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gianpaj··on In-process reimplementation of PostgreSQL backed by SQLite-compatible storage
From the Turso CEO

> What if we could run Postgres as a single file, and take advantage of the best SQLite has to offer?

Today I am announcing pg-micro, a crazy experiment I've been undertaking to make this happen.

pg-micro is different from other approaches because it is fully local, and expected to be fast: there is no concurrency limitation and no statement translation.

[...]

https://x.com/glcst/status/2037254698898432278

gianpaj··on Gemini 3 Computer Use tool support
Launched support for the Computer Use tool in `gemini-3-pro-preview` and `gemini-3-flash-preview`
gianpaj··on [dead]
the API is fine
gianpaj··on OpenAI's Altman Declares 'Code Red' to Improve ChatGPT
i wonder who published it first :)

https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openai-ceo-declares-...

gianpaj··on Cloudflare Global Network experiencing issues
i use checklyhq.com for my website status page and those are down as well...

https://sexyvoice.checkly-dashboards.com

gianpaj··on Tell HN: Azure outage
Can't download VSCode :D

Error: visual-studio-code: Download failed on Cask 'visual-studio-code' with message: Download failed: https://update.code.visualstudio.com/1.105.1/darwin-arm64/st...

gianpaj··on AWS multiple services outage in us-east-1
Yes https://www.vercel-status.com/
gianpaj··on Ask HN: Does Claude AI run locally?
wat? model run the cloud
gianpaj··on Show HN: Claude Code in the Browser – Webcode.sh
It would be great if it could connect to GitHub directly and work on both public and private repos. Otherwise, I need to add an SSH key, etc.

Also, if I log in with Anthropic, does it keep the credentials saved somewhere in the browser? What happens if I close the browser tab or the entire browser app on my phone? Ideally, this would replace OpenAI Codex: make changes, open a PR, run tests, etc.

gianpaj··on Qwen3-Coder: Agentic coding in the world
Alibaba Cloud does: > Supported models. Currently, qwen-max, qwen-plus, qwen-turbo, qwen3-coder-plus support context cache.
gianpaj··on Ukrainian hackers destroyed the IT infrastructure of Russian drone manufacturer
"Additionally, all doors at the drone production plant have been locked, forcing employees to use fire exits."
gianpaj··on Claude Integrations
> Web search is now globally available to all Claude.ai paid plans.
gianpaj··on Show HN: Prefix any URL with `pure.md/` to get unblocked Markdown
Nice free alternative to https://llmstxt.firecrawl.dev
gianpaj··on Orpheus-3B – Emotive TTS by Canopy Labs
You need to decode the tokens into audio. See `convert_to_audio` method in `decoder.py`

You can run `python gguf_orpheus.py --text "Hello, this is a test" --voice tara` and connect to the llama-server

See https://github.com/isaiahbjork/orpheus-tts-local

See my GH issue example output https://github.com/isaiahbjork/orpheus-tts-local/issues/15

gianpaj··on Two new PebbleOS watches
Can you go running with your watch and earphones and listen to music without a phone?
gianpaj··on Show HN: Icebreaking AI. A free tool to help you find close friends
It seems the website allows anybody to send anything to GPT-4 via the API! Make sure you have put a rate limit and spend limit on the Open AI side and better generate 100~ questions and store them in a DB. Otherwise, you may have a significant OpenAI bill.
gianpaj··on [dead]
Join Lightspark co-founder and CTO Kevin Hurley and engineer Jeremy Klein at Consensus as they introduce UMA (Universal Money Address). Discover how UMA leverages Bitcoin and the Lightning network to enable global, instant, and low-cost payments. See a demo of UMA in action and discover the future vision for global, seamless transactions.

https://www.lightspark.com https://github.com/lightsparkdev https://github.com/uma-universal-money-address

gianpaj··on Hacking millions of modems and investigating who hacked my modem
This reminded me to turn off "privacy settings" to "keep your vehicle in good condition and observe the vehicle's health" on my Volvo XC40 after the mechanics asked me to turn it on yesterday during the yearly maintenance. I don't know if they can change some settings remotely, but I prefer to be cautious
gianpaj··on Ask HN: How do I train a custom LLM/ChatGPT on my own documents in Dec 2023?
Ask chatgpt next time. "What is rag in context of AI?"
gianpaj··on Survival Time for Web Sites
Now, it's a smaller window thanks to the real-time certificate transparency log.
gianpaj··on Searle vs. Boden (1984) – Consciousness and Understanding in Machines [video]
The Searle vs. Boden debate revolves around the philosophical question of whether machines can truly possess consciousness and understanding, or if they are limited to simulating intelligent behavior without genuine understanding. This debate primarily involves John Searle, an American philosopher, and Margaret Boden, a cognitive scientist and philosopher.

John Searle is best known for his thought experiment called the Chinese Room argument, which he presented in 1980. In this argument, Searle imagines himself locked inside a room with a set of instructions that enable him to respond to written Chinese symbols without understanding the Chinese language. He argues that even though he can generate appropriate responses and appear to understand Chinese, he does not genuinely understand the language because he is simply following a set of syntactic rules without grasping the meaning behind them. Searle extends this argument to claim that computers, no matter how complex or sophisticated, can only manipulate symbols according to algorithms but lack true understanding.

Margaret Boden, on the other hand, represents a more optimistic view about machine understanding and consciousness. She acknowledges Searle's Chinese Room argument but argues that it overlooks the potential of computational systems to exhibit genuine understanding. Boden emphasizes the distinction between "strong" AI, which aims to create machines with consciousness and understanding comparable to human intelligence, and "weak" AI, which focuses on simulating intelligent behavior without claiming genuine understanding. She argues that while Searle's argument may hold for weak AI, it does not necessarily refute the possibility of strong AI.

Boden suggests that machine understanding can emerge through the combination of syntactic manipulation of symbols (as Searle describes) and semantic processing, which involves the interpretation and mapping of symbols to meaning. She highlights the importance of cognitive architecture, which encompasses not only the symbolic manipulation but also the grounding of symbols in sensory-motor experiences. According to Boden, by providing machines with rich sensory inputs and allowing them to interact with the physical world, it becomes possible for them to develop genuine understanding and consciousness.

gianpaj··on Show HN: ChatGPT-CLI, a Unix-y client
reminds me of https://github.com/jucasoliveira/terminalGPT
gianpaj··on Ask HN: Is your GoDaddy domain down too?

  We are currently investigating an issue impacting DNS resolution for a subset of customers.
  Feb 23, 2023 - 10:56 UTC
https://status.godaddy.com/
gianpaj··on [dead]
seems like. I can't do dig on my domain. Not even using their DNS servers

  $ dig ns32.domaincontrol.com +short
  173.201.73.16

  $ dig google.com @173.201.73.16

  ; <<>> DiG 9.10.6 <<>> google.com @173.201.73.16
  ;; global options: +cmd
  ;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached
Nothing yet on their status page... https://status.godaddy.com/ I've been trying since 10 UTC time

I think it's time to move to Cloudflare

gianpaj··on Ask HN: What would be your stack if you are building an MVP today?
Fly.io is great!
gianpaj··on Show HN: Slow Social, a social network built for friends, not influencers
How do I invite friends?? There is no unique URL for my profile... There is no invite link or mechanism on the website. I can't send a link to a post to my friends...

I think you went "live" a bit too early.

gianpaj··on Google open sources solar atmospheric water generator
https://github.com/google/h2e_technical_documentation/blob/m...
gianpaj··on Ukraine calls on hacker underground to defend against Russia
RT's app is down at the moment. I'm in Spain
gianpaj··on Akamai Edge DNS was down
https://www.interactivebrokers.co.uk/ , a Trading Platform, is also down as well :(

How am I going to sell my AMC stock...

gianpaj··on Slack Running Slow / Hanging?
Down here too. No updates on Twitter either: https://twitter.com/SlackStatus
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