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New comment by tehwebguy in "Show HN: Making a smart TV dumb and then smart"

tehwebguy — Sat, 24 Oct 2026 00:19:40 +0000

> The price of the median purchased TV in 1997 was ~$4000, in nominal (1997) dollars.

I think you added a zero, where is this figure from?

New comment by tehwebguy in "Siri is so bad at everything"

tehwebguy — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 15:07:59 +0000

Because everyone agrees with the sentiment, Apple lovers and haters alike.

New comment by tehwebguy in "Utah to let AI examine patients and prescribe medication without human oversight"

tehwebguy — Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:21:24 +0000

> Specifically for acne treatments, seems fine.

Hard disagree. The only acne treatment I know by name has serious side effects that IMO should be discussed with a human at length before being used.

New comment by tehwebguy in "ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos into a Palantir Database"

tehwebguy — Sat, 03 Oct 2026 13:50:39 +0000

I think it’s a generous compromise personally.

New comment by tehwebguy in "As A.I. makes law firms more efficient, clients ask: 'Where's my discount?'"

tehwebguy — Mon, 28 Sep 2026 13:28:02 +0000

“Cyst O’Donavan has been found guilty. It took a Waymo jury less than three seconds to convict him.”

New comment by tehwebguy in "As A.I. makes law firms more efficient, clients ask: 'Where's my discount?'"

tehwebguy — Mon, 28 Sep 2026 13:20:00 +0000

People can’t know for sure that they saved anything until all statute of limitations have expired without a lawsuit!

New comment by tehwebguy in "Judge orders release of records on Nazi war criminals who settled in Canada"

tehwebguy — Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:49:58 +0000

I don’t know that that is true but if so it’s probably because they largely didn’t flee to the west.

Haven’t seen it yet but The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On is an ‘87 doc about a Japanese WWII vet tracking down Japanese war criminals, confronting them and then beating the shit out of them. Here’s Bill Hader talking about it:

https://youtu.be/x2eL-g9O9mc?t=5m10s

New comment by tehwebguy in "On caring for user data: NeoVim caused Vim undo files to be deleted"

tehwebguy — Sun, 27 Sep 2026 16:44:39 +0000

OK and you are doing the dril wise man tweet sincerely

New comment by tehwebguy in "The newest ESP32 can run Linux and it's getting close to a Raspberry Pi"

tehwebguy — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 15:04:11 +0000

Article doesn't mention what Pi they are comparing to but it's clearly not a $200 one lmao

New comment by tehwebguy in "Disney+: New user agreement allows ads before movies in all subscriptions"

tehwebguy — Mon, 21 Sep 2026 14:04:07 +0000

> I'm def not paying for the opportunity to yell at my TV.

That’s what all cable news, reality TV, game shows and sports channels are!

New comment by tehwebguy in "Disney+: New user agreement allows ads before movies in all subscriptions"

tehwebguy — Mon, 21 Sep 2026 14:01:46 +0000

Always cancel immediately after you sign up. Treat all streamers as one-month-at-a-time purchases and you’ll realize how much you’ve been paying for that you weren’t using.

New comment by tehwebguy in "XCancel service is suspended until further notice"

tehwebguy — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 14:50:24 +0000

If the name Bright Data is ringing a bell to anyone, it’s probably because they are a (the?) primary offender running the LG TV “residential proxy” (botnet)

New comment by tehwebguy in "Claude is only available to people over 18 years"

tehwebguy — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 14:05:47 +0000

> Facial age estimation: Take a selfie and Yoti's technology estimates your age. No ID document needed.

I still have never done one of these, seems insane!

New comment by tehwebguy in "Lawmakers added $1 to car insurance policies. That money paid for Flock cameras"

tehwebguy — Sun, 30 Aug 2026 02:40:55 +0000

What an insane trade off. Seems like a few bait cars and a couple of trackers would be plenty to figure out where the converters are getting fenced. Obviously there is a small number of buyers driving the entire catalytic theft economy.

New comment by tehwebguy in "Launch HN: ProvenMetal (YC S26) delivers circuit boards in days instead of weeks"

tehwebguy — Thu, 06 Aug 2026 17:20:21 +0000

What are minimums?

New comment by tehwebguy in "How Cops Are Trying to Hide Their Use of Flock"

tehwebguy — Wed, 05 Aug 2026 13:39:02 +0000

This would pin all violations on judgement proof goons.

New comment by tehwebguy in "Tell HN: I hate your fuzzy search"

tehwebguy — Sat, 01 Aug 2026 19:56:32 +0000

Facebook is the biggest offender (could say that a lot tbh)

"New listings were added that match your search: <$search>"

so-that-was-a-fucking-lie.jpg

New comment by tehwebguy in "Tell HN: I hate your fuzzy search"

tehwebguy — Sat, 01 Aug 2026 19:54:14 +0000

Just confirmed! (Is this new? I could swear it didn't work a few months ago when I was looking for stories about Bright Data before all the news articles about the residential proxies.)

Tell HN: I hate your fuzzy search

tehwebguy — Sat, 01 Aug 2026 18:25:00 +0000

Not just HN the site, everyone’s fuzzy search sucks. Let me do exact match search. Even if it’s an option I have to dig deep to find.

When I ran a site that had lots of search use I agonized over making search good and never nuked exact match for the sake of some fuzzy matching. I wish others would do the same.

Hacker News: tehwebguy

New comment by tehwebguy in "Show HN: Making a smart TV dumb and then smart"

New comment by tehwebguy in "Siri is so bad at everything"

New comment by tehwebguy in "Utah to let AI examine patients and prescribe medication without human oversight"

New comment by tehwebguy in "ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos into a Palantir Database"

New comment by tehwebguy in "As A.I. makes law firms more efficient, clients ask: 'Where's my discount?'"

New comment by tehwebguy in "As A.I. makes law firms more efficient, clients ask: 'Where's my discount?'"

New comment by tehwebguy in "Judge orders release of records on Nazi war criminals who settled in Canada"

New comment by tehwebguy in "On caring for user data: NeoVim caused Vim undo files to be deleted"

New comment by tehwebguy in "The newest ESP32 can run Linux and it's getting close to a Raspberry Pi"

New comment by tehwebguy in "Disney+: New user agreement allows ads before movies in all subscriptions"

New comment by tehwebguy in "Disney+: New user agreement allows ads before movies in all subscriptions"

New comment by tehwebguy in "XCancel service is suspended until further notice"

New comment by tehwebguy in "Claude is only available to people over 18 years"

New comment by tehwebguy in "Lawmakers added $1 to car insurance policies. That money paid for Flock cameras"

New comment by tehwebguy in "Launch HN: ProvenMetal (YC S26) delivers circuit boards in days instead of weeks"

New comment by tehwebguy in "How Cops Are Trying to Hide Their Use of Flock"

New comment by tehwebguy in "Tell HN: I hate your fuzzy search"

New comment by tehwebguy in "Tell HN: I hate your fuzzy search"

Tell HN: I hate your fuzzy search

New comment by tehwebguy in "Park by Robot at London Gatwick Airport"