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> crepuscular So not specifically at 5AM, but around twilight. In my area, and for my cats, that changes a lot between summer and winter. Same for my chickens, which is why "automa…

This was international. And it was a long while ago, so I don't have anything online to point to anymore. Sorry. If "Map Notes clog the map" then there still is something needed in…

> I completely understand that they only want high quality data I worked on "openopeningstijden", where my aim was to improve the data for businesses in OSM and to disclose that in…

No, sorry. It's simply not true. Energy prices, and electricity prices are rising, indexed for inflation. For households and for commerce. E.g. https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g…

> Economies of scale -> more energy = bigger electric plants = cheaper energy. This isn't true. Certainly not globally. Because electricity in 2026 is converting finite and scares …

> Pandora's box is open. And it's not Linux' task to close that, even if it could, which it cannot. How is that disingenuous? I agree that we should keep discussing the merits and …

Are you a lawyer or an interlectual-property legal expert? Because if so, please, please elaborate on > I do not see how AI could be legally used on a GPL project. Too many people …

I'm "berkes" almost everywhere. And my domain is my handle as well: berk.es. So I do the same as you. But I am quite sure e.g. The Great Musk In All His Wisdom will one day either …

My point is that you don't own your handle. Therefore you aren't your handle. Edit: to clarify: You aren't your handle, because it can be taken away from you, can be injected, bloc…

We've moved "identity" to a few large monopolists. Who lack all incentive to properly "enforce" it. And whose interest are perpendicular to people owning their identities (being ab…

And also, there's certainly places and situations where you do want to spend tens of thousands on PLCs, buttons and wiring. But not all of it needs this level, quality or insurance…

> be able to survive field conditions you are right. But my point was that not all of needs to survive the same conditions. E.g. in a theater, you want the high class industry grad…

> There are many opportunities to retrofit old systems of all types with modern low-cost embedded technologies. I'd leave out the "old" there. An example: Friends work(ed) as engin…

I've worked on a complex bookkeeping SAAS. Our "CVS" im- and export was the most used feature by far. Yet it was implemented on a thursday afternoon by a junior, using the first "l…

Give that engineer a raise and an official title of "chaos monkey". On the scale of AWS, you want your production system to be poked at and pushed against. Obviously not something …

> The service needs to bill "credits" When talking about e2e tests, it matters where the e's are. If they are at the public interface of "the service", then, indeed, you'd test aga…

> Almost all of them have one number that appears four times, and one or two that appear three times To me that looked suspiciously like string-handling in a weakly typed language.…

I was merely re-iterating the marketing from Apple on why they charge the 30%. I personally think it's a lie at best, or a scam (on multinational level) at worst. I've always been …

Mistral has released some very good, very useful open models. It's European, that's also non-Chinese.

> Down to the manufacturer of the whole product you're buying. In case of an app, what is the "product" you are buying? Because according to Apple, they add a lot of "value" by ens…

I find this hard to believe, since Google Play store requires much less info, and doesn't disclose it to consumers (AFAIK). Did the EU specifically demand this from Apple? Did they…

> due to your political bias. That's a wild accusation. Unless you happen to know me, but I don't think you do. "Lobbying to reduce taxes" was a part of an example. The big problem…

That government has the monopoly of violence against the company too. They can easily strongarm the company into harming me. With private security companies, private jails, private…

> If I need to pay someone 300k to make the model and infrastructure I was arguing for the existing AI-companies that already make and offer niche models. Like Mistral. But AFAICS,…

The General Models' business-model is also looking more weak every iteration. Costs of simple tasks grow extensively: OCR with "Mistral OCR" at $4 per 1000 pages vs OCR with Opus 4…