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Comment Re:Apple Plays It Smart (Score 1) 130

Yeah, and when exactly was that? Ooops?
A BlackBerry or a Palm PDA was not called a "smartphone".

Google says:
1995: AT&T officially coined and used the term in print to describe its newly designed digital device.
1997: Ericsson popularized the term globally by explicitly labeling their GS88 "Penelope" model as a "smartphone".
The first iPhone was sold 2007.

Comment Re: Oops (Score 1) 174

I do not know why you think that: I work with the EU administration on a daily basis and I have taken several courses on the EU institutions.
Interesting :D

The parliament can only retire the commission as a whole, it cannot retire individual commissioners. I explained that in a previous post.
Perhaps you mentioned it. But that is not explaining it. And it is still wrong.

However so far every time when the parliament took action, the commissioner in question retired by himself.

Comment Re:Stupid article (Score 1) 227

Perhaps you should learn at least what the term "free speech" means.
Yes: in the US insults are protected under free speech laws, just like in Germany.
That means: the government or any agency of the government, is not coming for you. Because, by law: they cant.

However, just like anywhere else on the planet: the person insulted, can sue you.
And if his case, that he got insulted, is true, and has a point and he wins: you pay compensation.

Stupid idiot.

Comment Re:AI break down (Score 1) 130

Taking Scale.ai as an example I couldn't find, from a shallow browse, a real life case study for where their tech was applied?


They are teaching AI systems for customers.

Surely Scale.ai would be shouting about their amazing successes on their front page? As would the organisations that benefitted.
I had assumed that they write on their frontpage that they host "new born" LLMs and "teach" them, for customers.
And no: they do not disclose their customers. Why would they?

I guess you are invested in AI then.
No idea what that is supposed to mean. I have no shares in any AI company - it is 2026 - we are ten years to late to invest.

Comment Re:No subsidy. (Score 1) 50

Because Tesla only makes a few models, and I think only the Y and 3 are available in China. With Chinese batteries, BTW.

Also because they are aspirational. A lot of Audis are crap, they charge a subscription for heated seats. Range Rovers are unreliable and uninsurable, but people think they compensate for their micro penis.

Comment Re:You can still get around it (Score 1) 18

You greatly underestimate the EU. I know it's hard to imagine politicians that aren't working for corporations first, but the way the EU is set up it's very difficult for them to gain traction. Look at all the pissing and moaning about GDPR, RoHS and so forth. The EU made it happen anyway.

So at least for Europeans that option to side-load any app we want isn't going away. What's more, Google is now required to allow third party app stores on Google Play, and I think it's only a matter of time until those stores are allowed to certify apps themselves.

Comment Re:It was never about "the kids" (Score 1) 87

These laws have nothing to do with protecting kids, and everything to do with stripping adults of their privacy.

Very, very likely. They must have known this would not protect kids at all. Just another fake excuse to create a surveillance-state and then something far worse in the next step. Evil people doing evil things.

Comment Re:I don't like AI answers (Score 1) 81

Exactly. And AI "Answers" keep telling me the most ridiculous crap. I think it must be something like > 30% hallucination for the things I search.

Example: It gave me melting points for a plastic at 100C and 350C, both (!) in the same posting. The real value for that plastic is around 215C. Completely unusable.

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