Hacker News: moniosi

New comment by moniosi in "China sentences official to death for taking $325M in bribes"

moniosi — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 19:48:27 +0000

I mean, many people in many states of the US are clearly fine with the death penalty dispensed for violent criminals. I think that white collar crimes of this nature are way worse than an isolated case of violence since it creates lots of indirect systemic misery & suffering for the people & taxpayers that need those resources (that by the way is also the perfect recipe for violent crimes).

New comment by moniosi in "Physical disc production ending in Jan 2028 for new games on PlayStation"

moniosi — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 21:41:30 +0000

i'm proud my country (italy) pionereed dct-based digital transmission during the 1990 world cup, i wish we lived in a present were europe was still ahead (or at least on par with) the rest of the world

New comment by moniosi in "Physical disc production ending in Jan 2028 for new games on PlayStation"

moniosi — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 21:36:30 +0000

unfortunately mpeg2 is still standard for them so i guess people have to stick to 480i on double layer i guess, unless stars align and someone decide to make av1/opus standard for them lol

New comment by moniosi in "FFmpeg 9.1's new AAC encoder"

moniosi — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 21:18:52 +0000

i will never understand apples cuckoldry for proprietary codecs, if it wasn't for their adoption of h265 we would live in the av1 utopia

New comment by moniosi in "EU to legislate about Chat Control behind closed doors"

moniosi — Sun, 28 Jun 2026 17:35:13 +0000

The common fallacy people have regarding chat control (and should be clarified) is that it's not like internet is made of a few select providers, anyone can open an encrypted tcp connection from an ip to another, and the global traffic is too massive to be scrutinized, also the most widely available apps already comply to the single police request to access conversations from suspects. This means that this will create further privacy for criminals such as pedophiles and mass espionage for the common man. It's also curious to notice that at every proposal stage, politicians are always conveniently exempt from the regulation, which is hilarious coming after the Files.

New comment by moniosi in "Where is the AI jobs crisis?"

moniosi — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 08:55:11 +0000

i swear people will always say it's just another fad until they lose their job themselves, might be a coping mechanism

New comment by moniosi in "Ask HN: What was your "oh shit" moment with GenAI?"

moniosi — Sat, 06 Jun 2026 07:04:35 +0000

I wasn't skeptical anymore by the time dall-e came out, the public awareness of the existence of these models was enough for various nation states & investor hysteria to push further and further into the development and research

New comment by moniosi in "DOS Zone"

moniosi — Thu, 21 May 2026 11:37:19 +0000

i love russians' nonchalance for anything regarding copyright