Hacker News: hermanzegerman

New comment by hermanzegerman in "The creepiest 'sales demo' of all time"

hermanzegerman — Mon, 03 Aug 2026 22:01:50 +0000

It was their own choice then.

GDPR doesn't require you to perform audits, unlike other Regulations or certifications

New comment by hermanzegerman in "OpenAI Says Its A.I. Models Went Rogue and Attacked a Digital Library"

hermanzegerman — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 05:33:23 +0000

Man I hate these stupid Press Releases where those scummy companies try to market their models through fake security concerns

New comment by hermanzegerman in "The creepiest 'sales demo' of all time"

hermanzegerman — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 05:26:42 +0000

Just use an Add-On like Consent-O-Matic

New comment by hermanzegerman in "The creepiest 'sales demo' of all time"

hermanzegerman — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 05:23:49 +0000

You don't need to get an Audit for Compliance with GDPR.

Whoever told you that was scamming you

New comment by hermanzegerman in "Briar is in maintenance mode"

hermanzegerman — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 14:58:10 +0000

I don't think "That's what happens if Users don't pay for Software" is a good point, when talking about a messenger who had almost no regular users

New comment by hermanzegerman in "Briar is in maintenance mode"

hermanzegerman — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 14:35:17 +0000

I doubt that Briar saw much usage at all.

OpenAI loses trademark dispute at EU court

hermanzegerman — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 14:32:36 +0000

Article URL: https://dpa-international.com/economics/urn:newsml:dpa.com:20090101:260715-930-389143/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48921461

Points: 264

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New comment by hermanzegerman in "Netherlands blocks US takeover of vital digital supplier"

hermanzegerman — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 10:30:52 +0000

Because if you speed and Police can't verify your identity they will take you to the station to verify it.

Same thing if they stop you for whatever reason and ask you for it.

Or your personalized public transport season ticket is only valid in combination with a government issued ID.

New comment by hermanzegerman in "CT scans of BYD car parts"

hermanzegerman — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 07:34:20 +0000

VW, Mercedes and BMW also squeeze their suppliers very hard, and they operate with razor thin margins. So I agree and wouldn't say that doing everything in house is always going to be the cheaper way

New comment by hermanzegerman in "Netherlands blocks US takeover of vital digital supplier"

hermanzegerman — Tue, 26 May 2026 15:28:45 +0000

The German eID stack does also work well, just as the Austrian one does.

Tbh I like the German one even better because you need your physical Identity Card and can use your phone as the reader

New comment by hermanzegerman in "Netherlands blocks US takeover of vital digital supplier"

hermanzegerman — Tue, 26 May 2026 15:27:15 +0000

Why would the risk be low?

Trump also already sanctioned Justices from the ICC based in Netherlands because he didn't like them.

He's clearly not the guy with impulse control

New comment by hermanzegerman in "Brazil's Pix payment system faces pressure from Visa and Mastercard"

hermanzegerman — Sat, 09 May 2026 11:33:05 +0000

Germany didn't turn off Girocard that's just fake News. I literally paid yesterday using Girocard.

It also works with some big German retailers outside of Germany (like with Billa in Austria which is a subsidiary of Rewe Group)

Maestro and Visa just stopped offering Maestro/V-Pay so they can charge the higher fees vor Visa/MasterCard. The only thing that changed is the Co-Badge on most Girocards

New comment by hermanzegerman in "Dutch central bank ditches AWS and chooses Lidl for European Cloud"

hermanzegerman — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 16:19:37 +0000

That's true, but nobody buys a GR by accident because he doesn't know it will be less fuel efficient. Same with the AMG or BMW M-Series

New comment by hermanzegerman in "Dutch central bank ditches AWS and chooses Lidl for European Cloud"

hermanzegerman — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 22:17:05 +0000

It's their main business

New comment by hermanzegerman in "Dutch central bank ditches AWS and chooses Lidl for European Cloud"

hermanzegerman — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 22:16:16 +0000

The US is also disappearing people without due process by agents without uniform hiding their faces and using unmarked vehicles.

This guy is really tone deaf when he tries to paint current Germany as worse than the US right now

New comment by hermanzegerman in "Dutch central bank ditches AWS and chooses Lidl for European Cloud"

hermanzegerman — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 22:12:55 +0000

That's funny coming from an American.

Throwing Stones in a Glasshouse

New comment by hermanzegerman in "Dutch central bank ditches AWS and chooses Lidl for European Cloud"

hermanzegerman — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 22:08:40 +0000

Why does the Dutch Central Bank need scalability?

New comment by hermanzegerman in "Dutch central bank ditches AWS and chooses Lidl for European Cloud"

hermanzegerman — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 22:06:41 +0000

Name one example of a 2026 car with the same size, fuel type and class where the difference in mileage is >=50%

I have a very hard time believing this, especially with fuel economy and emission regulations

New comment by hermanzegerman in "Maine is about to become the first state to ban major new data centers"

hermanzegerman — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 21:09:46 +0000

It's not a If/Or Question. Agrisolar is even beneficial to farmers

New comment by hermanzegerman in "Maine is about to become the first state to ban major new data centers"

hermanzegerman — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 21:03:17 +0000

They lobbied for tax exemptions for 10 years or longer in most cases. Which probably is the useful lifespan, from most of the stuff in there