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tonfreed··on There is minimal downside to switching to open models
Even just one of the smaller models is good enough for the grunt work I use them for 90% of the time. Currently doing most of my home hobby projects with OpenCode Go and Qwen 3.7 Plus, it's not great at diagnosing issues in the code, but if I can clearly articulate a test suite or boilerplate refactoring it works fine.
tonfreed··on 'Capitalism has to become more humane': a Stanford economist on big tech
I think you're missing the point OP was making. He's saying it's profitable but not optimal, those who recognised that quickly outstripped the slave owners in wealth.

I could ask you about your spending habits and why you don't pump all your money into an S&P 500 ETF, but that's ignoring time and consumption preferences you have, as well as perceived opportunity cost. It's not a useful observation to make at an individual level.

tonfreed··on Claude Code to be removed from Anthropic's Pro plan?
This reeks of the start of enshittification. Very doubtful it was a "test"
tonfreed··on GPT‑Rosalind for life sciences research
Who's at fault when it suggests feeding someone cyanide?
tonfreed··on Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (April 2026)
I'm working on moving as much as possible to self hosted options. Have forgejo, Authentik and Nextcloud set up so far. Slowly finding alternatives for things, I think my next goal is Nostr
tonfreed··on An industrial piping contractor on Claude Code [video]
I think it's awesome that AI is enabling this. I think the the future of software engineering is in helping make this kind of thing resilient and removing the fragility that AI generated code always seems to inject
tonfreed··on Discord faces backlash over age checks after data breach exposed 70k IDs
Must have just been the ones I liked that died. Will have to go looking
tonfreed··on Discord faces backlash over age checks after data breach exposed 70k IDs
I miss the decentralized web and phpBB forums. If you didn't like one community, it was super easy to find one you did.
tonfreed··on GNU Hurd Is "Almost There" with x86_64, SMP and ~75% of Debian Packages Building
I always liked reading about it in uni in the mid-late 00s. It made me feel smart in my OS tutorials when I could rattle off all the design choices and how they differed from Linux and Windows
tonfreed··on Two kinds of AI users are emerging
My observations match this. I can get fresh things done very quickly, but when I start getting into the weeds I eventually get too frustrated with babysitting the LLM to keep using it.
tonfreed··on Pricing Changes for GitHub Actions
Last place I worked had long running end to end tests that would take 30 minutes on GHA (compared to maybe 5 locally) on every PR. This is going to make that a very expensive endeavour
tonfreed··on Leaving the U.S. for the Netherlands
Real mask off comment here, respect
tonfreed··on Steam censors LGBTQ+ content on behalf of the Russian Government
Amazing that we can propagandise people for decades to accept cultural relativism and then expect people to get upset over this.
tonfreed··on OpenAI asks U.S. for loan guarantees to fund $1T AI expansion
In an era where the working poor are struggling to buy groceries and pay rent, these clowns want government money to make a better chat bot.

What a complete circus.

tonfreed··on Nearly 90% of Windows Games Now Run on Linux
Yeah, had no luck getting windows tools running. I'm only an amateur mixer thank God, but I found this list a while ago and have been having mixed success here and there https://github.com/alex-tee/lv2-plugins-ultimate-list

Just running these through reaper and it's ok enough.

tonfreed··on Nearly 90% of Windows Games Now Run on Linux
I've been full-time Linux again for about 12 months, gaming isn't my main problem anymore. I think the only thing I'm having a bit of difficulty with is trying to get Jedi Knight working without crashing my entire computer.

Biggest problem I'm running into now is replacing all my music mixing tools. It's getting there, but it's a whole process.

tonfreed··on Recall for Linux
I recently went back to full time Linux and the gaming aspect is fine with my RTX-3090. I don't really play anything like COD or Battlefield with all the invasive anticheat though, so your mileage may vary
tonfreed··on Half of America's Voting Machines Are Now Owned by a MAGA Oligarch
We use paper in Australia and generally have a result by the next day (2010 being an exception due to hung parliament). We also have a very strict chain of ownership and auditible vote counts ledgers, if they're really looking for anti-fraud measures they could come and observe our AEC
tonfreed··on Inkjet printer with DRM-free ink will be launched via a crowdfunding campaign
Patents around printing are out of control. All the major manufacturers cross license everything from each other
tonfreed··on YouTube says it'll bring back creators banned for Covid and election content
The best disinfectant is sunlight. I'm similarly appalled by some of the behaviour after a certain political activist was murdered, but I don't want them to get banned or deplatformed. I'm hoping what we're seeing here is a restoration of the ability to disagree with each other
tonfreed··on Tesla is trying to hide 3 Robotaxi accidents
I'm unsurprised by that. I'm really hoping it quickly improves now that more people are using it
tonfreed··on ABC yanks Jimmy Kimmel’s show ‘indefinitely’ after threat from FCC chair
Why would we defend the rights of someone that refuses to defend ours?
tonfreed··on Investigation into 4chan and its compliance with duties to protect its users
Great. Now let's see them enforce it.
tonfreed··on A Research Preview of Codex
Agreed. One of my mentors early on was a self taught engineer and honestly I'd trust him a lot more than some of the engineers with degrees
tonfreed··on 4chan Sharty Hack And Janitor Email Leak
So did 4chan, god help you if you abused a cat
tonfreed··on Yale professor who studies fascism fleeing US to work in Canada
The entire American political establishment has been on a worrying slide to authoritarianism for most of my life. I remember the flow over here in Australia after 9/11, and the threats that were made on the public if they didn't go along with it.

Didn't get any better under Obama, we saw a massive increase in the surveillance state under his tenure. It was incredible how quickly the media dropped the journo wiretapping scandal.

Let's also not forget the summer of love riots and the behaviour of protestors storming the congress over justice Kavanagh, they've galvanised the right somewhat. Over here we have a growing right wing movement that came from the COVID lockdowns, where our elites and institutions pretty much burned every scrap of goodwill we afforded them for seemingly no end.

The post war paradigm is dead, and I don't think we have the language to describe the new one that's currently forming yet.

tonfreed··on Yale professor who studies fascism fleeing US to work in Canada
I was told it was just voted out last time. That's how it works, right? Just vote your way out of dictatorship?
tonfreed··on Lobsters blocking UK users because of the Online Safety Act
It's probably more of a "I don't like Brendan Eich" thing, but the maintainer can't really say that without sounding unhinged.

Then again, I actively go out of my way to be toxic on the internet, so maybe they have a point

tonfreed··on Google kills diversity hiring targets
It's telling that culture will instantly lump anyone successful into the "white" category. I feel like this diversity drive was broken from the start
tonfreed··on The Engagement Is Better on Bluesky
Yeah, but it's funnier seeing people get bodied by community notes on X
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