Hacker News: nemoniac

W Social, public institutions and the theater of European digital sovereignty

nemoniac — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 12:46:04 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.elenarossini.com/w-social-public-institutions-and-the-theater-of-european-digital-sovereignty/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48584497

Points: 220

# Comments: 143

New comment by nemoniac in "Ask HN: Why hasn't there been a real competitor to Ticketmaster yet?"

nemoniac — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 20:01:34 +0000

Trent Reznor (Nine Inch Nails) gave a good explanation many years ago already:

https://stereogum.com/58831/trent_reznor_blasts_ticketmaster...

A one-word answer to why EU lost control of Big Tech: Ireland

nemoniac — Thu, 28 May 2026 06:15:01 +0000

Article URL: https://euobserver.com/218423/a-one-word-answer-to-why-eu-lost-control-of-big-tech-ireland/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48305259

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

Netherlands blocks U.S. takeover of DigiD operator Solvinity

nemoniac — Tue, 26 May 2026 10:54:34 +0000

Article URL: https://nltimes.nl/2026/05/26/netherlands-blocks-us-takeover-digid-operator-solvinity-security-concerns

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48277940

Points: 17

# Comments: 0

New comment by nemoniac in "The Emacsification of Software"

nemoniac — Wed, 13 May 2026 21:36:17 +0000

Interesting article.

When my Emacs opens a markdown file it immediately converts it into OrgMode format. I find that more readable, more navigable and more editable.

Now I'll have to go and meditate about Emacsification.

New comment by nemoniac in "Making the news available at no cost is a victory"

nemoniac — Wed, 13 May 2026 21:22:32 +0000

Isn't it equally important to ask the question:how exactly can you provide impartial, objective reporting when you can afford the salaries?

W Social uncovered: the reality behind the hype

nemoniac — Fri, 08 May 2026 10:15:06 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.elenarossini.com/w-social-uncovered-the-reality-behind-the-hype/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48061070

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Ireland is the 2n richest country in Europe; a single protest shut it down

nemoniac — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 12:47:21 +0000

Article URL: https://www.butthistime.com/p/mind-the-gap

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47778268

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by nemoniac in "Spain to expand internet blocks to tennis, golf, movies broadcasting times"

nemoniac — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 08:49:25 +0000

Finland was the first country to grant its citizens the right to internet access in law.

Other countries including Spain have laws "ensuring that access is broadly available and preventing unreasonable restrictions."

Something has to give.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_to_Internet_access#Ensur...

New comment by nemoniac in "Programming Used to Be Free"

nemoniac — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 18:18:39 +0000

That was quick. Just the other day we had "Programming is free"

https://idiallo.com/blog/programming-tools-are-free

New comment by nemoniac in "Writing Lisp is AI resistant and I'm sad"

nemoniac — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 11:21:08 +0000

My own experience over the last few months is quite the opposite so it's heartening to see some reputable Lispers reporting the same in the comments here.

Everything in this area is moving so quickly that I haven't yet crystallized my thinking or settled on a working methodology but I am getting a lot of value out of running Claude Code with MCP servers for Common Lisp and Emacs (cl-mcp & emacs-mcp-server). Among other things this certainly helps with the unbalanced parentheses rabbit hole.

Along with that I am showing it plenty of my own Lisp code and encouraging it to adopt my preferred coding style and libraries. It takes a little coaching and reinforcement (recalcitrant intern syndrome) but it learns as it goes. It's really quite a pleasant experience to see it write Lisp as I might have written it.