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Cake day: March 30th, 2024

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  • Anyone knows how that fingerprinting might have worked here? Unless you used a very specific combination of browser extensions, I can’t get my head around how it could track you… Or do they maybe use external services like Google Analytics to identify users? But even that would require that you logged in somewhere else before with that same browser.


  • If you don’t have a problem with second hand, I’d recommend to check out Vinted. If you live in Germany you can also check Kleinanzeigen.

    I got several pairs of barefoot shoes in good condition there for relatively cheap.

    I had shoes from Leguano, Wildling, Merrell (US) and vivobarefoot.


  • Thanks for clarification. Still, looking at the Tesla chart similar upward/downward movements happed several times. It doesn’t appear that special to me for that stock.

    And yes, Tesla is not the same category of meme Stock as Gamestop. Still, compared to other stocks, the development of the share value is far less dependend on the operative success of the company. It feels more like a Musk stock that’s influenced by news and tweets around his person going back and forth between hype and desaster.






  • “It’s a very specific strain of high-quality barley that grows in the cold climate of Canada,” […]

    Butcher said a 25% tariff on the key ingredient in his beer would clearly hurt his business, which is already dealing with an uncertain business climate.

    “We’re going to have to raise our prices,” he said, noting the increase could be substantial, as he held a six-pack of his beer. “This $12.99 six-pack of beer is going to end up at $18.99.”

    Can someone please explain the maths behind that? Going from 12.99 to 18.99 is an increase of ~46%. How is this justified by an additional 25% tariff on one of your ingredients? As much as I dislike all this Trump bullshit, this feels more like price gouging to me, using the new tariffs as an excuse.

    Or if it isn’t, the article doesn’t deliver enough background information for me to understand the causality.



  • Regarding your specific example, there pretty good reasons not to use AI if there’s an adequate alternative, so I can absolutely understand people arguing against that.

    AI is resource intensive and thus bad for the environment. Results usually aren’t deterministic, so the behavior is no longer reproducible. If there is a defined algorithm to solve the issue in a correct way, AI will be less accurate. If you use cloud services, you may run into privacy issues.

    Not saying there aren’t any use cases for LLMs or other forms of AI. But just applying it everywhere 'cause it’s fancy, is not a good idea.

    In general, I appreciate if people question my work or come up with proposals for improvement as long as it’s polite and the person is at least qualified to some degree. However, that does not mean that I change my mind immediately and follow their advice.