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New comment by prodmod in "Apple Silicon Exec Explains Mac Mini AI Demand and On-Device Future"

prodmod — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 13:42:25 +0000

Not to mention you can just ask Codex or Claude Code to set up a local LLM for you. Use one tool to set up the other.

New comment by prodmod in "GPT-5.6"

prodmod — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 21:12:43 +0000

Things I have been struggling with Fable over and GPT 5.5, were just solved handily by SOL in a real "thank you, next problem" kind of way. Overall, something that just works is way less wasteful for your usage than struggling back and forth for hours.

New comment by prodmod in "Why skilled workers come to Germany and then leave again"

prodmod — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 01:13:34 +0000

My partner and I went to Germany and then left. We found that while they are desperate for skilled labor, they do essentially nothing to accommodate once people have come. Every step of the immigration process felt like another grift. Our Auslanderbörde appointment was borderline hostile, and our lawyer was a certified buffoon. Then daily life was beset with petty corruption. We couldn’t get an appointment at the burgeramt to register until we paid a fixer to go in on our behalf. Germany was full of petty annoyances and indignities that made it clear they want immigrants, but will not put in the effort to retain them. The U.S. is lately no friend to even skilled immigrants, but public government services are at least available in most major European and Asian languages. Go to the Netherlands instead. That’s what we would have done, if we had it to do over again.