The Light It Up Contest -- geohot
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN mostly brings it up as a funny, cocky artifact of the Hotz-versus-Sony fight, sometimes with a skeptical eye on how seriously he took the lawsuit.
What it is
A one-minute rap by George Hotz (geohot) aimed at Sony, made as an entry for a contest while Sony was suing him over the PS3 jailbreak. It is a humorous diss track delivered from the middle of the lawsuit.
Recommended by 1 HN commenters across 1 different months, 2011 to 2025.
What Hacker News said
Recommends WelcomeShorty · 2023-05 · on “Quad9’s Opinion of the Recent Court Ruling in Leipzig – Quad9”
Oh yes, Sony at it, again. [LINK] I have since never bought a Sony, although I really loved their products. Here's geohot's brilliant reply: [this video]
Cites giancarlostoro · 2015-12 · on “The first person to hack the iPhone is building a self-driving car”
He does a bit of interesting projects, hacking the iPhone, Android and even the PS3 to the point of being sued by Sony [1]. Geohot has potential, so it will be interesting what we see him accomplish, hopefully some company doesn't swoop in and ruin his progress. [1]: [this video]
Cites solarkraft · 2019-05 · on “Openpilot – open-source self-driving agent”
How funny that this pops up just a few hours after I looked into it again. It's an exciting product. Even if it has no direct use, I feel better being driven around by an open piece of software that I could in theory inspect and change. Closed-source stuff is just a black box expected to do magic. Doesn't feel good. The story behind the man is quite interesting as well. When I was 9 he was the guy I got the jailbreaks from that would allow me to install cool tweaks and other non-standard software Apple wouldn't allow on my iPod Touch 3G. Apart from this, I think this rap [ [this video] ] he published when he was sued by Sony for allowing alternative operating systems to be installed onto the Play
Critical rheide · 2011-02 · on “Geohot seeking donations for legal defense against Sony.”
While I'm morally completely against Sony's point of view, I'm not sure if there's much that can be done legally. Besides that, I'm a bit unsure about donating to a guy who does not seem to realize what kind of mess he's in: [this video]