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New comment by totallygeeky in "Police searched Twin Cities Flock cameras during ICE surge"

totallygeeky — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 19:25:31 +0000

The assumption that people's problems with Flock don't extend elsewhere is misguided. There's no reason to assume that people are totally okay with Ring and Palantir especially, just that Flock is the most galling of the recent trends towards surveillance that people have been able to very publicly demonstrate the issues of.

People can't fight all battles at once. To fix a trend, things have to start somewhere.

New comment by totallygeeky in "1-Bit LLM in the Browser"

totallygeeky — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 19:13:53 +0000

Impressive, I asked it how many r's in strawberry and it was immediately wrong with 2. any further questions I asked it proceeded to re-explain why there were 2 r's in strawberry, despite asking the silly "walk or drive to get my car washed" question. I struggle to see what these sorts of models could possibly be good at.

New comment by totallygeeky in "The Voice of Google"

totallygeeky — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 19:01:10 +0000

I'm struck at how brutal it is to be a woman in even pseudo-progressive tech spaces at times. How talking the talk does nothing if HR and leadership quickly and quietly work to undermine at all and make life hell. The HR line of "we investigated ourselves and found no wrongdoing" always feels surreal.

New comment by totallygeeky in "Show HN: 18 Words"

totallygeeky — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 19:13:07 +0000

This is a really fun project! Makes me feel a bit dumb, but I think that's what good puzzles do! Going to keep checking in on this.

New comment by totallygeeky in "Show HN: My 13-year-old built an ant colony tracker"

totallygeeky — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:47:48 +0000

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New comment by totallygeeky in "Tidal AI Policy"

totallygeeky — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 18:58:49 +0000

I do think this is a (late to the party but) good policy overall from them. Monetization is biggest incentive, and then requiring labelling will be good for consumers making informed decisions on what they're listening to.

I have my various beefs with them personally, but I am glad to see them approaching this in a fairly responsible way.

New comment by totallygeeky in "Tidal AI Policy"

totallygeeky — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 18:55:21 +0000

There are a couple different solutions, depending on where you have your music.

For organizing, as another user suggested, Picard is your friend. You point it to your collection and can have it move and correct file tags all in one go. It even has default naming scripts for folders so it will go [Album Artist]->[Album], and if that doesn't suit your fancy you can edit the script however you'd like.

If where you store the music is all local (on your machine), then there are hundreds of great local players depending on platform that you can just point towards your music collection and shuffle. I have a massive collection myself that I will usually browse through randomly ordered albums until something catches my eye.

If you're looking to stream it to your own devices, then you're looking at something like a subsonic compatible server will offer a wide variety of options and platforms for playback. I go through some of this in more detail in a blog post as well, with some specifics https://illegal.solutions/posts/streaming_sucks.

New comment by totallygeeky in "Show HN: OCR.chat"

totallygeeky — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 00:27:26 +0000

I don't understand why everyone wants to talk to everything. I've never been reading through a document and thought "Man, I sure wish I could ask this a question"

New comment by totallygeeky in "We are capitalist, not socialist"

totallygeeky — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 00:23:15 +0000

Seems like a weird project from a bunch of students, feels like a funneling of right wing dark money and another desperate attempt to stave off the American interest in socialist policies.

Also funny that the email at the bottom appears to be a link while being completely unclickable.

New comment by totallygeeky in "Hetzner Price Adjustment"

totallygeeky — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 20:51:21 +0000

Little bit of number crunching shows that the median increase is 112%, so a 2.12x increase. Median for GER/FIN region is 120%, USA region is 157%, and Singapore is 71%. Worst of all increases is the Euro pricing for USA plan CPX41 with a 209% increase, or 3.09x.

Raw number comparison for those interested: Tried to format it to be readable but its [Plan] [Old Hourly] [New Hourly] [Percent Change] [Old Monthly] [New Monthly] [Percent Change]

  Germany (FSN/NBG) / Finland (HEL) Euro      
  Product OLDHR NEWHR Δ%HR OLDMTH NEWMTH Δ%MTH
  CAX11 0.0072 0.0096 33.33% 4.49 5.99 33.41%
  CAX21 0.0128 0.0168 31.25% 7.99 10.49 31.29%
  CAX31 0.0256 0.0336 31.25% 15.99 20.99 31.27%
  CAX41 0.0505 0.0657 30.10% 31.49 40.99 30.17%
  CCX13 0.0256 0.0689 169.14% 15.99 42.99 168.86%
  CCX23 0.0505 0.1378 172.87% 31.49 85.99 173.07%
  CCX33 0.1001 0.2219 121.68% 62.49 138.49 121.62%
  CCX43 0.2003 0.4423 120.82% 124.99 275.99 120.81%
  CCX53 0.4006 0.855 113.43% 249.99 533.49 113.40%
  CCX63 0.6001 1.3678 127.93% 374.49 853.49 127.91%
  CPX22 0.0128 0.0312 143.75% 7.99 19.49 143.93%
  CPX32 0.0224 0.0569 154.02% 13.99 35.49 153.68%
  CPX42 0.0408 0.1114 173.04% 25.49 69.49 172.62%
  CPX52 0.0585 0.161 175.21% 36.49 100.49 175.39%
  CPX62 0.0809 0.2083 157.48% 50.49 129.99 157.46%
  CX23 0.0064 0.0088 37.50% 3.99 5.49 37.59%
  CX33 0.0104 0.0136 30.77% 6.49 8.49 30.82%
  CX43 0.0192 0.0256 33.33% 11.99 15.99 33.36%
  CX53 0.036 0.0473 31.39% 22.49 29.49 31.12%
  Germany (FSN/NBG) / Finland (HEL) Dollar      
  Product OLDHR NEWHR Δ%HR OLDMTH NEWMTH Δ%MTH
  CAX11 0.0088 0.0112 27.27% 5.49 6.99 27.32%
  CAX21 0.0152 0.02 31.58% 9.49 12.49 31.61%
  CAX31 0.0296 0.04 35.14% 18.49 24.99 35.15%
  CAX41 0.0593 0.0777 31.03% 36.99 48.49 31.09%
  CCX13 0.0296 0.0809 173.31% 18.49 50.49 173.07%
  CCX23 0.0593 0.1626 174.20% 36.99 101.49 174.37%
  CCX33 0.1186 0.2612 120.24% 73.99 162.99 120.29%
  CCX43 0.2364 0.5216 120.64% 147.49 325.49 120.69%
  CCX53 0.4727 1.0088 113.41% 294.99 629.49 113.39%
  CCX63 0.7083 1.6138 127.84% 441.99 1006.99 127.83%
  CPX22 0.0152 0.0368 142.11% 9.49 22.99 142.26%
  CPX32 0.0256 0.0673 162.89% 15.99 41.99 162.60%
  CPX42 0.0481 0.1314 173.18% 29.99 81.99 173.39%
  CPX52 0.0689 0.1907 176.78% 42.99 118.99 176.79%
  CPX62 0.0953 0.2452 157.29% 59.49 152.99 157.17%
  CX23 0.008 0.0104 30.00% 4.99 6.49 30.06%
  CX33 0.0128 0.016 25.00% 7.99 9.99 25.03%
  CX43 0.0224 0.0296 32.14% 13.99 18.49 32.17%
  CX53 0.0425 0.0561 32.00% 26.49 34.99 32.09%
  USA (ASH/HIL) Euro      
  Product OLDHR NEWHR Δ%HR OLDMTH NEWMTH Δ%MTH
  CCX13 0.0272 0.0697 156.25% 16.99 43.49 155.97%
  CCX23 0.0545 0.1402 157.25% 33.99 87.49 157.40%
  CCX33 0.1042 0.2259 116.79% 64.99 140.99 116.94%
  CCX43 0.2083 0.4479 115.03% 129.99 279.49 115.01%
  CCX53 0.4167 0.863 107.10% 259.99 538.49 107.12%
  CCX63 0.625 1.3782 120.51% 389.99 853.49 118.85%
  CPX11 0.0096 0.028 191.67% 5.99 17.49 191.99%
  CPX21 0.0192 0.0513 167.19% 11.99 31.99 166.81%
  CPX31 0.0336 0.1001 197.92% 20.99 62.49 197.71%
  CPX41 0.0625 0.1931 208.96% 38.99 120.49 209.03%
  CPX51 0.125 0.3814 205.12% 77.99 237.99 205.15%
  USA (ASH/HIL)Dollar      
  Product OLDHR NEWHR Δ%HR OLDMTH NEWMTH Δ%MTH
  CCX13 0.032 0.0817 155.31% 19.99 50.99 155.08%
  CCX23 0.0641 0.165 157.41% 39.99 102.99 157.54%
  CCX33 0.1234 0.266 115.56% 76.99 165.99 115.60%
  CCX43 0.246 0.528 114.63% 153.49 329.49 114.67%
  CCX53 0.492 1.0184 106.99% 306.99 635.49 107.01%
  CCX63 0.738 1.642 122.49% 460.49 1014.49 120.31%
  CPX11 0.0112 0.0328 192.86% 6.99 20.49 193.13%
  CPX21 0.0224 0.0601 168.30% 13.99 37.49 167.98%
  CPX31 0.04 0.1178 194.50% 24.99 73.49 194.08%
  CPX41 0.0745 0.2267 204.30% 46.49 141.49 204.35%
  CPX51 0.1482 0.4479 202.23% 92.49 279.49 202.18%
  Singapore (SIN) Euro      
  Product OLDHR NEWHR Δ%HR OLDMTH NEWMTH Δ%MTH
  CCX13 0.0441 0.0865 96.15% 27.49 53.99 96.40%
  CCX23 0.0825 0.1739 110.79% 51.49 108.49 110.70%
  CCX33 0.1554 0.2796 79.92% 96.99 174.49 79.91%
  CCX43 0.286 0.5465 91.08% 178.49 340.99 91.04%
  CCX53 0.613 1.0449 70.46% 382.49 651.99 70.46%
  CCX63 1.0048 1.661 65.31% 626.99 1,036.49 65.31%
  CPX12 0.0128 0.0248 93.75% 7.99 15.49 93.87%
  CPX22 0.0256 0.0425 66.02% 15.99 26.49 65.67%
  CPX32 0.0521 0.0785 50.67% 32.49 48.99 50.78%
  CPX42 0.0897 0.1498 67.00% 55.99 93.49 66.98%
  CPX52 0.125 0.2155 72.40% 77.99 134.49 72.45%
  CPX62 0.161 0.2756 58.42% 100.49 171.99 58.43%
  Singapore (SIN) Dollar      
  Product OLDHR NEWHR Δ%HR OLDMTH NEWMTH Δ%MTH
  CCX13 0.0521 0.1017 95.20% 32.49 63.49 95.41%
  CCX23 0.0969 0.2051 111.66% 60.49 127.99 111.59%
  CCX33 0.1835 0.3301 79.89% 114.49 205.99 79.92%
  CCX43 0.3373 0.6442 90.99% 210.49 401.99 90.98%
  CCX53 0.7235 1.2332 70.45% 451.49 769.49 70.43%
  CCX63 1.1851 1.9607 65.45% 739.49 1,223.49 65.45%
  CPX12 0.0152 0.0288 89.47% 9.49 17.99 89.57%
  CPX22 0.0296 0.0497 67.91% 18.49 30.99 67.60%
  CPX32 0.0617 0.0929 50.57% 38.49 57.99 50.66%
  CPX42 0.1058 0.1763 66.64% 65.99 109.99 66.68%
  CPX52 0.1482 0.254 71.39% 92.49 158.49 71.36%
  CPX62 0.1899 0.3253 71.30% 118.49 202.99 71.31%

New comment by totallygeeky in "Agentic Shopping Is Worse for Everyone"

totallygeeky — Wed, 20 May 2026 20:56:38 +0000

The original title is "Agentic Shopping Is Worse for Everyone But Lazy Fucks" but I didn't want to get in trouble for unnecessary profanity or trying to grab clicks. It's how I feel though, and used Google's announcement of the universal cart as a jumping off point to talk about agentic shopping and more on my blog.

Agentic Shopping Is Worse for Everyone

totallygeeky — Wed, 20 May 2026 20:55:25 +0000

Article URL: https://illegal.solutions/posts/shopping_superpowers

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48214010

Points: 2

# Comments: 2

New comment by totallygeeky in "Suno and the Myth-Making of Making Music"

totallygeeky — Mon, 18 May 2026 20:39:10 +0000

Another piece from my blog. I have a lot to say about Suno, but I think their view of human creativity is unfortunate and their view on what "music" is is depressingly narrow. It speaks to the larger AI industry and how it sees various fields as things to be optimized until the human is no longer involved. There's much to be gained in slowing things down, re-evaluating, and just sitting with an idea. I hope some part of it resonates with you.

Suno and the Myth-Making of Making Music

totallygeeky — Mon, 18 May 2026 20:36:41 +0000

Article URL: https://illegal.solutions/posts/suno_interview

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48185255

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

New comment by totallygeeky in "Hear your agent suffer through your code"

totallygeeky — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 19:18:19 +0000

Please stop ascribing emotion to code that passably resembles speech.

These things do not think, nor feel, nor dream. We're cratering the world's economy because people can't stop trying to fuck the computer they stuck googly eyes on.

New comment by totallygeeky in "Website streamed live directly from a model"

totallygeeky — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 20:41:11 +0000

I truly don't understand how people get excited for any of these products. They're comically unreliable, so usage implies you don't know how wrong it is or don't care.

Asked it about how to count, half of the diagram was incomprehensible/wrong. Asked it about cryptocurrency basics, again, the way the information made no sense and several points were vague to the point of being incorrect. Asked it about the seahorse emoji, it made up a shit wholesale. Entirely fabricated page.

This is what we're reshaping the economy and computing world around?

New comment by totallygeeky in "Gen Z is 10 times more accepting of violence against speakers than Boomers"

totallygeeky — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 20:39:42 +0000

Definitely my take-away as well. I think the paradox of tolerance is just being understood more as they grow up in these conditions. You have people advocating for eradication of entire populations, some are going to see that as worth stopping at all costs.

New comment by totallygeeky in "Show HN: GovAuctions lets you browse government auctions at once"

totallygeeky — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 19:35:24 +0000

I like the project! Echoing that I'm seeing issues with anything from GovDeals surfacing in my area, I know there's a couple hundred auctions and only GSA Auctions came up.

Additionally, there's definitely some funkiness when it comes to how it handles current price/bid, I don't know if I saw any that were actually reporting the correct price it was currently at, always was under reported.

Thanks for sharing though, going to keep an eye on this!

New comment by totallygeeky in "Alright, Music Streaming Services Suck. Now What?"

totallygeeky — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 17:24:59 +0000

This is my blog illegal solutions, today. I wrote up a brief guide on alternatives from the big players in music streaming, for those dissatisfied with where we're at. I tried to cover most major cases, but if there's other considerations you're wondering about, free to ask!

Alright, Music Streaming Services Suck. Now What?

totallygeeky — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 17:24:59 +0000

Article URL: https://illegal.solutions/posts/streaming_sucks

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47457738

Points: 3

# Comments: 1