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Fischgericht

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About Fischgericht

[Please note: It is not my intention to hurt your feelings. Try to remove your Ego for a moment, hang it into the closet, then come back and re-read my post. I am really trying my best not to be too offensive. I often make good points, but I am best at that when I am allowed to use wit, sarcasm & satire. Yes, my life on the spectrum would have been easier if I was able to sugarcoat truths. Could have reduced my bills for the bodyguards, too. (True story.)]

Hello.

I'm a hardcore Nerd. For well over 25 years now I am running a small R&D company with a couple of employees in Germany, designing hardware and software from scratch. Most of us are located somewhere on the autistic spectrum, as is common for true nerds.

While we need to earn money, our focus is on only doing projects where we can be proud of engineering-wise. If we don't have a chance to become the best in something, we won't even start.

Me and my company also try to not out-source anything, but to do everything ourselves, as learning new stuff is fun.

Personally I love Object Pascal and assembler (yes, I am that old), and am the opposite of a "full stack" "developer". Written my own TCP/IP stack and webserver with a total binary size of 1MB and zero dependencies (besides a Linux kernel).

I am also part of the international "demoscene" community, a UNESCO-recognized art form that starting in the 80ies had the focus to get stuff done with computers that nobody believed would be possible to do. I've organized the world biggest demoscene event for a decade, and still am very active.

Also, I pretend to be a DJ, doing wild mashups mostly related to UK Hardcore (once called "Happy Hardcore"). And I have train drivers license. Why? Because it was fun to learn.

2026 Update: Also, while I never had been too fond of humanity, I recently decided to give up on western society. Which is why me and a couple of Nerd friends have now moved to a remote island that is legally part of Thailand, where your brain diversity levels are checked before you are even allowed to board a speedboat to get there.

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    Comment #48159871

    So, where is the download? I can't find it on Github, and on your web page the download button is disabled. Also, will this run on RTX 4090 with 24GB memory? Thank you!

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    Comment #47179862

    [I am getting downvoted all the time because the combination of German directness with autistic directness and lack of empathy combined with dark humor is not exactly compatible wi…

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    Comment #47179615

    No, it's really simple: Programming, Math, AI, blabla - those are all abstractions of what we have seen in nature. Once you have understood that, you can just apply the rules learn…

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    Comment #47174969

    Very different countries. The Netherlands for example got their last reset by completely losing the Dutch empire. Also, some societies have flatter curves than others. That really …

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    Comment #47174543

    Yes, but it is actually scientifically correct and proven on all sorts of layers. Biology, Maths, whatever. Not doomsdaying, just data analytics. Societies are not operating like a…

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    Comment #47174357

    Then it won't work. The current iteration of Germany is fully based on having been bombed to get a fresh start. If you already have something, you won't change it. If you have to r…

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    Comment #47174149

    No, China wasn't "on my mind". Last been there two weeks ago. I am well aware that China in most areas is lightyears ahead of the Western world. I like highspeed trains ;) I really…

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    Comment #47173720

    Of course it would be great if a level field would be created by making sure other competing regions follow the same environmental standards. But what will be the result? The produ…

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    Comment #47173377

    Just to clarify: When it comes to myself, my post has been a provocative hypothetical scenario in which I would need to make that choice. In the real world, decided to move to a pa…

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    Comment #47173173

    In the US, you could work 400 hours per day, and still nothing would change in regards of wealth concentration. Inheriting money from your parents is taxed lower than earning your …

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    Comment #47172860

    For most industries: No, you aren't. The limiting factor mostly is natural resources. Which is what the articles author is complaining about. "I am not allowed to use up the last d…

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    Comment #47172769

    "So what would you do if you ACTUALLY cared about the people and environment?" - I don't need a car, I'll use public transport. - I will only buy and eat the amount of calories I a…

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    Comment #47172669

    I am not saying that you should tear down anything that works for you. Trade barriers however are bullshit and don't work. And they are a lie. You are not building IPhones in the U…

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    Comment #47172558

    Yes, it is crazy. The good old coal? Have a look at the life expectancy of a coal worker, and maybe a ct scan of a coal workers lung. Good old nuclear? Will you accept the nuclear …

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    Comment #47172418

    I'm not judging here. From my experiences in California I would say that the general mindset and cultural approach to life is comparable to that of south-western Europe. In part th…

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    Comment #47172313

    All true. But these are done in areas where the required resources are available. A hell lot of industries, including most the original author is mentioning, simply would not work …

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    Comment #47172129

    Yes, I fully agree. And that choice is basically the exact opposite of what western civilization is heading for, and thanks to the AI boom, it has never been worse at any time in h…

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    Comment #47165268

    There is a reason these kind of things are no longer possible in much of the western world and especially Europe-like US states like California: After the deindustrialization peopl…

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    Comment #46816149

    I can only provide anecdotical evidence, which is ... not evidence, really. Within my peer group of people on the spectrum (which very often comes with a depression, which is logic…

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    Comment #46816030

    You really should give some modern SSRI like Escitalopram a chance. It has made my life so much better, and that of a lot of friends, too. The two most common complaints I have hea…

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    Comment #46815223

    From 2028. And this is about industrial robots, which is much easier to handle than what household robots supposed to be about. Will we ever see a robot that will be able to take g…

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    Comment #46815100

    If you do not want to run a car company, maybe do not... run a car company? Get an ice cream truck. It absolutely makes no sense to convert a car manufacturer into an AI company. O…

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    Comment #46815011

    In the last couple of months it was really crazy: Some inconvenient truth came out, and within minutes the stock made a huge jump UP. Who regards it as a good sign if a car manufac…

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    Comment #46814931

    'having paralysed people control things with their minds' would be great if you guys had a healthcare system that would pay for it.

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    Comment #46806699

    Sitting over here in Asia, I am doing a wild guess: Most people in the western world have no clue HOW bad the crisis in our electronics industry caused by AI BS, tariff wars etc is…