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ios-contractor··on An entire Herculaneum scroll has been read for the first time
Didn't they watch enough Mummy movies to know not to do that
ios-contractor··on Show HN: Ember, a native iOS Hacker News reader I built around accessibility
pinch and zoom doesn't really have to do with hn. All webpages support pinch and zoom. iOS-wide text enlargement isn't always a solution
ios-contractor··on Show HN: Ember, a native iOS Hacker News reader I built around accessibility
Looks great. Does it support pinch zoom like webpage hn does
ios-contractor··on Sixty percent of US consumers say 'AI' in brand messaging is a turnoff
There's a big chance that you work at a company that does exactly that
ios-contractor··on Running local models is good now
I agree. They didn't bother me that much yet but I totally feel you
ios-contractor··on Sixty percent of US consumers say 'AI' in brand messaging is a turnoff
Then why did openAI make gazillions in revenue
ios-contractor··on Running local models is good now
I subscribe to this guy on youtube for local model stuff if anyone is interested https://www.youtube.com/@AZisk. I'm not affiliated and I'm not even a paying subscriber. But I like all stuff local.
ios-contractor··on Stop the Apple Music app from launching
I have Galaxy Buds Pro and I'm using this awesome client https://github.com/timschneeb/GalaxyBudsClient to disable all touches but sometimes the client isn't running in the background and the Music app just gets in my way, so this is great!
ios-contractor··on Stripe is friendly to “friendly fraud”
To be fair, from stripe's point of view, how would they know that you and the alleged customer are not in on it for some reason they don't know?
ios-contractor··on AI has a multiplying effect on existing technical skills
I used AI to write code (features) then I used AI to refactor the architecture using best practices and get rid of the technical debt. I don't remember the last time I modified code by hand honestly.
ios-contractor··on Local AI needs to be the norm
I don't think it should be local vs cloud AI. I think local AI should be treated as a separate product. local ai should do things that really don't need cloud AI, then cloud AI should be used as a fallback. That would reduce a lot of costs