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Fraaaank··on GPT‑Live‑1 in the API
Would you say your German has improved as a result? Genuinely curious
Fraaaank··on Stop Killing Games: It's time to sue Sony, join us
Announcement post: https://xcancel.com/StopKilingGames/status/20868405145197285...
Fraaaank··on Launch HN: Screenpipe (YC S26) – Record how you work and turn that into agents
How do you secure the database on my device?
Fraaaank··on OpenAI Privacy Filter
From a compliance POV it's not enough. For example: "<NAME PERSON ONE> is president of the United States" is still identifiable even though the name has been redacted.

Since you can't be 100% certain that a filter redacts all personal data, you'd have to make sure that you have measures in place which allow OpenAI to legally process personal data on your behalf. Otherwise you'd technically have a data breach (from a GDPR pov).

And if OpenAI can legally process personal data on your behalf, why bother filtering if processing with filtering is also compliant?

Fraaaank··on Launch HN: Freestyle: Sandboxes for AI Coding Agents
Your pricing page is broken
Fraaaank··on Anthropic Cowork feature creates 10GB VM bundle on macOS without warning
I wasn't aware that this VM was created. If this was communicated in the marketing I probably would've started using cowork sooner.
Fraaaank··on Show HN: I spent 4 years building a UI design tool with only the features I use
Well, sort of. They sued because they believed Macromedia infringed on their patents. That's something else than merely visual similarity.
Fraaaank··on EU–INC – A new pan-European legal entity
It's the same in the Netherlands.

There is European legislation since 2024 that allows 'digital' notaries (Directive 2019/1151). Not many notaries support it though.

Fraaaank··on Consent-O-Matic
> According to the EU law if you don’t click accept it’s equivalent to denying.

The result is the same. Technically there's no such thing as denying, only providing (explicit) consent. If consent is required and no consent is provided, then there is no ground for processing.

Fraaaank··on Apple Creator Studio
Alternative title: "Apple slaps subscription model on existing apps"
Fraaaank··on Security issues with electronic invoices
Electronic invoicing makes the live of the receiver easier. The sender has to adapt the standard.

Besides, many standards have been created over the past 20 years, yet most invoices are still only sent as PDF.

Fraaaank··on Meta acquires AI-wearables startup Limitless
I got an email the day before saying that they updated their privacy policy.
Fraaaank··on Dark Mode Sucks
Second this
Fraaaank··on Launch HN: Poly (YC S22) – Cursor for Files
My bad, totally missed the link in the text post. I clicked on 'watch video' on the Poly website
Fraaaank··on Launch HN: Poly (YC S22) – Cursor for Files
I'd rather see a demo instead of a highly edited video with split second shots of the product.
Fraaaank··on Google Antigravity
Hmm that does indeed seem to be the case.
Fraaaank··on Google Antigravity
Anyone else stuck on 'setting up your account'?
Fraaaank··on Doing well in your courses: Andrej's advice for success (2013)
> Study very intensely RIGHT before the test.

I was always told NOT to study right before the test because it hinder retrieval of long term memory.

Fraaaank··on Help us raise $200k to free JavaScript from Oracle
Litigation is not just 'file and forget'. Deno, or any other organisation, needs to contribute in time and effort for several years. In my opinion, "media attention / clout" is a fair compensation.
Fraaaank··on VPN use surges in UK as new online safety rules kick in
Not entirely true. If I'm incorporated in country A and want to offer a service in country B, I'll have to comply with the local regulations. Furthermore, most VPNs have local presence in the EU as well. NordVPN is incorporated in Panama, but also has an entity in The Netherlands.
Fraaaank··on VPN use surges in UK as new online safety rules kick in
What's stopping lawmakers to require VPN providers to verify the age of their users?
Fraaaank··on Show HN: Nia – MCP server that gives more docs and repos to coding agents
Context7 does this https://context7.com/
Fraaaank··on Show HN: I built a daily sunlight tracker
I should've been more specific. The study you link states that 'To prevent vitamin D deficiency, one should spend 15 to 20 minutes daily in the sunshine with 40% of the skin surface exposed.'. The screenshot on lume health shows a goal of 120 minutes.

Moreover, sun exposure is not by definition 'healthy'. Spending two hours in the sun at noon in the middle of summer does more harm than good.

Fraaaank··on Show HN: I built a daily sunlight tracker
>how most people aren’t getting enough

What are you basing this on? What counts as 'enough'? And how are you tracking light exposure?

Fraaaank··on Engineer creates ad block for the real world with augmented reality glasses
Calm down. He's a software engineer with an account on X, not a software engineer working on X.
Fraaaank··on Launch HN: Reducto Studio (YC W24) – Build accurate document pipelines, fast
Why do you only get a data processing agreement when on the enterprise plan? It's a legal requirement for any European company.
Fraaaank··on College English majors can't read
> Original Text: "Bruh, that party was straight outta Ohio, no cap. Skibidi vibes only. Tyler’s drip was bussin’, and Jessica was ghostin’ everyone like she hit airplane mode IRL."

Finally, words I can understand

Fraaaank··on RybbitL Open source Google Analytics replacement
> You can also anonymize data and that is no longer considered personal data under GDPR so it is possible to hash an IP address and that be acceptable.

That's not completely true. Recital 26 of GDPR stipulates that

> “information which does not relate to an identified or identifiable natural person or to personal data rendered anonymous in such a manner that the data subject is not or no longer identifiable.”

Hashing does not meet this threshold. If the same IP address is hashed using the same method, the result will always be the same, meaning it can be matched. Hashing is therefore considered pseudonimization and under GDPR, pseudonymized data is still considered personal data.

Moreover, the act of anonymization itself is a form of processing and therefore falls under the scope of GDPR. So even attempting to anonymize personal data doesn't remove GDPR obligations for the anonimyzation itself.

Fraaaank··on Ask HN: Is anyone doing anything cool with tiny language models?
There isn't any rule that requires websites to use a cookie banner. Your required to obtain explicit consent before reading/setting any cookies that aren't strictly necessary. The web came up with the cookie banner.

Google could've implemented a consent API in Chrome, but they didn't. Guess why.

Fraaaank··on Stimulation Clicker
I do not like how enjoyable this was.
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