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freakynit

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Writing: https://latentstate.net/ Open-source: https://goodapps.store/
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freakynit··on Steam Client is now faster than Epic's new vibe coded launcher
Like these https://goodapps.store/

Disclaimer: All mine, open-source, ai-assisted, less than 5MB each. I love rust+tauri combo.

freakynit··on AdFection: Targeted ads turned into a pipeline for zero-click mercenary spyware
Of course, who else could it be.
freakynit··on Passkeys are not a trap
Do not handover your identity, or verification of it (as the current case is) to anyone else, irrespective of the benefits, including the security aspect.

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The author has strong incentives for the success of passkeys.

1. Scott Helme is founder and CEO of Report URI, and Companies House records his ownership at over 25% and up to 50%. Report URI markets a "Passkeys Protection" offering, giving him a commercial interest in services for passkey adopters.

2. His WhyNoPasskeys.com campaign pushes websites to adopt passkeys, is sponsored by Report URI, and promotes its passkey protection services. The "Passkeys Are Not a Trap" article also carries a Report URI sponsor banner.

3. Troy Hunt, Helme’s Report URI business partner and investor, joined 1Password’s advisory board in 2020; Helme has also appeared in Hunt’s 1Password-sponsored content. That establishes an indirect vendor connection.

freakynit··on OpenAI CFO Says Firms Using Chinese AI Models Are Risking Safety
We will soon start to see a web of think-tanks, ngo's, policy-makers, market-researchers, famous blog publishers, articles, etc begin to narrate the same everywhere. All of them customising/expanding-upon on a few given "anchor points".

https://connections.stupidlabs.lol/investigations/ai_safety_...

freakynit··on Kcgi – minimal CGI and FastCGI library for C/C++
A lot of the folks on hackernews have started to give me the stackoverflow vibes no-a-days... somehow such people think they own what others can and cannot use.

I say fck u to them :mid-finger: emoji.

freakynit··on Apple's new 'Switch to Safari' campaign details why you should ditch Chrome
Apples to apples actually. All the walled gardens of Apple had started with open gardens at first. They walled them gradually as they gained more control over market. This is no different.

We can already see it on IOS where no one is allowed to use any other browser engine than safari's own.. of course, the reasoning is always "security".

freakynit··on Gemini 4 Argon
Im on pro, installed gemini app, tried argon 4, keeps failing with 404, resource now found. Switched to gemini-3.8-flash in same session... worked.

It seems to be rolling out gradually.. not available at once to everyone.

freakynit··on Gemini 4 Argon
"Argon autonomously turns raw video to a physics-accurate simulation, estimating depth and physical boundaries, and writing the exact simulation code required to replicate those real-world environments."

This is crazy if it can work accurately.

freakynit··on Look, just fucking use Mastodon
Bluesky of course not.. But nostr, yes: It's better than anything else.. you own your own data, you can connect to multiple independently operated relays, and anyone can discover you using your public key only.

The messages are the interface. What possibly can be better than that that is also practical?

freakynit··on Look, just fucking use Mastodon
I'd rather use bluesky. Way better interface. Or, even better... Nostr ..a fully open/decentralized network.
freakynit··on Muse Wonder
In this context we are referring to the vr world from Meta. Otherwise it's same as the two examples you quoted.. just, worse... and boring.
freakynit··on Apple's new 'Switch to Safari' campaign details why you should ditch Chrome
No thanks. We have seen multiple times now how it all starts with "good" stuff, then it gets more and more and more locked-down... to the point where you cannot even install apps on your own device, from wherever you want to.

No thanks.. I'd rather switch to Firefox, or even any other shitty browser, but not the one from any other gatekeeping monopoly.

freakynit··on Grok Is Killing Cursor
Elmo will abuse anything he can. The guy has narcissistic personality. Stop using his products as much as you can.
freakynit··on Show HN: I built a 100% declarative WAF. Try to hack it for research
Bro's site is down within 5 minutes of posting to HN...
freakynit··on NAZA: Netanyahu orders identification and prosecution of film's interviewees
Well, those governments are also not committing new genocides very year.
freakynit··on NAZA: Netanyahu orders identification and prosecution of film's interviewees
New account...created 40 minutes ago.. seems IDF is busy.
freakynit··on IsEven API
Need mcp server so my agents can use it too.
freakynit··on NAZA: Netanyahu orders identification and prosecution of film's interviewees
Ouch!! Someone is hurt by truth. What a loser.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIBRLEEaueo

freakynit··on Codex CLI installs a persistent, self-updating background daemon by default
Just tried. And wow!! I opened my mac's activity monitor to see how much load it was putting on my system, and i had to scroll all the way down ... unlike those current harnesses that sit right on top (sorted by used cpu, descending).

And it worked. I'm switching to this unless i find a reason not to.

freakynit··on Muse Wonder
Metaverse was right direction with poor execution. Also, it was early... and is still early (if tried again). The world is not there yet for such a thing.
freakynit··on Muse Wonder
I generally agree with more competition thing, but in this case, you actually should want only one company to race ahead, and not a few.

With a few of these top companies together, you, as a nobody, has no one powerful on your side. But with only one company pretty far ahead, you now have other companies which obviously don't give a shit about you, but for saving their own asses, will align with you.

Both exploit, but "cartels" survive, not loners.

freakynit··on Muse Wonder
I've been a regular user of muse spark 1.3 ... and I can tell you one thing for sure that this model, muse-spark-1.3 in xhigh mode, is between sol-6-medium and high.

This is already so good that 90% of my work has shifted away from codex to this. So, muse-wonder-full coming near opus 5.5 is kinda expected.

freakynit··on Passkeys are a trap
You have the option of TOTP that gives you 100% of the control, privacy, and portability. Yet, for minor inconvenience, you are ready to sacrifice all of this. Why?
freakynit··on QGIS: No AI contributions permitted
ok
freakynit··on QGIS: No AI contributions permitted
Lol.. i have 20$ codex subscription.
freakynit··on QGIS enacts moratorium on AI contributions
Still better than your assumptions.
freakynit··on QGIS enacts moratorium on AI contributions
And your proof is what? Your assumptions? Okay.
freakynit··on QGIS enacts moratorium on AI contributions
I bet millions of moved to deno, the javascript runtime... and they are ending support next year... after running for a few years only. You seem to be not questioning them.

Second, majority of apps do not last 2 decades.. and that is okay... someone else can fork the repo and continue if needed.

freakynit··on QGIS enacts moratorium on AI contributions
I don't care about traction. I hate AI-haters.
freakynit··on QGIS enacts moratorium on AI contributions
Wrong... I support all such clones: https://github.com/goodappsstore ... drop your misplaced assumptions.
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