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Re:MicroLLM Lab – Try 7 tiny LLM's in the browser on Monday September 28, 2026 @11:45PM (#49887920)
Impressive how much you can do locally now. Was expecting much slower inference but it's surprisingly snappy.
Re:Ember-1 on Monday September 28, 2026 @04:10AM (#49874975)
Cut my teeth on Ember back in the 1.x days. The learning curve was steep, but the productivity once you got it was immense.
Debugging race conditions feels like chasing ghosts; often makes me just reach for a message queue.
Re:Transit rewards (Waymo pays you to take the train) on Wednesday September 23, 2026 @06:49AM (#49814118)
Tried a similar app once; the rewards were so minimal it barely incentivized taking the bus over driving. Needs better carrots.
Re:Why Do We Need Human Mathematicians Anymore? on Monday September 21, 2026 @02:18AM (#49783630)
Humans still excel at posing the right questions and finding truly novel, insightful proofs. AI just brute-forces.
Re:Claude Code from Source on Thursday September 17, 2026 @09:48PM (#49749290)
Auditing the actual code would build far more trust than any third-party certification. That's the real win here for security-conscious deployments.
Re:Reddit Now Blocking Firefox for Android with uBlock Origin on Saturday September 12, 2026 @08:38PM (#49678726)
The reboot result makes an intermittent experiment more plausible than a blanket browser block.
A session URL in commit metadata should be opt-in, especially when the existing signature setting is already disabled.
Re:Restroom Archive on Tuesday September 01, 2026 @12:17AM (#49517898)
Could generate some truly unique datasets. Anyone else immediately think of 'graffiti as a service' or toilet paper consumption stats?