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New comment by pil0u in "Show HN: I trained a 125M model to autocomplete piano on-device"

pil0u — Thu, 20 Aug 2026 13:27:49 +0000

Even after a few years deep into AI, I find your application absolutely magic. This is very inspiring, thank you for sharing.

New comment by pil0u in "Qwen3.8-2.4T"

pil0u — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 16:30:28 +0000

I don't understand the logic behind model sizes and quantization.

Suppose I have 100GB of unified memory, how should I know which model suits it best? I understand how a 2.4T model wouldn't fit, but I don't understand the impact of quantization and whether I should use a 200G model quantised to fit say 90GB of memory, or a non-quantised 90G model.

New comment by pil0u in "Future euro banknote design proposals"

pil0u — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 22:10:09 +0000

Added 20+ languages in the mix, based on the available languages in the survey

New comment by pil0u in "Future euro banknote design proposals"

pil0u — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 21:32:30 +0000

I can get behind some comments here that the buildings are representative of the institution of Europe, not the people. I love the birds, and probably naturally settled to the one where the buildings are less visible ^^

New comment by pil0u in "Future euro banknote design proposals"

pil0u — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 21:11:20 +0000

I found it hard to vote just by saying "I like this design" for each one individually. Since we have a set of limited option, I'd rather compare and pick the ones I prefer in comparison of the others.

I helped Claude build a simple web app (static, local, oss) to make you choose among pairs, to progressively determine your personal preference.

It outputs your top 3, you can share the summary like this:

  Recto Verso Euro  
  My top euro banknote designs:  
   Design H  
   Design D
   Design B
  → https://pil0u.github.io/recto-verso-euro/#r=HDBJIGECFA&c=68

It's very WIP, but I found this approach useful to fill the survey, so why not share

New comment by pil0u in "Weave Robotics launches Isaac 1, a $7,999 home robot with Fall 2026 deliveries"

pil0u — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 10:37:15 +0000

Top comments discuss the price, the design, the tech, which is what I expect on HN of course.

I do question: why? $8000 to pick up the laundry and fold clothes. Good god, is this what innovation and technology aspires to achieve in 2026?

Walmart to Acquire Vibe.co to Expand Access to Connected TV Advertising

pil0u — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 15:40:43 +0000

Article URL: https://corporate.walmart.com/news/2026/06/23/walmart-to-acquire-vibe-co-to-expand-access-to-connected-tv-advertising

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48646814

Points: 3

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New comment by pil0u in "Cloudflare Flagship"

pil0u — Wed, 27 May 2026 09:31:13 +0000

Statsig is a half-baked product bought out by OpenAI for data harvesting. We already reported 2 documentation issues and 1 critical technical issue, and we're barely using it.

New comment by pil0u in "Show HN: AI memory with biological decay (52% recall)"

pil0u — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 23:19:07 +0000

I appreciate your comment, and can relate. I tested a couple of "memory" systems, doing some heavy lifting or seemingly implementation of theories (layering, hot memory, etc), I can't really tell if they improve performance, quality or reliability on a task. But they do increase the overhead, for the LLM and for me, that's for sure.

One problem I have is that now CLAUDE.md or skills tend to get version controlled within projects, I suspect they could get in the way sometimes.

There is already so much fatigue induced by these systems, adding another one willingly does sound crazy.

New comment by pil0u in "Ping-pong robot beats top-level human players"

pil0u — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 08:16:18 +0000

That is simply not true. We call it "tennis de table" when it comes to the sport, and we call it "ping pong" when you play at a camping in flip flops.

New comment by pil0u in "I fought my smartphone addiction"

pil0u — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 13:45:12 +0000

I am not the author, his blog posts about the topic were very helpful in my process to 1. become aware of my own addiction 2. be confident in changing habits, and phone.

A lot of discussions online involve "you can disable notifications on a normal smartphone" or "you can use Screen Time to limit yourself" or, the worst, "just have some discipline". Imagine telling a cigarette or a drug addict "just have some discipline", it makes zero sense and shows a total lack of understanding of what is at stake.

There are various kinds of addictions, and saying "smartphone addiction" is a convenient way to hide more individual potential issues. For me, it is "internet addiction", and the ability to be connected any second with a small computer in my pocket is part of the problem. So replacing the object itself is, for my case, a necessary first step.

This article resonates a lot for me, and in 2026 the offer of "dumbphones" seems to have reached a level where people have some choice. To each their flavour, I'm testing one, let's see where that leads.

I fought my smartphone addiction

pil0u — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 13:34:55 +0000

Article URL: https://ploum.net/2026-03-13-phone_addiction.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47387238

Points: 6

# Comments: 2

Mudita Kompakt

pil0u — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 19:09:18 +0000

Article URL: https://mudita.com/products/phones/mudita-kompakt/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47222569

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by pil0u in "Never buy a .online domain"

pil0u — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 13:53:44 +0000

One conclusion is:

> Not adding the domain to Google Search Console immediately.

I don't understand. What is Google Search Console, and should I add all my domains there right now?

New comment by pil0u in "Discord/Twitch/Snapchat age verification bypass"

pil0u — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 08:44:03 +0000

I agree that government legislation is part of the equation, but I don't agree that moving to other platforms is not a solution. If Discord were to witness a significant exodus of paying users because of this new verification process, they would probably start fighting the fight themselves.

That said, I don't expect this to happen, switching is very hard for many reasons.

Astuto is now officially unmantained

pil0u — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 23:38:07 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/astuto/astuto/issues/487

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46953197

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by pil0u in "TikTok's 'addictive design' found to be illegal in Europe"

pil0u — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 13:04:57 +0000

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

New comment by pil0u in "AI Usage Policy"

pil0u — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 12:38:21 +0000

The major companies that made available the very tools they use to create this spam code, applied the exact same ethics.

New comment by pil0u in "Proton spam and the AI consent problem"

pil0u — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 07:48:58 +0000

This is illegal practice in the EU

New comment by pil0u in "EU–INC – A new pan-European legal entity"

pil0u — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 11:20:33 +0000

I read through the speech, I'm still not sure if this is adopted or not. I found https://www.eu-inc.org/ which seems to be the origin of the proposal, but mentions a final implementation for 2027.

Just heard about this initiative as a European, I don't have an opinion yet.