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New comment by pkaye in "Mozilla says stricter antitrust measures against Google 'threaten Firefox'"

pkaye — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 20:58:32 +0000

They could fund Lady Bird browser. Less legacy code to worry about. Run it lean like Blender.

New comment by pkaye in "Lovable raises $400M Series C"

pkaye — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 19:21:04 +0000

That looks pretty good. How did you do the graphics?

New comment by pkaye in "Grok 4.6 scores 61 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index"

pkaye — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 18:40:19 +0000

They don't do request based pricing anymore. Its just token based (1 credit = $0.01) plus some bonus credit based on which plan you subscribe. So for example a $39 plan get $70 of credits.

https://github.com/features/copilot/plans

https://github.blog/changelog/2026-08-06-kimi-k3-is-now-avai...

New comment by pkaye in "Grok 4.6 scores 61 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index"

pkaye — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 18:04:17 +0000

GitHub Copilot does have Kimi K3.

New comment by pkaye in "FDA report reveals where Taylor Farms sent its lettuce–and it raises questions"

pkaye — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 23:36:44 +0000

The article mentioned about California. Based on California public health officials, most of those were traced to recent international travel or visits to taco bell in affected states.

https://www.sfchronicle.com/health/article/california-cyclos...

New comment by pkaye in "The shingles vaccine may reduce the risk of dementia"

pkaye — Sun, 12 Jul 2026 19:12:20 +0000

Interestingly UK took a different approach and only started offering chicken pox vaccines for children this year.

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/free-chickenpox-vaccinati...

New comment by pkaye in "Under federal rule, colleges must leave grads better off or lose financial aid"

pkaye — Sun, 12 Jul 2026 18:48:47 +0000

Places like Australia, Canada and UK and many others use higher international student fees to subsidize local students. In terms of % international students to total, Australia is among the highest at 31.6%, Canada at 21.2% and US at 5.3%. So many of these countries are solving their funding problem on the back of international students.

https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/share-of-students-from-ab...

New comment by pkaye in "New York City to ban deceptive subscription practices"

pkaye — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 20:28:12 +0000

Some people say they use the fine print as a reminder to cut back on the tips proportionally.

New comment by pkaye in "We're extending access to Fable 5 on all paid plans through July 12"

pkaye — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 05:19:40 +0000

I have a feeling they are waiting for the upcoming ChatGPT release to decide.

New comment by pkaye in "Kimi K2.7 Code is generally available in GitHub Copilot"

pkaye — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 06:39:27 +0000

The V4 models are already in the Azure AI foundry so maybe a good chance of it coming.

New comment by pkaye in "Kimi K2.7 Code is generally available in GitHub Copilot"

pkaye — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 06:20:09 +0000

Azure. It was already available on the Azure AI Foundry before.

https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/reference/ai-models/model...

New comment by pkaye in "Nano Banana 2 Lite"

pkaye — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:49:04 +0000

I imagine if these cameras are adding or remove furniture, appliances or modifying flooring or the landscaping via AI it will be a problem.

Edit: also if it becomes a big problem, in the future the law could be changed so that the real estate agent becomes liable to cover the cost of upgrading the property to match the altered image.

New comment by pkaye in "Nano Banana 2 Lite"

pkaye — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 20:19:19 +0000

California recently added new laws regarding AI in real estate. I think lighting corrections and cropping is allowed but other digitally altered images should include a link to the original.

https://lewisbrisbois.com/insights/clientalerts/new-californ...

https://dre.ca.gov/Licensees/Advisories/Advisory_2026_03_17_...

New comment by pkaye in "EU commissioners shut down air conditioning for employees, leave theirs on"

pkaye — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 16:58:51 +0000

Its pretty common to se the AC systems on the top of roofs on big buildings in the US. From what I read, exposing the AC condenser unit to the sun should have minimal impact. Air flow through the condenser unit matters the most. Perhaps they were undersized for the extreme heat now happening in the UK.

New comment by pkaye in "Extreme Heat conference cancelled due to extreme heat warning"

pkaye — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 02:43:03 +0000

Maybe an "ice cream social" would be better.

New comment by pkaye in "Job application asked for my SAT scores"

pkaye — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:44:52 +0000

You only need to SAT/ACT for going to get into an university. And these days it seems to matter less. I looked it up and less than 50% of high school students take the SAT/ACT. Personally I never had any employer ask for my SAT/ACT scores since the 90s.

New comment by pkaye in "Walt Disney Company is the most successful at monetizing human nostalgia [audio]"

pkaye — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 21:40:08 +0000

What about the Final Fantasy series by Square Enix.

New comment by pkaye in "The UK's new under-16 social media ban will cause more harm than it prevents"

pkaye — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 23:29:43 +0000

If its primary legislation (Acts of Parliament) like Online Safety Act, the courts cannot strike it down. If its secondary legislation by ministers and other agencies, it could be contested in courts.

New comment by pkaye in "Hospitals and universities repurposing drugs at 90% lower cost"

pkaye — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 16:59:06 +0000

So in Ketamine approved as a treatment in other countries but not in the US?

New comment by pkaye in "Wolfram Language and Mathematica version 15"

pkaye — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 15:14:52 +0000

Rubi is just rule based integration. So its like looking up a book of integral formulas and encoding them as rules. It does mean you need a minimum number of other features like partial fraction decomposition, polynomial factoring so it demonstrates some capability. Many of the other Mathematica like CAS end up using the Rubi rules themselves.

But indefinite integration is just a small aspect of CAS capabilities. What about integration over a line or surface, definite integration and dealing with singularities, differential equations, solving equations under assumptions, simplifying equations.