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elkos

1,156 karma · joined September 13, 2010

Father, husband, vice-chair of Libre Space Foundation, Athens hackerspace member, polysomnography technologist at the University of Athens. Supporter of free and open-source technologies.

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elkos··on French govt. says users of uBlock Origin, Signal etc. are potential terrorists
Many officials use these daily on their personal devices
elkos··on Former US SEC attorney: 'Get out of crypto platforms now'
I mean the US has several pyramid-like structures doesn't it?
elkos··on The Mao-Kissinger Meeting of 1973
comparable to they population and GDP?
elkos··on Proposed SEC order to freeze, repatriate Binance.US assets
I'm honestly curious, at first glance this looks that could potentially affect cryptocurrencies in a sizable way downwards. I checked CoinMarketCap and it seems that the trend is comparatively stable. Can someone explain this? Please do take into account that I'm not very well versed with cryptocurrencies and I usually need an explainer in several financial concepts.
elkos··on Proposed SEC order to freeze, repatriate Binance.US assets
i think it is a meme!
elkos··on Proposed SEC order to freeze, repatriate Binance.US assets
Would trading only Bitcoin and Ethereum which last time i checked aren't securities be a probable way out of this mess for Coinbase?
elkos··on Tesla instructed employees to only communicate verbally about complaints
Government has several times created programs to support several kinds of business development. Many of the companies he is involved with take advantage of either pre-existing government support or lobby to get it. My issue is that the prerequisites for such funding are unbalanced or even to some unfair and their proclaimed impact to the stated goals limited at best.
elkos··on Tesla Model Y overtakes Corolla to be world’s best-selling car in 2023
Does this include pre-sale statements or finalized deliveries only? It is one thing to have a high number of corporate pre-order it is quite another to have cars on the road.
elkos··on Telly Is the First TV Paid for by Brands
Is Telly short for Telescreen? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telescreen
elkos··on Show HN: Spiti – Private video library for high-performing teams
I guess the founders might know that already. "Spiti" means house in Greek.
elkos··on Lamest Edit Wars
The artwork provides accurate historical depictions of the edit wars.
elkos··on Releasing 3B and 7B RedPajama
Thanks.

As non-native English speaker (while though a parent of a toddler too) I wasn't familiar with the book series.

elkos··on Rest in Peas: The Unrecognized Death of Speech Recognition (2010)
oh that's pretty interesting, would you like to share more on the specifics of that?
elkos··on Google employees complain about CEO's pay raise as cost cuts hit company
Are you talking about a strike? Has it happened in Google before?
elkos··on Night of the living brain fog dead or how I hacked myself better via open source
A gastroenterologist should treat GERD (to the extent possible) then we should be checking sleep. As soon as GERD is under treatment a consultation with a sleep laboratory could be considered since some reflux may still happen during the night and may result in (mostly central apneas).
elkos··on Night of the living brain fog dead or how I hacked myself better via open source
Although this isn't a proper setting to provide consultation and I have to remind you that a trained physician in sleep medicine in a sleep laboratory setting could be more specific on answerimg your question, here are my thoughts.

Are there any signs of gastroesophageal reflux? Like burping, or feeling hearburn, maybe even non-cardial chest pain? If so, I would suggest consulting with a gastroenterologist before visiting a sleep laboratory. GERD (gastroesophageal reflux disease) is often associated with late sleep on-set phenomena and with fragmented sleep circle pattern due to central apneas taking place when the acidic reflux enters the esophagus.

If you already have ben checked by a gastroenterologist (and/or are under treatment) I would suggest visiting a sleep laboratory. They would perform a sleep study and will be able to better assess your sleep patterns.

elkos··on Night of the living brain fog dead or how I hacked myself better via open source
I'm a sleep technologist by trauning and profession for the last 18+. I wish all our patients were so much aware about their conditions and our doctors had the opportunity to spend enough time with those that would.
elkos··on Ask Wirecutter: Can you recommend a not-smart TV for me?
I'd love a list of products that are open-hardware or open-source source software or just even open enough to easily use them using open source solutions.
elkos··on Ask Wirecutter: Can you recommend a not-smart TV for me?
That circular display is amazing
elkos··on Ask Wirecutter: Can you recommend a not-smart TV for me?
According sources in the Wikipedia article about: idiot:

The word "idiot" comes from the Greek noun ἰδιώτης idiōtēs 'a private person, individual' (as opposed to the state), 'a private citizen' (as opposed to someone with a political office), 'a common man', 'a person lacking professional skill, layman', later 'unskilled', 'ignorant', derived from the adjective ἴδιος idios 'personal' (not public, not shared). In Latin, idiota was borrowed in the meaning 'uneducated', 'ignorant', 'common', and in Late Latin came to mean 'crude, illiterate, ignorant'. In French, it kept the meaning of 'illiterate', 'ignorant', and added the meaning 'stupid' in the 13th century. In English, it added the meaning 'mentally deficient' in the 14th century.

elkos··on Stanford just released a 386-page report on the state of AI
me too, actually I had the chance to pick among three and got the one ending in 386

the only persons that did pointed it out is my best friend and his sister which for almost a decade my beloved wife

elkos··on Ask HN: What lesser-known accessories do you use with your computer?
will check it out
elkos··on Ask HN: What lesser-known accessories do you use with your computer?
Will check it out
elkos··on Ask HN: What lesser-known accessories do you use with your computer?
I do have an Android tablet mostly sitting and a Linux laptop (running KDE) can I do it in a really seemless way?
elkos··on ISRO successfully conducts landing experiment of the Reusable Launch Vehicle
And ISRO has a very very competitive polar low earth orbit commercial ride-sharing program.
elkos··on AI will replace programmers in 5 years: Stability AI CEO
One has to take into account that Stability AI's CEO might oversell AI's abilities in order to get more investors.
elkos··on Tesla Semi Recalled Already, Parking Brake May Fail
Well do you have any more details to share?
elkos··on Elon Musk seeks to end $258B Dogecoin lawsuit
What happens if Mr Musk loses the lawsuit?
elkos··on The state of open-source in 3D printing in 2023
I'm more into let's move our hardware designs to CERN-OHL-S licensing and persue violators in the court of law the same way proprietary copyright holders do.

In many jurisdictions violating copyright is a felony, it is prosecuted viciously with fines up to 100k$ per infringement and jail time and in the civil courts with extraordinary damages.

How can Prusa go forward with that? I don't know. I know though from a handful of interactions with them that they acknowledge the catalytic role open-source software and hardware can have.

elkos··on When Google paid websites to promote Firefox
I thought it was Timor Leste still makes sense I guess.
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