Hacker News: vincvinc

Europe Must Choose Between Power and Dependence

vincvinc — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 16:06:44 +0000

Article URL: https://slavoj.substack.com/p/europe-must-choose

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49832692

Points: 17

# Comments: 14

Race Against Time to Save Brixton Market from Private Equity

vincvinc — Sat, 20 Jun 2026 12:01:50 +0000

Article URL: https://novaramedia.com/2026/06/19/race-against-time-to-save-brixton-market-from-private-equity/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48608611

Points: 23

# Comments: 3

Greenland bans all oil exploration (2021)

vincvinc — Sat, 10 Jan 2026 09:39:04 +0000

Article URL: https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/greenland-oil-1.6105230

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46564236

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

EU hits X with €120M fine for breaching the Digital Services Act

vincvinc — Sat, 06 Dec 2025 02:32:01 +0000

Article URL: https://www.dw.com/en/eu-imposes-120-million-fine-on-elon-musks-x-for-breaking-digital-rules/a-75033724

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46170027

Points: 83

# Comments: 90

New comment by vincvinc in "How a French judge was digitally cut off by the USA"

vincvinc — Fri, 21 Nov 2025 17:42:09 +0000

"All his accounts with US companies such as Amazon, Airbnb, or PayPal were immediately closed by the providers. Online bookings, such as through Expedia, are immediately canceled, even if they concern hotels in France."

How is this legal / OK?

Ursula, Break Up Google

vincvinc — Thu, 20 Nov 2025 17:34:50 +0000

Article URL: https://peoplevsbig.tech/standupursula/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45995243

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by vincvinc in "ICC ditches Microsoft 365 for openDesk"

vincvinc — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 18:23:36 +0000

"IMPOSING SANCTIONS ON THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT" (white house, feb 2025) https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/02/impo...

Microsoft admits in French court it can't keep EU data safe from US authorities (jul 2025) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45822902

ICC ditches Microsoft 365 for openDesk

vincvinc — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 16:57:55 +0000

Article URL: https://www.binnenlandsbestuur.nl/digitaal/internationaal-strafhof-neemt-afscheid-van-microsoft-365

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45837342

Points: 646

# Comments: 212

My First Months in Cyberspace

vincvinc — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 13:04:23 +0000

Article URL: https://www.gyford.com/phil/writing/2025/10/15/1995-internet/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45655250

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by vincvinc in "Benefits of choosing email over messaging"

vincvinc — Sun, 05 Oct 2025 13:02:26 +0000

About half of the problems mentioned by the article are solved by the all-in-one-inbox beeper.com, now owned by Automattic.

It allows me for example to avoid Instagram's crack app while still DMing with friends only available on there.

Except "Long term availability" ... I'd love to have my full chat archive under my own control but doesn't seem on the roadmap.

New comment by vincvinc in "Laptops create systems. Phones feed algorithms. The asymmetry determines power"

vincvinc — Sun, 05 Oct 2025 12:59:21 +0000

I am less optimistic than the author.

Everything we have seen over the last few years (eg what microsoft is doing to Windows) points to a push to make the platforms we used to control, more like the 'consumption' platforms. Profit demands it.

"Does this serve my goals, or someone else's metrics?" indeed.

New comment by vincvinc in "This map is not upside down"

vincvinc — Fri, 19 Sep 2025 07:00:27 +0000

Oh? I think the outrage over making the reader feel like "a bad or prejudiced person" that accompanies any invitation to challenge assumptions is so tedious.

How come this culture war mindset infuses everything we do online now?

Nowhere does this map or its description even imply you are a bad person.

It's pure ... projection