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New comment by preek in "Web development is fun again"

preek — Sun, 04 Jan 2026 15:55:47 +0000

Reading this from Tenerife airport and worked fine.

Gemini 3

preek — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 15:09:38 +0000

https://blog.google/technology/developers/gemini-3-developer...

https://aistudio.google.com/prompts/new_chat?model=gemini-3-...

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45967211

Points: 1735

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New comment by preek in "Why do LLMs freak out over the seahorse emoji?"

preek — Mon, 06 Oct 2025 11:48:03 +0000

My current favorite llm (GLM 4.6) says „No“ on the first try with and without thinking:

- https://chat.z.ai/s/77f73452-a21c-418b-a1ba-311231743a83 - https://chat.z.ai/s/5c00a813-2c6f-473d-ba3c-88e2357c61a7

My previous favorite llm (GlM 4.5) also gets it right on the first try: https://chat.z.ai/s/0d3348d1-1465-4253-9521-2d447b0a2a97

New comment by preek in "Learn to play Go"

preek — Sun, 28 Sep 2025 10:22:15 +0000

This is very similar for Chess: https://lichess.org/learn

Source: I am playing both Go on OGS and chess on Lichess.

New comment by preek in "MCP doesn't need tools, it needs code"

preek — Mon, 18 Aug 2025 11:15:58 +0000

Re Security: I put my AI assistant in a sandbox. There, it can do whatever it wants, including deleting or mutating anything that would otherwise be harmful.

I wrote about how to do it with Guix: https://200ok.ch/posts/2025-05-23_sandboxing_ai_tools:_how_g...

Since then, I have switched to using Bubblewrap: https://github.com/munen/dotfiles/blob/master/bin/bin/bubble...

New comment by preek in "Adobe Project Indigo is a new photo app from former Pixel camera engineers"

preek — Mon, 23 Jun 2025 06:08:48 +0000

After the first shot on my iPhone 13 Pro in default settings, it immediately told me my phone was overheating and going to be unstable. Then it crashed. I tried once more, turned off raw mode, waited _minutes_ for one image to process and now my screen turns off and on again randomly while I type this comment.

Sandboxing AI Tools with Guix Containers

preek — Sat, 24 May 2025 11:42:52 +0000

Article URL: https://200ok.ch/posts/2025-05-23_sandboxing_ai_tools:_how_guix_containers_keep_your_host_safe_while_empowering_llms.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44080418

Points: 3

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New comment by preek in "Video: A Language for Making Movies"

preek — Tue, 30 Jul 2024 08:14:24 +0000

I’ve seen a talk about this at BOB conference at Berlin some years ago. I learned a lot about DSLs in scheme, also the talk was highly entertaining. I’d recommend it for anyone into scheme or lisp.

New comment by preek in "Frigate: Open-source network video recorder with real-time AI object detection"

preek — Sun, 19 Nov 2023 20:52:56 +0000

I’m allowed to record my own property whilst following reasonable rules.

If you’re interested, here’s an intro to the relevant legislation: https://www.edoeb.admin.ch/edoeb/de/home/datenschutz/ueberwa...

New comment by preek in "Frigate: Open-source network video recorder with real-time AI object detection"

preek — Sun, 19 Nov 2023 10:05:44 +0000

PS: No Halloween in Switzerland so I cannot tell(;

It works well with other costumes like Trail Running and Hiking gear. It also works in the dark (IR camera) and in crazy hard tests like just peeking around the corner with only part of the face visible.

New comment by preek in "Frigate: Open-source network video recorder with real-time AI object detection"

preek — Sun, 19 Nov 2023 06:36:25 +0000

Sure. The cameras are Tapo C320WS. They are cheap, waterproof, connect to wifi if there’s no ethernet and can stream video in two resolutions at the same time. I use the lower resolution for motion detection and the higher resolution for object detection and event recording.

The whole thing is running in docker-compose on Raspberry Pi and Coral TPU.

New comment by preek in "Frigate: Open-source network video recorder with real-time AI object detection"

preek — Sun, 19 Nov 2023 06:33:24 +0000

See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38329766

New comment by preek in "Frigate: Open-source network video recorder with real-time AI object detection"

preek — Sun, 19 Nov 2023 06:32:11 +0000

I have set up two zones per camera: The “yard” and the “entry” which is directly in front of the door. Whenever someone is at the entry, I get a notification. Since I walk these paths myself, I have hundreds of test points. Apart from that, I’m happy to _always_ get a notification before the bell rings. And I never have to open the door before I know who is there.

The “yard” part, I review every week. Here, of course, I have no data to compare it to, so I cannot say if it’s missing anything.

So yes, I’m certain it misses nothing that’s important to me - is there someone at my door and who is it.

New comment by preek in "Frigate: Open-source network video recorder with real-time AI object detection"

preek — Sat, 18 Nov 2023 21:44:29 +0000

I’ve been using Frigate for six months on a raspberry pi 4 with a Google Coral TPU. It’s connected to 2 network cameras streaming in 2mp each.

Frigate standalone works super smooth with no hiccups at all. I am using object detection for people and have not yet had a false positive or false negative. Additionally, I record not only the events, but but also a 24/7 video. Frigate takes care of garbage collecting old assets.

I have it hooked up to my Home Assistant running on the same raspberry pi. From there, I get notifications to my phone which include a live video, snapshot and video recording. The UX and configuration options are way better than any commercial end user product I have found.

It’s been a literal lifesaver, also fun and easy to use. Would recommend 10 of 10. I have no affiliation with the maintainers.