Hacker News: nalnq

New comment by nalnq in "In New York City, congestion pricing leads to marked drop in pollution"

nalnq — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 15:50:50 +0000

Of course they work. If the government manipulates the equation to make something unaffordable, the poor can no longer afford it. That’s not the point.

New comment by nalnq in "EU-US Data Transfers: Time to prepare for more trouble to come"

nalnq — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 15:04:43 +0000

> From a European perspective, FTC independence is a crucial element, because Article 8(3) of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights (CFR) requires that the processing of personal data is monitored and enforce by an “independent” body.

How do you measure this independence? In IPs (Independence Points)? In Europe all agencies that are similar to the FCC are also independent… in paper, because they all depend on the executive branch.

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

nalnq — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 12:16:31 +0000

Yes. You can’t work and collect a pension.

New comment by nalnq in "Rust in the kernel is no longer experimental"

nalnq — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 09:22:49 +0000

Maybe so. But on the other hand as the community grows and becomes politically diverse, you will stop being afraid of being branded part of political movements that you don’t like just by using a certain programming language, which is… good enough?

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

nalnq — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 09:20:32 +0000

If the pensions in Italy are anything like in Spain, she’s making more money off it than young people are making working. Plus she’s probably defrauding the pension system by both collecting her pension and working.

New comment by nalnq in "Rubio stages font coup: Times New Roman ousts Calibri"

nalnq — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 01:43:10 +0000

The Times New Roman commentary could have been true back when it was written, but now Calibri is the default for Microsoft Word, and has been for a long while (almost 20 years). So choosing Calibri is the path of least resistance.

New comment by nalnq in "EU investigates Google over AI-generated summaries in search results"

nalnq — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 16:01:57 +0000

I thought here in HN we agreed that copying information was not stealing? You know, how you are not depriving the original website of their information or anything, because everything can be copied infinitely.