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vinni2··on I migrated to an almost all-EU stack and saved 500€ per year
What about OS that’s hard to migrate to a EU produced OS.
vinni2··on Rights groups condemn new record number of executions in Saudi Arabia
All those founders and companies accepting Saudi investment have blood on their hands.
vinni2··on More than half of researchers now use AI for peer review, often against guidance
Which half?
vinni2··on United 777-200 fleet faces an uncertain future after Dulles engine failure
Branded credit cards are already there in Europe but I never once have been advertised on the flight.
vinni2··on US could ask foreign tourists for five-year social media history before entry
Who said I visit US for tourism?
vinni2··on US could ask foreign tourists for five-year social media history before entry
I couldn't care less about that privilege. I would rather stay away.
vinni2··on US could ask foreign tourists for five-year social media history before entry
They have managed to scare me off at least. So I will spend my money elsewhere.
vinni2··on How I block all online ads
Interesting could you share how to do this?
vinni2··on State Department to deny visas to fact checkers and others, citing 'censorship'
Do you have any proof of this?May be it’s just the matter of they don’t have resources to fact-check everything?
vinni2··on Researchers Find Microbe Capable of Producing Oxygen from Martian Soil
“Researchers tested this by using soil that mimics Martian regolith. “

Would this hold for real Martian regolith?

vinni2··on Waymo robotaxis are now giving rides on freeways in LA, SF and Phoenix
Actually i spoke a uber driver about this and he said he was waiting for cars with FSD available to buy then he could make his car work for him.
vinni2··on ChatGPT image snares suspect in deadly Pacific Palisades fire
May be time to start using adblockers?
vinni2··on Westjet is going to make you pay to recline your seat
Just pick a seat behind a non reclinable seat.
vinni2··on Anti-aging breakthrough: Stem cells reverse signs of aging in monkeys
Anti aging is not just about living long. Having a good quality of life as long as you live is essential. The world population is ageing and costs of caring for them will be huge cost for humanity.
vinni2··on Swiss voters back e-ID and abolish rental tax
Sounds like it’s an indirect property tax.
vinni2··on She Sent Her iPhone to Apple. Repair Techs Uploaded Her Nudes to Facebook (2021)
I never understood why the repair techs need my passcode to repair my iPhone (like replacing display or battery) and they suggest it as a first option unapologetically without even explaining privacy risks.
vinni2··on British AI startup beats humans in international forecasting competition
Why does Guardian think DeepMind is still a startup.
vinni2··on AI fabricates 21 out of 23 citations lawyer sanctioned reported to state bar [pdf]
I asked GPT-5 for updated literature survey for a paper I was writing with search enabled and explicit asked to use google scholar arxiv etc and yet most papers were non existent and in some cases even pointed to some GitHub repos which were private.
vinni2··on Why Dishwashers Are Quietly Disappearing from American Homes
Surely people can just buy more plates and pans rather than waiting or hand washing.
vinni2··on U.S. drinking rate at new low as alcohol concerns surge
And weed consumption is high.
vinni2··on Say farewell to the AI bubble, and get ready for the crash
There is definitely value but not sure if it is as much as the AI bosses are promising. I don’t know if it will crash or not but they are definitely overselling it. GPT-4o to 5 is so incremental compared to 3.5 and 4.
vinni2··on Toothpaste made with keratin may protect and repair damaged teeth: study
I guess it implies human hair.
vinni2··on Show HN: OWhisper – Ollama for realtime speech-to-text
Very neat project! Congratulations to the founders. I was wondering why there is no one working on such a tool.

But I was hoping couple of features would be supported: 1. Multilingual support. It seems like even if I use a multilingual model like whisper-cpp-large-turbo-q8, the application seems to assume I am speaking English. 2. Translate feature. Probably already supported but I didnt see the option.

vinni2··on A Danish zoo is asking owners of pets nearing life’s end to donate them as food
Dupe? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44791079

Or is there a bias against BBC articles?

vinni2··on $83B Wasted: Showing Up at the Airport 3 Hours Before Your Flight
> But for flights that don't span water, my understanding is that it's almost certain that a train system is far superior.

That’s an ideal world that should have been a given. But unfortunately for most of the world this is a fantasy.

vinni2··on $83B Wasted: Showing up at the airport 3 hours before your flight
This is a very pessimistic view. Everyone adjusts their lives including business and leisure flyers to account for the unpredictable time needed at the airport. This not only affects the travelers but also people around them or connected to them. This has cascading effect on time used for other tasks which indirectly affects the productivity of a person overall.
vinni2··on At $250M, top AI salaries dwarf the Manhattan Project and the Space Race
> Oppenheimer was in no way connected to the "value" generated by his invention.

Oppenheimer didn’t just participate in nuclear bomb project. He has made contributions in nuclear physics has advanced nuclear energy for peaceful purposes.

vinni2··on Live coding interviews measure stress, not coding skills
> They'll probably be querying LLMs all day after you hire them anyway.

At least they hey will know when LLMs make mistakes.

vinni2··on Ask HN: What software subscriptions are worth paying for?
What about Appletv and other tvs?
vinni2··on Unsafe and Unpredictable: My Volvo EX90 Experience
Isn’t it Chinese owned now?
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