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vimy

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About vimy

matthias.vermeulen@gmail.com

Recent public activity

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    Comment #47967859

    Engie was lying. They just didn’t want to be in the nuclear business anymore.

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    Comment #47312608

    Export is only a small part of their emissions.

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    Comment #47195829

    They are boxing in China. Taking away China’s oil. First Venezuela. Now Iran. Decoupling from China while taking out China’s allies is the overarching foreign policy.

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    Comment #46482202

    Seeking work | iOS / macOS developer | Worldwide | Remote Location: Belgium - No problem to be available for US timezone if needed Technologies: Swift | Objective-C | AppKit | UIKi…

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    Comment #46394566

    ChatGPT has conversation branches. Or do I misunderstand? Just edit a message and it’s a new branch.

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    Comment #46161334

    Interesting that most of the shows you like are +- 10 years old. From the early Netflix days.

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    Comment #44684485

    The US is in fact increasing support right now. Trump lost his patience with Putin. You also underestimate the Chinese support. The war would have been over in 2023 if it wasn't fo…

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    Comment #44684294

    China is actively supporting the Russian army. They don't want Russia to lose. The Russians won't stop in Ukraine. It can't be more clear than this which country is a greater dange…

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    Comment #44682176

    EU is building Wero to replace all the national payment systems. It uses sepa under the hood. https://wero-wallet.eu/

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    Comment #44677616

    For standard credit cards in EU it’s mandatory to pay the full balance every month. And it doesn’t cost anything, there are no interest rates. Not sure how much banks profit on it,…

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    Comment #44548768

    Lol, if you don’t understand we need jobs in Europe this debate has no point. Wow… > The European Union’s chemical sector is facing a series of headwinds that the European Chemical…

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    Comment #44546931

    It’s late, my brain has shut down but I can name 2 on top of my head: Steel. Anything chemical. We already lost half our production. :o You should read some financial newspapers. T…

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    Comment #44544893

    Gas price are still twice as high as four years ago. Whole industries are collapsing because electricity is too expensive for factories. Personally, just heating my home has become…

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    Comment #44537679

    Well, we don't have that capacity.

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    Comment #44536944

    > In Europe we don't have much fossil fuels, so our "hippiness" is not really a choice. We have plenty of oil and gas (normal and fracking). We have just convinced ourselves its be…

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    Comment #44536318

    Batteries can’t cover a dunkelflaute that lasts weeks. Like what happened last year (or the year before, not really sure).

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    Comment #44475601

    A license key is not a login. And a server like that is not a big deal. Source: me, I do this way.

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    Comment #44474969

    A simple license key and monthly ping to license server (5 usd digital ocean) is enough. Pirates is the cost of doing business. Just ignore them. No need to make this too complicat…

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    Comment #44474624

    You can just charge subscriptions for local first software. No cloud is irrelevant. Only the value to the user matters.

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    Comment #44467554

    Let me be more clear. European emissions are down compared to the 90s. By a lot. And yes, taking into account 'exported emissions'. And yet we consume more. Time to rethink what yo…

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    Comment #44462986

    > exporting all our 'emissions' to China A popular narrative but it’s false. Even when we take it into account Europe’s emissions keep dropping. It’s a small % of China’s massive e…

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    Comment #44391981

    > We wanted something that would talk with us — realistically, in full conversations — and actually help us improve. So we built it ourselves. The app relies on a custom voice AI p…

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    Comment #43979598

    I’m not sure seeing AI art and thinking scam is a thing. Most people can’t even spot AI art. His website seems fine to me.

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    Comment #43536109

    Did you change the fan settings? Default is for fans to be quiet. If you go to energy management in settings you can choose “more power” or something instead of automatic. Your Mac…