Hacker News: r0ckarong

New comment by r0ckarong in "Australia's social media ban has failed"

r0ckarong — Sun, 02 Aug 2026 07:53:04 +0000

The whole idea of excluding teenagers from social interactions because you can't police how shit people are is absurd.

New comment by r0ckarong in "Vision 50 Years Phone – Keeping old Android phones fast without root"

r0ckarong — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 07:41:58 +0000

Software equivalent of one of these fuel or power saver plugs that blinks an LED at the idiot who paid the money.

New comment by r0ckarong in "Which streaming service was that on again?"

r0ckarong — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 16:06:53 +0000

It's on my media server. Forever. Where did it come from? Content negotiations are not open to public scrutiny. Thank you, good day.

New comment by r0ckarong in "Jellyfin founder Andrew leaves team"

r0ckarong — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 05:53:14 +0000

> third-party clients

Funny how this is the only thing that keeps me from switching from Emby to Jellyfin is the atrocious state of their "own" apps. My last attempt failed when I had to use their Android client. Since I've discovered Wolphin and Findroid it looks a lot more plausible but I just don't have enough pain and lifetime Emby Premiere was still reasonable when I bought it.

New comment by r0ckarong in "AWS: Inaccurate Estimated Billing Data – $1.7 billion"

r0ckarong — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 11:00:36 +0000

Pff rookie numbers, mine was 375 billion.

New comment by r0ckarong in "Physical disc production ending in Jan 2028 for new games on PlayStation"

r0ckarong — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 13:22:08 +0000

Most games with retail copies drop in price soon after the hype window is over. They stay full launch retail price in the PSN store unless there is a "sale". Anti-consumerism at its finest.

New comment by r0ckarong in "GTA 6 Physical Copies Won't Include a Disc, Will Just Be a Code in a Box"

r0ckarong — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 06:58:06 +0000

250GB day one patch incoming.

New comment by r0ckarong in "Midjourney Medical"

r0ckarong — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 06:37:16 +0000

They should ask their LLM for fun things to do in prison! Or ask Elizabeth Holmes.

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.