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New comment by NVHacker in "AI adoption and Solow's productivity paradox"

NVHacker — Wed, 18 Feb 2026 10:52:11 +0000

Isn't it a bit early to draw such conclusions ? We are just getting started with AI use, especially in tech / engineering teams, and have only scratched the surface with regards to what is possible.

New comment by NVHacker in "Q&A: New UK onshore wind and solar is '50% cheaper' than new gas"

NVHacker — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 22:03:12 +0000

If you are wondering why the air quotes around "50% cheaper", it's because the price of electricity is set based on the price of gas. Crazy, right ? https://www.greeniow.org.uk/why-uk-electricity-prices-are-ti...

New comment by NVHacker in "ICE and Palantir: US agents using health data to hunt illegal immigrants"

NVHacker — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 13:24:29 +0000

You do know that Palantir is now in the UK and getting access to data through the same "health" channels, don't you ? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-56590249

New comment by NVHacker in "AI misses nearly one-third of breast cancers, study finds"

NVHacker — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 11:05:04 +0000

Not all AIs are created equal.

New comment by NVHacker in "LinkedIn Prevents You from Deplatforming"

NVHacker — Mon, 05 Jan 2026 11:27:22 +0000

My real colleague list is well over 100ppl.

New comment by NVHacker in "Kidnapped by Deutsche Bahn"

NVHacker — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 13:29:54 +0000

Why exactly you cannot get out and walk ? Just curious whether that's impossible or just not allowed ?

New comment by NVHacker in "Australia's social media ban in chaos as youths flock to Chinese alternatives"

NVHacker — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 09:51:31 +0000

No! But we should allow them use of the regulated social media.

New comment by NVHacker in "UK Petition: Do not introduce Digital ID cards"

NVHacker — Mon, 29 Sep 2025 20:31:16 +0000

Maybe those people are trying to make the point that if the government can, without public scrutiny, declare any organisation as terrorist and then arrest anyone who wears t-shirts mentioning that organisation - then the government has way too much power.

New comment by NVHacker in "Job-seekers are dodging AI interviewers"

NVHacker — Mon, 04 Aug 2025 13:38:21 +0000

Are these jobs even real ? I suspect they are using desperate candidates to train and calibrate their models.

New comment by NVHacker in "[dead]"

NVHacker — Mon, 21 Jul 2025 09:35:11 +0000

As much as I dislike "the holy church" as an organization, I'm glad someone is stating the obvious facts.

New comment by NVHacker in "DeepMind program finds diamonds in Minecraft without being taught"

NVHacker — Mon, 07 Apr 2025 08:29:06 +0000

Alpha Star was also trained initially from youtube videos of pros playing Starcraft. I would argue that it was pretty trivial a few years ago.

New comment by NVHacker in "Marine Le Pen banned from running in 2027 and given four-year sentence"

NVHacker — Tue, 01 Apr 2025 08:46:04 +0000

Cannot help comparing with another case: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/19/christine-laga...

New comment by NVHacker in "Why I'm Boycotting AI"

NVHacker — Thu, 27 Mar 2025 11:08:01 +0000

My personal AI assistant read the article and labelled it #rubbish and #avoid.

New comment by NVHacker in "Andrew Tate and brother leave Romania for US after travel ban lifted"

NVHacker — Thu, 27 Feb 2025 16:06:34 +0000

What ?!?

New comment by NVHacker in "Andrew Tate and brother leave Romania for US after travel ban lifted"

NVHacker — Thu, 27 Feb 2025 13:10:08 +0000

Is not the first time people flee abroad while prosecuted in Romania. There are quite a few high profile cases, usually for corruption. My point is that anything is possible in Romanian justice, either through bribes or influence.

New comment by NVHacker in "Andrew Tate and brother leave Romania for US after travel ban lifted"

NVHacker — Thu, 27 Feb 2025 12:59:46 +0000

After more than 15 years of EU membership, there is no rule of law in Romania; a sad truth, obvious to anyone willing to take an interest. That's not Trump's fault, is it ?

New comment by NVHacker in "We got hit by an alarmingly well-prepared phish spammer"

NVHacker — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 09:26:03 +0000

I don't know where is the tech ability bar for spammers but this doesn't strike me as unusually clever or well prepared.

New comment by NVHacker in "The Day Instagram Blocked Democracy"

NVHacker — Wed, 22 Jan 2025 09:31:14 +0000

If that's true, this was just a test of a newly released "feature" rather than the "show of loyalty" itself.

New comment by NVHacker in "The Day Instagram Blocked Democracy"

NVHacker — Wed, 22 Jan 2025 09:26:42 +0000

Can Democracy be blocked by Instagram ?

New comment by NVHacker in "Why some DVLA digital services don't work at night"

NVHacker — Fri, 17 Jan 2025 16:31:15 +0000

That's just data. "Legacy data" was used here to suggest a legacy database/storage system. The reality is that the situation is not due to an insurmountable technical problem but due to a combination of lack of funds / prioritization / motivation / knowledge.