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growt··on API that auto-routes to the cheapest AI provider (OpenAI/Anthropic/Gemini)
Vibe coded most likely. The creator might figure out the problems with that approach the hard way.
growt··on API that auto-routes to the cheapest AI provider (OpenAI/Anthropic/Gemini)
Yes and in addition for some reason that use case is also not a fit for some cheap OS model like qwen or kimi, but must be run on the cheapest model of the big three.
growt··on Serflings is a remake of The Settlers 1
I just assumed that the goal was to make an exact reproduction of the original, but I might have gotten that wrong.
growt··on Serflings is a remake of The Settlers 1
If I included the exact same graphics as the original, but I did paint them all by hand myself, would you think that makes a difference? No it doesn’t. And what you are proposing is just the same with extra steps. They could include graphics that don’t look the same but I guess that defeats the reason for the game.
growt··on What if you don't need MCP at all?
The mcp part is not essential for the actual controlling of the applications. You could “rip out” the mcp functionality and replace it with something else. The only reason why the authors chose mcp is most likely that it was the first and therefore most common plugin interface for llm tools.
growt··on The overengineered solution to my pigeon problem (2022)
I like the way you think. If the loud bang takes care of the pigeons, the water gun is available.
growt··on The overengineered solution to my pigeon problem (2022)
The neighbours probably won’t approve
growt··on Dark mode by local sunlight (2021)
Nice experiment, but my Mac already switches to dark mode at the right time (I’m sure windows and Linux can do the same if you want it that way). So defaulting to system preference would already result in the same behaviour (while also covering users who always prefer light or dark).
growt··on Vodafone Germany is changing the open internet, one peering connection at a time
Afaik almost a monopoly: there is Deutsche Telekom which does the same thing and Vodafone. I think apart from some local providers almost everybody else is just a reseller of one of the two.
growt··on Munich's surfers left stunned after famed river wave vanishes
I’m sure they will repair it in no time. It’s too much of a tourist attraction to just let it be.
growt··on What if tariffs?
That way politicians would change every week. Probably not a bad thing :)
growt··on Listeria found in Walmart meatball meals may be linked to deadly outbreak
An outbreak of … noodles?
growt··on Google's shortened goo.gl links will stop working next month
And then output the search results as a 302 redirect and it would just be continuing the service.
growt··on Show HN: Tinder but it's only pictures of my wife and I can only swipe right
I also choose this guys wife!
growt··on Building my own solar power system
I missed the "power" when I skimmed the headline and clicked the link. I was slightly dissapointed when I finally realised that the OP is in fact not building his own solar system.
growt··on My new hobby: watching AI slowly drive Microsoft employees insane
Googles jules does the same (but was only published yesterday or so). I think it might be a good workflow if the agent is good enough. Copilot seems not to be in these examples and then I imagine it becomes quite tedious to have a PR for every iteration with the AI.
growt··on GPT-4.1 in the API
My theory: they need to move off the 4o version number before releasing o4-mini next week or so.
growt··on Apple's Software Quality Crisis
Yes, my wife recently lost a bunch of files on her iPad. The files just dissapeared and are nowhere to be found. Of course I thought that it must have been a "user error", but some research showed that this a bug that affects a bunch of people [1][2] (might only affect files that you've written into with an apple pencil).

If apple can't even guarantee the users documents, I wonder what else might be wrong.

[1] https://discussions.apple.com/thread/255156283?sortBy=rank

[2] https://www.reddit.com/r/ipad/comments/19evmb8/files_disappe...

growt··on Toyota completes phase 1 construction of futuristic city
Corporations building futuristic cities? We all know how that ends! We’ve seen the movies!
growt··on We're bringing Pebble back
I just want to claim my bragging rights and say that I was backer #105 on Kickstarter for the original pebble. I’m happy that it’s coming back, it was such a great device.
growt··on Htmhail
The style reminded me of BOFH or dailywtf, maybe that’s what they we’re aiming for? But I agree: ChatGPT adding some unnecessary aria labels is neither newsworthy nor unexpected
growt··on Send someone you appreciate an official 'Continue and Persist' Letter
I agree. I would rephrase it „send someone you appreciate and that you wish had a mild heart attack this official looking letter“
growt··on Starlink Direct to Cell
„There are no unconnected places in most of Europe“ Then you haven’t traveled with the German railway yet!
growt··on 炊紙(kashikishi) is a text editor that utilizes GPU to edit text in a 3D space
"Text editing is still plagued by poor user interfaces: when you press the "A" key, the letter "A" appears on the screen without any interaction, when you press "Delete" it disappears in an instant, the cursor disappears to the right edge of the screen, then suddenly appears on the left edge" Maybe I'm old fashioned, but this is exactly what appeals to me regarding text based interfaces.
growt··on PixelVerse t1 – CoT prompting outperforms flagship LLMs
First try with llama 70b found two R's in strawberry :) Gemma did better
growt··on Creating a search engine for fun and because Google sucks
Yes, I don’t know how that reached the frontpage. A failed 15 minute experiment from someone who has no clue what they are doing
growt··on Jerk
No the article is about the quest to make music that changed tempo, exactly the kind of jerk you linked (the author even links the same Wikipedia page towards the end).
growt··on Google Search: Roboto Mono
Doesn’t work on mobile (safari) though :(
growt··on Google Search: Roboto Mono
I really like the search results in monospace. I wish you could configure the font!
growt··on 'Anti-sex' beds have arrived at Paris Olympics
Also I would assume that a lot of hammer throwers and shot putters would end up on the floor (alone). But the top comment suggests this is fake news anyway.
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