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james-bcn··on Memdoor: A team of 5 Qwen3.8-27B models beats Fable 5 on LiveCodeBench Hard
Yes it is extremely aggravating that Claude will often raise copyright objections even when doing something like putting images in a report for personal use. The AI companies are the most blatant copyright abusers in history.
james-bcn··on So you want to use OpenRouter?
Vercel AI Gateway is one I've used: https://vercel.com/ai-gateway/models
james-bcn··on Breaking Up with WordPress After Two Decades
Kirby rocks. It's so much better designed than WordPress.
james-bcn··on Why Law Is Law-Shaped
Audrey Tang did a lot of things related to this whilst they were Minister of Digital Affairs of Taiwan. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audrey_Tang
james-bcn··on Show HN: Tolaria – Open-source macOS app to manage Markdown knowledge bases
For me the main issue with Bear is that it does not work with a directory of Markdown files, but locks them away in a database. If you worked directly on markdown files it would be nearly perfect. They did make a standalone markdown editor called Panda, but didn't pursue it for some reason.
james-bcn··on Show HN: Tolaria – Open-source macOS app to manage Markdown knowledge bases
I love this! It is like you have taken all the things I want from Obsidian (plus plug-ins) and made them into a single, well designed app. Great!

Feedback:

* This is so good you should find a way to keep it open source but also profit from it so you can develop it full-time. You could just have an official app version - I would pay for that.

* Feature creep. I am a big fan of Bear App for it's wonderful simple design, although I stopped using it because it doesn't work on markdown files directly. What I've seen is that equivalent apps/services (including Obsidian, Notion, Craft) are continuously adding new features. You've already got all the core features I think - try to avoid feature creep, and keep it focused on just doing the core things really well, like Bear App does.

james-bcn··on ISBN Visualization
Children of Time is wonderful! I wish Adrian Tchaikovsky would stop churning them out so quickly and write some more of the quality of Children of Time.
james-bcn··on Enhancing gut-brain communication reversed cognitive decline in aging mice
I can confirm that eliminating coffee can make a big difference.
james-bcn··on 71% Desk Workers Say Screen-Related Visual Discomfort Is Reducing Productivity
Get glasses with the correct focal length for the distance you have your screen at. It makes a huge difference.
james-bcn··on Chrome extensions spying on users' browsing data
Great idea! Someone please do this.
james-bcn··on Animated AVIF for the Modern Web
What is the advantage of using avif over using an MP4 file?
james-bcn··on I stopped following the news
The Economist rocks. They also have a wonderful daily summary of the news that takes five mins to read.
james-bcn··on Sins of the Children
Yes Children of Time is very good. Tchaikovsky is excellent at portraying alien/non-human minds. You can tell he studied zoology and psychology at university.
james-bcn··on The Machine Consciousness Hypothesis
Paper by Joscha Bach and Hikari Sorensen. "This essay describes our philosophical position on machine consciousness, including what we mean by “machine” and “consciousness,” and the epistemological and metaphysical assumptions we make in approaching the question."
james-bcn··on Ask HN: Share your personal website
I have two

https://thisisjam.es

https://jamjohnson.com

james-bcn··on Apple Creator Studio
> overpriced

Seriously? This is incredibly reasonable.

james-bcn··on Immersa: Open-source Web-based 3D Presentation Tool
You can do this kind of thing in Apple Keynote. It's one of those powerful features that you find in Apple software but for some reason they keep hidden.

https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/keynote/tane2b2f4354/m...

You can use "Magic move" to do the kind of stuff that Immersa is doing.

james-bcn··on An SVG is all you need
Is there any appropriate solution for complex interactive charts and graphs?
james-bcn··on Datacenters in space aren't going to work
>You literally just need to be in space, because no typical laws apply if you are there.

That makes no sense. Unless you are going to use the data in space (what for?), you need to import it into a country, and it is at that point the crime will have been committed. You can't, for example, circumvent GDPR laws just by sending the data into space first.

james-bcn··on What OpenAI did when ChatGPT users lost touch with reality
Reminds me of The Chewbacca Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aV6NoNkDGsU
james-bcn··on After my dad died, we found the love letters
It mentions “boskovitch's installation”. I looked it up: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_Fan_(Feel_It_Motherfu...
james-bcn··on Micro.blog launches new 'Studio' tier with video hosting
Now that Vimeo has been taken over by Bending Spoons it's good to have more hosting options.
james-bcn··on Show HN: Cactoide – Federated RSVP Platform
Mobilizon looks interesting but their docs results in a 404, which doesn't inspire confidence.
james-bcn··on Show HN: Cactoide – Federated RSVP Platform
Needs the ability to have a waitlist.
james-bcn··on IKEA launches new smart home range with 21 Matter-compatible products
Isn't Matter derived from Zigbee?
james-bcn··on You are how you act
I love Sapolsky, but not this book. He was out of his depth on this topic.
james-bcn··on WorldGrow: Generating Infinite 3D World
Yep. People have been doing this kind of stuff for computer games for decades. It's actually not that difficult. It's not clear what novel problem is being solved here.
james-bcn··on What is intelligence? (2024)
Emotional The New Thinking About Feelings by Leonard Mlodinow
james-bcn··on What is intelligence? (2024)
Not that one but it was in my wish list, so I've purchased it on the basis of your recommendation, thank you!
james-bcn··on What is intelligence? (2024)
Thanks for the recommendation. I've read it, not a huge fan, I think she makes good points but sets up false straw men ("everyone thinks that...") and overstates her case.
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