Hacker News: unnamed76ri

New comment by unnamed76ri in "Anna's Archive loses $322M Spotify piracy case without a fight"

unnamed76ri — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 22:31:53 +0000

There are 10s of thousands of pro musicians who don’t generate 1000 streams per year on many of the songs in their back catalog.

And the premise of your statement is that only pro musicians deserve to be compensated for their work. That’s a pretty messed up world view.

New comment by unnamed76ri in "Anna's Archive loses $322M Spotify piracy case without a fight"

unnamed76ri — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 22:21:49 +0000

Wow. This is certainly a take. Two things: 1. Spotify has had a policy for a couple years now of not paying artists who generate less than 1,000 streams per year PER song. So if I get 999 streams on each of my 50 songs every year, I get nothing from Spotify. 2. Major labels own major stakes in Spotify. They are one and the same.

New comment by unnamed76ri in "Anna's Archive loses $322M Spotify piracy case without a fight"

unnamed76ri — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 22:16:56 +0000

Considering the currently don’t pay small time artists a dime so they can funnel more money to the record labels that own them, they are still a piracy outfit.

New comment by unnamed76ri in "Bored of eating your own dogfood? Try smelling your own farts"

unnamed76ri — Sun, 22 Mar 2026 16:08:44 +0000

I have a relative that has a border collie and the thing has got to have the dog version of Down syndrome.

This dog does the worst job of being a dog that I’ve ever seen.

New comment by unnamed76ri in "New books aren't worth reading?"

unnamed76ri — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 20:47:27 +0000

I almost gave up on this after the first couple of paragraphs but I’m glad I stuck with it. It’s an interesting perspective.

I’ll recommend on old book I randomly found a couple years ago: We Took to the Woods. It was surprisingly fascinating.

New comment by unnamed76ri in "[dead]"

unnamed76ri — Mon, 19 Jan 2026 21:31:49 +0000

California has 10x their gdp but I support this.

New comment by unnamed76ri in "The 600-year-old origins of the word 'hello'"

unnamed76ri — Sat, 17 Jan 2026 13:00:21 +0000

Interesting read. How we got the word “goodbye” is also a cool story.

New comment by unnamed76ri in "Baffling purple honey found only in North Carolina"

unnamed76ri — Mon, 05 Jan 2026 11:59:18 +0000

Just a couple days ago I was able to try white honey from Montana. I don’t believe there is any rarity to it but it was new to me and tasted great.

New comment by unnamed76ri in "Trump says Venezuela’s Maduro captured after strikes"

unnamed76ri — Sat, 03 Jan 2026 12:46:47 +0000

Trump takes time out of his day to specifically say he hates you and wishes to do you harm? That sounds really scary, random HN user.

New comment by unnamed76ri in "[dead]"

unnamed76ri — Wed, 31 Dec 2025 12:56:20 +0000

Couldn’t make it past the first paragraph without a bunch of lies and half-truths. There’s plenty to criticize about this admin. No need to exaggerate and obfuscate.

New comment by unnamed76ri in "Roblox CEO interview about child safety didn't go well"

unnamed76ri — Sat, 22 Nov 2025 11:30:51 +0000

Same. I thought he had caused a car crash and took as an opportunity to promote Roblox.

New comment by unnamed76ri in "My dad could still be alive, but he's not"

unnamed76ri — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 02:47:06 +0000

I’ve been reading Influence by Robert Cialdini and just finished a disturbing section about how we are wired to obey an authority figure even when it causes harm. In this instance, the 911 dispatcher was the authority figure. Sad story.

New comment by unnamed76ri in "Ask HN: What's a Purchase You Regret?"

unnamed76ri — Sat, 08 Nov 2025 11:48:04 +0000

I bought an XP-pen drawing tablet. I had it on my Amazon wishlist for years and had never pulled the trigger because I feared I wouldn’t use it. Well, I was right…

Also, pretty much any board game expansion. They usually add complexity without improving the fun of a board game.

New comment by unnamed76ri in "A Fond Farewell"

unnamed76ri — Fri, 07 Nov 2025 17:35:59 +0000

I attend a church where most of the folks are older and they don’t seem to get it that younger people won’t just find our church like in the old days because people aren’t connected by local businesses like they used to be. I don’t mind saying on here that I attend St John’s. It doesn’t matter because there’s over 1000 other St John’s in the country. No one can find us using modern means.

New comment by unnamed76ri in "Man released a month after arrest for reposting Trump meme"

unnamed76ri — Fri, 31 Oct 2025 11:40:33 +0000

As a right leaning person, I see people criticize the UK all the time for this kind of stuff. And here it happened in TN of all places?

New comment by unnamed76ri in "Meow.camera"

unnamed76ri — Fri, 17 Oct 2025 10:22:57 +0000

I used to work in the pet industry and an oft cited statistic was that 1,000,000 cats and dogs are euthanized every year in the US. It would never happen for cultural reasons but, it seems like China could be a booming market for selling these animals as meat instead of letting it all go to waste.

New comment by unnamed76ri in "It's just a virus, the E.R. told him – days later, he was dead"

unnamed76ri — Mon, 06 Oct 2025 20:30:10 +0000

Today’s doctor shortage can be traced directly to government policy in the early 80s that lasted for 25 years. They assumed we’d have too many doctors and pressured medical schools to reduce enrollment.

New comment by unnamed76ri in "Credit card imprinter"

unnamed76ri — Sat, 04 Oct 2025 11:07:24 +0000

Something I had to use occasionally in my retail days when our credit card system would go down. Weird to see it written about in historic terms.

New comment by unnamed76ri in "How did sports betting become legal in the US?"

unnamed76ri — Thu, 25 Sep 2025 07:37:53 +0000

Two things have reduced my love of watching football in recent years: 1. The number of injuries 2. The constant gambling ads.

New comment by unnamed76ri in "Ohio bill would let utilities throttle customers' thermostats and water heaters"

unnamed76ri — Fri, 12 Sep 2025 17:54:13 +0000

Does the EU do something similar?

I don’t live in Ohio but I’d be mad if I’m at home sweating so some corp that harvested my data can keep their servers cool.