moooo99

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by moooo99 6d ago
The longer I work in corporate, the wiser Todd seems
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by moooo99 7d ago
I have never understood the appeal of foldables, but I guess with Apple launching them now, they're probably going to see significantly improved software support within the next few years
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by moooo99 18d ago
In Europe, the Fiat Topolino and his siblings are an increasingly common sight (while still being rare). Relatively cheap, can be charged with a regular 230V socket, tops out at 45kmph. Not as compact as a bike for obvious reasons, but stil
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by moooo99 20d ago
Flatpaks are a common packaging mechanism used on immutable systems. They are very attractive (conceptually) for large org deployments, so I can totally see the appeal here
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by moooo99 26d ago
> The sad truth is that the status quo for GUIs is absolutely terrible, and most were rushed out and not properly tested to check if they're really usable without a mouse. This is the key point. No platform UI paradigm focuses on ke
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by moooo99 26d ago
Interesting given this is the polar opposite of my experience. I find Googles AI overview to give wrong answers constantly. Occasionally, even for questions I believe Google circa 2018 was able to answer confidently. Ironically, Googles AI
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by moooo99 1mo ago
> Not many are running banks or hospitals on Postgres. Certainly not. But the key here is that not many are running banks or hospitals in the first place. I work at a big company, we run on SAP as the big commercial DBMS, but also have s
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by moooo99 1mo ago
With all things going on among AI bros and the AI industry as a whole, are you really that surprised there is a widespread aversion against the tech?
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by moooo99 1mo ago
I do not think it is a mystery why people favor Postgres over OracleDB, is it?
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by moooo99 1mo ago
Realistically, without running the numbers, only few industries come to mind that may come close. Chemical manufacturing, steel production and maybe glass production as well. For the remainder, the wage costs - more specifically - the ove
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by moooo99 2mo ago
I don‘t think someone disputes that this is in the realm of AI/ML. I just think its questionable if this kind of usecase is genuinely something were an LLM is necessary or outshines the more traditional approaches
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by moooo99 2mo ago
I know, this doesn't really address the core issue, but is stuff like balcony solar legal in Australia? Here in Germany, it is absolutely massive and an increasing number of people run their balcony solar with batteries that just feed
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by moooo99 2mo ago
That is not an App Store functionality, that is a Safari functionality
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by moooo99 3mo ago
Generic screening is where I draw a line where the risk of substantial damage is just too high to justify it. I am nowhere near an expert on this matter, but probably more informed than the average Joe. What always strikes me in these kinds
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by moooo99 3mo ago
> It is almost guaranteed it will also introduce export controls on the models. The current models are open weights and already out the door. They are hosted by many providers and are already comparatively good in many domains. Even if t
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by moooo99 3mo ago
Probably more versatile. Hetzner is just VPSes. They do not offer any PaaS product like managed DBs, managed Redis, wahtever.
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by moooo99 3mo ago
> That’s incredibly important. More than a footnote. I would consider any other form to be non-viable if it doesn’t have such protections That applies to a normal GmbH as well, so does it to an UG. UG & Co. KG is sometimes done for t
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by moooo99 3mo ago
> The fact that this absurd situation exists is a huge proof that the bureaucracy has gotten out of hand and that Germany is unfriendly to starting new businesses. While this is somewhat true, this is not an indication. You can start a b
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by moooo99 3mo ago
> Really I think that they just landed on some really successful marketing. It depends. For some machinery the complexity is inherent, this makes German machines very good at what they do. But this approach does not tend to scale well, w
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by moooo99 3mo ago
> I have yet to find the mythical efficiency everyone was talking about. Comes down to a misrepresentation of history. Germans were never known to be efficient, they were known to be precise with everything, including bureaucracy. This h
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by moooo99 3mo ago
I extensively use public transit. While the cost savings are certainly nice, it is just soo much more comfortable. Today I spent half my workday on a train going +200km/h to visit my parents. The alternative would have been an excrucia
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by moooo99 3mo ago
No, located in Germany here.
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by moooo99 3mo ago
I have had some fairly challenging trios and the travel assist did a very good job, even at autobahn construction sites (which we have plenty of). No clue how much vehicle generations affect this performance tho. Since they were rentals, al
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by moooo99 3mo ago
I am in Germany, so even if I was in the market for a truck (which I am absolutely not), Rivian does not have vehicles here. Beyond the politics involving Tesla, I just do not like the car. I had a Test ride with a Model Y and it just was n
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by moooo99 3mo ago
I've test driven pretty much all VW brands (that fall within my budget) and thus far, the Cupra Born has been my favorite. I have test driven the Kia EV4 and EV3, but I am not a huge fan. I do not enjoy the look of the EV3 and while th
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by moooo99 3mo ago
Indeed it does, but Tesla is firm on my no buy list
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by moooo99 3mo ago
I currently own a 10 year old Seat Leon with not a single out of maintenance repair (if we ignore the cosmetic repair due to a wildlife encounter). My parents have owned multiple VW vehicles, with each of these lasting >15 years without
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by moooo99 3mo ago
I mean, the app services department doesn't exactly have a track record of perfect compliance (privacy) either, so there is that.
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by moooo99 3mo ago
Except for the fact that the car is sold as is with the features advertised (i.e. working with an Android app with no additional qualifiers as to which kind of android) AND that users are paying for these connective services
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by moooo99 3mo ago
It is amazing how Volkswagen keeps messing up. I am currently in the market for a new car, an EV specifically. Volkswagen brands were at the top of my list for many reasons, among them the excellent driving assist implementation. I got an o

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