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maxbaines··on Dutch governments builds alternative for Microsoft based on NixOS
The patent does not include monitoring the screen and system audio.
maxbaines··on Dutch governments builds alternative for Microsoft based on NixOS
The patent does not include monitoring using a camera or microphone. https://image-ppubs.uspto.gov/dirsearch-public/print/downloa...
maxbaines··on Ask HN: Why are OpenAI, Claude, and Grok simultaneously down? Coincidence?
My mistake, in fact it was google not OpenAI, makes sense OpenAI doesn't.
maxbaines··on Ask HN: Why were OpenAI, Claude, and Grok simultaneously down?
They all rent compute from SpaceXAI
maxbaines··on I created an open-src, PC gaming accesibility select to speak screen reader tool
Cool, thanks for working on accessibility.
maxbaines··on Is it a pint?
Great minds...
maxbaines··on Is it a pint?
Agree this is a fact - we mark our glasses because of it. https://www.gov.uk/weights-measures-and-packaging-the-law/pr...
maxbaines··on Wikipedia: WikiProject AI Cleanup
This is hardly surprising given - New partnerships with tech companies support Wikipedia’s sustainability. Which relies on Human content.

https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2026/01/15/wikipedia-ce...

maxbaines··on Michelangelo's first painting, created when he was 12 or 13
Thankyou
maxbaines··on Linus Torvalds' Latest Open-Source Project Is AudioNoise – Made with Vibe Coding
This should make you think..
maxbaines··on AI coding assistants are getting worse?
I think as the article mentions garbage in garbage Out, we are more trusting and expect more. Coding assistants don't just need a good model, they need a good harness, these methods have also changed recently.
maxbaines··on AI coding assistants are getting worse?
Not seeing this in my day to day, in fact the opposite.
maxbaines··on Creators of Tailwind laid off 75% of their engineering team
I nearly always use Tailwind, had no idea there was even a Plus offering. Checking the site I see it now but it’s a subtle link. Also wonder if shad/cn had something to do with the reduced usage of plus.
maxbaines··on Asus Ascent GX10
Looks like a pretty useful offering, 128Gb Memory Unified, with the ability to be chained. IN the Uk release price looks to be £2999.99 Nice to see AI Inference becoming available to us all, rather than using a GPU ..3090etc.

https://www.scan.co.uk/products/asus-ascent-gx10-desktop-ai-...

maxbaines··on My friends spent thousands on engagement photos, so I built an AI alternative
I am very much pro AI and use it daily for everything from code to product photos, and games. But I feel these moments are one of the few you actually want to keep AI away from. Imagine looking back in hopefully 50years at an AI image.
maxbaines··on Standard Thermal: Energy Storage 500x Cheaper Than Batteries
There are plenty of slag heaps (spoil tips) near coal plants, wonder how it could work with those? I guess the specific heat capacity is greater..
maxbaines··on Standard Thermal: Energy Storage 500x Cheaper Than Batteries
This type of plant is generally used for emergency power to balance the grid, whilst other plant come online.
maxbaines··on AI-powered Reddit marketing for indie founders
Really like the idea of this, and good timing for me. Will give this a try over the weekend.
maxbaines··on Digg.com is back
Have a soft spot for digg
maxbaines··on Show HN: I was curious about spherical helix, ended up making this visualization
Best thing I have seen on HN in ages. Also interesting for a CNC geek.
maxbaines··on GPT-5 is already (ostensibly) available via API
Pelican riding a bicycle is only official when it comes from Simon Willison https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/6/six-months-in-llms/
maxbaines··on Try the Mosquito Bucket of Death
good bugs lol
maxbaines··on Try the Mosquito Bucket of Death
Yeah lets just kill all the bugs, good move.
maxbaines··on Nuclear Reactor SIM by PeteTimesSix
Reminds me of http://www.gamtech.com/oakflat.aspx loved blowing triggering SCRAM as a kid
maxbaines··on N8n vs. node-red
Thankyou for the reminder, long term Node-RED user here, I recently looked again at n8n and wondered why I never took it to far, this is the reason. When you see a git icon and repo it's easy missed.
maxbaines··on Show HN: Ego – A PaaS API for stateful AI personas
System Prompt aside and not that critical today, however you look at it you are stuffing context. MCP is good at that and it works in most AI‘s.
maxbaines··on Show HN: Ego – A PaaS API for stateful AI personas
Say what you will about it. MCP surely has to be your primary interface?
maxbaines··on Windsurf says Anthropic is limiting its direct access to Claude AI models
When a competitor buys you this happens. There are plenty of exceptions, however.
maxbaines··on Show HN: Landing Lab – A growing collection of landing page templates
Love them, and your style. I will likely buy these.
maxbaines··on The Agent2Agent Protocol (A2A)
I agree with your opinion here, not sure we should refer to it as MCP security however, given that 'MCP doesn't have security flaws in the protocol itself'
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