philippgerard | 1 month ago | on: Show HN: Yuanzai World – LLM RPGs with branching world-lines
Why not publish this worldwide? Unavailable in the Germany AppStore.
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philippgerard | 1 month ago | on: EU countries green light Mercosur free trade deal
How is a majority vote (of both states and represented population) and a parliamentary vote undemocratic?
philippgerard | 2 months ago | on: Show HN: The Box – Run multiple Claude CLI agents in parallel in the cloud
Looks pretty! But how is this any different from claude.ai/code (web)?
philippgerard | 1 year ago | on: llama-fs: A self-organizing file system with llama 3
Arc Browser does that already, also for downloaded files. Looks neat.
philippgerard | 1 year ago | on: Beeper acquired by Automattic
I guess it's good to join forces on this. However, I really hope the Texts app on Mac will survive this merge as it is lightyears ahead of the UI insult that Beeper is. I migrated away from Beeper to get rid of the ugly interface and in order to not depend on bridges on some server somewhere (yes, I can host them myself, but who wants to?) anymore.
philippgerard | 2 years ago | on: Ask HN: Where do you get your health news?
I quite like examine.com for a seemingly independent “audit” of health- and supplement-related data. It’s not perfect but the database of knowledge is growing and their business model seems more aligned with my interests than with those groups often funding biased research.
philippgerard | 2 years ago | on: By 2028 there must be fast chargers every 60 km on the EU’s key motorways
It’s very hard to get the permission to run diesel generators for anything else than backup power here. And even then, it needs to be timed very precisely to be in line with regulations.
philippgerard | 2 years ago | on: The world’s most liveable cities in 2023
Burning cars on the street would sure affect the livability in my neighborhood. The French are passionate people when protesting. And they protest a lot. Makes sense to me to me to mention it. It’s not about the right to assemble, otherwise I’m sure Hong Kong would be on the first spot on the list.
philippgerard | 2 years ago | on: Show HN: Software Developer salaries in Germany by technology and city
Having hired dozens of developers in Berlin over the last 10 years, I can confirm that these numbers look awfully low, at least for any major city in Germany. Munich should be even higher, Hamburg comparable to Berlin. 80k max is maybe for a mid level dev, surely not for anyone considered senior. Or I always overpaid, but then salaries should be related to the contribution to the overall success, not on the average of whatever other companies, so no hard feelings here.
philippgerard | 2 years ago | on: Syncthing: A continuous file synchronization program
Available in Germany
philippgerard | 2 years ago | on: Ask HN: Why are there no 5G USB-C dongles for laptops?
I’ve been looking for the same to no avail. I’d buy one for my MacBook in an instant but the only things available in Germany are bulky hotspot devices with built-in batteries for 300-700€.
philippgerard | 2 years ago | on: On the unexpected joys of Denglisch, Berlinglish and global Englisch
You can get a PR faster (3y) if you’re here on a blue card (which is likely true for all non-EU tech workers).
Universities are not all free for non-EU citizens and some programs (generally English-speaking) Masters are (properly, not the 400€) paid for citizens and non-citizens alike.
philippgerard | 2 years ago | on: On the unexpected joys of Denglisch, Berlinglish and global Englisch
A permanent residency (PR) in Berlin does not require German language skills anymore. Maybe this is official or just established practice but regardless, there’a no reason not to have your PR if you qualify otherwise.
philippgerard | 2 years ago | on: Adding capacity to the electricity grid is not a simple task
The average outage time per year in Germany, as far as I remember, is below 2min. The uptime of my non-USV-backed server at home supports that, but that’s only anecdotal data.
philippgerard | 4 years ago | on: Kagi: A Premium Search Engine
Same here, I can't wait for an alternative with actually useful search results and good filters. Search is one product I use often every day but I'm stuck with either privacy-respecting options that don't yield useful results, Bing-themes or Google, which used to produce decent results but increasingly is just full of search spam. Good luck with this, I'm happy to pay!
philippgerard | 4 years ago | on: Open-source Dropbox client, with multi-account, no-device-limit and M1 support
Sam is doing an awesome job. On an M1 mac, the official dropbox client is a total no-go from a resource usage point of view. Maestral is a lifesaver for me/my memory usage.
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