Hacker News: ggirelli

New comment by ggirelli in "EU now one step away from reviving private message scanning rules"

ggirelli — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 06:07:47 +0000

Do you have any references to the Spain thing?

New comment by ggirelli in "EU now one step away from reviving private message scanning rules"

ggirelli — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 19:50:50 +0000

Had expired in April. This is a tentative of bringing it back up even though it expired after a number of previous extensions.

New comment by ggirelli in "EU now one step away from reviving private message scanning rules"

ggirelli — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 18:41:10 +0000

Not "access to ALL of your data". Also, as confusing as it might be, it is in the nature of EU (at least IMHO) to not have a clear position over multiple legislatures.

EU now one step away from reviving private message scanning rules

ggirelli — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 16:53:06 +0000

Article URL: https://cyberinsider.com/eu-now-one-step-away-from-reviving-private-message-scanning-rules/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48834296

Points: 450

# Comments: 178

New comment by ggirelli in "Chat Control 1.0 and 2.0 Explained"

ggirelli — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 20:40:40 +0000

So, I blinked and forgot to check for updates on this and they voted a few hours ago to reinstate this... https://www.heise.de/en/news/Showdown-in-Strasbourg-The-unex...

New comment by ggirelli in "How to sequence your own DNA at home"

ggirelli — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 05:57:14 +0000

More like genome editing.

New comment by ggirelli in "How to sequence your own DNA at home"

ggirelli — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 05:56:29 +0000

At a quick glance, they all seem to have published their source code and they do run locally.

New comment by ggirelli in "It's not about physical vs. digital games, it's about ownership"

ggirelli — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 13:43:45 +0000

For most games sold on physical media I was under the strong impression that selling/trading the physical media would automatically transfer the license, as the licensee was the owner of the physical media.

Basically one would by a CD-ROM containing a licensed copy of a game, and would then be the owner of the CD-ROM but only a licensee for the game. Selling/trading the CD-ROM would transfer the licensee status to the new CD-ROM owner.

New comment by ggirelli in "Steam Hardware: Launch timing and other FAQs"

ggirelli — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 06:44:33 +0000

I guess it would work like the PSVR2 solution, just not implemented at game rendering level but at system streaming level.

New comment by ggirelli in "Ask HN: Share your personal website"

ggirelli — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 18:57:40 +0000

Personal (micro)blog/Digital garden: https://ggirelli.info

How to disable ACR on your TV (and why it makes such a big difference)

ggirelli — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 15:00:23 +0000

Article URL: https://www.zdnet.com/home-and-office/home-entertainment/how-to-disable-acr-on-your-tv-and-why-it-makes-such-a-big-difference/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46232187

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

New comment by ggirelli in "If You Quit Social Media, Will You Read More Books?"

ggirelli — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 12:25:41 +0000

I did it and yes! I've been reading more books, exploring the indies/smallweb, and spending more time with friends IRL. I highly recommend it! And I agree that the mainstream internet and social media are possibly driving a shortening if it attention span, but books are a perfect example of how to counteract this. After I quit/drastically reduced social media exposure and started reading books again, I initially found it tough. Slowly though I adjusted to the old media.

It's not censorship. It's democratic self-defense

ggirelli — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 09:27:09 +0000

Article URL: https://civiceconomist.substack.com/p/its-not-censorship-its-democratic

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46203003

Points: 18

# Comments: 12

New comment by ggirelli in "Twelve Days of Shell"

ggirelli — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 13:05:32 +0000

I think that's part of the fun :)

New comment by ggirelli in "Twelve Days of Shell"

ggirelli — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 13:04:10 +0000

Or cat night-before-christmas.txt | grep laugh

New comment by ggirelli in "Patterns for Defensive Programming in Rust"

ggirelli — Fri, 05 Dec 2025 19:01:00 +0000

Loved the article, such a nice read. I am still slowly ramping up my proficiency in Rust and this gave me a lot of things to think through. I particularly enjoyed the temporary mutability pattern, very cool and didn't think about it before!

New comment by ggirelli in "Personal blogs are back, should niche blogs be next?"

ggirelli — Sun, 30 Nov 2025 08:38:37 +0000

Thank you! I just added it :)

Perplexity Comet vs Google Chrome – Should You Switch to an AI Browser?

ggirelli — Sun, 30 Nov 2025 07:52:45 +0000

Article URL: https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2025/10/09/perplexity-comet-vs-google-chrome---should-you-switch-to-an-ai-browser/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46094719

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by ggirelli in "Decoding the Chaos of Breakup"

ggirelli — Sun, 30 Nov 2025 07:20:07 +0000

A new principle underlying the physics of fragmentation explains why fragment sizes follow a specific, universal distribution.

Decoding the Chaos of Breakup

ggirelli — Sun, 30 Nov 2025 07:20:07 +0000

Article URL: https://physics.aps.org/articles/v18/184

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46094566

Points: 2

# Comments: 1