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New comment by redacted in "Ollama's new app"

redacted — Wed, 30 Jul 2025 23:33:41 +0000

No one should use ollama. A cursory search of r/localllama gives plenty of occassions where they've proven themselves bad actors. Here's a 'fun' overview

https://www.reddit.com/r/LocalLLaMA/comments/1kg20mu/so_why_...

There are multiple (far better) options - eg LM studio if you want GUI, llama.cpp if you want the CLI that ollama ripped off. IMO the only reason ollama is even in the conversation is it was easy to get running on macOS, allowing the SV MBP set to feel included

New comment by redacted in "Zed now predicts your next edit with Zeta, our new open model"

redacted — Fri, 14 Feb 2025 12:20:27 +0000

Can't believe you're getting downvoted for one of Ireland's greatest cultural contributions. Behold The Rubberbandits, Horse Outside (helpfully timestamped to the lyric in question)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljPFZrRD3J8&t=85s

New comment by redacted in "I Run LLMs Locally"

redacted — Sun, 29 Dec 2024 20:33:02 +0000

Nvidia for compatibility, and as much VRAM as you can afford. Shouldn't be hard to find a 3090 / Ti in your price range. I have had decent success with a base 3080 but the 10GB really limits the models you can run

New comment by redacted in "macOS command-line tools you might not know about"

redacted — Sat, 01 Jul 2023 13:35:12 +0000

`vmIdleTimeout` in .wslconfig might be an option? Win 11 only though

New comment by redacted in "macOS command-line tools you might not know about"

redacted — Tue, 27 Jun 2023 15:19:26 +0000

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/powertoys/awake to keep Windows itself awake?

New comment by redacted in "macOS command-line tools you might not know about"

redacted — Tue, 27 Jun 2023 15:17:49 +0000

If you're able to install PowerToys it includes a utility for this

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/powertoys/awake

New comment by redacted in "Foliate – A simple and modern eBook viewer for Linux desktops"

redacted — Fri, 27 Jan 2023 16:27:17 +0000

If anyone is interested in using Foliate through WSL, https://opticos.github.io/openinwsl/ is great - it lets you double-click a file in Windows, then Foliate in WSL2 launches to view it

New comment by redacted in "iPhone 14 Pro faced 'unprecedented' setback leading to removal of new GPU"

redacted — Sat, 24 Dec 2022 00:39:03 +0000

Its more the fact that we're talking about Apple catching up at all. Android SOCs have been generationally behind Apple for a long time (and MediaTek in particular as a "budget" option), but now in the GPU space that is reversed.

The situation on the desktop/laptop is muddied by CUDA and other Nvidia-exclusive tech - while the M1/M2s indeed trade blows with laptop parts like the 3060 in some specific tasks, once CUDA comes into play Nvidia walks it (unfortunately IMO, even AMD can't compete there and its holding the industry back)

New comment by redacted in "iPhone 14 Pro faced 'unprecedented' setback leading to removal of new GPU"

redacted — Sat, 24 Dec 2022 00:13:28 +0000

I'm really curious as to why Apple has been unable to reproduce their leap in CPUs in the GPU space.

It's not exactly surprising when Nvidia parts handily beat the M1/M2, but when both Qualcomm and Mediatek have better GPU performance _and_ efficiency [0] something is up, especially given just how far ahead Apple has been in mobile CPU

[0] https://twitter.com/Golden_Reviewer/status/16056046174164295...

New comment by redacted in "Show HN: Komorebi – A tiling window manager for Windows 10/11 written in Rust"

redacted — Wed, 12 Oct 2022 09:47:23 +0000

In 22H2 it's fully keyboard drivable

  - Win+Z brings up the layout menu
  - number keys select the layout, then where in the chosen layout the current window should go
  - arrow keys then let you select the other windows to complete the tiling

So if I want Firefox (current window) and Slack side by side

  - Win-Z inside FF
  - 1 selects side-by-side
  - 1 again snaps FF to the left (2 would snap to right, and so on for more complex layouts)
  - Slack is the first suggested window (MRU), so Space to snap right

It's not as quick as the mouse interface yet - especially with the mouse improvements MS made - but seems like it could be easily automated with eg Autohotkey

New comment by redacted in "Running Stable Diffusion on Your GPU with Less Than 10Gb of VRAM"

redacted — Sun, 04 Sep 2022 13:57:09 +0000

The Linux/not-Windows instructions on https://github.com/hlky/stable-diffusion/wiki/Docker-Guide worked well for me using WSL2 with nvidia-docker

New comment by redacted in "Apple releases macOS 12.5.1, iOS 15.6.1, patches for two zero-day vulerabilities"

redacted — Thu, 18 Aug 2022 01:01:11 +0000

It's available in Windows 10 (Pro or Enterprise) and all Windows 11 versions, you can activate it using 'Turn Windows features on or off':

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/threat-pro...

You do need hardware that can support Hyper-V

New comment by redacted in "Part of Windows 11 is a revamped Windows Subsystem for Linux"

redacted — Sat, 09 Oct 2021 23:34:26 +0000

Original title - "The best part of Windows 11 is a revamped Windows Subsystem for Linux"

Why remove "The best"? Feels like unnecessary editorializing

New comment by redacted in "After a decade as Apple’s assistant, Siri still hasn’t figured out the job"

redacted — Tue, 05 Oct 2021 11:26:18 +0000

Ironically enough given its reputation, but this is what Bixby is great at - controlling the _device_ with your voice using short commands - "Open Camera", "Take photo", "Delete last photo" etc all work as expected (as a toy example, far more complicated stuff is possible even before including their Siri Shortcut equivalent)

New comment by redacted in "OpenBSD on the Microsoft Surface Go 2"

redacted — Sat, 16 May 2020 15:30:50 +0000

If you're looking for a general-purpose tablet computer I think the Surface lineup is nearly unparalleled, with some important caveats.

You get a very well built machine with the best aspect ratio (3:2), Win10 tablet mode is decent _and_ you can drop back to full Windows whenever you want. This is a double edged sword - if you get a good tablet interface for a program it's wonderful, but sometimes you're reduced to pecking at the screen for mouse targets in legacy Win32 apps (the pen or cover with trackpad is helpful here).

For me, the ability to run any software I want is worth the rough edges and inconsistency compared to an iPad. I have WSL for local dev with full Linux utilities, real Photoshop, alternate browsers, Steam games, etc. I can install whatever nifty little Windows utilities or tweaks I want, customize the machine exactly as I like it, and I feel like I have lot more ownership over the machine as a result. That flexibility definitely comes with a cost compared to the out-of-the-box experience with an iPad.

As for the Go itself, its a really cute little computer but somewhat underpowered compared to a Surface Pro or Surface Book. I know a couple of people using them as their main computers and the feedback is pretty positive, FWIW.

New comment by redacted in "MS Flight Simulator 2020 vs. Real life"

redacted — Mon, 11 May 2020 11:57:59 +0000

Just a caveat that userbenchmark (while pretty useful) is banned on several hardware subreddits for _very_ questionable scoring methods, which seem to indicate bias towards certain manufacturers (most notably, drastic changes to CPU scoring just after the new Ryzen chips were released which seemed deliberately designed to keep Intel's enthusiast parts ahead). I believe their GPU benchmarks are more trustworthy, but I would skip them entirely still.

3Dmark is still fairly standard, and most reviews will include a suite of gaming / rendering tasks as well that can give much more useful real-world benchmarks. LinusTechTips is usually very good - e.g., https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoDPTJ-3qCM

New comment by redacted in "The Paywalled Garden: iOS Is Adware"

redacted — Tue, 18 Feb 2020 02:44:55 +0000

Apple's iCloud upsell is far worse than Microsoft's to boot. To disable:

MS / Windows 10: Uninstall the preloaded OneDrive app in the standard way

Apple / macOS Catalina: Reboot to recovery, mount the system drive (avoiding SIP etc), use Terminal to move a plist from the System LaunchAgents - named "followupd", in case you thought it wouldn't be hidden / obfuscated. Unmount and reboot, praying you didn't break your OS. Then delete a few preference files for System Preferences.app. Oh, and likely have to repeat the process after updates

Which one would you be comfortable helping a less technical person do? And given the trajectory of macOS, I wouldn't be surprised if they close that "loophole" soon...

New comment by redacted in "Show HN: Avoid editing while writing your first draft"

redacted — Mon, 11 Nov 2019 21:01:04 +0000

The advice we got from our professors when writing theses was: crack open a bottle of fine whisk{e}y [0], get a couple glasses in, write (while keeping your drink topped of course) until writing is a serious challenge, edit the next morning in the harsh and sober light of day [1].

Works a treat, even if you liver may not fully appreciate it.

[0] Whiskey may be substituted for your preferred liquor, but it is a solid traditional writers' choice

[1] TL;DR 'Write drunk, edit sober'

Bipartisan Letter from Congress to Tim Cook on Hong Kong [pdf]

redacted — Wed, 23 Oct 2019 13:03:02 +0000

Article URL: https://www.wyden.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/101819%20Wyden%20Letter%20to%20Apple%20RE%20Hong%20Kong.pdf

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21334165

Points: 3

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New comment by redacted in "Explanation of the state of uBlock Origin and other blockers for Safari"

redacted — Fri, 20 Sep 2019 18:26:53 +0000

This story is a perfect example btw, compare https://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/d6v3mo/explanation_o... to the multiple defenses of Apple in these comments