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pg5··on Tesla delays new 'affordable EV/stripped down Model Y' in the US
Isn't the Carolla the best selling car in the world?
pg5··on ElevenReader
When I type anything in their demo, it replies "I'm sorry but I can't I'm sorry but I can't..."
pg5··on Building a personal, private AI computer on a budget
I can run the 17b deepseek models (I know, these smaller ones are not actually deepseek) on my old 1080ti gaming desktop with 64 Gb of RAM. Not exactly speedy, but pretty neat nonetheless.
pg5··on WikiTok
The swiping mechanic is super smooth! I often find that website based swiping UIs are either too sensitive, not sensitive enough, or have weird acceleration. Not the case here.
pg5··on Free Web Hosting Area
Don't know why Adsense has a format that takes up a third of phone screens with position:fixed
pg5··on No one is disrupting banks – at least not the big ones
I personally want my bank to be as boring as possible.
pg5··on Ross Ulbricht granted a full pardon
So you think heroin, which frequently kills people the first time they try it, should be able to be sold without consequence? Certainly an interesting take.
pg5··on Ross Ulbricht granted a full pardon
Couldn't you buy stuff on Silk Road that would ruin your life, like meth or heroin? If true, not exactly a victimless crime to run the site.
pg5··on Bypassing disk encryption on systems with automatic TPM2 unlock
Yes.. it is...

It's a risk I'm fine with. Anything I care about is backed up separately.

pg5··on Bypassing disk encryption on systems with automatic TPM2 unlock
Fully agree, especially for a laptop. A password that combines three unrelated words and a few numbers takes about 3 seconds to type in.

I shut it down every day, so type in the password every day too. Short of a concussion, I'm not going to get locked out.

pg5··on Ford's electric Mach-E outsold the gas-powered Mustang in 2024
I don't think anyone buys a Mustang due to the brand...I mean it's a Ford.

Mustangs have a 4 second 0-60 and great handling (if you know what you're doing, they rival cars 3X the price on the famous tracks of the world).

Don't really get the comparison to a used EV - I guess you're right about straight line speed, but a used EV is pretty sketchy due to battery longevity and crappy reliability from the brands that can actually achieve this straight line speed.

For someone buying new, there isn't much left with comparable performance, considering the camaro no longer exists. Maybe the Nissan Z or the Supra, but those have had crazy dealer markups. If you know such a car in the 40-60k range, I'd love to know!

pg5··on Ford's electric Mach-E outsold the gas-powered Mustang in 2024
It's interesting because the EV was made fun of relentlessly when it came out, with Ford fans saying that it would be a flop.

Also, I'm biased, but I have to disagree with the "impractical vanity car" part. The current Mustang coupe is super fun to drive and affordable - the trunk is huge and it is quite comfortable for two people (even 3). The coyote v8 is a marvel of engineering - 460 HP with instant torque, but you can get 29 MPG with it on the highway (if you drive calmly). The turbo 4 is even more efficient.

To get anything comparable from European or Japanese coupes, you have to pay twice as much.

I apologize for the rambling.

pg5··on Hyundai just launched its cheapest EV in Japan
I would absolutely love a low tech electric car - like an Elantra hatchback EV. I hate how every EV has to be all touchscreen-based with fancy software that needs to be updated frrquently just to drive.
pg5··on DOOM CAPTCHA
Pretty cool, but a little on screen pad would be good for mobile users.
pg5··on Ask HN: What skills do you want to develop or improve in 2025?
Thanks, that looks super useful for many of the projects I have in mind!
pg5··on Ask HN: What skills do you want to develop or improve in 2025?
I want to learn how to make fairly simple characters in blender, so that I can make more unique games, as opposed to using 100% pre-made assets.
pg5··on Full LLM training and evaluation toolkit
It seems that SmolLM has some issues with forming grammatically correct sentences for longer responses.
pg5··on Bitcoin has made a new all-time high price
People in retirement certainly are
pg5··on Show HN: Product Hunt for Music
I built something just like this, but I found everyone would drop there tracks and never look at anybody else's stuff. I shut it down as it ended up being kidn of pointless.
pg5··on Ask HN: What were interviews like before Leetcode?
I haven't had to be an interviewee in 6+ years, but I can understand why people are upset. Competing with other applicants who spend dozens of hours per week memorizing leetcode solutions sounds not fun.
pg5··on UI elements with a hand-drawn, sketchy look
Glad to have found this! I've been looking for something like this because I'm working on a fun, quick side project and don't want to use something boring like bootstrap for it.
pg5··on Show HN: BandMatch – “Tinder” but for finding musicians to create bands/collab
Thanks for checking it out. That behavior is intentional and mirrors apps like Tinder and Bumble. Swiping left means you aren't interested in the profile and won't see it again.

Got a lot of feedback for needing a neutral skip, so that's on my list.

Also considering replacing the swiping UI entirely, as many people here pointed out that it's not really ideal.

pg5··on Show HN: BandMatch – “Tinder” but for finding musicians to create bands/collab
Updated both app stores to make it available in the UK, might take a bit to take effect
pg5··on Show HN: BandMatch – “Tinder” but for finding musicians to create bands/collab
Updated both app stores so it's available in the UK and Australia. Unsure how fast it takes effect.
pg5··on Show HN: BandMatch – “Tinder” but for finding musicians to create bands/collab
Ah thanks! I don't know how I missed #2, but both are easy fixes and I'll knock em out.
pg5··on Show HN: BandMatch – “Tinder” but for finding musicians to create bands/collab
Ah, I wasn't aware of the connotation. Luckily, this post is the only place where I've described it in that way.
pg5··on Show HN: BandMatch – “Tinder” but for finding musicians to create bands/collab
I didn't want to release the app without proper translations for the target countries. FYI - I haven't yet implemented the feature to toggle off "local-only" artists.
pg5··on Show HN: BandMatch – “Tinder” but for finding musicians to create bands/collab
Have you tried YC's Co-founder matching tool?
pg5··on Show HN: BandMatch – “Tinder” but for finding musicians to create bands/collab
RoomMateMatch, JobMatch, and ToiletPaperMatch are all in the works, I just have to copy paste the repo and find-replace the brand names.
pg5··on Show HN: BandMatch – “Tinder” but for finding musicians to create bands/collab
A lot of people have mentioned this, so I'll add the toggle to disable "local artists only" to the top of my TODO. Though I suppose genre filtering would need to be built first, or it would be obnoxious.
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