Eckhard Schwarzat
hilakata.bsky.social
Eckhard Schwarzat
@hilakata.bsky.social
All things open
Since when is a stochastic parrot capable to explain anything?

LLMs (Large Language Models) [ChatGPT et al] are useless and dangerous.

Specific models trained with specific data to diagnose something specific like breast cancer in X-Rays work.
These are NOT LLMs.
November 4, 2025 at 7:15 PM
It might, but we left even with dual citizenship in 2019. Why? Because the Home Secretary can revoke the UK citizenship on file because of 'terrorism'. One example of 'terrorism' in the context of revoking a visa was an honest error by the accountant in the annual tax return of a visa holder.
October 19, 2025 at 10:07 AM
It is more lively now... 😉
October 18, 2025 at 1:29 PM
The good old chestnut, having business continuity plans which are not in an Excel spreadsheet stored on a shared drive somewhere.
October 14, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Hamburgensia für ganz Deutschland?
Dann doch lieber Duisburg.
October 12, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Not in the same country at the same point in time in the EU but in the same tax year, when you change your residence from country A to B within the same tax year.
October 10, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I would highly recommend Great Yarmouth.
At least the kippers have a proud tradition of voting for fascists*.
Neighbouring Gorleston-on-Sea has a quite a lot of bungalows available.

* Electing a BNP party member into the European Parliament, etc.
October 8, 2025 at 6:34 AM
We acquired British citizenship as an insurance against Brexit, but we left in 2019. Because if you are a 'terrorist', for example your accountant makes an honest mistake in your tax return, you can loose your citizenship 'on file' without even knowing about it. ILR? Get the heck out now.
September 22, 2025 at 5:46 PM
AMOC oscillation, anyone?
September 22, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Good luck with that.
As anyone can attest to that who was ever involved even on the periphery with ERP systems and business process integration.
September 16, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Well, if you would take out all the English born retirees in Wales the result would look very different.
Hint: This group of people also swayed the referendum result in Wales.
September 16, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Good thing we got the hell out of dodge city (Norwich) in 2019.
Fascists on the up and da police is standing idly by.
Having to learn three times the rise of the Nazis during my time in German schools, provides one with enough foresight.
The UK is just one general election away from Machtergreifug
September 11, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Mr. Lohscheller might have misdirected his critique. Mercedes? A fair target. VW? Not so much. See ID platform & a factory in Germany dedicated to EV car production.
The boomers of the Carbon Dioxide Union (CDU) have a more polluting attitude than the German car industry in general.
September 9, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Consequently entity 1 has to pay licence fees for using the patents to entity 2.
The licence fees are deductible before tax in country A, and licence fee income has only to be taxed in country B with the lower tax base. /end
September 8, 2025 at 5:20 PM
It's also a very old tax evasion trick. Company legal entity 1 is based in country A, with a high tax base, but also a lot of subsidies for R&D. So R&D is done in country A.
Company legal entity 2 is in country B with a low tax base.
So the patents are registered in country B. /1
September 8, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Cancer treatment times were even back in the good old days (pre Brexit) at best a European average.
World best this - world best that, typical British exceptionalism.
And this is not due to the NHS workforce, but due to the continuous underfunding since at least Thatcher.
August 30, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Good piece. Wish you a speedy recovery and good luck with the job hunting.
August 30, 2025 at 3:42 PM