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top_sigrid··on The Awful German Language (1880)
This is so true. My favourite example is when Top Gear made fun of the German word "Doppelkupplungsgetriebe" by spelling it, when it is quite literally the translation to "dual-clutch transmission". It stil is hilariously funny, but you cannot conclude that German is weird with these words.
top_sigrid··on Baby is healed with first personalized gene-editing treatment
https://archive.ph/VNYzA
top_sigrid··on OpenAI says it has evidence DeepSeek used its model to train competitor
https://archive.is/KiSYM
top_sigrid··on One in four 2020 Tesla Model 3 failed the Danish periodic inspection in 2024
As I was asking myself, what the comparative value is for other cars, from the article: For "Other electric cars inspected" the rate was 9%, for the Tesla Model 3 2020 model it was 23%. This indeed sound very significant.

"The popular model has defects in particular in the brakes, lights, wheels and steering, according to inspection data" also does not create trust.

top_sigrid··on Blackmagic Debuts $30K 3D Camera for Capturing Video for Vision Pro
Or missing crucial moments because they mistake a referee's bald head for the ball: https://www.theverge.com/tldr/2020/11/3/21547392/ai-camera-o...
top_sigrid··on Rails 8.0 Released
See also: https://rubyonrails.org/2024/11/7/rails-8-no-paas-required
top_sigrid··on iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max
I don’t think they do, do you have any source? A slim phone is expected next year, while foldable iPhones seem definitely to be in development, but rumors do not point to next year.

https://www.macrumors.com/2024/06/03/foldable-iphone-unlikel...

top_sigrid··on More and more German trains are not allowed to enter Switzerland
If you question something like public transportation being climate friendly as being scietific sound, maybe you should bring up some evidence or data to back this up.

Also some anecdote about how buses where used at some major event does not allow any conclusions to be drawn about public transportation in general.

Also "there is a lot of marketing and money involved - especially in green energy" is a rather general polemic statement, which could also some clarification.

top_sigrid··on Apple Reportedly Suspends Work on Vision Pro 2
"... to singularly focus on a cheaper model, The Information reports."

The title is a little misleading.

top_sigrid··on [dead]
The added value of this article was indeed very low.
top_sigrid··on I made a new backplane for my consumer NAS
These are formfactors that come from the datacenter industry and probably will become very widespread over the next years.

The ServeTheHome Youtube channel had a good overview video about those drives around 2 years ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29Nh3p6779E

top_sigrid··on Microsoft confident Windows on Arm could beat Apple with Snapdragon X Elite
https://archive.ph/cay2p
top_sigrid··on Microsoft confident Windows on Arm could beat Apple with Snapdragon X Elite
From the Article: "Microsoft is so confident in these new Qualcomm chips that it’s planning a number of demos that will show how these processors will be faster than an M3 MacBook Air for CPU tasks, AI acceleration, and even app emulation."
top_sigrid··on The Disarray Inside Boeing's 737 Factory Before the Door Plug Blowout
This one is working: https://archive.ph/WYdVW
top_sigrid··on The Disarray Inside Boeing's 737 Factory Before the Door Plug Blowout
https://archive.ph/WYdVW
top_sigrid··on How Programming Languages Got Their Names
This was interesting, although a small list. But it is definitely lacking any sources to back these claims. From reading the article I have no idea, where the author got these anecdotes from.
top_sigrid··on Stories removed from the Hacker News Front Page, updated in real time
Is there any reason why you would assume this in such a snarky conspiracy-esque tone?

Like someone above pointed out, a rule of moderation on HN literally is, that stories about HN or ycombinator companies itself are moderated less [0].

[0] - https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu...

top_sigrid··on On a Tesla: Don't
That is his bottom line, but not a TLDR. He writes in detail about his experience owning a Tesla for years and lists many reasons he doesn’t like about it, besides positive experiences.
top_sigrid··on Engineer Used Water Pump to Get $1B Stuxnet Malware into Iranian Nuclear Plant
Can you elaborate, what kind of liability you are referring to and what the current case is in the Netherlands with regards to that?
top_sigrid··on Why don't grocery stores stock pawpaw fruit?
https://archive.is/jxG6C
top_sigrid··on Miracle escape as burning plane lands at Tokyo airport after collision
https://archive.is/2024.01.02-124501/https://www.afr.com/wor...
top_sigrid··on Breakdown of faults by car brand: Tesla has replaced Dacia at the bottom
Do you have any source to support this claim? Or from what do you conclude this?
top_sigrid··on Pornhub, XVideos, and Stripchat hit with tough new EU safety regulations
https://archive.ph/SEewY
top_sigrid··on Idea to App Store in 7 days
I guess this could have a hint about using Rails & Turbo Native in the title.

Nonetheless, great work!

top_sigrid··on Windows 10 warns me to use a "Microsoft-verified" app
Maybe they think it's legal, OR they know its illegal but possible fines don't put them off and are accounted for as cost of doing business.
top_sigrid··on Why did the Motorola 68000 processor family fall out of use in PCs?
Is this emulation layer inside of Windows or are you talking about Rosetta 2?
top_sigrid··on NSO group iPhone zero-click, zero-day exploit captured in the wild
For a „best guess“ you’re making quite detailed assumptions, of which I have no idea and you bring up no reasons how you can assume these.

In the note they state that the exploit was in image processing with PassKit and iMessage. Your comment somehow reads like an extrapolation what might have happened without any more actual knowledge that you share.

top_sigrid··on Nintendo demoed Switch 2 to developers at Gamescom
https://archive.ph/xft0r
top_sigrid··on Cheetah: A Lightweight Virtual Machine Manager for macOS
Any advantages/features this offers over UTM?
top_sigrid··on AI real-time human full-body photo generator
You should actually put an [NSFW] tag to this.
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