<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Hacker News: kuerbel</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=kuerbel</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2026 08:55:02 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=kuerbel" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by kuerbel in "AI researchers debate how close we are to recursive self-improvement"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>The matrix? No. Horizon zero dawn more likely. Bunch of autonomous weapon systems glitch and proceed to sanitize earth. Thanks to some billionaire idiot.</p>
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<p>By the first quarter of 2026, Germany recorded net exports of 2.6 TWh. In the middle of winter. We are out of the lump.</p>
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<p>One could wear barefoot shoes. Not that they are exactly the same as walking barefoot. They are still shoes! But a good compromise.</p>
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<p>Citing the jüdische Allgemeine while discussing antisemitism is a joke, they call you an antisemite if you say out loud that Palestinian children are humans and have a right to live.<p>>That’s funny because then people can say the same thing about AfD as well. Like they are bad people unwanted people joined AfD to make it look bad just like they do for the left party.<p>Not really, no. At the beginning when they were small, maybe. But the difference is that the left is distancing from antisemitism while the AfD is not and will never distance themselves from racism.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 22:28:22 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49603697</link><dc:creator>kuerbel</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49603697</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49603697</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by kuerbel in "Why the AfD Wins"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>You just said:<p>>I'm not German and knew little of this subject<p>Yet now you know their party stance by heart and come to their rescue? That is Sus, with a capital S.<p>>They want to deport undocumented migrants and remigrate certain refugee groups, such as Ukrainians.<p>This is not what they really want, is it now? They also want to deport Germans with attained citizenship. It's what they said out loud. There are records of this. Anything else is<p>>parroting a<p>right wing<p>>lie.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 22:24:13 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49603658</link><dc:creator>kuerbel</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49603658</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49603658</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by kuerbel in "Why the AfD Wins"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Fact check before posting. German gdp growth was negative in 2023 and 2024 since then its positive again. And it was positive before. Wage growth was nominal 28% since 2017.<p>>I face people are taking home even less money due to the increased social contributions imposed by this government.<p>You face what? Anyways, the only thing they did was raising the ceiling for contributions which has no effect on low and middle incomes, which you seem to care a lot about.<p>>Euro is a ticking time bomb and the currency would collapse when France cannot pay its debt anymore<p>France is not going to default anytime soon.</p>
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<p>Nothing in this sentence is true. There is a network that is not part of the left that is trying to do this. But the official party line is different.<p>Anyone can join a party and make it look bad, if they bring their friends even doubly so.<p>Not to mention that a honest discussion about Israeli war crimes, their government and its members, and finally settlements is long overdue in german society.</p>
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<p>In Germany that would probably be a "verkehrsberuhigter Bereich", Traffic calming area with a speed limit of 7 km/h.<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Living_street#Around_the_world" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Living_street#Around_the_world</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 10:58:56 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49548440</link><dc:creator>kuerbel</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49548440</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49548440</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by kuerbel in "My hobby of building miniatures and taking pretty pictures"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Ah thank you, I get it now. She is making original pieces instead of rolife and such. That's a nice hobby. Maybe you could share a picture or two? :-)</p>
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<p>They buy them assembled? or rare versions or something?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 06:50:06 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49506421</link><dc:creator>kuerbel</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49506421</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49506421</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by kuerbel in "The EU has begun enforcing the AI Act: first RFIs to model providers"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>>Why would you ever expect that you would have a choice of what products you use at work?<p>Umm Because of worker protection laws? For example the Betriebsrat has the right to have a say in this.
Second what if the product is very much inferior and the whole company would be more productive with another product?<p>> You are being paid to work there.<p>Yes and that means if I see an improvement opportunity or if I have concerns I will voice them. I'm being paid to improve the company, not be a cog in the machine.</p>
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<p><a href="https://archive.is/UwGSh" rel="nofollow">https://archive.is/UwGSh</a><p>Paywall free link</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 02:55:57 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49505091</link><dc:creator>kuerbel</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49505091</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49505091</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by kuerbel in "The world may have less time than it thinks on climate change"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p><a href="https://archive.is/UwGSh" rel="nofollow">https://archive.is/UwGSh</a></p>
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<p>Those people are not convinced by evidence.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 10:48:48 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49476830</link><dc:creator>kuerbel</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49476830</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49476830</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by kuerbel in "Climate change is strengthening El Niño, coral records suggest"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>They mean a glacial period, I guess... we are in an interglacial in an ice age</p>
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<p>I live in Northern Germany so a temperate climate all in all, although nowadays it gets really hot during the summer.<p>Well everyone says they are a good driver, and probably they are not. But I like to drive in a way that I rarely if ever have to engage the breaks. I also try to spread the regen distance if that makes sense, so it doesn't do a hard stop but slows down... gently over a longer distance. And when it comes to curves I try to follow the late apex line approach.<p>I was also lucky with my car though, it came with an excellent wheel alignment which isn't always the case.</p>
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<p>Hmm, I have these tires on my Model 3: <a href="https://www.contimediacenter.com/eulabel/en/03143300000/" rel="nofollow">https://www.contimediacenter.com/eulabel/en/03143300000/</a><p>After 15,000 km, they haven't worn down by 2 mm. And that's despite being an EV. I think it really depends on how you drive.</p>
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<p>My parents dog has diabetes and since they failed to draw blood from his ear he got the freestyle libre 2. The vet just put it near his shoulder. I'm not sure how accurate this is...</p>
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<p>Best article I know about this topic is: <a href="https://interactive.carbonbrief.org/amoc-explainer/index.html" rel="nofollow">https://interactive.carbonbrief.org/amoc-explainer/index.htm...</a></p>
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<p>>Please don't respond with something dumb like "you can stay alive without meat". Yes, we know that.<p>That part is actually the weakest part of your argument. You are dismissing a valid counterargument before addressing it.<p>Something being part of a current food production system does not make it a biological necessity. People can live without meat, therefore alfalfa is not "required for life" in the literal sense.<p>You are also shifting the meaning of "required": from "necessary for humans to survive" to "necessary for maintaining our current livestock industry." Those are very different claims.<p>Preemptively calling an obvious counterargument "dumb" is not a way to win the argument; it is a way to avoid having it.<p>Is it rational to dedicate enormous amounts of land, water, and energy to producing animal feed when those same resources could feed more people directly?<p>Using crops as feed and then eating the animals is an inherently inefficient way of converting resources into food. That may be acceptable when resources are abundant, but it becomes increasingly difficult to justify as we face limits in freshwater, arable land, and ecological capacity. That is the true argument, and what the discussion should be about, not if we can (very obviously) survive without meat.</p>
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