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voidnullvalueon Patrick Stewart has died

Growing up without a good male role model, I am eternally grateful to Patrick Stewart's performance of Picard.

His performance (as well as how the character was written) still today illustrate what I view as an ideal male archetype. Fair, honest, in control of his emotions yet passionate. Thank you for the gift your performance has given me Mr Stewart. My life would likely have turned out a lot worse without a solid example of that a good man could be

voidnullvalueon Scientists rediscover how to make ancient Roman colour-changing glass

For those who don't care to be held hostage by the journalist as he forces you through a long winded narrative: gold and silver nano particles are embedded into the glass

voidnullvalueon Show HN: Computer use on the phone itself: a 2B model that operates Android apps

Why would I use this over ADB?

voidnullvalueon Trump administration is suspending Microsoft from a green card program

That movie was an abomination. The studios should he ashamed of what they made. The studio didn't even wait till Adams was cold in the ground before they drove through his screenplay with a bulldozer

voidnullvalueon A story about Magic (Jargon File)

Of all the ancient hacker lore, this is probably my favorite bit. What are some of y'alls favorite tales? Famous, your own stories, I am not picky!

voidnullvalueon Big Tech ruined the cloud, so we're renaming ours

I'd guess that most of the Home Assistant user base is "IT people".

I don't see HA as a consumer established product, as much as Nabu Kasa would like otherwise.

Then again, this is just my guesswork. I have 0 clue the demographics of Home Assistant users

voidnullvalueon Big Tech ruined the cloud, so we're renaming ours

https://community.home-assistant.io/t/wth-no-rbac-role-based...

This thread is relevant. Their permissions system is just on entities, and isn't a real EBAC system.

voidnullvalueon Big Tech ruined the cloud, so we're renaming ours

Ok so i am wrong to want interface panels to control things with Home Assistant because I have kids?

voidnullvalueon Big Tech ruined the cloud, so we're renaming ours

Nabu Kasa keeps ignoring the elephant in the room of security and permissions. They have no native ability to set user groups and permissions. There is no serious RBAC. I guess it doesn't sell cloud subscriptions. I cant keep my children from affecting devices they shouldn't. I ended up replacing my automation with mqtt

voidnullvalueon [dead]

It absolutely is a waste of time, but was a fun waste of time.

It works now. Updates will never come from directv for this box

Once this hardware dies it's not getting repaired. I really enjoy reusing appliances like this. An old MiFi hotspot is the mqtt server for my house

voidnullvalueon The smart home graveyard is getting crowded

Ya but that would increase complexity and costs. Currently I can use some Meross branded stuff because it can be provisioned without their cloud nonsense and is mqtt. Other bespoke devices are esphome with mqtt control (no home assistant)

voidnullvalueon The smart home graveyard is getting crowded

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voidnullvalueon The smart home graveyard is getting crowded

I quickly realized that the only rational (for me) home automation solution would be 100% cloud free, off the shelf hardware. No overly complicated, security poor Home Assistant, everything is mqtt

voidnullvalueon Minimal Phone 2

I never understood these things. Just buy a kaios phone for less than $60

voidnullvalueon Minimal Phone 2

This is why I won't buy a phone without an unlockable bootloader.

First thing I do is flash lineageos+microg then root.

voidnullvalueon Kimi K3 (2.8T) at 1 token/s on a MacBook Pro, streamed from four SSDs

Normally I am with you. I like doing strange things with computers for the sake of doing them. My comment was motivated more by what appears to be a waste of resources that are currently scarce, just for internet clicks

voidnullvalueon A warning about 'model welfare'

What properties do LLMs possess that make human-animal moral status analogies appropriate?

voidnullvalueon PS5 Linux lead quits: "a bunch of noobs using LLMs" that "they don't understand"

That quote logically implies that people should be paralyzed to act on any novel information. There is no such thing as a discovery that occurs in a vacuum without some prior art. "Standing on the shoulders of giants"

Then again, its a silly illogical movie

voidnullvalueon A warning about 'model welfare'

So effectively by your criteria, there is essentially no ethical use of a large language model? Am I understanding your position correctly? If not I am really confused by your original comment

voidnullvalueon A warning about 'model welfare'

By that benchmark, "AI should handle repetitive labor so humans don't have to" is an abhorrent take and equates someone to hitler?

voidnullvalueon XCancel service is suspended until further notice

Imginn.com/whateverrouteoninstagram

So instagram.com/foo becomes Imginn.com/foo

Hope this helps!

voidnullvalueon Registration without a phone number on Signal will use zero-knowledge proofs

Considering the eyebrow raising funding sources, probably not

voidnullvalueon Project Blinkenlights

I have it 3d printed by my workstation on a small sign

voidnullvalueon Kimi K3 (2.8T) at 1 token/s on a MacBook Pro, streamed from four SSDs

But why though? Cannot possibly be useful at such slow speeds, and costs a ton to perform that badly

voidnullvalueon What AI Can't Fake: How junior engineers can stand out in the age of AI

I cannot stress enough the point made in the article about showing curiosity. An engineer who wants to take things apart, figure out how they work is far more valuable than an educated, certified engineer. The certified, educated engineer knows what they are taught. The curious figure out whats possible

voidnullvalueon AI models ran real businesses: They sent $12,431 in fake invoices, lost $3,200

If your system worked, there would be no finacial incentive for you to sell a masterclass. Especially with such fomo marketing tactics.

voidnullvalueon Stop Making TUIs

Claude Code should be heavily sandboxed to be used safely. Are you advocating requiring a gfx stack in the sandbox just to use Claude Code?

voidnullvalueon Incident with Github.com

Rate limiting the infrastructure-hammering actions (mainly CI stuff) would be a reasonable method to handle this.

voidnullvalueon Incident with Github.com [resolved]

Codeberg isn't a viable infrastructure alternative. Its an opinionated community not a neutral host as they will delete repos based off subjective opinions on LLM usage and resource consumption. If continued hosting is dependent on moderators deciding if a project fits whatever the current philosophy is, and the whims of the moderation team, then I cannot consider it a serious choice for infrastructure.

Infrastructure should be neutral. Codeberg is a social club

voidnullvalueon Mario Meets Pareto

I cannot be the only one who atrongly dislikes this bloated web design. I hit back after scrolling a bit