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rationably··on Launch HN: IonRouter (YC W26) – High-throughput, low-cost inference
From the Privacy Policy:

> When you use the Service, we collect and store: > Input prompts and parameters submitted to the API

For how long and what for apart from the transient compliance/safety checks?

rationably··on OpenAI is walking away from expanding its Stargate data center with Oracle
While we have you here, could you please clarify a point in your privacy policy?

> For data collected from the UI or other usage: We retain the personal information described in this privacy notice for as long as you use our Services

I have two quick questions:

1. Why are UI prompts and responses kept for the entire life of the account?

2. When an account is closed, is the data actually deleted or just de-identified?

rationably··on Textadept
There is also NotepadNext which is oddly similar, sans the Lua: https://github.com/dail8859/NotepadNext
rationably··on Zuckerberg's internal emails rendered as Facebook Messenger
Is there a link to the dataset in machine-readable format?
rationably··on Show HN: Sweep, Open-weights 1.5B model for next-edit autocomplete
Do you plan to release Sweep 3B/7B on HF?
rationably··on jQuery 4
Unbelievably, still supports IE 11 which is scheduled to be deprecated in jQuery 5.0
rationably··on Show HN: Real-time system that tracks how news spreads across 200k websites
And to add to the above, is there a list of the websites you use and any information on sampling methodology? Is it perfectly random or weighted? Do you trust the timestamp from an RSS feed?
rationably··on Monotype font licencing shake-down
Comments like this make me think that a "downvote" button at HN would be quite handy.
rationably··on Dillo, a multi-platform graphical web browser
Have you considered Sourcehut? sr.ht
rationably··on Show HN: A private, flat monthly subscription for open-source LLMs
New Qwen3 or older Qwen2.5 in larger sizes would be great.
rationably··on We already live in social credit, we just don't call it that
> some kind of minority, politically active, or in legal trouble

That's... Sufficiently concerning, don't you think?

rationably··on Show HN: A private, flat monthly subscription for open-source LLMs
Do you plan to offer a high-quality FIM models in the bundle? Would be handy to perform autocompletion locally, say via the Qwen3-coder.
rationably··on Show HN: News Alert - Real-time global news monitoring with keyword alerts
https://archive.is/bJR6p
rationably··on Show HN: News Alert - Real-time global news monitoring with keyword alerts
The age of "vibe coding" is upon us.

- Introduction section in the privacy policy:

    Flask App ("we", "our", or "us") respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal data.
- Contact us section, also in the privacy policy:

    Email: privacy@worldnewsmonitor.com
    Phone: +1 (123) 456-7890
    Address: 123 Main St, City, Country
rationably··on Pyrefly: A new type checker and IDE experience for Python
...or Marshmallow, which allows one to do many complex validations in a relatively trivial manner.
rationably··on Show HN: HelixDB – Open-source vector-graph database for AI applications (Rust)
I can use it for personal needs, sure. Bringing AGPL in a closed-source project is a no go for obvious reasons.
rationably··on $20K Bounty Offered for Optimizing Rust Code in Rav1d AV1 Decoder
It says nothing about "asian people". Verbatim quote, in full:

> The contest is open to individuals or teams of individuals who are legal residents or citizens of the United States, United Kingdom, European Union, Canada, New Zealand, or Australia.

rationably··on Show HN: HelixDB – Open-source vector-graph database for AI applications (Rust)
The fact that it's "backed by NVIDIA" and licensed under AGPL-3.0 makes me wonder about the cost(s) of using it in production.

Could you share any information on the pricing model?

rationably··on How to vibe code for free: Running Qwen3 on your Mac, using MLX
If you are on Debian, ROCm is already packaged in Debian 13 (Trixie).

llama.cpp can be built using Debian-supplied libraries with ROCm backend enabled.

rationably··on Multiple Russian Threat Actors Targeting Microsoft Device Code Authentication
From commenter's website [1], "About" section:

> living a loveless life in the dusk of decadent Western Europe

If it quacks like a duck...

[1] https://world-playground-deceit.net/about/me.html

rationably··on Why does everyone run ancient Postgres versions?
https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
rationably··on State of S3 – Your Laptop is no Laptop anymore – a personal Rant
Can relate, try searching "s0ix battery drain".
rationably··on She Made $10/ Month Defrauding Apps Like Uber
> she kitted out her home PC with a terabyte of memory and an Nvidia processor so she could play Counter-Strike and World of Warcraft.

I wonder if anyone bothered to proofread the article.

rationably··on Sublime Merge
> yet to see anything better.

Try Beyond Compare v5.

rationably··on KeePassXC Debian maintainer has removed all network features
Could you provide an example where maintainer "ripped out" a feature because of a strictly political reason?
rationably··on KeePassXC Debian maintainer has removed all network features
Thank you, Internet stranger. This LLMNR/mDNS dichotomy has been on the back of my mind for quite some time. You've made it clear.