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372 karma · joined August 17, 2019

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Interests: Reading, Pilates, Foraging, Running, Entrepreneurship, Data Science, DevOps, Fintech

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pillefitz··on DeepSeek just open-sourced its inference engine
I would assume DeepSeek is considered one of China's strategic assets and is therefore heavily policed.
pillefitz··on AfD Leak: What 421,179 Hacked Emails Show about the German Far Right
Take a look at the leaked mails
pillefitz··on DeepSeek just open-sourced its inference engine
To rephrase: How would it benefit China? Maybe it is to show that there is no secret sauce, burst the bubble and then profit from the chaos that will ensue? Collapsing US tech giants means lesser MAGA backing, cheaper stocks, cheaper properly..
pillefitz··on Show HN: Vaguely Right, a Jev-based daily game – submit a clue to hit the target
Thanks, that was an entertaining 5 minutes! Will play again tomorrow
pillefitz··on Leaving Tech
They're used for AI training and discarded afterwards
pillefitz··on Sharing AI progress in mathematics
Ted Kaczynski,the Unabomber, made the same prediction 30 years ago.
pillefitz··on ASML says it sold 'absolutely nothing' in Europe in 2026
I'm glad we're not importing hundreds of tons of toxic labels that, when touched, mess with your endocrine system. What's your point?
pillefitz··on ASML says it sold 'absolutely nothing' in Europe in 2026
a.) Lack of doesn't imply inability b.) There are plenty of chip fabs in Europe
pillefitz··on Engineering management after the cost of code collapsed
As stated in the sibling comment, management is very similar to engineering.
pillefitz··on Engineering management after the cost of code collapsed
This is such a simplistic view I have difficulties deciding where to even start. Think of a manager as someone who engineers the fabric of the organization. Most of my time is spent debugging, communicating, finding the right abstractions, configuring processes - all very similar to the engineering work I previously did.
pillefitz··on The Dark Night of Mathematics
Not everything in life is a transactional zero-sum game. We as society can afford people to work on beauty, without anything else in return. I'd even argue that this should be one of mankind's ultimate goals.
pillefitz··on Guerrilla London bus ads mock Kylie Jenner’s Meta glasses campaign
Gemini estimated it to cost around 500€ per piece
pillefitz··on Europe's new climate in seven charts
This doesn't sound like a serious question
pillefitz··on Making peace with your unlived dreams (2023)
Thanks for sharing! This all sounds good, but like another poster said, most of it can be experienced without killing other humans / oppressing other countries. Seems like a huge sacrifice just to have fun.
pillefitz··on Making peace with your unlived dreams (2023)
What's so great about the army? To me, it appears to be one of the most unethical occupations one could have.
pillefitz··on Pentagon raised threat of Israeli spying on U.S. to highest level, sources say
You are a disgrace calling this genocide "self-defense". Seriously. Denying civilians access to fresh water, ambushing ambulances and now blaming the victims? This is utterly disgusting.
pillefitz··on Pentagon raised threat of Israeli spying on U.S. to highest level, sources say
This is not the point OP wanted to make, and you seem smart enough to understand that.
pillefitz··on Creatine raises brain energy levels and slows cognitive decline: study
Unfortunately, I get terribly tired and brain-fogged from even small quantities. Anyone else experienced this?
pillefitz··on I moved my digital stack to Europe
You can't be serious.
pillefitz··on Why we lose our friends as we age (2023)
Back in the old days, presumably you made friends wherever you went
pillefitz··on Google broke reCAPTCHA for de-googled Android users
https://motorolanews.com/motorola-three-new-b2b-solutions-at...
pillefitz··on New research suggests people can communicate and practice skills while dreaming
Selected Ambient Works!
pillefitz··on The Mushroom That Makes People Have the Exact Same Hallucination
More like Eigenvectors/-modes of the mind, which certain stimuli amplify into resonance
pillefitz··on Interview with Bob Odenkirk
So you're saying that life isn't a farce? Or that it is, and poor people don't ponder it? Just expressing disapproval of rich people?
pillefitz··on Habitual coffee intake shapes the microbiome, modifies physiology and cognition
Unfortunately no. It's my inference, given that 23andme didn't find any genetic indicator (CYP1A2) for slow metabolism, which is in line with my experience I got more sensitive over time.

So it must be some other mechanism that diminished enzyme production. Some of my liver (were those enzymes are produced) values were elevated over the last few years for no good reason, and I suspect the two could be related.

It's a bit annoying, as I'm reacting to trace amounts of caffeine in coffee, tea or chocolate, but I'm more worried about all the other, possibly carcinogenic, environmental toxins my liver won't be able to filter out.

pillefitz··on OpenAI releases GPT-5.5 and GPT-5.5 Pro in the API
You're right, unfortunately. How naive of me to think that at least the HN audience would care.
pillefitz··on OpenAI releases GPT-5.5 and GPT-5.5 Pro in the API
Please consider the ethical aspects of giving money to OpenAI versus alternatives.
pillefitz··on Habitual coffee intake shapes the microbiome, modifies physiology and cognition
It's less about the strength of coffee than about your metabolism. I used to be unaffected by caffeine, and now it takes a few sips in the morning to mess with my sleep in the evening - sth that started happening in my twenties I believe, possibly liver-related.
pillefitz··on Good sleep, good learning, good life (2012)
I've been struggling with early waking for a few months, and recently experienced improvements by meditating before bed. Have you ruled out sleep apnea?
pillefitz··on Sam Altman's response to Molotov cocktail incident
I wouldn't hold it against anyone wishing my great grandfather shouldn't have existed for playing a minor role in Nazi Germany. Altman is in cahoots with a government that just a few days ago threatened to end a whole civilization. So no, I don't understand where you are coming from or why you're disgusted at the comments you linked.
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