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New comment by tehwebguy in "Samsung vs. MPEG LA appeals arguments [video]"

tehwebguy — Wed, 20 May 2026 21:51:41 +0000

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Samsung vs. MPEG LA appeals arguments [video]

tehwebguy — Wed, 20 May 2026 21:51:09 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixVEsTbt9LU

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48214683

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

New comment by tehwebguy in "The Tax of Living in a Low-Trust Society: How Collapsed Trust Costs You"

tehwebguy — Sat, 09 May 2026 00:56:13 +0000

Yeah the unpunished petty crime is the reason, not the entire economy and every politician existing solely to scam everyone.

New comment by tehwebguy in "YouTube Premium just went up to $15.99 / mo (US)"

tehwebguy — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 23:49:05 +0000

Yeah I’m super annoyed at the price generally. I canceled like two weeks ago after years of paying and at first was pissed that now I’m not grandfathered in but coming around to the idea that I’m glad to have ripped the bandaid off.

The truth is that a monthly subscription fee will never be enough compared to potentially unlimited ad revenue, the beast will always hunger for more!

YouTube Premium just went up to $15.99 / mo (US)

tehwebguy — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:37:52 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/premium

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47712151

Points: 29

# Comments: 15

New comment by tehwebguy in "Netflix Prices Went Up Again – I Bought a DVD Player Instead"

tehwebguy — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 20:59:01 +0000

I don’t think DVDs look bad on a 1080p TV, others that assume they will may be surprised!

New comment by tehwebguy in "The 'paperwork flood': How I drowned a bureaucrat before dinner"

tehwebguy — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 14:44:06 +0000

Yeah and wayyy more importantly cops don't get fired for not escalating and killing a guy!

New comment by tehwebguy in "Mystery jump in oil trading ahead of Trump post draws scrutiny"

tehwebguy — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 16:29:37 +0000

That and the Christmas Day Proclamation

New comment by tehwebguy in "I built an AI receptionist for a mechanic shop"

tehwebguy — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 11:17:20 +0000

Plus if he’s too slammed to answer the phone he’s too slammed to take on the missing work, most likely.

New comment by tehwebguy in "Drugwars for the TI-82/83/83 Calculators (2011)"

tehwebguy — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 09:08:31 +0000

Yes, I checked ticalc.org regularly in hopes of seeing an update to the Zelda: Link’s Awakening port proof of concept demo.

New comment by tehwebguy in "Afroman found not liable in defamation case"

tehwebguy — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 14:19:17 +0000

Even just in this instance justice would include damages for their destruction and an inquest into the warrant from the cop that wrote it to the judge that signed it.

New comment by tehwebguy in "Afroman found not liable in defamation case"

tehwebguy — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 14:08:02 +0000

I wouldn’t be surprised if some of them have already spent money in anticipation of a favorable judgement. Cops are largely immune from facing negative consequences so it was probably an incredible shock to lose.

New comment by tehwebguy in "Games with loot boxes to get minimum 16 age rating across Europe"

tehwebguy — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 14:31:53 +0000

Right, it’s a scam and age gating them just fuels age verification.

New comment by tehwebguy in "The Wyden Siren Goes Off Again: We’ll Be “Stunned” By What the NSA Is Doing"

tehwebguy — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 18:06:18 +0000

The interpretation of the law is classified? That’s stupid and everyone who protected that classification, regardless of whatever the interpretation is, is a traitor!

New comment by tehwebguy in "Fraud investigation is believing your lying eyes"

tehwebguy — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 18:28:38 +0000

Or Rick Scott's Medicare fraud lmao

New comment by tehwebguy in "[dead]"

tehwebguy — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 04:43:09 +0000

Just some ghouls trying to turn non-unionized workers against one of the only segments with union protections.

New comment by tehwebguy in "Everyone Is Stealing TV"

tehwebguy — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 18:25:08 +0000

> went around and made exclusive deals and forced us back into the same monthly amounts

I've said this for years but most people probably don't watch more than 2 streamers / month every month. Pay for one month at a time and be pleasantly surprised at how many months you don't pay for 1 or more that you're paying for now.

New comment by tehwebguy in "ICE expands power of agents to arrest people without warrants"

tehwebguy — Sat, 31 Jan 2026 21:01:37 +0000

In a hilarious turn of events the senate has passed a funding bill with the DHS bill separated out since this comment.

I don’t know if this means zero DHS funding until the piecemeal bill passes or something less dramatic but I fully expect they will break all previous records for funding DHS shortly after.

New comment by tehwebguy in "ICE expands power of agents to arrest people without warrants"

tehwebguy — Sat, 31 Jan 2026 03:21:03 +0000

Every senator and rep has to be replaced. They’ve funded DHS / ICE with more money at every opportunity since they created it.

New comment by tehwebguy in "Self Driving Car Insurance"

tehwebguy — Fri, 30 Jan 2026 17:38:56 +0000

One might imagine that lower courts won’t determine fault, one would be wrong.