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iggg··on Show HN: Tube – Minimalist YouTube
Uploads is a playlist.
iggg··on YouTube is littered with mass-produced videos made by automated bots
I ran one of those for awhile for fun. I stopped after the demonetization epidemic where every video got demonetized.

You can do a lot with ffmpeg.

iggg··on Publisher Gets Carte Blanche to Seize New Sci-Hub Domains
Namecoin
iggg··on Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak quits Facebook over data abuse scandal
As someone who has not used facebook in years, this drama is getting ridiculously annoying. I wish hacker news had filters like 4chan.
iggg··on Ask HN: How do you talk to your GitHub community?
If you want serious discussion, Reddit is the worst choice.
iggg··on Backpage.com seized by U.S. justice authorities
Why do you think jaywalking and busted tail light are bad laws? They make driving safer.
iggg··on Comcast, AT&T and Verizon pose a greater surveillance risk than Facebook
What is stopping yourisp from doing reverse dns and looking up what domain is pointing to the IP you are connecting to?
iggg··on Google Bans Crypto-Currency Mining Extensions from Chrome Store
Interesting because coin miners use webassembly and Google appears to have gone after raw js hashing algorithms.
iggg··on Generating $32,000 in 30 days selling a crypto-filled USB stick
Why is everyone assuming he is running a lottery? Where did he say he put funds in the wallets? All he said was he generated wallets, encrypted them, and put them on a usb.
iggg··on Waze officially launches its ad program for small businesses
Use an ad blocker and they will rarely show up. When I stop, Waze shows me what people reported on the road ahead. "Car stopped in 3 miles."
iggg··on Waze officially launches its ad program for small businesses
The optimal route will often change during my commute. Your commute may be significantly shorter than mine.
iggg··on Elon Musk Deletes Own, SpaceX and Tesla Facebook Pages After #deletefacebook
I'm sure they have a delay.
iggg··on Man guilty of hate crime for filming pug's 'Nazi salutes'
He should have known not to offend jewish people. In a country where you can be imprisoned for questioning history (the Holocaust specifically), it does not surprise me an anti-Semitic joke leads to inprisonment.
iggg··on The FBI Says It Can't Find Hackers to Hire Because They All Smoke Pot (2014)
You are funding that organization with your taxes. Don't tell me you have no choice. You always have a choice.
iggg··on Ask HN: What is the biggest challenge you face as a developer?
You had your database open to the internet and a bot deleted it? Did you get any emails from someone trying to sell your deleted database back to you?
iggg··on Show HN: Where is Sci-Hub now?
Same reason such thing as a TV license exists.
iggg··on Show HN: Where is Sci-Hub now?
Torrentz was a torrent aggregator that got shutdown. It only linked to other torrent sites. It never had any magnet links or torrent files.
iggg··on Ask HN: On eBay, $50 Amazon gift cards are selling for $80-85.What am I missing?
Stolen credit cards, online bank accounts, PayPal accounts, etc are available for purchase. Not everyone is as rich as you where $300 is something to laugh at.
iggg··on Walmart.com shows your in-store purchases whether you like it or not
Lol. You claim to value your privacy but you use credit/debit cards.
iggg··on Study: why pot smokers are skinnier
It's hard to be overweight when you are starving.