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New comment by zapperdulchen in "Solar is winning the energy race"

zapperdulchen — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 02:42:19 +0000

"There have been no deaths or cases of radiation sickness from the nuclear accident, but over 100,000 people were evacuated from their homes as a preventative measure. Official figures show that there have been 2313 disaster-related deaths among evacuees from Fukushima prefecture." https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/safety-and-sec...

New comment by zapperdulchen in "US orders diplomats to fight data sovereignty initiatives"

zapperdulchen — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 19:48:13 +0000

That is your POV. I fear that democracy erodes when there's insults, belittling, ... instead of exchange of arguments and the contest of ideas. Because at some point insults turn into ugly actions. Whether it's Charlie Kirk or Melissa Hortman.

New comment by zapperdulchen in "“Car Wash” test with 53 models"

zapperdulchen — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 05:26:37 +0000

If you change the order of the sentences, Sonnet gets it right 3/3: The car wash is 50 meters away. I want to wash my car. Should I walk or drive?

That trick didn't help Mistral Le Chat.

New comment by zapperdulchen in "“Car Wash” test with 53 models"

zapperdulchen — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 05:16:43 +0000

If you speak French to Mistral, it gets it right everytime: Je veux laver ma voiture. La station de lavage est à 50 mètres. J'y vais à pied ou en voiture ?

New comment by zapperdulchen in "“Car Wash” test with 53 models"

zapperdulchen — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 05:03:17 +0000

Great observation. Seems like we're back to prompt abracadabra.

My little experiment gave me:

No added hint 0/3

hint added at the end 1.5/3

hint added at the beginning 3/3

.5 because it stated "Walk" and then convinced it self that "Drive" is the better answer.

New comment by zapperdulchen in "Tech Writers Are About to Become Obsolete"

zapperdulchen — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 09:18:00 +0000

Sure, manually written API docs are a thing of the past. But this has been true even before the era of LLMs. But I'm not that sure that this argument stands for all kinds of software. Depending on the abstraction between your source code and the things your users want to achieve, the expert view of a technical communicator might be necessary in order to come up with instructions (how-to) that meet the needs of the person seeking help instead of just summarizing the software code in natural language.

New comment by zapperdulchen in "AI model trapped in a Raspberry Pi"

zapperdulchen — Sun, 28 Sep 2025 03:59:47 +0000

History serves you a similar experiment on a much larger scale. More than 35 years after the reunification sociologists still make out mentality differences between former East and West Germans.

New comment by zapperdulchen in "AGI is Mathematically Impossible 2: When Entropy Returns"

zapperdulchen — Tue, 24 Jun 2025 03:44:37 +0000

> Also, one might argue that universe/laws of physics are computational.

Maybe we need to define "computational" before moving on. To me this echoes the clockwork universe of the Enligthenment. Insights of quantum physics have shattered this idea.

New comment by zapperdulchen in "Ask HN: Share your AI prompt that stumps every model"

zapperdulchen — Fri, 25 Apr 2025 04:16:23 +0000

That reaction is very different from the Marathon crater one though it uses the same pattern. I think OP's reasoning that there is a naive commitment bias doesn't hold. But to see almost all LLMs to fall into the ambiguity trap, is important for any real world use.

New comment by zapperdulchen in "Moscow-based global news network has infected Western AI tools"

zapperdulchen — Sat, 08 Mar 2025 04:41:35 +0000

I am also trying to understand the shady limits of LLMs. But your example doesn't give incorrect answers in ChatGPT 4o, Sonnet 3.5 nor Deepseek V2.

New comment by zapperdulchen in "Ask HN: Do US tech firms realize the backlash growing in Europe?"

zapperdulchen — Sun, 23 Feb 2025 05:51:22 +0000

To me this is a simplification. The CEO applauded a hiring decision. His social media team amplified it.

Here’s the tweet: https://x.com/andyyen/status/1864436449942110660

Some have interpreted this as a political signal. The Intercept article provides additional context and takes a more critical view: https://theintercept.com/2025/01/28/proton-mail-andy-yen-tru...

New comment by zapperdulchen in "JPMorgan CEO: "I don't care how many people sign that f—ing [WFH] Petition""

zapperdulchen — Fri, 14 Feb 2025 04:23:20 +0000

> Diverse democracies never succeed

May be I get this wrong. This sounds like a bold statement. Switzerland, Canada, Belgium but also India are multi-lingual or even multi-ethnic democracies. They know tensions but they are not failed.

New comment by zapperdulchen in "Tesla sales dropped 60% in Germany"

zapperdulchen — Wed, 12 Feb 2025 21:15:56 +0000

I can't tell for the parent commenter but German society is more concerned about him embracing the extremist right in Germany and offering a lot support for free to them in the current campaign.

New comment by zapperdulchen in "Why Canada should join the EU"

zapperdulchen — Sat, 04 Jan 2025 00:11:05 +0000

Ad 3. If you believe in the European idea, it is not about my country being sovereign but the European people. There's tension in this for sure. Do the Catalans feel sovereign? The Scots? The Californians?

New comment by zapperdulchen in "Why Canada Should Join the EU"

zapperdulchen — Sat, 04 Jan 2025 00:05:14 +0000

Many perceive EU laws as imposed without democratic oversight, but this isn't quite accurate. The European Parliament, elected by EU citizens, is involved in most legislative processes. The EU Council, made up of ministers from elected governments, also plays a key role. It's not how national democracies work, but with no unified European public, this system might be the best compromise for now.

New comment by zapperdulchen in "Silver amulet is the oldest evidence of Christianity north of the Alps"

zapperdulchen — Thu, 19 Dec 2024 01:51:58 +0000

I am not sure what do you mean by your hint. Stating that the Gospel of Thomas predates all other Gospels is not a view that is shared by many scientists.

One source of many: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Thoma...

New comment by zapperdulchen in "0.0.0.0 Day: Exploiting Localhost APIs from the Browser"

zapperdulchen — Sat, 10 Aug 2024 05:06:38 +0000

Tldr; Enabling Block Outsider Intrusion into LAN list is the solution for this issue. (hidden in Privacy)

New comment by zapperdulchen in "10% of Cubans left Cuba between 2022 and 2023"

zapperdulchen — Sun, 21 Jul 2024 05:54:46 +0000

Once someone gave me a similar argument in a rather rude utilitarian way: Look at all the white kids in our society. They get all the support they need. Any Einstein in there, we will catch. Adding support want change the outcome much. But look at the immigrant's children. There's so much hidden potential. Adding support has the chance to change the outcome dramatically.

I still have to come to terms with this way of thinking but in a world of limited resources it gave something to think about.

New comment by zapperdulchen in "10% of Cubans left Cuba between 2022 and 2023"

zapperdulchen — Sun, 21 Jul 2024 05:46:24 +0000

Do you have some sources for your claim that MENA migrants are a net loss for Germany?

New comment by zapperdulchen in "10% of Cubans left Cuba between 2022 and 2023"

zapperdulchen — Sun, 21 Jul 2024 05:21:44 +0000

According to this statistic https://www.statista.com/statistics/1411761/australia-share-... Indigenous Australians are significantly overrepresented in the prison population. As of 2022, Indigenous Australians made up 31.8% of the prison population, despite constituting only about 3.3% of the total population. Because of this massive overrepresentation, it might well be that other non-white ethnic groups are underrepresented. It's statistic and doesn't tell why one minority ends up in jail so often.