How about those folks actively engaging in behavior that damages the US?
In that regard, US is obviously Europe's enemy, isn't it ? ;-) :-D
Readit Newsolivierduval commented on US Intel stratechery.com/2025/u-s-... · Posted by u/maguay
Your feelings against news focused on America are valid, but there's no denying that the second Trump administration is such a world-shaking event, in a scale not foreseen by mainstream media or markets, that it would be weird not to have it everywhere. "President of the richest country in history unilaterally tariffs the entire world without approval of Congress" is, like it or not, a bigger headline than Europe's endless regulatory arguments
Actually, I dont need a "smart newsfeed" to hear about Trump. Smart is not about who is doing the show every day, it's about what's important and may be missed
Kagi founder here. This is prematurely shared and not ready for prime time yet. Official launch with mobile apps will happen soon. Thanks!
Hi
First, it's a great idea! The "introductory" speech is interesting then... the result is really disappointing :-(
You see: I'm French (and European). So, I don't necessarily consider that "Trump" is the center of the "World" (actually quite the opposite). However, on the "World" tab, 50% of the news are about "Trump". I would have thought that the aim of this kind of newsfeed is to challenge Trump tactic's of "newsroom saturation". In particular in that tab (Trump can be the alpha & omega for the USA tab)
The premise feel weird to me, I read the graphs much more as evidence of how scared the devs are to make changes rather than how "stable" the libraries are.
You add the code, and rather than change it if needed, you just leave it there and add more code.
You could argue too that Scala is much safer so changes to the code are not scary and it's easier to be stable even under code changes.
Actually, you can't neither read that or the opposite from the graphs: it doesn't if the new code is for new functionalities or if it's to replace (without deleting) some old code.
But you're right: that would be a particularily useful information
I’ve been mulling over how tricky it can be to coordinate across time zones—scheduling meetings, syncing software, or even just chatting with friends globally. It got me thinking about a possible idea: the Global Pulse Time System (GPTS). Basically, it’s a universal time system that splits each day into 100,000 "pulses," starting at midnight UTC. Each pulse is about 0.864 seconds, and it resets daily (so you’d see times like P000000 to P099999).
You might be wondering why it’s called "pulses." The name "pulse" evokes a sense of rhythm, much like a heartbeat—a fundamental, repeating beat we all know. In GPTS, each pulse lasts about 0.864 seconds, which is remarkably close to the average human heartbeat at rest (around 0.83 seconds). This heartbeat analogy makes the system feel intuitive, almost like time is ticking along with our own natural rhythm.
Beyond that, GPTS might actually feel more natural for tracking time progression. Unlike our traditional system of 24 hours, 60 minutes, and 60 seconds, it uses a straightforward decimal setup: 100,000 pulses per day. That means P050000 is exactly half a day, and P025000 is a quarter—simple fractions that are easy to grasp without mental gymnastics. Plus, with a daily reset at midnight UTC, there’s a universal starting line that keeps time consistent worldwide.
The thought is to ditch time zone math altogether. If I say, “Let’s meet at P050000,” that’s the exact same moment for everyone, no matter where you are. It could make scheduling a breeze, cut down on coding headaches with time zones, or even give systems like blockchain a consistent global clock.
That said, I’m not blind to the downsides. People love their local sunrise and sunset cues, and getting everyone to switch would be a nightmare. I’m just curious if something like this could ever make sense in our digital age, or if there’s a better way to tackle global time chaos. What do you all think? Rip it apart or build on it—I’d love to hear your takes!
All about time is about the use of time. So what is your use-case?
Time is either some "point in time" (like a date) or "duration". Your use-case is not the first one because a "point in time" is bound to a location (it 10am in Paris,FR ... not 10am). As a duration, it's only really usable as a duration inside the same 24h period... and for this everybody already has the second. The replacement of a base 86400 by a base 100000 does not really seem to me as a game-changer (not for computer and not really for humans either) so I don't think that anybody will take the time to use it somewhere.
I think that if you want to work on "time", you could help with 2 "hard" problems :
* calendars : the main PITA is more that months dont have the same length in days (not even for the same month in case of february) and neither the same number of "workable" days. Some calendars try to help by using 13 * 28 days month (each month=7 days weeks... so same count of workable days). That kind of calendar is used in finance I think but not really sure
* outside earth (meaning lunar, martian... really Universal) time duration & calendar : for now, our calendar and time mesurement is based on earth rotation on itself (night/day succession) and around the sun (seasons succession). These notions dont have a lot of sense on earth or on mars... or outside our solar system... So: should we use some kind of percentage of total revolution or that kind of thing ?
I think that tackling that kind of problem could be more a game changer that building a system to replace 1 second by a pulse with a duration of 0.864 second. YMMV
olivierduval commented on Jeff Bezos exerts more control of Washington Post opinion deadline.com/2025/02/jeff... · Posted by u/nickthegreek
> What liability implications are there
EU [0], not US. There's a reason JD Vance was harping about "free speech" and "personal freedom" during MSC.
Hot take, but if we as Ds sacrifice Bruxelles to bring back Obama era tech donors who are overly impacted by the Digital Services Act, I'm fine with it.
[0] - https://commission.europa.eu/strategy-and-policy/priorities-...
Seriously ???? Did you buy JD Vance on "free speech" in EU ? Actually, you should get better information (and a link to the EU Commission website is nothing if you dont read or understand it... it's only the old FUD)
Right now, the POTUS is so much reducing freedom in US that it's enough for him to say that it doesn't like something (like DEI) for a lot of companies to trash DEI in the hope to please him. And it's enough for the WaPo to change what will be the content of its "opinion" pages...
And EU is the one reducing freedom ?????? You should really wake up guys
olivierduval commented on EU to mobilize 200B Euros to invest in AI euronews.com/next/2025/02... · Posted by u/FinnLobsien
Sadly, that money will be wasted:
* that money will go to "big corp" who know and have to time to build application forms... even if they don't have the knowledge ("take the money and run")
* that money wont to the "real disruptors" that are small corps because they don't have time or knowledge to build application forms to get the money
olivierduval commented on Storytelling lessons I learned from Steve Jobs (2022) fastcompany.com/90747313/... · Posted by u/tosh
I always am skeptical about this idea that "great marketers make great products". I mean of course marketing is important to sell stuff, and of course people want to think that they have a major contribution into the success of their company, but...
Take the iPhone. My first iPhone was a 3G. I did not buy it because Steve Jobs convinced me: I bought it because a friend had one, I tried it and it was actually pretty cool. I had tried a PDA before, and did not feel like buying one. No storytelling there, just a product that was a better fit at a better time.
So you bought an iPhone because of its "(product) design" (how it fullfill your needs) and not about "marketing" (how to define the markets for a product and why people in these marketing will buy it...).
As I understand it, for example, there's markets for "broken watches": it can be
* broken luxury watches: to have a "rich man look" without paying the full price
* for hobbyist watch-repair
* for professional watch ressellers (after repair)
* for educational / museum...
As far as design is concerned, the watch is broken. But it can be sold if you find who will buy it and why... and that's marketing
Jobs was a great designer too... (and/or knew how to hire great designers and let them get out the best of them)
olivierduval commented on US and UK refuse to sign AI safety declaration at summit arstechnica.com/ai/2025/0... · Posted by u/miohtama
At the same time, "Europeans think US is 'necessary partner' not 'ally'" (https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/02/12/europeans-thin...)
I wonder why... maybe because it look like US replaced some "moral values" (not talking about "woke values" here, just plain "humanistic values" like in Human Rights Declaration) with "bottom line values" :-)
The OP mentioned: "This provision requires large online platforms to provide researchers with immediate access to publicly available data on their platforms in order to assess systemic risks"
> So if I run a large online shop I need to provide an API so anyone can download all of my product descriptions and prices?
> If I publish an online magazine, I need to provide an API so anyone can download all the content I produce?
How is your online shop a "systemic risk" ? Moreover "large online platforms" is a clearly defined term... not your usual website
So please: keep cool... We, Europeans, are not always stupid bureaucracy lovers. Sometimes we also have good ideas to try to preserve our shared freedom and rights and democracy :-)