Hacker News: UomoNeroNero

New comment by UomoNeroNero in "LibreOffice and the art of overreacting"

UomoNeroNero — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 15:00:33 +0000

I donated blood for 25 years in Italy (I can’t anymore due to health reasons). Here we have a semi-public organization (AVIS - Italian Blood Volunteers Association) that handles donation and distribution. Zero stress, no “pushy” reminders, everything is completely voluntary. The trick is that by donating blood you receive your blood test results (a very comprehensive panel). It’s a mutually beneficial “do ut des” arrangement that is highly appreciated (and it helped me detect a serious issue at an early stage).

In addition, AVIS is a very community-oriented volunteer association that builds a sense of belonging and awareness.

Organized this way, the system works.

New comment by UomoNeroNero in "Ask HN: Remember Fidonet?"

UomoNeroNero — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 10:12:22 +0000

Mi hai fatto sentire molto vecchio. Grazie :-D

New comment by UomoNeroNero in "DNS Explained – How Domain Names Get Resolved"

UomoNeroNero — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 11:21:36 +0000

Well written. Shared with less technical colleagues. DNS witchcraft is never really understood — having a clearly written, understandable article is extremely useful.

New comment by UomoNeroNero in "The full history of Windows widgets, from 1997 to today"

UomoNeroNero — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 16:44:58 +0000

I think it’s interesting to reconsider the idea of having floating widgets in an era of powerful CPUs/GPUs and multi-monitor setups. Personally, I love having my “widgets” active on the third monitor (the one I dedicate to “frivolous stuff” when I’m not drowning in open windows). I always keep two “old-school” draggable widgets active: a "macro keyboard shortcut remider" and a “diabetes monitoring dashboard” (unfortunately, that’s my cross to bear). I also always keep VLC running in a super-minimized state (web radio).

It seems to me like a smart way to always have certain “useful things” at hand. If I could achieve the final combo and get back an email ticket system identical to the one The Bat! provided 1000 years ago, I’d be really happy.

New comment by UomoNeroNero in "Backseat Software"

UomoNeroNero — Fri, 30 Jan 2026 16:02:33 +0000

I love you.

New comment by UomoNeroNero in "Italy's privacy watchdog, scourge of US big tech, hit by corruption probe"

UomoNeroNero — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 18:38:49 +0000

Different — but driven by the same mindset, the same nonsense, and a system run by recycled old-guard politicians.

New comment by UomoNeroNero in "How will the miracle happen today?"

UomoNeroNero — Sun, 11 Jan 2026 00:52:17 +0000

I was riding a Ducati Bravo!

New comment by UomoNeroNero in "Cloudflare CEO on the Italy fines"

UomoNeroNero — Sun, 11 Jan 2026 00:15:05 +0000

This! Cazzo

New comment by UomoNeroNero in "My insulin pump controller uses the Linux kernel. It also violates the GPL"

UomoNeroNero — Sun, 28 Dec 2025 21:47:04 +0000

I can guarantee you, from my personal experience of being diabetic for 30 years, that every day—and in the most incredible ways—I have managed to “almost kill myself.” Whether when I used finger-prick testing, sensors, injecting insulin with pens, or managing insulin with a pump. Our life is always a delicate balancing act between too little, too much, and way too much—the kind where this time I really kick the bucket

By personal choice I use a commercial CGM (if I could “touch it,” I’d be firmly on the side of certainty about killing myself through sheer stupidity), but reading something like “associated with” really makes me angry. Before making such subtle insinuations about the open-source world (the source of the revolution of the last 10 years in this field), regulatory bodies should open their eyes to what is actually happening with the quality of current sensors and the real problems they are causing.

New comment by UomoNeroNero in "Pfizer ended up passing on my GLP-1 work back in the early '90s (2024)"

UomoNeroNero — Sun, 28 Dec 2025 18:08:15 +0000

I’ve been diabetic for 30 years, and for more than twenty of those I did multiple daily measurements by pricking my fingertips and multiple insulin injections per day. Now I wear a sensor that I replace every two weeks and a catheter (which I change about once a week).

I really don’t understand this phobia of needles at all. After two days with one system or the other, you get used to it—there’s no pain, it’s just a mental issue of “having to make the gesture.”

My friends used to laugh at how normal it was for me to inject insulin outside a restaurant, while walking, chatting, and smoking at the same time.

New comment by UomoNeroNero in "The biggest heat pumps"

UomoNeroNero — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 23:56:17 +0000

Ok. For once, I’m glad to be Italian :-D Here the national grid operator has installed smart meters. They support remote management of limits (maximum power in watts, tariffs, time-of-use tariffs), remote meter reading by the operator or local access plus an app, remote diagnostics, and simplified installation (strict rules and operator intervention, but in the end nothing particularly complex).

New comment by UomoNeroNero in "Italy's longest-serving barista reflects on six decades behind the counter"

UomoNeroNero — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 01:02:48 +0000

Belin ehh l’ho lasciato a casaaa

New comment by UomoNeroNero in "Italy's longest-serving barista reflects on six decades behind the counter"

UomoNeroNero — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 15:09:53 +0000

If you ever pass through Liguria, I can even treat you to a coffee. (But nothing more, eh! )

New comment by UomoNeroNero in "Italy's longest-serving barista reflects on six decades behind the counter"

UomoNeroNero — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 15:06:27 +0000

The wonderful feeling of walking into YOUR café, giving that special look to the barista, a smile, and he darts off at 100 km/h to make YOUR coffee (long, short, espresso, mochaccino) while he was already making a thousand others. In 3 seconds he already has YOUR favorite croissant in his hand, the water. “The usual?” You nod, smiling. A greeting glance to the regulars “of your hour.” Breakfast, you pay, you smile. If you have two minutes, you skim the newspaper while eating your croissant, because that’s just what you do, even if you already skimmed the news in a rush on the toilet on your phone. It’s a happy and friendly way to start the active part of the day. To feel like you’re part of your community. I love it — no vending machine or Starbucks can ever match it.

New comment by UomoNeroNero in "The fuck off contact page"

UomoNeroNero — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 13:33:55 +0000

I love it too!!

New comment by UomoNeroNero in "Blockdiff: We built our own file format for VM disk snapshots"

UomoNeroNero — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 09:54:23 +0000

I don’t know how to express to you how stupid, inadequate, and envious I feel of this level of competence. For me this article has the density of slaps of a plutonium ingot. It’s moving to read (and “maybe” understand, given how well it’s written). Wow, maximum respect, truly.

New comment by UomoNeroNero in "Pasta Cooking Time"

UomoNeroNero — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 20:02:46 +0000

Mia nonna si ribalta nella tomba a leggere questa eresia! :-)

New comment by UomoNeroNero in "Pasta Cooking Time"

UomoNeroNero — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 13:32:59 +0000

Bravo. * set your timer for a minute less than the cooking time on the box, check for doneness, then give it another minute if needed

Please eat the pasta al dente. Overcooked pasta is really awful, trust me

New comment by UomoNeroNero in "Nano Banana image examples"

UomoNeroNero — Fri, 12 Sep 2025 10:37:32 +0000

I’m Italian, and I really struggle to rationalize this attitude. I honestly don’t understand. Maybe it’s because I’m surrounded by 2,500 years of art in which nudity is an essential and predominant element, by people (even in the workplace) who have a relaxed and genuinely democratic view of the subject — but this comment feels totally alien to me. I suppose it’s my own limitation, but I would NEVER have focused attention on this aspect. I don’t know, maybe I’m the one who’s wrong…

New comment by UomoNeroNero in "In 2006, Hitachi developed a 0.15mm-sized RFID chip"

UomoNeroNero — Tue, 19 Aug 2025 12:30:03 +0000

This is the really interesting Thing!!!! And: how they can have different ROM content (code) for each chip