philippgerard

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by philippgerard 8mo ago
Why not publish this worldwide? Unavailable in the Germany AppStore.
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by philippgerard 8mo ago
How is a majority vote (of both states and represented population) and a parliamentary vote undemocratic?
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by philippgerard 9mo ago
Looks pretty! But how is this any different from claude.ai/code (web)?
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by philippgerard 2y ago
Arc Browser does that already, also for downloaded files. Looks neat.
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by philippgerard 2y ago
I guess it's good to join forces on this. However, I really hope the Texts app on Mac will survive this merge as it is lightyears ahead of the UI insult that Beeper is. I migrated away from Beeper to get rid of the ugly interface and i
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by philippgerard 3y ago
I quite like examine.com for a seemingly independent “audit” of health- and supplement-related data. It’s not perfect but the database of knowledge is growing and their business model seems more aligned with my interests than with those gro
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by philippgerard 3y ago
It’s very hard to get the permission to run diesel generators for anything else than backup power here. And even then, it needs to be timed very precisely to be in line with regulations.
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by philippgerard 3y ago
Burning cars on the street would sure affect the livability in my neighborhood. The French are passionate people when protesting. And they protest a lot. Makes sense to me to me to mention it. It’s not about the right to assemble, otherwise
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by philippgerard 3y ago
Having hired dozens of developers in Berlin over the last 10 years, I can confirm that these numbers look awfully low, at least for any major city in Germany. Munich should be even higher, Hamburg comparable to Berlin. 80k max is maybe for
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by philippgerard 3y ago
Available in Germany
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by philippgerard 3y ago
I’ve been looking for the same to no avail. I’d buy one for my MacBook in an instant but the only things available in Germany are bulky hotspot devices with built-in batteries for 300-700€.
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by philippgerard 3y ago
You can get a PR faster (3y) if you’re here on a blue card (which is likely true for all non-EU tech workers). Universities are not all free for non-EU citizens and some programs (generally English-speaking) Masters are (properly, not the 4
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by philippgerard 3y ago
A permanent residency (PR) in Berlin does not require German language skills anymore. Maybe this is official or just established practice but regardless, there’a no reason not to have your PR if you qualify otherwise.
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by philippgerard 3y ago
The average outage time per year in Germany, as far as I remember, is below 2min. The uptime of my non-USV-backed server at home supports that, but that’s only anecdotal data.
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by philippgerard 5y ago
Same here, I can't wait for an alternative with actually useful search results and good filters. Search is one product I use often every day but I'm stuck with either privacy-respecting options that don't yield useful results
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by philippgerard 5y ago
Sam is doing an awesome job. On an M1 mac, the official dropbox client is a total no-go from a resource usage point of view. Maestral is a lifesaver for me/my memory usage.