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New comment by rustyhodge in "TinyIce: Single-binary Icecast2-compatible server (auto-HTTPS, multi-tenant)"

rustyhodge — Wed, 18 Feb 2026 10:27:49 +0000

Because some browsers get annoyed and put up lots of alerts if they can't make a https connection

New comment by rustyhodge in "Flock CEO calls Deflock a “terrorist organization” (2025) [video]"

rustyhodge — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 22:04:18 +0000

It's amazing at how terrorism has been re-defined. When I was a kid you had to blow up skyscrapers or planes (or both at the same time), set off bombs in a crowded area, or a specifically targeted mass shooter to be labelled a terrorist.

New comment by rustyhodge in "Show HN: Air traffic control radio and chill music for focus"

rustyhodge — Mon, 17 Feb 2025 14:58:44 +0000

You are costing us money. We have to pay royalties to the artist for each person who hears even part of a track. We do not have ads in the streams.

Why are you being so stubborn about honoring our request? Why not play creative commons music, embed SoundCloud tracks, or make your own music mix and pay the royalties on that.

Don't steal our content (that we have to pay royalties for each listener on) for your "proof of concept".

New comment by rustyhodge in "Show HN: Air traffic control radio and chill music for focus"

rustyhodge — Mon, 17 Feb 2025 09:33:17 +0000

Our email isn't a secret https://somafm.com/contact/

New comment by rustyhodge in "Show HN: Air traffic control radio and chill music for focus"

rustyhodge — Mon, 17 Feb 2025 09:30:32 +0000

In SF, the initial dispatch is still in the clear. But a lot of EMS/Fire traffic is unencrypted, as is certain "event" radio traffic. The SF Police Commission doesn't want SF to have a totally encrypted radio system for accountability reasons.

New comment by rustyhodge in "Show HN: Air traffic control radio and chill music for focus"

rustyhodge — Mon, 17 Feb 2025 09:28:19 +0000

They're one of the OGs of internet radio. Radio Paradise too. Probably a couple more I'm forgetting.

New comment by rustyhodge in "Show HN: Air traffic control radio and chill music for focus"

rustyhodge — Mon, 17 Feb 2025 09:26:32 +0000

Thank you for contributing to the enshittication of the web. We keep our streams open so our listeners can easily and freely access us, unlike most other internet radio services. But if things like this get any traction, we're going to have to start restricting them.

We are paying for your little hobby. SomaFM pays close to $100k a year now on music royalties. We pay based on a per-listener, per-song basis. Sites like yours cost us money even when someone only checks it out for a few seconds.

SomaFM is a tiny organization, we're not some VC-funded startup.

What you're doing is exploiting us.

It's not cool.

New comment by rustyhodge in "Show HN: Air traffic control radio and chill music for focus"

rustyhodge — Mon, 17 Feb 2025 09:20:51 +0000

Appreciate that

New comment by rustyhodge in "Show HN: Air traffic control radio and chill music for focus"

rustyhodge — Mon, 17 Feb 2025 08:59:04 +0000

Don't forget "pay the music royalties"

New comment by rustyhodge in "Show HN: Air traffic control radio and chill music for focus"

rustyhodge — Mon, 17 Feb 2025 08:46:01 +0000

Olzhas, Please remove Groove Salad (and/and any other SomaFM stations) from your site. Not sure what you mean by "agreements that are under review" but stop trying to get around our blocks.

Your behavior is unprofessional.

New comment by rustyhodge in "Nest, the company, died at Google I/O 2019"

rustyhodge — Fri, 10 May 2019 21:34:02 +0000

They can also cut the copper/fiber/coax coming into your house. If the NVR/whatever recording your video isn't in a super obvious place it will take a thief longer to find that then it would be for them to clip your connection to the net.