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Re:OpenCode 2.0 on Wednesday October 14, 2026 @10:41PM (#50098494)
My laptop fan went nuts on their homepage.
Does it matter that Apple does the same?
Re:Fixing a Bricked Framework Laptop on Tuesday August 18, 2026 @08:58PM (#49355180)
> In comparison to MacBooks ...

I can buy 3rd party: RAM, SSD, WI-FI,random Expansion cards from the marketplace. I can open and clean and change thermal paste, etc. I've heard the display can be bought from alibaba, etc.

I can't even open my Mac.

Re:AI;DR (AI; Didn't Read) on Monday August 17, 2026 @04:26PM (#49337138)
I dump AI output in PRs, because it ads context for the AI reviewer.
Re:Stripe Clinches over $7B Deal to Buy AI Firm OpenRouter on Monday August 17, 2026 @09:20AM (#49330393)
The OAuth or the usage cut?
Re:Stripe Clinches over $7B Deal to Buy AI Firm OpenRouter on Monday August 17, 2026 @09:19AM (#49330383)
All of that plus all the privacy and user data stuff that as an app developer I may chose not to deal with.

"I am not touching your data, you are using OpenRouter and whatever provider, I am getting a small cut from your usage."

Not sure why this does not exist yet.

Re:Stripe Clinches over $7B Deal to Buy AI Firm OpenRouter on Monday August 17, 2026 @06:07AM (#49328636)
I am using oauth already. Thanks. I really need the second part.
Re:Stripe Clinches over $7B Deal to Buy AI Firm OpenRouter on Sunday August 16, 2026 @06:24PM (#49324356)
If someone from Stripe / OpenRouter is listening, please let me provide Open Router OAuth to my users and let me take a cut of their usage. Apple takes 30, I would take whatever the users are willing to pay. 5 to 15 is reasonable.
Started using them like 2 weeks back, happy to see how they work.
Wondering where and who plugs in monetization here (for example with the new Cloudflare AI Wallets thing)?
There are two things here:

Allowing Siri competitors. EU is 100% right to demand from Apple to give the same data that Siri has to any other app (competitor) that the user chooses to install, trusts and has granted access. The grant should be the gate keeper, not Apple.

User privacy, data retention, pii, etc - I am not 100% sure here - if you send user data somewhere to a LLM, it gets very complicated, very fast, and probably the rules should be revisited / simplified / relaxed.

Re:Our Commitment to Windows Quality on Friday March 20, 2026 @05:30PM (#47460859)
I've used Windows since 3.11 and I am using macOS for 5+ years now for work (requirement).

Switched to Linux on my personal devices 2 years ago and using Ubuntu and PopOS! on two different laptops. I've had very small number of issues. Can't understand people moving to Mac - it is the same messed half backed OS as both Windows and Linux (flavors). With the llms these days, any linux issue is fixable within minutes.

With Linux at least I don't have to worry about privacy.

Re:Tesla to pay $243M judgement over Autopilot crash on Friday February 20, 2026 @05:01PM (#47094612)
Why the f this was downvoted? Literally from the article:

> Tesla has indicated it will appeal the verdict to a higher court.

Re:I’m joining OpenAI on Sunday February 15, 2026 @05:10PM (#47028167)
With OpenClaw we are seeing how the app layer becomes as important as the model layer.

You can switch models multiple times (online/proprietary, open weight, local), but you have one UI : OpenClaw.

Re:The Codex App on Tuesday February 03, 2026 @06:28PM (#46878917)
Really hoped you'd say Linux next.
> For example, in the UK sophisticated gangs steal cars and phones and ship them around the world where they're resold.

This does not happen almost anywhere else - car theft. This is UK issue with local law enforcement / insurance companies.

Phones - just fix your streets, elect politicians that are tough on crime. Simple.

"No deal has been signed" per Elon Musk's post on X just now.
"No deal has been signed" per Elon Musk post on X.
Re:The Ghosts in the Machine on Friday December 20, 2024 @07:15AM (#42470465)
Wait, the music mafia industry is finally getting out-mafia-ed?
Re:Grok on Sunday March 17, 2024 @05:14PM (#39738118)
There is a friendly warning here from Groq: https://wow.groq.com/hey-elon-its-time-to-cease-de-grok/
Re:Grok on Sunday March 17, 2024 @05:07PM (#39738060)
> Which is the only valuable thing Twitter (X) has left. reply

They have a very valuable user base (all kinds of world leaders for example), so the data is not the only valuable thing they have.

Re:Epic says Apple will reinstate developer account on Friday March 08, 2024 @05:06PM (#39647094)
I have not played Fortnite in years, but I am buying the new battle pass.
Re:Keep your phone number private with Signal usernames on Tuesday February 20, 2024 @02:26PM (#39445693)
When they announced usernames I thought I will be able to install Signal on my TV desktop (linux) and send / receive messages from to it (links, files, etc).

Now that I know it still needs phone number I assume it will need to be unique so my use case fails.

For the record, I am still a happy Signal user and a monthly supporter, thank you very much.

If it is going to be an "everything app", that also includes banking thus the KYC. I presume this is related to financial services, banking, etc.
I guess the Q that bothers me the most is who has access to my activity, when it was accessed and why.

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