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Re:DeepSeek-v4-flash-vision-exp on Friday August 21, 2026 @08:32AM (#49387139)
Frontend Dev? I do not really understand. do you let the models analyze the webpages you are working on? or for testing?
Re:DeepSeek-v4-flash-vision-exp on Friday August 21, 2026 @08:23AM (#49387025)
For what do you guys use vision in those models? surveillance is the obvious use case... but are there some "nicer" ways to use it?
Re:Why Local-First Apps Haven't Become Popular? on Monday September 22, 2025 @03:43PM (#45338496)
local first: could actually be a downloadable index.html file, that runs locally only your browser.
Re:How I code with AI on a budget/free on Sunday August 10, 2025 @08:48AM (#44854839)
Why is Mistral not mentioned. Is there any reason? I have the impression that they are often ignored by media, bloggers, devs when it comes to comparing or showcasing LLM thingies. Comes with free tier and quality is quite good. (But I am not an AI power user) https://chat.mistral.ai/chat
Re:Take the Pedals Off the Bike on Wednesday January 15, 2025 @05:28AM (#42709387)
We had those woom bikes without pedals and my children could immediately ride a "real" bike bevor they got 3 years old.

Training wheels always seemed to me like a wrong technique from a last century.

Is it possible to have some kind of electron/tauri/,.. based runtime, but without the actual app? The users would need to install this runtime only once. The apps would need to be installed separately. The apps could be just the plain html/js/css/assets maybe packed within a zip, with a dedicated extension. The runtime would take care of the installation. That way the devs could develop with their FE-stack of their choice and ship just the small packages. Does this make sense?
Why would Rust create a technological advantage for the EU?
Re:Dear Paul Graham, there is no cookie banner law on Monday March 18, 2024 @08:07AM (#39743066)
hmm I disagree. I found the article, quite an eye opener for me. I also thought that he cookie banners is what the EU forced the web-site owners to show.. but it clearly isn't. It is just about consent. This consent could be given in a non-annoying way, but clearly the involved companies don't want to.
Re:FCC rules AI-generated voices in robocalls illegal on Friday February 09, 2024 @03:50AM (#39312810)
Are there some realistic Text-To-Speech voice models out there that I can use locally and for free?

I know that ElevenLabs, Microsoft, of course OpenAI have some nice voices. But I would like to use them locally, or maybe in an app?

Re:EU Strikes Deal to Regulate ChatGPT, AI Tech in Landmark Act on Saturday December 09, 2023 @05:04PM (#38586554)
I often ask myself that too. The talent and infrastructure definitely exist in Europe. (until the people leave for the US) Is it the big VC money, or some magical governmental support (military-industrial complex)? is it the english language that gives the US-companies an advantage? is it the different mindset? I really do not know.

It's very weird and also sad and a bit frustrating to see that the market is in favor of one country that seems to get everything. I'm still crying for Nokia.

Re:A two-person startup already uses twenty-eight other tools on Saturday February 29, 2020 @02:53PM (#22452623)
What is the value of Figma ($24 / month for Designing product mocks..) Why not just get the Adobe Suite with Illustrator, Photoshop,... I am really curious, as I am trying to create a design tool too. What is so great about it? Is there some USP?
Re:Ask HN: Successful one-person online businesses? on Thursday October 24, 2019 @06:21PM (#21349793)
Did you implement the payment process on your own, or does it come within a CMS that you are using? what kind of technology are you using to enable subscriptions after payments arrives?
Re:How Voxels Became ‘The Next Big Thing’ on Monday May 28, 2018 @02:45AM (#17170918)
Is there somewhere a "hello World" code about how to create such a voxel in same sense as this article suggests?

Are they just creating "boxes" or "cubes" for each voxel?

Re:Qwant, a European search engine that respects your privacy on Monday November 06, 2017 @04:52AM (#15634420)
I got the same notification
Re:Qwant, a European search engine that respects your privacy on Monday November 06, 2017 @04:13AM (#15634241)
I think it is great news. Europe is so much behind the US in the IT-Sector. Even russia has a successful search-engine.

The default view is a bit overloaded in my opinion...

Lite version: https://lite.qwant.com/

A plus point is that qwant also supports hashbangs like duckduckgo.

Re:Quitting Caffeine on Tuesday August 15, 2017 @04:07AM (#15016345)
I think the supplements and alternatives, which are mentioned in the article are a bit weird...I think those are sports-products, and not real alternatives to coffee.

I also want to reduce my caffeine/coffee intake, but I want to have the "same feeling" as when I drink coffee...

For this I drink the following: * My girlfriend showed me Caro Coffee (wheat-basis): http://amzn.to/2w8RhDu You make it like instant coffee with hot water (and milk/sugar)

* Yogi Tea (chocolate-taste) http://amzn.to/2wZCVSP Usually I drink this in winter.. But I'm not sure whether it is completly caffeine free.

* Eimalzin (malt-cocoa) http://amzn.to/2i3bTrs ok thats just cocoa.. still I like it from time to time

* Zotter (various drinking chocolates) http://amzn.to/2w5W7SD hmm very tasty! but a bit "heavy", so I only drink them from time to time.

But I am always happy to find good tasting alternatives to coffee... Do you have any suggestions?

The news usually shows China as the bad-bad hacker-land, which is evil because of their IT-espionage. So what is the US now?