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Re:Tell HN: PayPal Blocks GrapheneOS on Thursday August 27, 2026 @07:56AM (#49463329)
I simply use it as an intermediary between my bank and any website I don't fully trust
Nvidia announced their version of this technology called Reflex 2 around 1 year ago, but sadly we didn't get any news since then
Re:CLion Is Now Free for Non-Commercial Use on Wednesday May 07, 2025 @08:52AM (#43915006)
Awesome news
I know it makes sense in the "scope-less" python philosopy but it still feels weird for me as a scope (ab)user in C++ and has caused me one headache or two in the past
Sorry for the borked code formatting
One of my biggest gripes with python is the fact that the only way to create a local scope for variables is with functions.

I understand if statements not having their own scope for simplicity's sake, but the fact that `with` blocks don't is simply mind-bobbling to me. ``` with open("text.txt", 'w') as f: f.write("hello world") f.write("hello world") # at least the handle was automatically closed so it will give an IO error ```

Re:Building a personal, private AI computer on a budget on Tuesday February 11, 2025 @08:54AM (#43012721)
I tried running the 8B model on my 8GB M2 Macbook Air through Ollama and it was awful. It took ages to do anything and the responses were bad at best.
The missing requirement might be no TPM 2.0
Re:No-Panic Rust: A Nice Technique for Systems Programming on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @05:55AM (#42930825)
Yeah no problem on other pages
Re:No-Panic Rust: A Nice Technique for Systems Programming on Monday February 03, 2025 @06:52PM (#42925120)
Same, the web view in my Android client crashed after a couple seconds.
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