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nuthje··on Dutch central bank moves share of gold from U.S., Canada to London
NL, Netherlands
nuthje··on Migrating from DigitalOcean to Hetzner
Because sometimes people care about the quality of the work, even if no one else sees it. “How you do one thing is how you do everything”-thinking.
nuthje··on Kraków, Poland in top 5 worst air quality worldwide
On top of that Krakow is in a valley, so the air just hangs around.
nuthje··on Find Nearby Automated License Plate Readers (ALPR)
Or they called your mum because she's your mum and top of the list to call? No creepy additional surveillance required there.
nuthje··on I feel Apple has lost its alignment with me and other long-time customers
Showing support for the revolution against the Spanish Habsburgs.
nuthje··on How ChatGPT spoiled my semester (2024)
Might be worthwile to have an actual conversation with your peers instead of just deleting and running over it. Maybe they thought your level of work was lower than that produced by GPT? Maybe they thought it useful to have filler draft instead of starting from a blank sheet? Maybe they have a sick parent at home and needed to fill it in just to move on? Complaining externally and not communicating is just a very tiny step up from what your classmates are doing.

Also having your entire semester spoiled by some incidents induced by random passersby? Come on, university is for growing up, start.

nuthje··on Spain is about to face the challenge of a "black start"
This stuff is panel-tested out of the wazoo. There's a reason bitterness, hoppiness, alcohol levels, differ market by market, even on brands of the same brand/line extension.

Beer also does not require refrigeration throughout the entire supply chain, they happily sit in a warm warehouse waiting to be picked up by an unrefrigerated truck, only to be cooled at the outlet or consumer.

nuthje··on Apple and Meta fined millions for breaching EU law
> Fines imposed on undertakings found in breach of EU antitrust rules are paid into the general EU budget. This money is not earmarked for particular expenses, but Member States' contributions to the EU budget for the following year are reduced accordingly. The fines therefore help to finance the EU and reduce the burden for taxpayers.

This quote is re: anti-trust, but likely generalizes.

https://competition-policy.ec.europa.eu/index/fines_en#:~:te...

nuthje··on Ultra high-resolution image of The Night Watch (2022)
The sides were cut to fit a place in the old city hall (now palace) on Dam square in 1715.
nuthje··on Work begins on a $12B high-speed rail line between Las Vegas and Los Angeles
It is for the passengers.
nuthje··on What is remarkable about Germany is productivity: wealthiness vs. worktime
Which things? Based on what data? You're asking for data to substantiate your statement -- maybe first have the data?
nuthje··on The largest climatized reading space
I gather it's a way of saying it's climate controlled, i.e. heated or cooled depending on the season. I suppose as a contrast to calling any semi-random outside space the largest reading space.
nuthje··on Simple Precision Time Protocol at Meta
Their commercial offering is advertisement, which seems to be liked.
nuthje··on Mic Test
Some great suggestions, but even the cheapest alternative is 100% more expensive than a Blue Yeti. The recommended one is 400% more expensive. Meh.
nuthje··on Show HN: OpenBB Terminal – Investment research for everyone
Main value is the chat still.
nuthje··on FedEx to close data centers, retire mainframes
It's not just money, it is also how you spend a limited quantity of organisational focus. You cannot do it all, this is actually even more important when you are that big of a company.
nuthje··on All-new iPad Air with advanced A14 Bionic chip available to order starting today
Looking at the family picture at the bottom of the page it puts the iPad Pro 11" not in a weird spot at all, just completely out of it.
nuthje··on Where Theory Meets Chalk, Dust Flies
The modern ones don't anymore, we have a couple of Microsoft Surfaces at the office and they're quite snappy.
nuthje··on Apple Lays Off 200 Employees from Autonomous Car Unit
The major differentiator of Apple hardware is the software that runs on it. iOS and MacOS are basically unmatched by other offerings.
nuthje··on Dulles Airport Surprises Passengers with Facial-Recognition Boarding
From Schiphol on Schengen flights frequently (~50% of the time) no one checks anything in my experience outside of scanning the QR to get into security, and into the plance.
nuthje··on Reeder 2 for iOS
I'm still pretty happy with the first version on my iPhone combined with Feedbin. Are there compelling reasons to upgrade aside from the fact that it's an iPad version as well?
nuthje··on The Great Reset: Why tomorrow may not be better than today
Productive capacity nuked? Really? http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/?s[1][id]=INDPRO