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by flessner 2y ago
I have been out of the loop with Python for a couple years at this point, but how could this get so bad? If you are looking into a system you are unfamiliar with, where do you look first?... pip? pipx? homebrew?... or is it in anaconda? pye
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by flessner 2y ago
There's a difference between reading the news and chatting with an AI - evident because of the verbs. While news are one-sided and usually have no immediate ways of discussing them (besides maybe Reddit and HN). Chatbots on the other h
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by flessner 2y ago
Keep in mind that WordPress is over 20 years old at this point - the problem it was built to solve just isn't the same anymore. Most of the use cases nowadays are covered by even easier products (social media, Medium, Linktree, Wix, Sq
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by flessner 2y ago
The issue isn't having a monopoly, it's exploiting vertical integration in digital platforms. - Hardware (Google Pixel, Chromecast, Chromebook) - OS (Android, ChromeOS) - Distribution (Google Play Store) - Browser (Chrome) - Searc
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by flessner 2y ago
We are at the point where the energy grid is hampering EV adoption and technological (AI) progress - optimistically there is a real economic incentive that renewables will pick up the pace now, pessimistically it's too late.
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by flessner 2y ago
At the end of the day it's supply and demand. When company A stops advertising it creates less demand so company B gets a lower price which may make advertising "worthwhile" again. Assuming that companies were just distributi
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by flessner 2y ago
Doesn't "AI" already stand for Apple Intelligence, so that might be a bit confusing...
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by flessner 2y ago
I absolutely support that, but you need to differentiate a bit. If a game has a functioning single player and a company chooses to shutdown multiplayer/matchmaking after some time I think that's fair. Sure, it would be nicer if th
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by flessner 2y ago
There are many things web browser can technically do nowadays, but aren't great or not supported in all browser. - File System (Obsidian, Logseq) - Push Notifications (IM, Social Media, Email) - USB/Bluetooth (Doesn't work in
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by flessner 2y ago
Maybe if I want to send my friend $5 Paypal or whatever can do that, but what fintech is actually taking market share from them at merchants? Maybe it is because I am in Germany, but merchants here only accept cash, girocard and credit card
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by flessner 2y ago
"mini planes that fly"... that doesn't require a jet engine, and certainly not one built from scratch. As many have already mentioned, building a jet engine from scratch isn't exactly easy or cheap. In your position I wo
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by flessner 2y ago
For university, it hasn't changed by a lot. Ideally I would want a tool where I could input all slides, worksheets and scripts for a module and then get a nice summary, mock exams, ... nothing can do this which is why I wrote my own to
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by flessner 2y ago
Hi, I am 21. First I didn't want to comment as I am not a founder (yet), but I actually had an idea: My university actually runs a rudimentary founders program/startup accelerator for students. Maybe the institutions near you do t
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by flessner 2y ago
I am using the "Tasks" Plugin in Obsidian, but just supporting a checklist that appears in a specific location would also be sufficient for me. But Obsidian will probably be quite a difficult destination as it's working loca
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by flessner 2y ago
As a customer that process makes sense if I had those extra requirements, but why do so many SaaS lock SSO (Google/Microsoft) behind their Enterprise offerings? I get that it's for differentiation between plans, but as a customer
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by flessner 2y ago
I like the idea, but I personally strongly correlate "notifications" with phone notifications so I was a bit confused at first. I think it's too broad-scoped for the current lineup. Isn't really "unified" with
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by flessner 2y ago
All new networks promise low fees, but as soon as the activity shifts there they don't hold up. I have seen it happen too many times before and is just by design of the fee market. I don't even think the hurdle is that big, I find
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by flessner 2y ago
Not to forget that "cheap fees" is an argument that doesn't hold up anymore - Bitcoin and Ethereum fees are outlandish; Solana and other chains are just about "alright". The tech at its core is really interesting th
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by flessner 2y ago
I always forget how young I am, just for HN to remind me :)
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by flessner 2y ago
That's slowly being solved by ETCS to allow more interoperability, besides even within Germany there are drastic differences between city-wide, regional and long range services. There are also at least a couple connections from Germany
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by flessner 2y ago
Yes, AI isn't entirely to blame for this - it's low quality, irrelevant and misleading content in general. Also, we have to look at the incentives: advertisement. Somehow, this is acceptable to consumers, profitable for companies
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by flessner 2y ago
Safari on MacOS is really nice, fast and offers everything I need... but every 3 months or so I stumble on a website that refuses to work at all - rendering looks off, buttons don't work etc... Switching to Chrome usually fixes it - bu
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by flessner 2y ago
I am a huge fan of the "Backend as a Service" segment (Supabase, Pocketbase, Appwrite, ...) One of the big benefits that they all share is that they use a mainstream DB in the back (Supabase -> Postgres, Pocketbase -> SQLite
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by flessner 2y ago
And I mean why should they? They work great for what they are made for and that is all that matters!
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by flessner 3y ago
Won't do anything to most consumer facing AI, the UI & convenience is already a major selling point. A bigger threat is that the feature the business is built around makes it into mainline software... there is no demand for (paid)
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by flessner 3y ago
I feel the same, ChatGPT barely beats Google searches for me nowadays. For example, on a side project I used to explain it shortly and the issue I am facing, mostly looking to discover packages or libraries that can help me build it. Over 3
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by flessner 3y ago
1) You can predict the future economic state of the EU as well as the next person 2) Most of the "bureaucracy" that hits small to medium sized companies is the GDPR, which any business with the slightest of integrity should have n
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by flessner 3y ago
This discussion might be heavy on semantics, but I don't think you are wrong for bringing this up. AI can be used as a tool to empower authors and artists to create more and/or better works, but it can also be used by a lazy stude
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by flessner 3y ago
I wouldn't short it personally, but if you really want to you will most likely need a (crypto) broker that gives you access to leveraged trading and/or futures.
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by flessner 5y ago
I tried Phoenix LiveView recently and it feels really refreshing. In comparison to Svelte (my preferred tool usually) it feels oddly similar like it occupies the same idea with a completely different execution. I personally prefer JS over E

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