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New comment by shantnutiwari in "The local LLM ecosystem doesn’t need Ollama"

shantnutiwari — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 13:55:46 +0000

Just tried llama.cpp

NO, it is not simpler or even as simple as Ollama.

There are multiple options-- llama server and cli, its not obivous which model to use.

With ollama, its one file. And you get the models from their site, you can browse an easy list.

I dont have the time to go thru 20billlion hugging face models and decide which is the one for me.

Thanks, but I'm sticking with Ollama

New comment by shantnutiwari in "The local LLM ecosystem doesn’t need Ollama"

shantnutiwari — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 10:27:04 +0000

All of those options were either too slow, or didnt work for me (Mac with Intel). I could have spent hours googling, but I downloaded Ollama and it just worked.

So no, they are not alternatives to ollama

Core2 Yanked. Millions Effected

shantnutiwari — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 09:33:28 +0000

Article URL: https://old.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/1slnga4/core2_yanked_millions_effected/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47776743

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by shantnutiwari in "Show HN: Ithihāsas – a character explorer for Hindu epics, built in a few hours"

shantnutiwari — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 14:23:24 +0000

Is this a joke?

> Draupadi-- strength 6, wisdom 8

Are you creating RPG characters?

Its clear you used AI to create the whole thing, but did you stop to think if it makes sense?

New comment by shantnutiwari in "Londoners are sick of viral videos telling lies about their city"

shantnutiwari — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 15:08:32 +0000

Wait till you hear about what these influencers do in India.

They will go to the shittiest, poorest slum where even other Indian won't go to, make a video titled something like "Oooh look at these disgusting Indians" and get hundreds of millions of views.

In effect, making fun of poor people for clicks.

Shit posting and lying works, and platforms encourage it (by sending views and money), so why wouldn't people do it?

New comment by shantnutiwari in "MiniStack (replacement for LocalStack)"

shantnutiwari — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 13:48:41 +0000

As other commenters have noted, this looks like AI slop. Why is it on the front page?

If you go on Reddit, there are at least a dozen AI "vibe coded" shitty local stack alternatives being posted daily. Whats special about this??

Cursor lied about it's new Browser [video]

shantnutiwari — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 15:15:52 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7s_CaI93Mo

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46781078

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by shantnutiwari in "Proton spam and the AI consent problem"

shantnutiwari — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 14:18:04 +0000

In theory. In practice-- I would spend all my time just filing complaints, because today, in 2026, I get more spam from "legitimate" companies than "Nigerian scammer" types

New comment by shantnutiwari in "Proton spam and the AI consent problem"

shantnutiwari — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 11:08:54 +0000

> I think we must make it clear that this is not related to AI at all

Yeah, many companies do that. I unsusbcribed from newline, they still keep spamming me. Funny thing is, they realised they had made a mistake and promised to remove unsubs. One week later, the spam started.

The correct solution is the spam button. Always

New comment by shantnutiwari in "Bugs Apple loves"

shantnutiwari — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 09:17:03 +0000

> it decides, no, you must want to select that whole word

Yeah this arrogance where my tool decides what I want to do, and even if I put the cursor to where it will want, Apple will (un)helpfully move it. Because Apple thinks its users are retards and need help

New comment by shantnutiwari in "Bugs Apple loves"

shantnutiwari — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 09:15:43 +0000

The autocorrect is a real pain, especially when you are using a correct and grammatical word, but Apple decides, F&ck you, you will use this other word instead.

And the text select has been broken for years, as the site points out. I thought it was a mobile thing until I used an Android, and it just worked.

These are minor irritations, but they are adding up so much so I'm thinking about Android...

New comment by shantnutiwari in "Microsoft increases Office 365 and Microsoft 365 license prices"

shantnutiwari — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 09:10:46 +0000

I cancelled my personal O365 subscription for this reason, even though I prefer Word to LibreOffice and the crap my Mac provides-- it wasnt just they raised the price, it was the new "AI" features they kept pushing.

When I cancelled, I made it clear why I was doing it. But I doubt anyone reads the feedback we provide

New comment by shantnutiwari in "Why I don't ride the AI Hype Train"

shantnutiwari — Thu, 10 Jul 2025 13:43:04 +0000

sorry, but thats a misleading title. The article is more like "Everything I hate about the AI companies"

You can hate (or at least disagree with) how companies like OpenAi work, and still believe in their hype (or at least that they will make good money).

Everyone hate cigarette companies yet they continue giving great stock returns.

Most of the article is standard complaint we've heard before. Im not defending OpenaI (or MEta or whatever), but these complaints have been heard a million times. Why is this on the front page?

New comment by shantnutiwari in "Ask HN: Any resources for finding non-smart appliances?"

shantnutiwari — Tue, 08 Jul 2025 09:17:45 +0000

NEVER get a semi automatic (washing machine), they are too much hassle. It forces you to do half the work yourself

New comment by shantnutiwari in "Open letter accuses BBC board member of having a conflict of interest on Gaza"

shantnutiwari — Tue, 08 Jul 2025 08:53:38 +0000

The left blames BBC, calling them Tory shills, the right blames them, calling them woke activists.

Dont know--seems to me they are doing the right thing.

New comment by shantnutiwari in "A proposal to restrict sites from accessing a users’ local network"

shantnutiwari — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 08:46:30 +0000

>In iOS you can share a subset of your contacts.

the problem is, the app must respect that.

WhatsApp, for all the hate it gets, does.

"Privacy" focused Telegram doesnt-- it wouldnt work unless I shared ALL my contacts-- when I shared a few, it kept complaining I had to share ALL

New comment by shantnutiwari in "Ask HN: How do I learn robotics in 2025?"

shantnutiwari — Tue, 03 Jun 2025 09:43:20 +0000

>You aren't going to 'learn robotics' in a meaningful manner by checking the boxes in a online ROS2 course.

This is the best answer-- all other answers are saying "Run this simulation of a robot".

but a simulation is not a robot. Even a simple lego tupe robot kit shows you how fiddly and complex real world moving parts make everything.

New comment by shantnutiwari in "AI in my plasma physics research didn’t go the way I expected"

shantnutiwari — Wed, 21 May 2025 08:30:49 +0000

Could it be we are all scared, because if we call the Emperor naked, and 15 years from now someone finds a useful case for AI(even if its completely different to what exists today), everyone will point to our post and say "Hahaha look at those Luddites, didnt even believe AI was real LOL"

New comment by shantnutiwari in "When AI Spits Your Own Shitty Code Back at You"

shantnutiwari — Thu, 13 Mar 2025 10:52:37 +0000

This is both funny and tragic at the same time...

New comment by shantnutiwari in "The Netherlands has returned some stolen artifacts to Indonesia"

shantnutiwari — Thu, 03 Oct 2024 08:54:19 +0000

>Most of these countries were colonized because they were in turmoil to begin with. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decline_of_the_Mughal_Empire

Wow, great justification for imperialism, you deserve a medal.

You do know India had other kindgoms besides the Mughals, right? Marathas, Sikhs, Kashmir, to name a few