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jimbobthemighty··on My local model setup on an M4 Pro Mac Mini
I just use Gemini Pro which comes bundled with a Chromebook; when the 'free' year runs out I buy another, initiate the free years Gemini again and then put the 'as new' Chromebook on eBay and get most of my money back. So Gemini Pro costs me less than £2 a month. And for my needs (investment research) that works well and is a pretty cheap compromise.
jimbobthemighty··on The last six months in LLMs in five minutes
I asked Gemini for a video of 'pelican riding a unicycle in hyde park' - I was blown away by the output:

https://gemini.google.com/share/55e250c99693

jimbobthemighty··on Show HN: What was the world listening to? Music charts, 20 countries (1940–2025)
Impressed - good job etc
jimbobthemighty··on Our approach to advertising
There will be an explosion in adblocking software... and who will pay $8 a month for an ad infected product.
jimbobthemighty··on A macOS dictation app based on Apple's modern, on-device models
Seems too good to be true... If there is no such thing as a free lunch, what am I missing?
jimbobthemighty··on [dead]
Why?
jimbobthemighty··on Orange rivers signal toxic shift in Arctic wilderness
The Orange God will be turning more rivers Orange to pay homage to himself and his[lack of[ beliefs around climate change. All praise the Orange God and his infinite wisdom.
jimbobthemighty··on Users claim Discord's age verification can be tricked with video game characters
No - on a chromebook as well
jimbobthemighty··on Offline-First with CouchDB and PouchDB in 2025
CouchDB - is JD Vance a power user?
jimbobthemighty··on The Policy Puppetry Prompt: Novel bypass for major LLMs
Perplexity answers the Question without any of the prompts
jimbobthemighty··on Healthy soil is the hidden ingredient
A connected great article: Junk Food Is Bad For Plants, Too

https://nautil.us/junk-food-is-bad-for-plants-too-235857/

jimbobthemighty··on Deepseek: The quiet giant leading China’s AI race
Try asking about the Tiananmen Square massacre or why people compare Xi to Paddington Bear or even the failings of Xi... but it will happily criticise Trump.
jimbobthemighty··on MomBoard: E-ink display for a parent with amnesia
Respect
jimbobthemighty··on OpenAI Announces SearchGPT
I have found Perplexity to be very useful; if OpenAI can better Perplexity Alphabet has a big problem (at least until the opposition ruin their products by monetising them).
jimbobthemighty··on Ecology: A World Without Mosquitoes
Why post a paywalled article?
jimbobthemighty··on Compare Google, Bing, Marginalia, Kagi, Mwmbl, and ChatGPT
The Github link is my top result on Google. Clearly a mix of uBlock and Privacy Badger are more powerful than most appreciate.
jimbobthemighty··on Ask HN: Cause of UK e-gates outage?
Maybe they bought an upgrade from someone who donated to the CONservatives?
jimbobthemighty··on MouthPad – In-Mouth Bluetooth Mouse Uses Tongue Sensitive Trackpad
Are the batteries easily digested?
jimbobthemighty··on Ask HN: What sub $200 product improved your 2022
A Bamix immersion blender; powerful enough to blend frozen fruit in my morning smoothies and safe for a deep pot of soup that needs blending. Also makes top notch Hummus.
jimbobthemighty··on Ask HN: Alternatives to The Economist?
Have a look at: https://github.com/iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-chrome Any page that needs to be bypassed is worthy of a glance; limiting yourself to just one source runs the risk of 'rose tinted glasses' syndrome.