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Comment Europe (Score 1) 377

In Europe the garages don't have room for a car either, but we put the charger on the wall outside. Software controls access, so no theft of power.
We all have a standard AC charger, 3x240V 16A aka 11kW. Can fill a car battery overnight.
The US electrical grid is likely a limiting factor as well. Not so much in Europe.

Comment Hallucination (Score 1) 73

Hallucination from AI can boost stock prices more than even President Trump. We are on the right track here. AI that ignores facts, invents evidence, and gives the requested results will make any realists, sceptics, truth sayers etc in finance a thing of the past. What could possible go wrong.

And we know everybody in big money are very honest, and would never do anything for money, or to cover up mistakes.

*** sarcasm off ***

AI is great with words, can help with code. But when it comes to hard facts, then AI is not doing well. If AI is supposed to replace lots of people looking at invoices etc, then we have been past that for years. We want only electronic invoices, and have out-flagged lower level finance to a cheaper country . We can not do this cheaper with AI. And we would still need humans for the 2-10% that AI will not handle well.

Comment AI can write bad code (Score 1) 101

I have used AI to write stuff for myself, that I have not even looked into.

I am sure it is not great, and I would likely have to spend almost as much time going thru it fixing performance and security vulnerabilities than if I had written it from the start. But it was a test. I did not write a single line myself. Used a bit of my dev skills to make it refactor code into different files etc.

So small programs for internal use will get done by AI over time. External facing is too dangerous right now.

Comment Re:So.. what specific sanctions? (Score 1) 203

Sane nations sanctions on Russia. Russia threatening all of Europe, including Linus' home country of Finland.

They are no longer contributors - but you can always go back in historic source to see what they contributed.

I am all for this. Let us see if the change will be reverted if Trump can join the dictators club. You will only have to vote once in your life, then Trump will make sure you never have to vote again.

Comment Coutnry needs to split up (Score 1) 63

A small country like Denmark has 2 price zones, Norway has 5, Sweden 4 zones.

Then we have all the 3rd world countries (From an energy perspective) like Germany, UK etc.

France is a bit special, as they built the powerplants wisely near where energy is needed.

Sweden denied Germany a new cable before they fix their problem with 1 price zone. As it is now, Germany buys lots of electricity in Denmark, Sweden etc that ends in the north of the country - but it is needed in the south. So they cause increased prices in Denmark, Sweden and Norway (by buying) - and then they have to pay afterwards to stop energy producers as they can't transport the electricity.

We need to stop this, and it can only be done with different price zones within the countries. Germany could obviously be split up in east and west Germany (as there is few cables across the old border), or they could be split in th "Aldi Nord/Aldi Sud" zones, as that makes sense. Or split in 3-4 diffeent zones.

No matter how, the heavy German industry is down south where they only have solar power - So they will be hit with increased energy costs, and new industries might be formed up north, or even in east germany where there are lots of unemployed to take jobs.

Price zones makes sense, but their are strong lobbying against it, as indistry is often badly placed.

Comment Product responsibility (Score 1) 147

Shouldn't the company be responsible for making it impossible to walk for the poor guy ?

Right to repair should be a right, globally, and spare parts availability listed up front, and guaranteed for x years. Say 10 years for cars, 7 for a fridge etc - since last unit shipped from manufacturer. We have something in Europe.

Comment Way too late (Score 2) 60

In Denmark we have had digital drivers license for close to 2 years, they are working as a valid ID, and there is even a validation mode in the app that can verify another persons ID online - This is a fast changing QR code. You can show/hide your SSN depending on use.

Thus we have stronger identity validation using that - than any of the physical means.

Comment Why the Snowden comment ? (Score 1) 751

Why the Snowden Comment ? He is a Russian Agent - So of course he is against the terrorist branch of Iran getting hit as Iran and Russia are best friends.

Exploding electronic devices is nothing new. Bugged crypto-phones handed over to the enemy is nothing new.

We all know that analog coms over point-to-point wire is the best.

Terrorists and dictatorships should just avoid any imported goods. They should go back to safe comms like encrypted smoke signals, or morse using mirrors. Ot just stop terrorizing people.

Now it is easy to to clean out Hizbollah top brass. Just visit hospitals looking for hand, face, hip or belly injuries. Israel could almost say that Libanon hospitals are Hizbollah command centers.

Comment Change the law (Score 5, Insightful) 74

In Denmark, Europe, shrinkwrap licenses are not valid for end users / consumers.

The consumer is considere a weak party, and in a situation where he is not in a situation to negotiate the contract. Thus the contract can not be valid.

A contract is considered an negotiated agreement between 2 uqla parties - both of which will gain something from it.

It ios just like a signature put on a paper with a gun to your head is not binding. You are not in a position to negotiate.

The USA should start to get some sensite consumer protection law (and citizenprotection laws)

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