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teekert··on The internet is kind of a predatory cesspit now
I think the opposite. The vast majority of kind and gently people are suddenly observing a small but ultra loud obnoxious minority take the stage and burn resources like nothing else to get maximum attention. Attention wins and you don’t get it by being gentle, balanced, kind and most importantly, don’t care about maximum attention.
teekert··on AI Agent Has Root
Not sure. It didn’t do “cat” so I guess that the file itself did’t leave the computer? Uploading all files in my ~/ would have taken noticible time and didn’t happen I think.
teekert··on AI Agent Has Root
I once opened Zed, howdy there was an agent window on the side, I log into Claude. I asked it to list what it could see and work with... And there my (priv) ssh keys come scrolling by. I don't know what I was expecting really, it's very logical, but also very in your face. They didn't leave my computer I guess, I just showed me the output of some `ls` commands. But still.

So now I have CC in a container, mounting it's own credentials/memory folder per project and only mounting one repo at a time (script in the repo itself). I feel a bit better about it now. It can still access my networks of course.

teekert··on The Dutch are filling gas wells with cement
"Some ventilation is still a good idea though."

I think a CO2 meter is an excellent idea, imho it is a good proxy for "air freshness", so also small particles etc. This year I want to try to ventilated more based on CO2 (so close the vents until CO2 becomes unacceptable) and monitor gas use (hooray for Home Assistant).

teekert··on The Dutch are filling gas wells with cement
It wasn't that insane when our summer nights were 24 degrees C instead of 29, what a difference that makes.
teekert··on The Dutch are filling gas wells with cement
Yes but... check the CO2 levels when you close the vents, and watch the water flow from your windows, and see the mold grow on the north wall.

Also, isolation keeps out the heat... Until it is inside, then it keeps it there. I agree it makes air condition more economical, but not many people have them (yet, it's booming).

teekert··on The Dutch are filling gas wells with cement
Currently I can't afford it tbh (it's like a couple of 1000 and only makes sense with solar panels?), but that may change soon. Still I wonder if it is cheaper? Electricity in winter is still very expensive and soon generated solar power is near worthless and we can't store it for the winter.

I admit I still have to do the exact math (for which I am in a good position with years worth of Home Assistant data).

If I had money to spare I'd be more idealistic about it really, also because I have a solar-panels + home battery shaped hole in my HA dashboard that hurts me ;)

teekert··on The Dutch are filling gas wells with cement
The impact for me is double gas prices compared to a couple of years ago. About 300€ a month, year round.
teekert··on The Dutch are filling gas wells with cement
The subsidies are a scam that make construction companies more wealthy, there has hardly been a drop in the price you eventually pay imho. I insulated my entire house myself... No subsidy. Ah well, it is more comfortable (though partly we are exchanging the ability to stay warm in winter with that of staying cool in summer), but to say I really notice that we use much less gas... Not really actually. Strange right? I expected much more from it.
teekert··on Omarchy development practices lead to predictable security issues
What about "ignoring him, not knowing him, just using his product" is defending? Are you using Nestle products? Ah you do? You must be all for stealing people's water well and selling them bottled water from it.
teekert··on Omarchy development practices lead to predictable security issues
"The company you keep." Ah that's what we're calling using someone's FOSS nowadays?
teekert··on Omarchy development practices lead to predictable security issues
Do you have examples? With Nitter and Xcancel down I can't even access twitter anymore, and it's not my habit to looking into the political views of developers. I don't really care. I liked FOSS because it was apolitical. Imagine Linus taking a political stance against all parties he doesn't agree with that use Linux. Imho this obsession with people's politics just has to stop. Omarchy. NixOS, LLMs. All interesting tech, and then a lot of shouting parties around it, sometimes both sides call each other nazis. I try to ignore them.
teekert··on Omarchy development practices lead to predictable security issues
Thank you, this is exactly my experience with reporting on Omarchy. There is a small vocal group that is very determined to pull politics into it somehow, but to most (a more silent, big majority) this is not even known.

I.e., when Omarchy is reported on in my country (on local blogs) nobody ever replies with anything political, it's just about the tech. But in some circles this is very different, somehow.

teekert··on Nitter project received cease and desist
Now I have no more ways to read Twitter... So, good?
teekert··on Nostr is an inclusive communication commons
Imo any fair future economy should embrace decentralized 9ie without a company taking a cut Apple style) frictionless sharing of value. Either that or we must have strive for a fair post-scarcity economy (Star Trek like). The way things are going I'm even more skeptical about achieving that.
teekert··on Apple introduces M6 and M5 Ultra
I guess, what I mean is: Why are these tiny aluminum boxes so optimal?

I just want my butt ugly repairable beast machine to do the same trick. Why is my ram not unified? I have an iGPU in my server, but it can't access the 64 GB ram (I got last year for 150 euro) directly or something? It's on the CPU right? Why did only Apple go for this architecture? So many questions...

teekert··on Apple introduces M6 and M5 Ultra
Is there anything comparable that runs Linux, doesn't necessarily look as good, but is perhaps (a lot) cheaper/fixable? Or is this really pretty optimal?

I mean this is not nvidia based right? It's all custom? So we can use it under Asahi perhaps?

I want to get something for my company to run local models, wondering what would be a good option.

teekert··on Quantum battery upends the rules of charging
A bigger battery is just more modules right? So (theoretically) large batteries charge at the same speed as small ones? You just just need more power than we can deliver though a cable in the time we want to charge them all to 100% at their maximum charging speed. How does "Quantum" solve that?
teekert··on Nostr is an inclusive communication commons
I indeed misunderstood, didn't realize that was you yourself you linked to. Sorry we are on the same boot it seems. Still, you're wrong about Nostr being useless without Lightning. And it is unhelpful to suggest it is.
teekert··on Nostr is an inclusive communication commons
If you have any other proposal for true micropayments (as in fractions of cents of value that flow freely) please, indulge me. I for one would prefer to give value via lightning over forcing my eyeballs on ads everywhere I look.

Same goes for the agents I deploy, I'd like to have methods of returning value for whatever value they extract (in the form of information).

teekert··on Nostr is an inclusive communication commons
Ok, yes, that is true (some podcasting 2.0 features are re-implementations, but there is much more and I wouldn't call them "crypto-people", that's just a term that paints those people in a bad light, especially here on HN, where "crypto" is a loaded term.

Yes part of podcasting 2.0 is lightning payments (which address a lot of issues people here have with crypto and has the potential to support indi devs and creators more fairly), but I admit I played with it and it is not there (yet).

Edit: And thank you for your thoughtful answer. There are some real lunatics on the crypto side indeed.

teekert··on Nostr is an inclusive communication commons
Crypto-people? As in that that other part of Homo Sapiens that is about to split off, or what? (Yes sarcasm) What are you even talking about? Please do some research before coming with such a response.

Anything that is crypto-adjacent or sometimes even "not actively opposing" cryptocurrencies is heavily disapproved of here. I get some of it, and agree with much of it, but it always goes too far. Always leads to conclusions not grounded in truth because as soon as the term comes up there is a heavy emotional reaction.

teekert··on Nostr is an inclusive communication commons
This is about the structure of metadata, why would you want to tie this to a file format? Even Apple realizes that is not the way to go. And what about transcripts then, Person/guest metadata, Chapter artwork, Live tags (so you can tune in live in a podcasting app)?

"Some subset of these features is in MP3" is not a valid response.

teekert··on Nostr is an inclusive communication commons
False. Nostr is not “Layer 3” in any standard technical sense. Nostr is an open, decentralized protocol for exchanging and publishing messages/events. It doesn't sit on top of Bitcoin or Lightning in the way Lightning sits on Bitcoin. You absolutely can build/use Nostr without Lightning. Stop with this (anti-crypto)-bro fear mongering (yes anti-crypto in brackets as 1 thing). It's not helping FOSS, it's doing big-tech's work.

You're just lying because you hate crypto. That is as bad as the blind evangelizing of cryptocurrencies.

teekert··on Nostr is an inclusive communication commons
That is really not doing it justice. Some people say the same about podcasting 2.0, but it is so much more, even Apple is starting to pick up features from it (chapters, artwork, transcripts). Not the Lighthing/boosting no. But that's ok right?

Many people get all emotional around crypto and blow it out of proportions imho. Sure there are many bad things about it, but to let your opinion of crypto taint so many nice tings is sad imho.

teekert··on Octopus intelligence may be related to never-before-seen mutation
Should have read the Children of Time series (Adrian Tchaikovsky) ;)
teekert··on Oceans hit highest temperature on record
Well, the Panama canal could have been at sea level, easy to traverse without the shenanigans, and with some of the wealth it generates flowing to the Panamanians. But then the CIA killed Omar Torrijos.
teekert··on iCloud+ Hide My Email addresses will remain on icloud.com
Indeed, Proton’s passmail are sometimes not accepted sadly.
teekert··on 4 in 10 travellers visit tourist sites to capture social media content
Hmm, actually.. yes?
teekert··on 4 in 10 travellers visit tourist sites to capture social media content
Maybe it's a local thing :)
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