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Frantz Miccoli
Personal blog · outofthecomfortzone.frantzmiccoli.com/thoughtsaistartupsprogramming
Frantz Miccoli writes Out Of The Comfort Zone, a personal blog at outofthecomfortzone.frantzmiccoli.com about ai, startups and programming. Since 2014, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 35 times, most often “EU AI Act: Notes and Thoughts on the Proposed Regulation”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2025-11-30, and you can follow it by feed.
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- EU AI Act: Notes and Thoughts on the Proposed Regulation2 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2023-09-08
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Not a lawyer, not versed in US and EU Law, but ... I read (part) of the regulation. https://outofthecomfortzone.frantzmiccoli.com/thoughts/2024/... and here is my shameless plug.
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on “AI systems with 'unacceptable risk' are now banned in the EU”Submitted KonnectR, a Post-Mortem Analysis as a story · 10 points
HN discussionI really enjoy this thread, thanks for opening it! On my end: - Technical stuff: https://thedarkside.frantzmiccoli.com/ - Entrepreneurship & thoughts on society: https://outofthecomfortzone.frantzmiccoli.com/ I am afraid that my non native english make the content less pleasant to read ;-) I have been blogging since a long time, including a blog with more than hundreds of articles that I am not sharing. It's strange…
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on “Ask HN: Could you share your personal blog here?”Submitted China or What the Web could have been as a story · 3 points
HN discussionBefore answering I am suggestion that you question why you ask this question. To almost quote Paul Graham, "A good PR campaign doesn't make good product". Don't mistake attention for traction. If it is to engage in discussions, depending on your background, it is often more relevant to have a few smart people around you to discuss topics than to get a random person opinion from the internet. Some can be very relevan…
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on “Ask HN: Were you able to get your post on front pages of HN[News/Ask/Show]?”Submitted The Empire of Brittle and Shiny as a story · 3 points
HN discussionI haven't found a final version online. I wrote an article / review of the draft that was available a few months ago. https://outofthecomfortzone.frantzmiccoli.com/thoughts/2023/...
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