Unfortunate, but that's the way the cookie crumbles.

This is my setup for Home Assistant voice, parakeet for STT, GLM 5.3 to generate responses, and Kokoro for TTS. I use local routing for simple commands like turn on the lights, but if I want to ask questions or something, it gets routed to GLM 5.3. It is basically free, half a cent per turn maybe, so in a month I may spend a dollar? Not even usually.

Much larger though, I think I went full precision and its around 2GB.

Seems like something more fundamental.

That's too long to be so far behind. This release looks like it puts them back in it but if they don't ship anything again for a year plus it's hard to imagine building on top of them and watching the world go by.

As others note, this is most relevant for us here, Google does not need to chase YC developers and the like. They can move more slowly, they have the size to do that. But it does suggest a lot of dysfunction given they have the world at their fingertips and couldn't seem to ship anything for a year.

But this was a bad faith temper tantrum, plain to see for anybody looking.

Of course, if a solar panel is broken, ground up and falls into a canal, it would put some heavy metals into the water.

The risk is basically zero and far lower than any other power generation source. It is a nonsense, bad faith "concern".

And yes, I do get the point that if you suggested we build $6B desalination plants to grow lettuce people would balk and say, "That's not worth the money!". We should use less water on crops.

I was shocked when I saw how much batteries contribute, honestly don't hear about them much but they have scaled a lot in recent years.

Every plant built would give us a much needed buffer and in the good times could even let us refill ground water (we'd never do that, I know).

What does the toggle on for "Image creation" mean? Is that now restricted? Or is toggle off mean it is restricted?

You work in grid/industrial?

The market no longer cares about fundamentals, corporate structure, controls etc.

Too slow by my judgment.

The longer stem used to have a better chance at contacting your face for some staying power. The shorter stems don't.

They looked sleeker and more balanced with the longer stem and in the ear more like jewelry.

I have no idea why Apple has made AirPods harder to handle, impaired mic placement, and limited the battery capacity with shorter stems.

The longer stems offered more room for battery, got the mic closer to your mouth, and were so much easier to handle, manipulate etc.

Can't really fathom why they shortened the stem and made it harder for everyone, themselves and users alike.