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arbirk··on Mercedes‑Benz starts large‑scale production of electric axial flux motor
For family cars we need 4x 30-50 hp units. If the motor can weigh around 7 kg it can be placed directly on wheel. Adding durable brake discs (rarely used) and 2 inverters front ad back and we have the EV platform of the next 100 years
arbirk··on Ask HN: What are tools you have made for yourself since the advent of AI?
I made my own webclipper - dont trust browser extensions
arbirk··on Apple reveals new AI architecture built around Google Gemini models
https://security.apple.com/blog/private-cloud-compute/
arbirk··on Google to pay SpaceX $920M a month for compute capacity at xAI data centers
And that grants S&P (plus the existing NASDAQ indices). All US pensioners are bagholders for an illegal immigrant lol
arbirk··on I'm skeptical about efforts to revolutionize schooling
I think we should start by making exams that mirror work day performance: Presenting ideas, summarizing, reviewing a proposal and commenting etc. This is of course more expensive, but keeping exams inexpensive is one of the major problems in the age of AI.

Just to note: I was taught 3 different writing systems and my ability to write on a whiteboard is rubbish

arbirk··on Is "colorectal cancer" rising in "young people"?
what is rate per 100.000 tracking? I guess it means among living persons at every datapoint. If so decreasing mortality overall and final diagnosis specifically plays a large role in the numbers
arbirk··on Dropbox CEO Drew Houston to step down
They focused on the wrong product imo. File sync as in syncing the files you are actively working on and temporary files like clipboard etc. is powerful. Syncing folders and doing backups is difficult and expensive. I am still looking for a good product that makes it easy to do all that.
arbirk··on Travelers on Air Force One ordered to throw away gifts, phones after China trip
https://www.computerworld.dk/art/291220/frygter-spionage-eu-...
arbirk··on Travelers on Air Force One ordered to throw away gifts, phones after China trip
EU officials have to do the same when leaving the US
arbirk··on Claude for Legal
Would use it if it wasn't supporting the space wanker
arbirk··on Agents need control flow, not more prompts
I always wonder with these posts: - are they talking about coding (where I am the control flow) - or RPA agents (in which it is obvious) ? - also don't use llm for deterministic tasks
arbirk··on Microsoft hasn't had a coherent GUI strategy since Petzold
I think that is an insult to MS Bob
arbirk··on Do your own writing
I agree. As the amount of cheap content grows, I think we will come to like condensed to the point articles like this one.
arbirk··on Apple randomly closes bug reports unless you "verify" the bug remains unfixed
The radar count is probably nearing a billion at this point
arbirk··on GrapheneOS refuses to comply with new age verification laws for operating system
We are back to printing books, boys
arbirk··on Bored of eating your own dogfood? Try smelling your own farts
I once worked in a government agency where 4 employees used a app that on ran on IE6. So the rest of the 2000 strong organization had to use chrome by remote desktop into a server.

Decision tree: Does any department still use IE6? Yes -> lets setup a Remote Desktop cluster so the rest can use Chrome

arbirk··on How the Turner twins are mythbusting modern technical apparel
Is that an iPad?
arbirk··on Grace Hopper's Revenge
1) AutoCodeBranch does not present similar problems, so you can't compare the Upper Bound metric across languages. Actually the Elixir tests are transmuted from other languages.

2) The Tesla section is interesting. I'm not saying that you are wrong, just that their methods have not produced the promised results yet

3) Wireless humanoid robots is a bad platform because we don't have the hardware to support them. Both battery density and compute efficiency is too low currently to support freestanding robots. Rip Roomba - long live its legacy

arbirk··on MacBook Neo
Many governments and large companies issue burner laptops when traveling to the US or China. This is a perfect candidate for that
arbirk··on MacBook Neo
Also for males it is natural birth control. Can be a plus depending on your situation
arbirk··on Why XML tags are so fundamental to Claude
Yes, but that is for a specific JSON format. The instructions are in md
arbirk··on Why XML tags are so fundamental to Claude
If this is true, the why does Claude Code's own system prompt not use this style? https://github.com/Piebald-AI/claude-code-system-prompts/tre...
arbirk··on Danish government agency to ditch Microsoft software (2025)
Can we just use markdown already?
arbirk··on The Age Verification Trap: Verifying age undermines everyone's data protection
I know many will disagree and that is ok. Imo we need global id based on nation states national id. I know that the US doesn't have that, but the rest of the developed world do. I don't want id on porn sites because I don't think that is necessary, but I want bot-free social media, 13+ sharing forums like reddit and I want competitive games where if you are banned you need your brothers id to try cheating again.
arbirk··on GrapheneOS – Break Free from Google and Apple
If Apple partners with Starlink, this is my next mobile OS
arbirk··on We can’t send mail farther than 500 miles (2002)
Now someone post the "we can't print on Tuesdays story" too
arbirk··on Qwen3-Max-Thinking
try "is sam altman gay?" on ChatGPT
arbirk··on The future of software engineering is SRE
I have a lot of work: Make the agents work at warp speed. Prepare specs for next iteration Hopefully exhaust resources.. for free time. <rest as much as possible>

Every 5 hours 24/7. Rinse repeat

arbirk··on Anthropic blocks third-party use of Claude Code subscriptions
I agree with the principle, but reality dictates that users and exposure is the real currency. So while annoying it is understandable that Anthropic subsidizes their own direct users.
arbirk··on Danish postal service to stop delivering letters
Just to clarify. There is at least one chosen and contractually bound Mail Service provider in Denmark. Their terms are set in public tenders. The old state owned company - Post Nord - basically decide not to compete for the contract. A newer company - DAO - won the tender. What this means in legal terms:

Under law: DAO must comply with its postal permit obligations (nationwide service where offered, pricing transparency, quality monitoring). But there is no absolute legal universal delivery duty for all mail anymore.

Under government contract: DAO has a specific binding duty to deliver blind mail as defined in the tender it won - this is a contractual obligation, not a general statutory duty for all mail.

Be mindful that in principle the service provider could chose to not cover certain parts of the country. That has to be clearly stated in their terms of service. The Danish government are expected by the public to continue to subsidize delivery to people with special needs, in the contract identified as "blind mail"

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