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toenail··on I will no longer upload to NEW
Developers shouldn't have to waste their time to figure this out.
toenail··on Getting ready to operate GNU Taler in Germany
People are still buying electronics even if their prices go down. Reality doesn't agree with the idea that inflation is necessary for consumption.
toenail··on Getting ready to operate GNU Taler in Germany
That doesn't mean the number of units in the financial system has to go up. Their value can simply go up.
toenail··on Mistral Large 4
Deindustrializing a country is not something consumers can achieve. It starts at the top level, with politicians who construct a financial system where it's more profitable to speculate than to build or invest in real businesses.
toenail··on Nvidia is the central bank of AI
0%. Zero percent is the actual reserve rule. https://www.stlouisfed.org/bank-supervision/reserve-administ...
toenail··on The EU has begun enforcing the AI Act: first RFIs to model providers
Fines escalate when there is no compliance.
toenail··on Coding expertise is going to collapse from AI reliance
And math skills are going to collapse from calculator reliance.
toenail··on Memory prices climb 500% in 12 months
Greed? Resellers aren't charities, good for them if the value of their stock goes up. Besides, people buying server equipment aren't exactly starving, I bet most of them can either simply not buy the server, or cut some other expense.
toenail··on Germany maybe found a new source of renewable energy
It's mostly fear after Chernobyl, fueled by environmental groups and the Green party primarily.
toenail··on Most arguments are about ego, not ideas
Even worse than "a bunch of people" is when the majority behaves like that.
toenail··on A native graphical shell for SSH
Interesting, kind of like a more fancy web shell. Haven't really ever seen the need for those, mostly because terminals work better than browsers.
toenail··on Enhancing x11 Application Security with LXC (2025)
Is wayland going to be aroud in another 10 years, or it it the new pulseaudio?
toenail··on Crypto in 2026: Oh, This Is the Bad Place
Ah yes, independent computer game producers adding copy protection were scammers.
toenail··on Crypto in 2026: Oh, This Is the Bad Place
Roughly 10% of humanity is without papers and excluded from the banking system for life, also because western coutries enforce KYC/AML rules.
toenail··on Crypto in 2026: Oh, This Is the Bad Place
The entertainment industry tried for decades to achieve artificial scarcity for profit. All scammers?
toenail··on Crypto in 2026: Oh, This Is the Bad Place
Ethereum promised smart contracts where "code is law", but rewrote the rules of their system when a bug was found in the first popular smart contract, the DAO. That's when I lost all interest in it.
toenail··on Preparing for KDE Plasma's Last X11-Supported Release
I have a feeling xorg will still be there, when devs have moved on from wayland to the next new thing.
toenail··on Tulip mania: when a single flower was worth more than a house (2025)
Similar articles from the past: "Bitcoin mania: when a single bitcoin was worth more than a pizza"
toenail··on Tulip mania: when a single flower was worth more than a house (2025)
What's the pyramid scheme here? The Netherlands are the top producers of tulips today, seems like a sustainable business. A temporary inefficiency in markets does not make a pyramid scheme.
toenail··on iOS 27 is adding a 'Create a Pass' button to Apple Wallet
Makes you wonder why this wasn't always possible.. I go to lots of events that have qr codes on their tickets, this will be useful
toenail··on Iliad fragment found in Roman-era mummy
Historical consensus? So the non scientific view? Science is not consensus based.
toenail··on 'Hairdryer used to trick weather sensor' to win Polymarket bet
Fiat money is obviously more destructive, but you'd have to do some basic research to figure that out.
toenail··on AI will never be ethical or safe
> Both ethical and safe conduct depend on context and intent.

That entire line of reasoning is absurd. You can get information from books, they don't know context and intent either. Books will never be ethical or safe.

toenail··on Anthropic downgraded cache TTL on March 6th
I have also switched from claude to codex a few weeks ago. After deciding to let agents only do focused work I needed less context, and the work was easier to review. Then I realized codex can deliver the same quality, and it's paid through my subscription instead of per token.
toenail··on Bitcoin miners are losing on every coin produced as difficulty drops
Sounds like you've already made up your mind?
toenail··on Bitcoin miners are losing on every coin produced as difficulty drops
Sure, why should my opinion have changed?
toenail··on We've raised $17M to build what comes after Git
What does that even mean? Multiple branches is a git feature.
toenail··on Issue: Claude Code is unusable for complex engineering tasks with Feb updates
I thought everybody does this.. having a model create anything that isn't highly focused only leads to technical debt. I have used models to create complex software, but I do architecture and code reviews, and they are very necessary.
toenail··on Age verification as mass surveillance infrastructure
The idea that the state should decide which way of parenting is responsible is extreme.
toenail··on Age verification as mass surveillance infrastructure
With this line of reasoning you can just take away any agency from individuals and put it into the hands of the state, which leads to totalitarianism.
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