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micw··on GPT-6.1 Terra
Try GLM for such things. Better than DS Flash in my observations but less restricted than GPT
micw··on Solar power is becoming bigger than nuclear
Thing is that you need incredible large masses in incredible heights.

Example: Lifting a 10-metric-ton stone by 36 meters stores just about 1 kilowatt-hour (kWh) of energy. This is roughly equivalent to the capacity of a small power station used for a camping trip.

micw··on Solar power is becoming bigger than nuclear
> we'll all be around to see solar panels that cost 1/10th of what they do now

I doubt that. Currently the cells itself makes only <50% (maybe <30% meanwhile) of a PV module. So the limit to the bottom is by the glass and frame and cable, not by the cells.

But $/watts can significantly go down with more efficiency.

micw··on New iPad mini
It makes no sense to make the devices so thin and then having a fat camera. This requires a cover to equalize the size with the camera for haptic reasons. Better use this space for other stuff like larger batteries and make the device the same thickness everywhere.
micw··on OpenAI and Anthropic cut their LLM prices by up to 80% within a few months. Why?
I use TensorX (EU hosted) and get 330TPS
micw··on MicroLLM Lab – Try 7 tiny LLM's in the browser
It's LLMs, not LLM's ;-)
micw··on GPT-5.6 Luna vs. GPT-6 Astra: Is a $1.20 Model Good Enough for Code Review?
How do you access Claude from the multiplexer? AFAIK Anthrophic allows the use with their official tools only.

I have created wrappers for Codex (https://github.com/micw/codex-wrapper-advanced) and claude (https://github.com/micw/claude-wrapper-advanced) that uses their SDK (Codex) and the CLI (Claude) internally to align with the subscription ToS and still have a common API ;-) This way I can use both in any harness and can easily switch between both.

micw··on GPT-5.6 Luna vs. GPT-6 Astra: Is a $1.20 Model Good Enough for Code Review?
Also not available in their business offer. So I have now a $20 business plus a $200 "personal" plan in my account.
micw··on GPT-5.6 Luna vs. GPT-6 Astra: Is a $1.20 Model Good Enough for Code Review?
Yes, it should. Reduces a lot of noise.
micw··on Show HN: EterDB, a Postgres fork that makes it easy to recover from incidents
The idea looks interesting. But when I think of "make incident recovery easy", the very last thing I want is a fork that differs from the standard that everyone else is running. I would have a better feeling if that would be an extension, not a fork.
micw··on Why aren't smart people happier? (2022)
I would even think that "smart" and "lazy" has a strong correlation ;-)

If you give a smart one a task, he will look for a way to do it with lowest effort. Probably most would do it but the smart ones will find way more the shortcuts, automations and exploits.

Edit: also smart people will more often ask "why" if a task makes no sense to them.

micw··on PostgreSQL for Everything
Tetris on postgres? Not doom? So not a candidate for everything!

Just kidding. Of course there's doom for postgres: https://github.com/cedardb/DOOMQL (pure SQL) and https://github.com/DreamNik/pg_doom (extension).

Oh and there's https://github.com/snaplet/postgres-wasm that allows to run everything else in postgres ^^

micw··on Single log line is 49KB+ (ext4) / 110KB+ (btrfs) of systemd-journald disk writes
So is this a regression or a bug in systemd triggered by this change?
micw··on Single log line is 49KB+ (ext4) / 110KB+ (btrfs) of systemd-journald disk writes
What does the (currently latest, https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/40262#issuecomment...) comment mean? Who are the "large folio people"?
micw··on Single log line is 49KB+ (ext4) / 110KB+ (btrfs) of systemd-journald disk writes
systemd-journald also has rate limits that you can configure ;-)
micw··on Mistral OCR 4.1
I also saw this when I made a (personal use only) book translation (agent learns how book 1-3 of a row is translated, then translates book 4 the same way because it is not available in my language). Claude happily translated most of the book, except a few chapters which it denied. Tried several times always the same results (with no other context about the rest of the book).
micw··on uBlock Origin is giving up the fight to keep ads off Facebook
> if you see an ad somewhere [...] close the tab immediately and never return to that site

I would even extend this: if you are bugged by an ad, avoid the product, the vendor and tell everyone why you do so. Also tell it to the vendor, why you avoid their product (aggressive, non blockable ads at facebook for example).

micw··on More than 10 firms pay up to $100k a month for access to Truth Social posts
Why is this not being stopped by us jurisdiction? Or at least why does the rest of the world does not decouple from those markets?
micw··on Plug-In Solar Panels Starting to Sprout in U.S. Backyards
I even upvoted, no idea why you're downvoted here. It _is_ a potential issue that you pointed out.
micw··on Plug-In Solar Panels Starting to Sprout in U.S. Backyards
To be precise (Germany): 800W inverter, 2kWp solar panels (maximum 4 panels). This allows you to get the 800W during long periods of daylight (e.g. east/west configuration). You only need to add the installation to a public database and plug in the inverter. Before it was more complex (special plug needed, only 600W, need allowance from grid operator) and still we have ~1.5 GW installed plug-in solar plants. It's almost always a no-brainer, RoI is typically 3-4 years while the lifespan is 20 years.

Edit: My state had a subsidy of 300€ when I bought mine, so the RoI was instant ;-)

micw··on Plug-In Solar Panels Starting to Sprout in U.S. Backyards
In Germany, where this kind of plug-in solar panels is very common (1.5 GW installed power) it is mandatory that the inverter powers itself down as soon as the grid is offline/disconnected. It has to be so fast that you can savely touch the plug after unplugging it. I guess it's standard everywhere.
micw··on A Physicist Rigged His Pet Hamster’s Wheel to Upload to Strava
No, they would collapse into a singularity with an infinite event horizon that eats up the universe at the speed of light
micw··on US strikes $1.2B deal to pay German firm to halt offshore wind projects
I wonder how Americans feel to see that their elected president takes tax money to forcefully destroy the planet and our kid's future :-(
micw··on Qwen3.8 Max now ranked as the best overall model by agentic index
Guess that's the exact point of the "intelligence" benchmarks
micw··on Claude Code sends 33k tokens before reading the prompt; OpenCode sends 7k
I recently did a few tests. And always the same prompt has been cached properly.
micw··on We're extending access to Fable 5 on all paid plans through July 12
Paying $100/month and using Opus 4.8 all the time to get my work done. I had a brief look at fable (when it was available the 1st time) but it burned my allowance to fast. So I keep paying the $100 for Opus and enjoy friction-less uninterrupted work.

I'm usually at 60-70% usage at the end of a 5 hour window, that's the pace where I can still think about what to delegate and what to expect and verify the results. Could probably go faster but that would have a significant impact on output quality.

micw··on Hengefinder
I would have expected at least a few sample real-world photos on that page.
micw··on IBM debuts sub-1 nanometer chip technology
More reason to frame it correctly, like "IBM debuts another 5 nanometer chip technology, selling it as sub nanometer chip technology"
micw··on IBM debuts sub-1 nanometer chip technology
So the title should be corrected. The did not debut sub nm chips at all.
micw··on Venezuela reveals $240B in debt it cannot pay (~$100B more than expected)
Not to all, only to those who are in line with the president...
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