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New comment by campl3r in "Western carmakers' retreat from electric risks dooming them to irrelevance"

campl3r — Sat, 21 Mar 2026 16:46:11 +0000

I'd love to see that math

New comment by campl3r in "Meta says it won't sign Europe AI agreement"

campl3r — Sat, 19 Jul 2025 05:53:34 +0000

Or you know, some actually read it and agree?

New comment by campl3r in "The $25k car is going extinct?"

campl3r — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 11:20:10 +0000

I got no good frame of reference, but google seems to suggest it's around 13% bigger than a typical station wagon.

How is this car not considered a massive SUV?

New comment by campl3r in "Fairphone 6 is switching to a new design that's even more sustainable"

campl3r — Tue, 24 Jun 2025 06:56:30 +0000

This is the best option by far, sadly can't find it anymore

New comment by campl3r in "European Investment Bank to inject €70B in European tech"

campl3r — Mon, 19 May 2025 18:43:03 +0000

That's not my experience. I have multiple former colleagues who got got EU money for their startup and were able to leave their day job due to that funding. I only supported a bit as a software engineer but what I was involved in it was pretty straightforward.

New comment by campl3r in "One-Click RCE in Asus's Preinstalled Driver Software"

campl3r — Sun, 11 May 2025 11:37:48 +0000

Zenfone is smaller and has a headphone jack. It's the superior phone

New comment by campl3r in "Launch HN: Exa (YC S21) – The web as a database"

campl3r — Wed, 07 May 2025 16:49:01 +0000

The UI is perfect for my phone. Love the information density

New comment by campl3r in "Google Play sees 47% decline in apps since start of last year"

campl3r — Thu, 01 May 2025 09:30:13 +0000

Only in the US. In the rest of the world, Android is king and developers ignore Apple.

New comment by campl3r in "Google Play sees 47% decline in apps since start of last year"

campl3r — Thu, 01 May 2025 09:29:02 +0000

EU doesn't force this for free Apps, nor does it prohibit PO boxes. This is Google's choice

New comment by campl3r in "Air pollution fell substantially as Paris restricted car traffic"

campl3r — Sun, 13 Apr 2025 07:20:57 +0000

Yes, but so do humans walking. The proportions matter.

New comment by campl3r in "The 'Judicial Black Hole' of El Salvador's Prisons Is a Warning for Americans"

campl3r — Sat, 05 Apr 2025 06:06:27 +0000

2 per 100,000 is not lower than any western hemisphere country. Where did you get this from?

New comment by campl3r in "Crew-9 Returns to Earth"

campl3r — Thu, 20 Mar 2025 08:17:01 +0000

Is this just rage bait or a serious question? If it's the latter please explain how you see these two the same. The numbers don't match.

New comment by campl3r in "Y Combinator urges the White House to support Europe's Digital Markets Act"

campl3r — Fri, 14 Mar 2025 06:35:36 +0000

GDPR has allowed me access to my data from multiple companies, where before I would have had no way or a long and expensive way of getting my data. More than a dozen other countries have implemented some versions of it.

Could enforcement be better? Sure Could some of the rules be better? Sure Is it being updated to be better? Yes, it has happened and will continue to happen.

To read on the current state I recommend https://commission.europa.eu/publications/reports-applicatio...

New comment by campl3r in "New Zealand's $16B health dept managed finances with single Excel spreadsheet"

campl3r — Tue, 11 Mar 2025 20:02:23 +0000

I've worked on dozens of Excel to ERP migrations. Excel is way more common as the primary data source including financial data. If you only look at financial data by volume (and not count) maybe ERP win, but I wouldn't be sure.

New comment by campl3r in "AI systems with 'unacceptable risk' are now banned in the EU"

campl3r — Tue, 04 Feb 2025 07:03:40 +0000

We, as society, allow legacy implementations to exist all the time. This is one of these times.

New comment by campl3r in "AI systems with 'unacceptable risk' are now banned in the EU"

campl3r — Tue, 04 Feb 2025 07:01:33 +0000

This is great news! let's hope it's as successful as GDPR and applied in many more countries

New comment by campl3r in "When a winter storm trapped a luxury passenger train near Donner Pass"

campl3r — Wed, 15 Jan 2025 00:15:53 +0000

10 hours are perfect for a night train

New comment by campl3r in "The best browser bookmarking system is files"

campl3r — Tue, 01 Oct 2024 22:19:26 +0000

I really like the style. I'll sign up

New comment by campl3r in "Project Hammer: reduce collusion in the Canadian grocery sector"

campl3r — Tue, 10 Sep 2024 01:53:15 +0000

that's shocking to me. I, a European, recently spent multiple months on the west coast in the US and Canada, Canada was significantly cheaper. I'd guess West Coast prices in the US are just even more expensive? (Guessing based on them being 5-20x of german prices for basic groceries)

New comment by campl3r in "Why Discover is no American Express"

campl3r — Fri, 26 Jul 2024 00:18:31 +0000

that already frequently happens in small town stores. You may see two prices for each item (if items are labeled with prices) or just get a higher bill with an additional line item.