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s0a··on Show HN: Open-source engine running Gemma 4 26B in 2 GB RAM on any M-series Mac
they will not. quantum computers as understood today will never run an LLM. read = destroy. and no cloning. wanna reload the entire model for each token? preparing quantum states is slow by any standard.
s0a··on OpenPrinter
just in time. this will certainly juice development of the equally important open source fax machine.
s0a··on US's big bet on quantum computing may not be legal
there is not yet a single approach to quantum computing that is provably scalable. so called experts may quibble, the uninformed (or financially aligned) will bloviate, bluster, and talking point us to death. but it's sadly just true. we're closer to useful fusion power than useful QC.
s0a··on Breakthroughs for batteries could soon make them better
been tracking this sector for years and we did hit a major inflection point in the last 12 months
s0a··on Bambu Lab is abusing the open source social contract
Bambu has proven time and again that they don't understand security. Unless, of course, it's theater and by design because real security would be inconvenient to state actors. Regardless, they gaslight and bludgeon those who wish to use the hardware they purchased in peace offline and away from prying eyes.

Having said all that, the hardware is very good. Software, not so much.

s0a··on I bought Friendster for $30k – Here's what I'm doing with it
PWA has access to bluetooth (BLE on all platforms) and NFC on Android
s0a··on I bought Friendster for $30k – Here's what I'm doing with it
why not a proper Progress Web App so it can run on any device independent of app stores? it's not as though a social app needs deep OS integration. I'm sure Claude or Codex could vibe code that in an afternoon.
s0a··on Show HN: Unfucked - version all changes (by any tool) - local-first/source avail
this seems insanely useful and well thought out. kinda surprised something like it doesn’t already exist. def useful in the age of agents
s0a··on I built Timeframe, our family e-paper dashboard
greyscale no longer available for purchase
s0a··on Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety after surveillance backlash
Frigate NVR + Amcrest cameras. 100% local, private, on-device AI object recognition and classification. Can use a Google Coral USB TPU to speed that up. Runs on hardware as modest as a Raspberry Pi.
s0a··on Data centers in space makes no sense
quantum computers on the sun!
s0a··on Grid: Free, local-first, browser-based 3D printing/CNC/laser slicer
I did not criticize your app. I offered that your blanket statement that "The browser is an extremely poor medium to deliver applications" does not comport with my experience. And it looks like I nailed it, too. It is the nature of your application. Had you said "the browser does not offer a real time API which I need for my application", there would have been nothing to say. This is obviously true. Even native desktop apps provide an inadequate environment for "hard RT". So I suspect that is also not a true requirement, either.
s0a··on Grid: Free, local-first, browser-based 3D printing/CNC/laser slicer
spend 30 seconds reading up first. fork it if you disagree.
s0a··on Grid: Free, local-first, browser-based 3D printing/CNC/laser slicer
Makerspaces and education are two areas of focus. no SW install, fully loads in under a second. through the Onshape integration and ability to run on Chromebooks, it's made its way into high school and university STEM curriculum.
s0a··on Grid: Free, local-first, browser-based 3D printing/CNC/laser slicer
it's a combination of JS, WASM, and WebGPU. the JIT engines are so much faster than you would imagine, especially if you tune your code right. workers allow for parallel processing on all of your CPU cores. WebGPU, at least in Chrome, is kind of amazing.
s0a··on Grid: Free, local-first, browser-based 3D printing/CNC/laser slicer
second KiCad. just had my first board printed a few months back. its an esp32 stackable daughterboard. first time doing anything like that outside of breadboarding, and it worked great.
s0a··on Grid: Free, local-first, browser-based 3D printing/CNC/laser slicer
this does not track with my experience, so possibly it's the nature of your app or the way it's coded. frameworks like react are notoriously crap. stick to pure html5/css/js and it can be extremely fast and light.
s0a··on Grid: Free, local-first, browser-based 3D printing/CNC/laser slicer
this. webkit is intentionally hobbled and years behind the standards. browsers on iOS are forced to use webkit for ginned up security excuses/reasons so that no real browsers that implement full standards can complete with heavily taxed app store spyware.
s0a··on Grid: Free, local-first, browser-based 3D printing/CNC/laser slicer
there are desktop builds https://grid.space/downloads.html that run entirely offline. you can also use the center menu to "install" it as a progressive web app.
s0a··on Grid: Free, local-first, browser-based 3D printing/CNC/laser slicer
of Kiri? it's in its 14th year. CAM was added in 2016, but the major work on that mode really kicked in around 2024.
s0a··on Grid: Free, local-first, browser-based 3D printing/CNC/laser slicer
probably adaptive milling, which will be in an upcoming release. sharp path changes in harder metals can wear or break tools if you don't go slow, which has other issues.
s0a··on Grid: Free, local-first, browser-based 3D printing/CNC/laser slicer
this does look like a bug in the default Ender 3 profile. easily fixable.
s0a··on Grid: Free, local-first, browser-based 3D printing/CNC/laser slicer
no shared lineage. Cura and Kiri started around the same time (2011/2012), but as completely separate projects. Cura is a C++ desktop app and Kiri has always been 100% browser-based (no cloud, all computation in the browser sandbox). the licenses are different, too. Cura/Prusa/Orca are GPL based and Kiri is MIT.
s0a··on Just the Browser
there are already a bunch of electron and chromium projects that give you just a simple and highly performant browser sandbox.
s0a··on I replaced Windows with Linux and everything's going great
can we just boot to a browser sandbox and call it a day? ditch all the old bloatware. we do not need native apps.
s0a··on Python 3.15’s interpreter for Windows x86-64 should hopefully be 15% faster
still python so it's only beating itself
s0a··on Making Minecraft Spherical
how about making the player smaller as you get closer to the core? then each layer would be the same. there would be no seams where layers double/halve.
s0a··on Making Minecraft Spherical
how about making the player smaller as you get closer to the core? then each layer appears the same. would be no seams where layers double/halve.