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New comment by s0a in "Show HN: Open-source engine running Gemma 4 26B in 2 GB RAM on any M-series Mac"

s0a — Wed, 29 Jul 2026 21:44:23 +0000

they will not. quantum computers as understood today will never run an LLM. read = destroy. and no cloning. wanna reload the entire model for each token? preparing quantum states is slow by any standard.

New comment by s0a in "OpenPrinter"

s0a — Sun, 05 Jul 2026 23:21:30 +0000

just in time. this will certainly juice development of the equally important open source fax machine.

New comment by s0a in "US's big bet on quantum computing may not be legal"

s0a — Thu, 28 May 2026 18:47:24 +0000

there is not yet a single approach to quantum computing that is provably scalable. so called experts may quibble, the uninformed (or financially aligned) will bloviate, bluster, and talking point us to death. but it's sadly just true. we're closer to useful fusion power than useful QC.

New comment by s0a in "Breakthroughs for batteries could soon make them better"

s0a — Fri, 22 May 2026 13:35:51 +0000

been tracking this sector for years and we did hit a major inflection point in the last 12 months

New comment by s0a in "Bambu Lab is abusing the open source social contract"

s0a — Tue, 12 May 2026 16:51:10 +0000

Bambu has proven time and again that they don't understand security. Unless, of course, it's theater and by design because real security would be inconvenient to state actors. Regardless, they gaslight and bludgeon those who wish to use the hardware they purchased in peace offline and away from prying eyes.

Having said all that, the hardware is very good. Software, not so much.

New comment by s0a in "I bought Friendster for $30k – Here's what I'm doing with it"

s0a — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 23:13:29 +0000

PWA has access to bluetooth (BLE on all platforms) and NFC on Android

New comment by s0a in "I bought Friendster for $30k – Here's what I'm doing with it"

s0a — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 22:15:55 +0000

why not a proper Progress Web App so it can run on any device independent of app stores? it's not as though a social app needs deep OS integration. I'm sure Claude or Codex could vibe code that in an afternoon.

New comment by s0a in "Show HN: Unfucked - version all changes (by any tool) - local-first/source avail"

s0a — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 22:09:32 +0000

this seems insanely useful and well thought out. kinda surprised something like it doesn’t already exist. def useful in the age of agents

New comment by s0a in "I built Timeframe, our family e-paper dashboard"

s0a — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 02:35:59 +0000

greyscale no longer available for purchase

New comment by s0a in "Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety after surveillance backlash"

s0a — Fri, 13 Feb 2026 02:28:30 +0000

Frigate NVR + Amcrest cameras. 100% local, private, on-device AI object recognition and classification. Can use a Google Coral USB TPU to speed that up. Runs on hardware as modest as a Raspberry Pi.

New comment by s0a in "Data centers in space makes no sense"

s0a — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 00:48:53 +0000

quantum computers on the sun!

New comment by s0a in "Grid: Free, local-first, browser-based 3D printing/CNC/laser slicer"

s0a — Fri, 30 Jan 2026 13:13:01 +0000

I did not criticize your app. I offered that your blanket statement that "The browser is an extremely poor medium to deliver applications" does not comport with my experience. And it looks like I nailed it, too. It is the nature of your application. Had you said "the browser does not offer a real time API which I need for my application", there would have been nothing to say. This is obviously true. Even native desktop apps provide an inadequate environment for "hard RT". So I suspect that is also not a true requirement, either.

New comment by s0a in "Grid: Free, local-first, browser-based 3D printing/CNC/laser slicer"

s0a — Fri, 30 Jan 2026 03:30:10 +0000

spend 30 seconds reading up first. fork it if you disagree.

New comment by s0a in "Grid: Free, local-first, browser-based 3D printing/CNC/laser slicer"

s0a — Fri, 30 Jan 2026 02:59:33 +0000

Makerspaces and education are two areas of focus. no SW install, fully loads in under a second. through the Onshape integration and ability to run on Chromebooks, it's made its way into high school and university STEM curriculum.

New comment by s0a in "Grid: Free, local-first, browser-based 3D printing/CNC/laser slicer"

s0a — Fri, 30 Jan 2026 02:51:47 +0000

it's a combination of JS, WASM, and WebGPU. the JIT engines are so much faster than you would imagine, especially if you tune your code right. workers allow for parallel processing on all of your CPU cores. WebGPU, at least in Chrome, is kind of amazing.

New comment by s0a in "Grid: Free, local-first, browser-based 3D printing/CNC/laser slicer"

s0a — Fri, 30 Jan 2026 02:36:00 +0000

second KiCad. just had my first board printed a few months back. its an esp32 stackable daughterboard. first time doing anything like that outside of breadboarding, and it worked great.

New comment by s0a in "Grid: Free, local-first, browser-based 3D printing/CNC/laser slicer"

s0a — Fri, 30 Jan 2026 02:32:37 +0000

this does not track with my experience, so possibly it's the nature of your app or the way it's coded. frameworks like react are notoriously crap. stick to pure html5/css/js and it can be extremely fast and light.

New comment by s0a in "Grid: Free, local-first, browser-based 3D printing/CNC/laser slicer"

s0a — Fri, 30 Jan 2026 02:21:35 +0000

this. webkit is intentionally hobbled and years behind the standards. browsers on iOS are forced to use webkit for ginned up security excuses/reasons so that no real browsers that implement full standards can complete with heavily taxed app store spyware.

New comment by s0a in "Grid: Free, local-first, browser-based 3D printing/CNC/laser slicer"

s0a — Fri, 30 Jan 2026 02:16:14 +0000

there are desktop builds https://grid.space/downloads.html that run entirely offline. you can also use the center menu to "install" it as a progressive web app.

New comment by s0a in "Grid: Free, local-first, browser-based 3D printing/CNC/laser slicer"

s0a — Fri, 30 Jan 2026 02:14:45 +0000

of Kiri? it's in its 14th year. CAM was added in 2016, but the major work on that mode really kicked in around 2024.