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EbNar

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EbNar··on Less Coffee, Better Sleep
Right now we have 30 ºC at nighttime + 80% relative humidity (and no, no AC). I can assure you that coffee is the last of my problems.
EbNar··on Our position on open-weights models
This reads as a lot of fear mongering which in the end can ve resumed as "We are going to lose money".
EbNar··on Choosing a Public DNS Resolver
ControlD is pretty cool.
EbNar··on EU could open deportation centres outside bloc by next year, says Denmark PM
Shame.
EbNar··on GPT-5.5 hallucinates 3x more than MIT-licensed GLM-5.2
The fact that a huge amount uf parameters may lead to worse hallucinations is something I didn't think of. Would this somewhat imply that DeepSeek V4 flash should be less prone to these issues?
EbNar··on GPT-5.5 hallucinates 3x more than MIT-licensed GLM-5.2
The fact that a huge amount uf parameters may lead to worse hallucinations is something I didn't think of. Would this somewhat imply that DeepSeek V4 flash should be less prone tho these issues?
EbNar··on Google Chrome update will close the door on ad blockers
You can block DoH by blacklisting their domains (which is what ControlD and NextDNS do, by the way).
EbNar··on Google Chrome update will close the door on ad blockers
Inbuilt ad blockers aren't affected by whatever change Google may do to the extension ecosystem.
EbNar··on Nobody cracks open a programming book anymore
Ironically, I just ordered a hardcopy of "Python Crash Course". I want to learn it for personal use and prefer to have the book at hand, rather than in PDF/electronic format. And no, I'm not letting AI or LLMs do the job for me: I prefer (rally: need) my brain to stay active.
EbNar··on Ask HN: Some Sensible Alternative to Openrouter?
Thanks. Not a fan of Google, TBH... By the way, you're right, I'd prefer a credit-based solution. I've been reading about together.ai. Do you happen to knos how is it, by any chance?
EbNar··on Nuclear receptor 4A1 linked to health effects of coffee: study
Why should someone hate on you just because you enjoy decaf?
EbNar··on Show HN: Adblock-rust Manager – Firefox extension to enable the Brave ad blocker
I do.
EbNar··on Show HN: Adblock-rust Manager – Firefox extension to enable the Brave ad blocker
Faster.
EbNar··on Help Keep Thunderbird Alive
I'm just using Evolution. Switched from Thunderbird a few weeks ago. So far, so good.
EbNar··on Kagi is contemplating the removal of the assistant from its professional tier
I've never user Google or DDG assistants, tbh. My use for Kagi's assistant is for stuff related to work. I'm a university prof., so it "saves me a bit of time" while checking for errors in assignments, clarify concepts to explain to students and so on. I almost never use it to search for stuff.
EbNar··on Kagi is contemplating the removal of the assistant from its professional tier
Yeah, that reply is a mildly infuriating, in view of what they're planning.
EbNar··on Kagi is contemplating the removal of the assistant from its professional tier
Well, no... I use maybe 1/5 to 1/3 of may month allowance on Assistant. It's nice to have. And I subscribed to Kagi also because of it. So, the Assistant going away would mean my expensive Duo subscription going away as well.
EbNar··on Kagi is contemplating the removal of the assistant from its professional tier
Again, right now the assistant is entirely optional. Oh, summarizer and translate are base on the same models, by the way.
EbNar··on Kagi is contemplating the removal of the assistant from its professional tier
You're looking at the finger and missing the Moon.
EbNar··on Kagi is contemplating the removal of the assistant from its professional tier
That's why I don't think anybody is going to pay for the Assistant alone.
EbNar··on Kagi is contemplating the removal of the assistant from its professional tier
Friendly reminder that you're not forced to use it. "I despise soccer, so soccer should disappear".
EbNar··on Kagi is contemplating the removal of the assistant from its professional tier
Well, good for you, I guess. But for the rest of us who use the Assistant this would be a net downgrade, AKA paying the same for less.
EbNar··on Kagi is contemplating the removal of the assistant from its professional tier
From the thread on kagifeedback.org:

"As we prepare to launch Kagi Assistant as a standalone subscription, we're considering changes to how it will be available on the Pro and Starter plans (Search subscriptions).

Currently these plans let you use the Kagi Assistant each month up to the AI cost value included in your subscription, similar to how it works on Ultimate. The change we're consideringn would turn this into more of a trial where you'd still have access to the Assistant, but only up to a fixed usage cap. Once you hit that cap, you'd need to subscribe to either the Ultimate plan or the Kagi Assistant's own subscription to keep using it (same mechanism we already have for Search)."

EbNar··on Kagi Translate now supports LinkedIn Speak as an output language
Just discovered you can type any language in the drop down menu... I tried with a dialect from my region (Italy) and it's working beautifully :-D
EbNar··on Kagi Translate now supports LinkedIn Speak as an output language
This is actually great, lol.
EbNar··on Proton and NordVPN blocked in Spain during soccer matches
Link is in spanish. Here it goes a translation

https://bandaancha-eu.translate.goog/articulos/laliga-telefo...

FYI, Cloudflare already is almost entirely blocked in Spain during soccer, so this is a "smart" move to make it difficult for people to watch pirate IPTV streams...

EbNar··on The Myth of the ThinkPad
its*
EbNar··on The Myth of the ThinkPad
I'm at my second E-series ThinkPad right now. My "old" one, from 2018, is still rocking and my son is happily using it.

Reason for the E-series: cheaper than T, good keyboards, easily serviceable/expandable and the feeling that it's build quality is a bit better than that of other laptops of similar price. Overall, very happy with them.

EbNar··on Ask HN: If you had $10M in the bank, would you still show up to your job?
Yup. In may case, if I'm lucky enough I may get a permanent position relatively soon. That would surely improve my productivity a lot. Finger crossed.
EbNar··on Ask HN: If you had $10M in the bank, would you still show up to your job?
Probably so. I'm in academia as a teacher and as a researcher. I like teaching and I like research. If I were "rich" I'd probably do both things with a much clearer state of mind.
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