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Xiol32on DeepSeek launching v4.1 flash cheaper and more capable than v4 pro

But it makes the compliance team happy.

Xiol32on Gemini Protocol Deployment Statistics

I fail to see what the slopped site adds to the Wikipedia article for the protocol.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemini_(protocol)

Xiol32on Microsoft Copilot AI Comes to LG TVs, and Can't Be Deleted

https://www.lg.com/uk/support/contact-us/share-your-voice-wi...

Assume there is similar for other countries, though I can't see this being of any use whatsoever.

Xiol32on Microsoft Copilot AI Comes to LG TVs, and Can't Be Deleted

I just want a massive screen to watch my content on - everything else you mention is irrelevant.

Xiol32on DIY NAS: 2026 Edition

I had one of the DXP4800 Plus NASes for about a month before RMAing it.

The CPU would immediately hit 100C with even the slightest whiff of load.

The entire thing was also unstable and would regularly just lock up without any kernel panic or other error message available, could even get kdump to gather anything (I'd binned their dodgy NAS OS and installed Debian).

It also seemed to amplify the noise of the hard drives within. Every thunk of a drive head moving around would be audible from a different room. Not sure how they managed to do that, but it's an acoustic nightmare.

Xiol32on Blowing ChatGPT's mind. Is this just sycophancy? Or a realistic assessment?

Seems to be this: https://qbix.com/

Xiol32on Kagi News

The problem is the continual stream of bullshit emitted from Trump's mouth gets clicks, and as such even little things that don't have any bearing on an international audience are reported heavily.

When Biden was president I barely heard anything about US politics, but with Trump in power it's hard to avoid.

Xiol32on CIA Freedom of Information Act Electronic Reading Room

I have been having this exact same issue across multiple websites recently, most of the time it's monospace fonts that have the issue - Github is a nightmare. It only started after I upgraded to Fedora 42.

Haven't got to the bottom of it yet. I set Victor Mono as my Monospace font in Chrome and that has fixed it for things like the HN comment box, for instance, but Github and such still all look weird.

Xiol32on Ban me at the IP level if you don't like me

Changing the SSH port also helps cut down the noise, as part of a layered strategy.

Xiol32on GitHub is no longer independent at Microsoft after CEO resignation

As the kids would say, Gitlab CI is the GOAT.

Xiol32on VPN use surges in UK as new online safety rules kick in

Can I ask - why not Mullvad?

Xiol32on Man wearing metallic necklace dies after being sucked into MRI machine

To add to the sibling comment, being stuck in a small, incredibly loud tube usually pinned under some receiver isn't great for claustrophobic patients either.

Xiol32on Helix Editor 25.07

I think I panicked at the amount it has undone and then in my attempt to redo, made a change and got myself into a mess with the history. It was quite early on in my time with it.

Xiol32on Helix Editor 25.07

I really wanted to like Helix, and for the most part did, but there is something about the way undo works that just feels incredibly wrong to me. What it wants to undo doesn't always seem logical and always undoes too much. I've lost work because of it in the past.

Xiol32on Bold Mission to Hunt for Aliens on Venus Is Happening

Same: uBlock on Firefox.

Xiol32on Linda Yaccarino is leaving X

Arguably a competent person wouldn't have persisted in a role where it was obvious they were not able to make a meaningful difference.

Xiol32on Brave creates new TLD on the blockchain

Are we still messing about with the Blockchain?

Has no one told them it's all about AI now?

Xiol32on Windows 10 EOL

You don't need SteamOS.

Just install Steam on any distribution (I use Fedora) and it all just works like SteamOS - Proton use is transparent.

Xiol32on Covert web-to-app tracking via localhost on Android

Crap like this is why I haven't had the Facebook or Instagram apps installed for years. I still have accounts, but I only visit them via the browser.

Xiol32on Show HN: Kan.bn – An open-source alterative to Trello

Would be interested to know if this was vibe coded.

Xiol32on Show HN: acmsg (automated commit message generator)

Do you need an LLM to create those commit messages?

Xiol32on Slow software for a burning world

I see we still haven't learned to put a summary of what your product is/does near the start of any big announcement.

Xiol32on Zed: High-performance AI Code Editor

Great sample size

Xiol32on Reality Check

I actually think Ed's indignity can outlast the market.

Xiol32on Ansible: Pure (only in its) pragmatism

Not low enough, unfortunely.

Ran into this recently with Ansible 2.17 which can no longer fully run (dnf/yum modules don't work) on EL8 targets due to platform-python being 3.6.

2.16 still works but goes EOL in May, when the OS is supported until 2029.

Feels like a very deliberate attempt to get you paying for Red Hat's version. On one hand I can't blame them, but on the other, that's never going to happen at my company.

Xiol32on Show HN: DeadDrop – Tiny tool to share files anonymously

Did you write your app using an LLM?

It's starting to rub off.

Xiol32on “Most promising signs yet” of alien life on a planet beyond our Solar System

Editorialized headline. Article is:

> Astronomers have found the 'most promising signs yet' of alien life on a planet beyond our Solar System

Xiol32on OpenAI is a systemic risk to the tech industry

Why? Where does the money come from? What's the product?

If AGI destroys millions of jobs, who is paying for products?

Xiol32on That's a Lot of YAML

TOML is worse and even harder to read. I'd take YAML any day over TOML.

Xiol32on The ADHD body double: A unique tool for getting things done

This article is clearly written to the word count and not the overall content. A painful read.