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2rsf··on Is EU data regulations a blocker for innovations?
> ChatGPT because of GDPR concerns.

In which direction? being worried to use other's data or worried about your own users data leaking out?

2rsf··on Ask HN: What rabbit hole(s) did you dive into recently?
> Israel/Palestine

This is more than a rabbit hole, it's a fractal that changes as you zoom in and out

2rsf··on Ask HN: What rabbit hole(s) did you dive into recently?
I totally agree, we are lucky here in Sweden to have free access to ice rinks, basic lessons are also rather cheap and usually operated but local not for profit organizations.
2rsf··on Ask HN: What do you do with Local LLMs?
> Other than feeding sensitive documents?

Everything in our developer's portal is sensitive to a degree, so a local LLM is required to allow talking to it

2rsf··on PG&E says there will be a 9-hour outage in my area
Other then the good advice here, simply try not to have hundreds of dollars of food in your fridge at that day
2rsf··on How to found a company in Germany: 14 "easy" steps and lots of pain
When I asked a real estate agent about buying a condo already owned by another they replied surprisingly "how can it happen? that would be illegal"
2rsf··on Ask HN: Has Anyone Trained a personal LLM using their personal notes?
I used Private GPT with our internal markdown based developers portal, the results are OK-ish but are closer to a fancy search then to a chat.
2rsf··on Low Cost Robot Arm
I wish I had it a decade ago when I tested phone touch screens
2rsf··on Ask HN: In the 90s, did programmers job-hop frequently?
It was hot (maybe not HOT) in the late 90's, me and people around me definitely hoped around.
2rsf··on Ask HN: Purchasing real estate property doesn't seem to make financial sense
Your numbers are very specific, in Sweden for example you can get lower interest rates and have very low property tax, but your point still stands- buying a house to live in is expensive.

You missed two things though: - If you buy more than one property as investment you can rent it out, covering your expenses.

- You didn't mention risks, those are non negligible over 30 years. City plans change, surrounding population change, areas grow and fall in value etc.

2rsf··on Ask HN: Six figures salary careers in Europe?
And there are 20 million millionaires in Europe, I am not sure where does the poor-Europeans statement comes from.
2rsf··on Ask HN: Are developer tools startups fighting a losing battle?
Enterprises might even prefer paid products as it guarantees long term support
2rsf··on I also hacked my car
True, but the "infotainment" might still control quite a lot of things besides playing music
2rsf··on I also hacked my car
Some newer cars use the ABS sensors instead for TPMS sensors, one less privacy concern to worry about
2rsf··on Ask HN: Self-hosted alternative to Apple Notes?
With organice you can host your notes on Gitlab for free and the backend becomes "git". You get web apps for Windows, iOS and Android.

https://organice.200ok.ch/

2rsf··on Ask HN: What's the best car without undesirable features?
I know about collecting data, but sending? how?
2rsf··on Heat pumps, more than you wanted to know (2023)
I suspect that there is something very wrong, or VERY cheap, with your heat pump. I have never heard a heat pump being VERY loud, and I have listened to a few that were more than a decade or two old.
2rsf··on Heat pumps, more than you wanted to know (2023)
Most of the bigger setups I saw here in Sweden has this backup built in, not only as a backup of emergencies but mostly for cold days where the source heat (air, ground) is not enough
2rsf··on Heat pump users noticing cheaper bills and warmer homes – study
The-ZEB are very thin on the details, is there a technical description of how it works?
2rsf··on Fewer people are buying electric cars in the US
Many cars can use the Tesla network now, and you are probably biased to your geographical area. In Stockholm (Sweden) for example the Tesla chargers are located far away from the city center, while there are many third party chargers available anywhere.
2rsf··on Fewer people are buying electric cars in the US
Maintenance, planned and breakage, is a huge differentiator in favor of EVs- there are simply less moving parts and the EV ones are usually simpler and more reliable.
2rsf··on Fewer people are buying electric cars in the US
I agree and more or less live this way, but it doesn't work for everyone or everywhere. In order to be able to easily and cost efficiently rent a car you need the right infrastructure.
2rsf··on Ask HN: How to store your data for 200 years?
If you have the budget then try one of those: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arch_Mission_Foundation
2rsf··on Dieselgate, but for trains – some heavyweight hardware hacking
I'm all for free and open source software, but what would you suggest here? That train operators will download code from the internet and install it on their trains?
2rsf··on Claims/News like "x improves y" should include std and avg in the title
They should, or at least a disclaimer in a normal human readable language. But to be honest most people will not understand what is it about anyway.
2rsf··on Ask HN: Great Interview Questions You Have Been Asked
The best one I know is asking to describe a system you worked on, and supposedly know well, and deep dive into it.
2rsf··on Ask HN: Great Interview Questions You Have Been Asked
> What would you do to radically improve test automation speed?

Speed questions are good ones since they show how people think, some will immediately jump into random action items while others will investigate the problem first and suggest different approaches to different problems.

2rsf··on Ask HN: Great Interview Questions You Have Been Asked
Good one, it can also show you how people thinks and not only knowledge, for example how organized are they
2rsf··on A prototype for a new, quiet, thermoacoustic Stirling generator
> the absence of mechanical parts needing lubrication means the generator could exceed a decade of lifespan

This is something specific to their design, as far as I could Google Sterling Engines requires lubrication in general.

2rsf··on Drugmakers are set to pay 23andMe to access consumer DNA
Isn't it more like your apartment and specific renovations plans?
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