I have the complete opposite experience. Arch makes it easy to get in and get hacking right away. Their beginner guide's on the wiki were a gem 10-15 years ago... made it super easy to get up and running. I don't have the time these days to tinker - but boy do I love some Arch.

I really like GLM and ended up subbing to both OpenCode Go & z.ai. Mistral, Kimi and Mimi are all also options as well. I have been eyeballing the Kimi Pro sub for a while now and contemplating cancelling my ChatGPT sub for it.

I would not benefit from an outright ban so that would be too heavy handed. On the other hand - something has to be done. If anything else it's proof the people do have the power to convince their representatives that these affairs matter and we are paying attention.

I wouldn't be to quick to dismiss this as only political theater.

Had to stop there. Annoying. I can't stand AI use for writing. It makes any otherwise great article feel so disingenuous.

Many things on the web use Yandex.

I was inspired by a demo of a digital art canvas that kept revealing gem after gem. I wanted to apply that concept to a website via a text editor. I've used obsidian for note-taking for a while now, and while appreciate it's publish feature, I wanted to take a swing at making a website with markdown based back-end.

The worldnotes SDK has:

* Markdown based notes, compatible with Obsidian or other markdown based editors that support wikilinks.

* Lean editor core (just the basics to get you going)

* Plugin system to extend editor capabilities

* Full theming support via CSS tokens - easy to make your own

* Ability to create custom storage adapters to serve content however you like

You can checkout a demo here: (all changes are local) https://worldnotes.alexmason.me

Disclaimer: AI was used in development - it's okay. The code won't hurt you.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48260278

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vyvoice is a cross-platform, offline voice transcription app I started working on in December as a Windows user tired of every good dictation app being Mac-only.

Beyond transcription, it has built in support for voice commands & gen-AI agents (work-in-progress). Windows, Linux, and macOS are currently supported. The primary product is free, agentic AI and other future premium features will be behind a subscription ($5/month).

Underneath the hood vyvoice leverages ONNX to provide transcription via Parakeet and Whisper models locally on the device. I've developed an efficient VAD loop to ensure only segments of audio that contain speech are being processed for transcription. Valid audio segments are decoded in real time with end of utterance. Your audio and transcripts never leave your device.

I would love feedback on all aspects from default settings to commands and agent functionality. I am actively working on the agent feature and plan to support skills, MCP, and more in the very near future. Check it out and let me know what you think!

Check vyvoice out! https://vyvoice.com

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48161210

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I say this as someone who has mental health issues, has experience loss of important people around me because of mental health issues, and probably need more therapy than the universe could reasonably provide me.

AI is directly and indirectly uprooting every facet of society. Money, energy, food, housing, medicine. Cultural revolutions are not pretty, the true outcomes are felt by those who are the winners and losers. It very much feels like a rich eats all scenario is playing out right now. I'd wager that's because it is.

This article has instructions on how to self-patch: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-linux-cop...

I don't know what the right answer is, but having used Niri/Wayland vs. GNOME vs. Windows vs. Mac... I will never go back to a non-tiling desktop and a none-kb driven workflow for desktop window management.

Can we move on to more important and substantive topics? Something something files.

The service that encrypts the data should be the ONLY service that holds the private key to decrypt, and therefore the only service that can process the decrypted data.

Theo's content boils down to the same boring formula. 1. Whatever buzzword headline is trending at the time 2. Immediate sponsored ad that is supposed to make you sympathize with Theo cause he "vets" his sponsors. 3. The man makes you listen to a "that totally happened" story that he somehow always involved himself personally. 4. Man serves you up an ad for his t3.chat and how it's the greatest thing in the world and how he should be paid more for his infinite wisdom. 5. A rag on Claude or OpenAI (whichever is leading at the time) 6. 5-10 minutes of paraphrasing an article without critical thought or analysis on the video topic.

I used to enjoy his content when he was still in his Ping era, but it's clear hes drunken the YT marketer kool-aid. I've moved on, his content gets recommend now and again, but I can't entertain his non-sense anymore.