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nickybay.com is a personal blog at nickybay.com about science and culture. Since 2025, 6 different Hacker News readers have linked it 6 times, most often “AI Abuse to Skirt Copyright Law”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Linked in an HN thread on isopods for a macro photographer's pillbug and sowbug gallery and checklist. Another comment links a post on fake AI-generated macro photos and AI misuse to skirt copyright.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- AI Abuse to Skirt Copyright Law2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2025-07-29
What Hacker News says?
So.. I don't know, maybe you don't know them as pillbugs (slaters).. but there's a whole gallery from 2023 https://www.nickybay.com/pillbugs-sowbugs-isopoda-checklist/
Comment linking /pillbugs-sowbugs-isopoda-checklist/
on “Isopods of the World”Submitted AI Abuse to Skirt Copyright Law as a story · 16 points
HN discussionHere's an interesting article by the photographer about fake AI generated macro photos: https://www.nickybay.com/ai-abuse-to-skirt-copyright-law/
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on “Isopods of the World”Submitted Fake News Explained: Cork-Lid Trapdoor Spiders as a story · 2 points
HN discussionPlenty of worries if those images are AI-generated. I'll give the author the benefit of the doubt as he's a macro photographer: https://www.nickybay.com/
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on “Isopods of the World”Submitted Macro Photography Highlights: The Best of 2025 as a story · 1 points
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