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lfkdev··on YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers
Nah, Vanced (now ReVanced) is the way to go for mobile
lfkdev··on The future of generative AI is niche, not generalized
The Internet literally took over the whole world
lfkdev··on Eww: ElKowars wacky widgets
Nothing wrong with the name.
lfkdev··on Sony backs Raspberry Pi with fresh funding, access to A.I. chips
Depends on the marketing department in question
lfkdev··on Ask Wirecutter: Can you recommend a not-smart TV for me?
I think a Pi4 with Kodi etc. is still way better for privacy.
lfkdev··on Show HN: Tabby – A self-hosted GitHub Copilot
This exakt name is already used by a big open-source projekt, https://github.com/eugeny/tabby (50k stars) maybe consider changing the name for better SEO
lfkdev··on Sam Altman wants to convince billions to scan eyes to prove they aren’t bots
Also out of the loop, my current opinion is that Fridman himself and his interviews are always really great and interesting.
lfkdev··on ChatGPT sends shockwaves across college campuses
Which is what midjourney already does for example
lfkdev··on Show HN: Learn Python with Minecraft
Really? My last info was that in Minecraft Bedrock, you even need to buy "coins" with real money to change simple things like Skin Packs. What a shame
lfkdev··on Hetzner launches three new dedicated servers
The catch is they lack enterprise features. No PCI DSS, not more than 25(?!) Servers per Network etc. Sure you can workaround these limitations, but thats the catch.
lfkdev··on ChatGPT-Linux-Assistant
Before people are exploding, just don't run it as root. Give it minimal read permissions and it could be really useful without destroying anything.
lfkdev··on OpenAI is now everything it promised not to be: closed-source and for-profit
Since when was Tesla created to be open-source and non-profit?
lfkdev··on OpenAI is now everything it promised not to be: closed-source and for-profit
"OpenAI was created as an open source (which is why I named it “Open” AI), non-profit company to serve as a counterweight to Google, but now it has become a closed source, maximum-profit company effectively controlled by Microsoft.

Not what I intended at all." - Elon

You can think what you want of Elon, but he is in the right here.

lfkdev··on Nvidia’s latest GPU drivers can upscale old blurry YouTube videos
Yes, another + from me for the shield. After ~ 5 years now, still running great. Using it for Kodi/SmartYoutube/Steam-streaming. Only had to remove the inner dust last year
lfkdev··on Blizzard Infuriate Devs, End Remote Work, Cut Profit Sharing Bonus, Insult QA
I don't know why this is always said here, sure there are layoffs in some huge tech companies. But thats it. At least in Germany, my LinkedIn still gets mutliple messages per Day and my Salary is looking good.
lfkdev··on Show HN: I trained an AI model on 120M+ songs from iTunes
Probably scraped them
lfkdev··on Show HN: I “wrote” a kid's book with ChatGPT and Midjourney
If it works, it'll be used. Are you grossed out when using a calculator? I hope so
lfkdev··on ChatRWKV, like ChatGPT but powered by the RWKV (RNN-based, open) language model
Two or three top GPUs? Thats basically nothing for a professinal project or even an investeded hobby
lfkdev··on GPT-3 is the best journal I’ve used
? Thats a great answer and a horoscope has nothing todo with journaling
lfkdev··on Jailbroken iOS can't run macOS apps – I spent a week to find out why (2021)
If you want a customizable experience, apple is NOT what you should buy.
lfkdev··on Factorio for Nintendo Switch is now available
Nah, you tool the actual fun out of it with looking at blueprints online
lfkdev··on Ask HN: Is there a developer laptop that does not suck and is not a Mac in 2022?
xps 13 plus, even ships with linux
lfkdev··on Protonmail Recommended Browsers
I see critics on Protonmail, but Brave is an absolut legit fully open-sourced project. Nothing Sketchy, and no the opt-in Crypto Program is also nothing sketcht.
lfkdev··on Tell HN: Google Cloud suspended our production projects at 1am on Saturday
You should sue them. You have all the evidence on your side
lfkdev··on Coping with Copilot
With that logic using a calculator is also cheating.
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lfkdev··on Did we all believe a myth about depression?
Only if you don't tell her, and replace them with fake ones. Other wise the placebo effect is activ again
lfkdev··on Ask HN: What does Full-Stack Developer even mean?
Full-Stack means understanding the "Full-Stack" of whatevers tech the company is using. For most it means having a backend and frontend understanding like knowing java for frontennd and linux-basics as backend
lfkdev··on Helium has revenues of $6.5k/month after $365M investment from A16Z
Are you trying to say that ehtereum is a ponzi scheme? Do you think Bitcoin is also one? Don't get me wrong, there are alot of scams in the Crypto szene (like in any scene with a lot of money and not much regulation) but there are also legit, interesting projects. And to be clear; Ethereum is of course not a ponzi-scheme.
lfkdev··on Handshake – Decentralized naming and certificate authority
No, PoW is still the most secure out there. This is an important topic and theres nothing wrong with using energy for this.
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