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New comment by lnsru in "Steve Wozniak cheered after telling students they have AI – actual intelligence"

lnsru — Fri, 22 May 2026 11:13:22 +0000

Actual intelligence is useless when decision makers send new weekly AI rules to be better employees. It’s race to the bottom. Race to an endless technical debt. Some companies will implode when codebases stop being manageable. The small minority will thrive. But majority not. I see it used in hardware world. Clever dudes without prior experience with software craft working Python scripts, automate tests, control hardware from rudimentary GUIs. That’s awesome. I see software companies sending internal memo requiring all code to be produced from prompts… It’s like steroids - cleverly used they bring more advantages, though one shouldn’t take double dose with every meal.

New comment by lnsru in "Waymo pauses Atlanta service as its robotaxis keep driving into floods"

lnsru — Fri, 22 May 2026 08:42:40 +0000

This was thought decades ago too: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eureka_Prometheus_Project Compared to 1994 we have now endless computing power and yet no reliable self driving car is available on the market.

New comment by lnsru in "Tesla Solar Roof is on life support as it pivot to panels"

lnsru — Sun, 17 May 2026 07:25:52 +0000

Integrated solar panels into the tiles are batshit crazy expensive compared to regular big solar panels from China. I was looking how to install them (some other vendor, not Tesla) and was shocked - you can’t plug the small tiles connected together directly into inverter. There is additional power electronics box in between. Economically it makes no sense. The single installation around is at the guy‘s house who had successful 7 figures exit. Of course, the roof looks awesome.

New comment by lnsru in "The West forgot how to make things, now it’s forgetting how to code"

lnsru — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 11:56:25 +0000

No. It’s pure greed dominating the world. My employer is owned by bigger private company and the shitshow is the same as in big megacorporation. There are hordes of colleagues to stab one for 100€ more salary a month. Disgusting.

The company is manufacturing special computers. The initial owner/founder ordered CPU modules and memory cards always looking at the price break. His question was always „how many to buy to get best price?“. So he ordered sometimes 200-300 parts more than needed immediately. Then the follow up order came and he emptied the storage. Now new manager always orders EXACT amount memory cards as ordered computers. Price is secondary thing, most important thing to work without warehouse and get things delivered just in time. What doesn’t work at all for the while already. The high prices buying small quantities is eating up the profit, so people are getting fired to save costs. It is pure greed dominating western world. Everything is done to look accounting nicely at every cost, get whole bonus despite ruining the company long term. I see this pattern recently very often.

New comment by lnsru in "Apple's accidental moat: How the "AI Loser" may end up winning"

lnsru — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 08:03:05 +0000

Absolutely this. No one cares about privacy. 99,9% population has no clue how tech works. “Oh, it’s an app on my phone.” That’s what typical consumer understands. How text travels from one phone to other is something magical.

Got WhatsApp, because there is no other channel to communicate with customers. It’s literally used by everyone without exceptions. Really scary.

New comment by lnsru in "How Passive Radar Works"

lnsru — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 20:33:36 +0000

There is no rocket science here. Every radar has at least one midrange FPGA inside. Every small radar company at least two FPGA devs like me to minimize bus factor.

Regarding passive radar it is nice system in theory. In practical setup it’s not mobile and location bound. Every location has different RF radiation environment. Since transmission is not controlled the reception (and detection) can’t be optimized for anything.

New comment by lnsru in "What being ripped off taught me"

lnsru — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 14:03:03 +0000

I am also trying to set granular milestones and get paid every 1000€. Not provide 20000€ work and then start looking for my money. I can live with a loss of 1000€, but missing 20000€ will impact negatively my mortgage and investment plan.

New comment by lnsru in "Aegis – open-source FPGA silicon"

lnsru — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 19:21:17 +0000

That’s a nice theory. Fab is one thing, but there are afterwards packaging and testing facilities where silicon can be swapped. I worked for a short time for a military contractor. They don’t X-ray every single chip. They just use it assuming the ordered chip is the one which was delivered by the markings on the package.

New comment by lnsru in "Renewables reached nearly 50% of global electricity capacity last year"

lnsru — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:41:43 +0000

I would say as electrician in Bavaria: there are enough empty roofs for solar. Especially in poorer neighborhoods. I saw similar numbers and they are scary: to reliably replace conventional power plant one needs 20x the power of wind and solar. And this hardware must be imported from China, there is no large scale production of solar equipment in Europe.

New comment by lnsru in "Solar panels at Lidl? Plug-in versions set to appear in shops"

lnsru — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 11:36:31 +0000

Which energy bill? Monthly or yearly?

New comment by lnsru in "Why the US Navy won't blast the Iranians and 'open' Strait of Hormuz"

lnsru — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 10:54:03 +0000

My Iranian ex colleague shares very interesting opinion. They trained during his army time to blow everything in the region up. So if things escalate badly the oil and gas importing countries will stay with a fraction of needed oil and gas for years. There is no backup infrastructure anywhere in the world. It will take years to rebuild the infrastructure. It will destroy world’s economy better than nukes.

New comment by lnsru in "Voyager 1 runs on 69 KB of memory and an 8-track tape recorder"

lnsru — Sun, 29 Mar 2026 17:37:05 +0000

Welcome to the world of embedded systems. They often do not have more resources that that. Even as completely new development (of pool control system or electricity meter).

New comment by lnsru in "Denmark was reportedly preparing for full-scale war with the US over Greenland"

lnsru — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 12:22:13 +0000

I am the guy who participated in Green Card lottery for few years willing to work in most advanced planet‘s semiconductor companies. I changed my mind recently. Speedboat ambushes, Greenland, public executions by ICE „officers“ and now Iran war. US I knew is definitely gone. That’s not the country sharing culture and values peacefully anymore: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amerika-Haus_(M%C3%BCnchen)

New comment by lnsru in "Corruption erodes social trust more in democracies than in autocracies"

lnsru — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 13:35:34 +0000

I am in Germany. Apparently very democratic place. However nothing happens what people voted for. There is always few groups advertising affordable living in Munich. Never happened. Every year the rent climbs to new never seen high. The system very obviously does not work as advertised. The conspiracist in me however thinks, that the system works as intended.

New comment by lnsru in "Iran-backed hackers claim wiper attack on medtech firm Stryker"

lnsru — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 14:26:34 +0000

I am asking Iranians what’s next. It’s always the most important question. There will be some other guys with weapons taking over. Or should we expect peaceful elections coming like it was in Germany after defeating Nazis? But wait, Germany was conquered and divided by Allies to make it happen.

New comment by lnsru in "Lego's 0.002mm specification and its implications for manufacturing (2025)"

lnsru — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 14:14:54 +0000

The 2. is very annoying. Especially when big sets fall apart due to this issue.

Let me add this: 4. no spare parts available. So when I break weird Chinese invention the whole set becomes useless without that very special part. It happened few times and I got back to used Lego sets.

New comment by lnsru in "The Gervais Principle, or the Office According to “The Office” (2009)"

lnsru — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 13:28:08 +0000

I see your naive opinion attracted lots of negativity. In perfect world decades ago the quiet ones had a chance. With right approach and good timing it worked very well: https://www.bmwblog.com/2025/02/10/bmw-3-series-touring-hist... And that was seen in German economy growth. Now it’s completely different. Result is secondary, process is most important: https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/munich-...

Now it’s noise and screaming. You can speak up, result will be the same as if you would do that in the forest. Loud bullshiters will be promoted. Your technical opinion with properly perceived problems will be discarded as stupid. Welcome in the age of noise. And it also reflects in the current German economy and probably politics too.

New comment by lnsru in "The engine of Germany's wealth is blocking its future"

lnsru — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 16:33:29 +0000

Tax system and IG Metall salary tables will kill ambition very quickly. The highest salary groups do not guarantee comfy lifestyle for the corresponding areas anymore. Giving away half of salary as mandatory insurance and paying 19% value added tax from the rest is just insulting. Don’t forget the rents in 2026. It’s again new all time high. It does not pay off to work anymore.

New comment by lnsru in "The engine of Germany's wealth is blocking its future"

lnsru — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 16:27:53 +0000

You wrote my thoughts. Add one more thing: Germany is federation with insanely complex administration. With many different (outdated) education systems, too many public healthcare insurers. It’s too much of regulation of everything decreasing real efficiency to zero.

Latest example (I am electrical engineer AND electrician): from this year on my buddy heating system specialist can’t help me with photovoltaic system installation on the roof. Last year he was qualified, this year not anymore. He can however install air conditioning unit on the roof this year too. But not the solar panels… Every year some shady lobby group writes some special law crippling last pieces of working system.

There should be some deregulation and centralization institution in Germany with a real short time efficiency increase plan. Otherwise it will stay there as a country of Oktoberfest and Cologne Carnival.

New comment by lnsru in "Ask HN: Why there are no actual studies that show AI is more productive?"

lnsru — Sun, 08 Mar 2026 11:12:50 +0000

It’s not company. It’s always the 10x developer who uses the tools to increase his output. My buddies report at least once a month the new AI policy in corporate world. All of them are bollocks written by someone who never wrote any code.