"

r0ckarong — Sat, 16 May 2026 10:49:15 +0000

Sounds like a control fetish to me. I'm a meat sack controlled by an organical electro-chemical controller that I'll never fully understand; which doesn't even obey me most of the time but that doesn't keep me from doing things.

New comment by r0ckarong in "I love Linux, but I can't quit Windows"

r0ckarong — Fri, 15 May 2026 16:52:53 +0000

Sorry but wtf is that guy on?

> I need my machine to work. I can't spend an afternoon tweaking my computer anymore.

Until Microslop OS decided on its own that you haven't had a reboot in a while and since we're at it some of the drivers you desperately need suddenly are not kosher anymore.

When stuff breaks I prefer something I'm actually allowed to repair. That's just me.

New comment by r0ckarong in "Kash Patel's Personalized Bourbon Stash"

r0ckarong — Thu, 07 May 2026 05:35:00 +0000

That country is such a clown show.

New comment by r0ckarong in "Google Flow Music"

r0ckarong — Sat, 25 Apr 2026 06:32:49 +0000

Don't forget to save your Google Flow Music collection before we shut down this service.

New comment by r0ckarong in "The Seasons Are Wrong"

r0ckarong — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 08:12:51 +0000

What is he on about? Ah, american. Ok.

New comment by r0ckarong in "Microsoft terms say Copilot is for entertainment purposes only, not serious use"

r0ckarong — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 17:03:03 +0000

At this point their company is only for entertainment purposes not serious business, no? A wait they're slamming the only entertainment franchise thru have left into the ground as well.

New comment by r0ckarong in "Goodbye to Sora"

r0ckarong — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 07:23:02 +0000

Couldn't make it work at taking actual directions huh?

New comment by r0ckarong in "Trashing American Allies Turns Out to Be Bad for National Security"

r0ckarong — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 06:37:00 +0000

Antagonizing all your neighbors doesn't make the neighborhood safer for you?

New comment by r0ckarong in "Stop calling it vibe coding"

r0ckarong — Sun, 18 Jan 2026 15:32:20 +0000

Stop calling them vibrators, they're agentic lovers.

New comment by r0ckarong in "Microsoft Office renamed to “Microsoft 365 Copilot app”"

r0ckarong — Mon, 05 Jan 2026 15:38:18 +0000

Someone please remove the self-serve paint thinner fountain from their cafeteria. It's beyond ridiculous.

New comment by r0ckarong in "Late night pizzeria nearby The Pentagon has suddenly surged in traffic"

r0ckarong — Sat, 03 Jan 2026 10:24:13 +0000

Coup in Venezuela needs more Pepperoni.

New comment by r0ckarong in "Grok Can't Apologize. So Why Do Headlines Keep Saying It Did?"

r0ckarong — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 20:39:53 +0000

Because we live in a technofeudalist hellscape where the media is owned by the people who profit from out oppression.

New comment by r0ckarong in "Rubio stages font coup: Times New Roman ousts Calibri"

r0ckarong — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 08:58:33 +0000

Good thing the world is entirely stable and the United States have literally no more pressing issues.

New comment by r0ckarong in "Firewood Banks Aren't Inspiring. They're a Sign of Collapse"

r0ckarong — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 16:56:40 +0000

Some billionaire is eating food flown around the world this very moment.

New comment by r0ckarong in "'Life being stressful is not an illness' – GPs on mental health over-diagnosis"

r0ckarong — Sat, 06 Dec 2025 13:39:18 +0000

More like most people are dragging a cruise ship through a desert while being baited with the possible opportunity to belong to those enjoying the endless buffets and on-board water park.

This whole "should we ration so everybody gets some" is complete BS. There is an abundance of resources that are concentrated to a few and the rest made to suffer. We don't have to ration, we have to prevent the greedy from hogging it all. It's quite the opposite.

New comment by r0ckarong in "U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols"

r0ckarong — Thu, 20 Nov 2025 21:24:11 +0000

Good time to finally get that double lightning tattoo you always wanted sailor.

New comment by r0ckarong in "Samsung makes ads on smart fridges official with upcoming software update"

r0ckarong — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 19:32:20 +0000

Don't some of these have "smart" features to detect what is actually in your fridge and tell you if you run out? I would think removing the last piece of butter could trigger an ad for whatever cow-milk-fat substitute won the highest bid on the brainfuck raffle that day would be shown to you.

New comment by r0ckarong in "Suspicionless ChatControl must be taboo in a state governed by the rule of law"

r0ckarong — Wed, 08 Oct 2025 18:01:35 +0000

Also it would mean that the politicians and lobbyists would be subject to that surveillance by default. Can't have that.

New comment by r0ckarong in "RIAA: Telegram and Discord Are Notorious Hubs for Pre-Release Music Piracy"

r0ckarong — Tue, 07 Oct 2025 06:12:06 +0000

Same discussion every decade. Industry earns ever higher profits. Artists earn ever lower. Piracy still as strong as before all the effort and time wasted. Countless billions sunk into squishing teenagers in court. Still not one fair and simple sharing or discovery model. This industry and especially the *AA orgs are evil money presses and should be abolished.