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thinkmassive··on Parley: Federated, decentralised chat that speaks plain IRC
Slack was originally a side project built by a game dev company as a set of scripts on top of IRC. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slack_(software)#History
thinkmassive··on Toyota is taking the Corolla electric
Some excellent EVs are based on the CMA platform, which also supports combustion.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_Modular_Architecture

Polestar 2, Volvo XC40 & C40 (now EX40/CX40)

thinkmassive··on Jamesob's guide to running SOTA LLMs locally
Another option is renting cloud GPUs only when you need them. A server with 8x B200 is around $32/hr.

Obviously depends on the use case and threat model, but that hardware is publicly available at far less than $500k upfront.

thinkmassive··on An update on recent Claude Code quality reports
Plenty of room for a middle ground, like a static timestamp per session that shows expiration time, without the distraction of a constantly changing UI element.
thinkmassive··on Running Tesla Model 3's computer on my desk using parts from crashed cars
I've heard multiple people claim an ankle weight on the steering wheel is sufficient for hands-free driving.
thinkmassive··on Binance fired employees who found $1.7B in crypto was sent to Iran
Most bitcoin transactions actually happen off-chain (aka "off the books"), mostly through exchanges but also through decentralized layers like Lightning Network. It's also possible to physically transfer value by exchanging a signing device or seed phrase.
thinkmassive··on Paged Out Issue #8 [pdf]
2600 is still being published!

https://www.2600.com/Magazine/DigitalEditions

thinkmassive··on Waymo seeking about $16B near $110B valuation
In Virginia too, proposed in HB1124:

> The bill prohibits the use of autonomous vehicles as motor carriers of passengers or property without a human operator who (i) meets any state and federal qualifications for the operation of an autonomous vehicle; (ii) is physically present in such autonomous vehicle; and (iii) has the ability to monitor the performance of such vehicle and intervene in the operation of such vehicle, including operating such vehicle without the use of the automated driving system and stopping and turning off such vehicle if necessary.

https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB1124

thinkmassive··on More than 100 rally against data centers at Michigan Capitol
Are those all Google employees, or does 250 also include long-term on-site contractors? I'm thinking security, maintenance, janitorial, etc
thinkmassive··on IBM CEO says there is 'no way' spending on AI data centers will pay off
Mining bitcoin with a GPU hasn't been profitable in over a decade.
thinkmassive··on X210Ai is a new motherboard to upgrade ThinkPad X201/200
Archive link: https://web.archive.org/web/20250924185757/https://www.tpart...
thinkmassive··on Show HN: I built a local-first daily planner for iOS
This used to be handled by selling full-version upgrades and providing patches between versions for free.
thinkmassive··on Free software scares normal people
Which also makes it easier than ever for more users to run Linux as a desktop OS :)
thinkmassive··on ChatGPT Pulse
I might be out of the loop, but if anyone else is confused about the version number:

> If you were expecting iOS 19 after iOS 18, you might be a little surprised to see Apple jump to iOS 26, but the new number reflects the 2025-2026 release season for the software update.

https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/ios-26/

thinkmassive··on State of AI-assisted software development
What's the difference between 1 & 5?

I've personally witnessed every one of these, but those two seem like different ways to say the same thing. I would fully agree if one of them specified a negative impact to productivity, and the other was net neutral but artificially felt like a gain.

thinkmassive··on x402 — An open protocol for internet-native payments
See also L402 (previously LSAT), which has been in production use for half a decade at this point, by Lightning Labs (for their products Loop & Pool) via their Aperture proxy.

https://l402.tech/

thinkmassive··on Automating Distro Updates in CI
To be fair, it’s versions of Linux distros they test against in their CI.
thinkmassive··on Belling the Cat
Also possible they wanted to reduce the number of small animal carcasses to clean up, whether from the doorstep or interior of the home. Cats love to bring these as gifts to their keepers.
thinkmassive··on Open office is giving you secondhand ADHD
> This isn't about being “less productive” in the office. The data reveals something far more disturbing: I literally become a different developer.
thinkmassive··on U.S. alcohol consumption drops to a 90-year low, new poll finds
http://archive.today/ncezH
thinkmassive··on My Lethal Trifecta talk at the Bay Area AI Security Meetup
Interesting presentation, but the name is too generic to catch on.

> the lethal trifecta is about stealing your data. If your LLM system can perform tool calls that cause damage without leaking data, you have a whole other set of problems to worry about.

“LLM exfiltration trifecta” is more precise.

thinkmassive··on I bought a £16 smartwatch just because it used USB-C
Garmin Forerunner 945 LTE launched four years ago, and it has LTE plus an always-on screen.
thinkmassive··on Open Source Maintenance Fee
> The most powerful set of tools available to create your Windows installation experience. Open Source since 2004!
thinkmassive··on A non-anthropomorphized view of LLMs
GenAI _generates_ output
thinkmassive··on Bento: A Steam Deck in a Keyboard
> Raspberry Pi 5 variant: this is crucial, but I can’t find a good battery solution (i.e. a HAT of some kind.)

Check out the PiJuice HAT. It works great as a UPS for all RPi models.

thinkmassive··on The Internet 1997 – 2021
So cool! I didn’t realize there was an earlier version. I still have “The Internet: 01.01.00” (from Jan 1, 2000) with black background hanging on my wall.
thinkmassive··on Starting July 1, academic publishers can't paywall NIH-funded research
AHJ = authority having jurisdiction
thinkmassive··on A $20k American-made electric pickup with no paint, no stereo, no screen
It sounds like the truck is very modular so maybe they’ll offer a generator option for gasoline-powered charging. Otherwise you could throw a normal generator in the bed.
thinkmassive··on The Gruen Transfer is consuming the internet
Yep, the irrelevant videos are clearly targeted based on viewing history, but a completely separate topic from the search, and often with clickbait titles.

Tangentially related, I typically queue multiple videos, and within the past year YouTube has started inserting new videos into my queue. It’s always one by the same person of the currently playing video, placed next in the queue, and it only gets inserted after watching the current video for some period of time.

That last part made it difficult to diagnose. It’s extremely annoying and feels like gaslighting because it’s never a video I actually have an interest in watching.

Has anyone found a way to disable this?

thinkmassive··on Determining IaC ownership – a tag-based approach
It’s not common, and it’s awkward they used the acronym four times before defining it many paragraphs later, in the Introduction section.
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