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Sperm production from testicular tissue frozen as a child in breakthrough trial

franczesko — Mon, 04 May 2026 18:51:19 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/may/04/man-produces-sperm-from-testicular-tissue-frozen-as-a-child-in-breakthrough-trial

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48013174

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

New comment by franczesko in "Windows quality update: Progress we've made since March"

franczesko — Sun, 03 May 2026 15:16:35 +0000

The main problem with Windows is that it's half baked with "let's see what sticks" strategy. It feels like a constant beta, not a mature, serious platform.

New comment by franczesko in "UAE to leave OPEC"

franczesko — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 05:33:42 +0000

You don't have to support Iran, to condemn Israel.

New comment by franczesko in "Your phone is about to stop being yours"

franczesko — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 05:22:23 +0000

It will end up badly for them in EU

New comment by franczesko in "Meta tells staff it will cut 10% of jobs"

franczesko — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 07:49:47 +0000

If there's a number given, the reason is secondary.

The Pirate Bay's Oldest Torrent Turned 22

franczesko — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 07:09:05 +0000

Article URL: https://torrentfreak.com/the-pirate-bays-oldest-torrent-turned-22/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47845503

Points: 5

# Comments: 0

New comment by franczesko in "France to ditch Windows for Linux to reduce reliance on US tech"

franczesko — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 06:52:21 +0000

No issues with other stores. Gog, Epic, etc

New comment by franczesko in "Regular army and reserve components enlistment program: Summary of change"

franczesko — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 04:39:36 +0000

+ a war for another country

New comment by franczesko in "GrapheneOS – Break Free from Google and Apple"

franczesko — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 10:36:11 +0000

Why only pixel phones are supported?

New comment by franczesko in "The US is flirting with its first-ever population decline"

franczesko — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 18:06:40 +0000

We should ask ourselves a question, if the system we're living in is not rewarding having kids, is a good system at all?

GOG: Linux "the next major frontier" for gaming as it works on a native client

franczesko — Fri, 30 Jan 2026 08:09:41 +0000

Article URL: https://www.xda-developers.com/gog-calls-linux-the-next-major-frontier-for-gaming-as-it-works-on-a-native-client/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46821774

Points: 738

# Comments: 412

New comment by franczesko in "Apple to soon take up to 30% cut from all Patreon creators in iOS app"

franczesko — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 18:08:49 +0000

With this logic, one should pay Google for making purchases in their browser or Netflix should pay e.g. Samsung a fee, as users consume content on their devices. Truly ridiculous.

New comment by franczesko in "Linux is good now"

franczesko — Thu, 01 Jan 2026 21:34:46 +0000

I wouldn't mind and wouldn't be surprised by Valve phone at some point

Tanglewood for Sega Mega Drive – Interview with Matt Phillips [video]

franczesko — Sun, 07 Dec 2025 08:57:34 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xIQoGaKYYA

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46180246

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by franczesko in "High-income job losses are cooling housing demand"

franczesko — Fri, 05 Dec 2025 07:36:19 +0000

Another way to fix it, is to ban real estate as a financial speculation tool

New comment by franczesko in "Valve reveals it’s the architect behind a push to bring Windows games to Arm"

franczesko — Wed, 03 Dec 2025 20:09:47 +0000

>Valve gets a large target market

They don't need Apple for that. People who game already game elsewhere. Steam on Apple feels pointless. I wouldn't be surprised, if Valve will go for smartphones with their own at some point

Copyparty, the FOSS file server [video]

franczesko — Wed, 19 Nov 2025 20:44:16 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15_-hgsX2V0

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45984864

Points: 236

# Comments: 57

New comment by franczesko in "Building a Simple Search Engine That Works"

franczesko — Mon, 17 Nov 2025 17:32:21 +0000

Long time ago, I've really enjoyed a course by David Evans from Virginia University about building a search engine and concepts of computer science.

Building a "classic" search engine is a very fun project to go through.

https://www.cs.virginia.edu/~evans/courses/cs101/

List: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nkR2LLPiYo&list=PLAwxTw4SYa...

Dave's profile: https://www.cs.virginia.edu/~evans/

New comment by franczesko in "Steam Machine"

franczesko — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 21:42:43 +0000

Unless MS opens up Xboxes for actual gamers (which won't happen). Pity, as Series X is very capable

New comment by franczesko in "The history of Casio watches"

franczesko — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 16:56:00 +0000

I have the exact opposite. After wearing a few automatic watches, I came back to my happy place - digital Casio watch, similar to the one I had as a kid. I think my brain is very used to reading time in that form. I wear ABL100, which is a bit bigger than usual digital Casio and therefore highly wearable.