Hacker News: EbNar

New comment by EbNar in "Help Keep Thunderbird Alive"

EbNar — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 11:14:42 +0000

I'm just using Evolution. Switched from Thunderbird a few weeks ago. So far, so good.

New comment by EbNar in "Kagi is contemplating the removal of the assistant from its professional tier"

EbNar — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 17:16:26 +0000

I've never user Google or DDG assistants, tbh. My use for Kagi's assistant is for stuff related to work. I'm a university prof., so it "saves me a bit of time" while checking for errors in assignments, clarify concepts to explain to students and so on. I almost never use it to search for stuff.

New comment by EbNar in "Kagi is contemplating the removal of the assistant from its professional tier"

EbNar — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 12:57:03 +0000

Yeah, that reply is a mildly infuriating, in view of what they're planning.

New comment by EbNar in "Kagi is contemplating the removal of the assistant from its professional tier"

EbNar — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 11:30:57 +0000

Well, no... I use maybe 1/5 to 1/3 of may month allowance on Assistant. It's nice to have. And I subscribed to Kagi also because of it. So, the Assistant going away would mean my expensive Duo subscription going away as well.

New comment by EbNar in "Kagi is contemplating the removal of the assistant from its professional tier"

EbNar — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 11:28:50 +0000

Again, right now the assistant is entirely optional. Oh, summarizer and translate are base on the same models, by the way.

New comment by EbNar in "Kagi is contemplating the removal of the assistant from its professional tier"

EbNar — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 11:27:20 +0000

You're looking at the finger and missing the Moon.

New comment by EbNar in "Kagi is contemplating the removal of the assistant from its professional tier"

EbNar — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 11:14:43 +0000

That's why I don't think anybody is going to pay for the Assistant alone.

New comment by EbNar in "Kagi is contemplating the removal of the assistant from its professional tier"

EbNar — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 11:13:50 +0000

Friendly reminder that you're not forced to use it. "I despise soccer, so soccer should disappear".

New comment by EbNar in "Kagi is contemplating the removal of the assistant from its professional tier"

EbNar — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 10:57:56 +0000

Well, good for you, I guess. But for the rest of us who use the Assistant this would be a net downgrade, AKA paying the same for less.

New comment by EbNar in "Kagi is contemplating the removal of the assistant from its professional tier"

EbNar — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 09:56:48 +0000

From the thread on kagifeedback.org:

"As we prepare to launch Kagi Assistant as a standalone subscription, we're considering changes to how it will be available on the Pro and Starter plans (Search subscriptions).

Currently these plans let you use the Kagi Assistant each month up to the AI cost value included in your subscription, similar to how it works on Ultimate. The change we're consideringn would turn this into more of a trial where you'd still have access to the Assistant, but only up to a fixed usage cap. Once you hit that cap, you'd need to subscribe to either the Ultimate plan or the Kagi Assistant's own subscription to keep using it (same mechanism we already have for Search)."

Kagi is contemplating the removal of the assistant from its professional tier

EbNar — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 09:56:48 +0000

Article URL: https://kagifeedback.org/d/10116-kagi-assistant-standalone-subscription

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47423624

Points: 84

# Comments: 106

New comment by EbNar in "Kagi Translate now supports LinkedIn Speak as an output language"

EbNar — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 06:29:59 +0000

Just discovered you can type any language in the drop down menu... I tried with a dialect from my region (Italy) and it's working beautifully :-D

New comment by EbNar in "Kagi Translate now supports LinkedIn Speak as an output language"

EbNar — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 05:31:34 +0000

This is actually great, lol.

New comment by EbNar in "Proton and NordVPN blocked in Spain during soccer matches"

EbNar — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 09:18:02 +0000

Link is in spanish. Here it goes a translation

https://bandaancha-eu.translate.goog/articulos/laliga-telefo...

FYI, Cloudflare already is almost entirely blocked in Spain during soccer, so this is a "smart" move to make it difficult for people to watch pirate IPTV streams...

Proton and NordVPN blocked in Spain during soccer matches

EbNar — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 09:18:02 +0000

Article URL: https://bandaancha.eu/articulos/laliga-telefonica-escalan-bloqueos-11668

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47045324

Points: 13

# Comments: 4

New comment by EbNar in "The Myth of the ThinkPad"

EbNar — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 10:17:01 +0000

its*

New comment by EbNar in "The Myth of the ThinkPad"

EbNar — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 07:07:46 +0000

I'm at my second E-series ThinkPad right now. My "old" one, from 2018, is still rocking and my son is happily using it.

Reason for the E-series: cheaper than T, good keyboards, easily serviceable/expandable and the feeling that it's build quality is a bit better than that of other laptops of similar price. Overall, very happy with them.

New comment by EbNar in "Ask HN: If you had $10M in the bank, would you still show up to your job?"

EbNar — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 08:29:48 +0000

Yup. In may case, if I'm lucky enough I may get a permanent position relatively soon. That would surely improve my productivity a lot. Finger crossed.

New comment by EbNar in "Ask HN: If you had $10M in the bank, would you still show up to your job?"

EbNar — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 20:52:11 +0000

Probably so. I'm in academia as a teacher and as a researcher. I like teaching and I like research. If I were "rich" I'd probably do both things with a much clearer state of mind.

New comment by EbNar in "I dumped Windows 11 for Linux, and you should too"

EbNar — Sun, 11 Jan 2026 19:22:51 +0000

I'm a Linux users since 1999ish and I find extremely annoying and condescending these kind of titles.

What about "Hey! I tried Linux and it's cool! Let me show you!", instead?