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Re:We're releasing the weights of Mistral Large 4
on Friday October 30, 2026 @09:33AM (#50303652)
Ah yeah I suppose that's fair.
Re:We're releasing the weights of Mistral Large 4
on Thursday October 29, 2026 @07:21PM (#50297667)
Open source: source code available, and can be used for whatever.
Source-available: source code available, but only for viewing, not to make derivatives.
Freeware/shareware: source code not available, but software is free to run.
Not sure what the weights equivalent of that last one is, but I feel like this is more like source-available.
Re:We're releasing the weights of Mistral Large 4
on Thursday October 29, 2026 @02:50PM (#50294033)
Open weights was already a weaker term then open source, but this is not even that. "Weights available" feels like an apt description akin to source available.
Re:Flatpak – An Insecurity Nightmare
on Monday October 19, 2026 @06:45AM (#50150748)
It was announced a while back that they were going to look at making it an end-user OS as well. The actual, new announcement [1] says that they've produced the first Preview release for it, with the caveat:
> In all likelihood, GNOME OS Preview will be with us for a few years. However, we are explicitly not promising updates in perpetuity. If you’re not OK with re-installing your OS in a few years to switch to GNOME OS Stable, this is not for you yet. But if you’ve already been curious about giving GNOME OS a try, this is the moment!
I'm sceptical that that brought Flatpak top-of-mind however.
[1] https://blogs.gnome.org/adrianvovk/2026/10/16/gnome-os-previ...
Re:"Tame" boar and deer are instinctively adapting to the wolf in the ...
on Saturday October 17, 2026 @06:33AM (#50129767)
> For the people who don't know, there weren't wild wolves up to 2015.
Well, if you go further back in time, there were. It's not like introducing a nonnative species.
Ubuntu's speech-to-text is now available as a technology preview
Re:Fingerprints Are the New Cookies
on Monday October 12, 2026 @03:56AM (#50052911)
Even without JS, there is timing, HTTP headers, conditional CSS, etc.
Re:Crest – an Arc-inspired open-source browser for Mac
on Monday October 12, 2026 @03:42AM (#50052763)
Appears to use Chromium by default, and also ship WebKit to toggle for individual websites: https://crestbrowser.com/guides/engines/
Of course this comment section also warrants a mention of Zen Browser, another Arc alternative that's been going for a while already, is based on Firefox, and is available cross-platform: https://zen-browser.app
Igalia Improving the Firefox Experience for Valve's Steam Deck
Re:I Switched to Brave Browser
on Tuesday September 29, 2026 @09:14AM (#49892707)
I don't use it myself (wasn't an Arc user either), but apparently it's moving really fast, so definitely worth trying again.
(See also this almost identical conversation: https://phanpy.social/#/fosstodon.org/s/117281195620828803)
Re:I Switched to Brave Browser
on Monday September 28, 2026 @05:00PM (#49884271)
> I LOVED Arc.
I assume you've heard of it, but just in case you haven't: you should try Zen! It's basically Arc, but based on Firefox, open source and, more importantly, actively maintained.
Re:AI companies in race to demonstrate their model most threatening to...
on Monday September 28, 2026 @08:14AM (#49876798)
Well, or at least by The Civilian, a New Zealand version of The Onion.
Re:Dutch governments builds alternative for Microsoft based on NixOS
on Sunday September 27, 2026 @11:22AM (#49867437)
Mijn Bureau is the Dutch equivalent of openDesk and La Suite: https://github.com/MinBZK/mijn-bureau
Re:I'm the Mom in That Viral Giants Clip. Let Me Tell You About My Hus...
on Saturday September 26, 2026 @05:10PM (#49860583)
> My employer provided medical coverage would lapse before my daughter’s birth. I was at risk of not have medical insurance for the birth of our daughter
...
Re:Show HN: Make cursed fonts like Times New Bastard
on Friday September 25, 2026 @07:56AM (#49843373)
Re:My Weird New Hobby: Wandering Around Tokyo on Google Maps
on Thursday September 24, 2026 @05:59PM (#49837260)
There are many old and very walkable cities in the Netherlands, any of the larger ones would probably be nice.
Re:Meta takes down a critical video about meta AI Glasses after filmin...
on Thursday September 24, 2026 @08:16AM (#49829571)
I felt a bit uneasy when the employees indicate they're uncomfortable with the filming and he asks them why, while continuing to film. Given how they're blurred out and that their discomfort is kind-of the point w.r.t. the issue he's trying to raise, I don't think this meets the bar that Meta usually adheres to when it comes to taking down videos, but describing it as "a bit" of harassment doesn't sound too wrong to me.
Re:Meta takes down a critical video about meta AI Glasses after filmin...
on Thursday September 24, 2026 @06:00AM (#49828457)
> portrait rights claim
Note that the employees were not recognisable; their faces were blurred out.
Meta takes down satirical video confronting Meta employees with Meta glasses
Re:Ideas on modernizing the open-source desktop
on Thursday September 24, 2026 @04:32AM (#49827862)
The article also links to the video recording of the actual talk. I usually prefer text, but video might be a better medium for conveying these ideas: https://media.ccc.de/v/kde2026-7-are_we_really_going_to_use_...
(link timestamped to 29min, where the demo starts.)
Re:There is no epidemic of loneliness, but there is an epidemic of scurvy
on Wednesday September 23, 2026 @08:44AM (#49815253)
The article is talking about "social scurvy", which they use as a metaphor for people not realising they need to get out of the house and meet up with other people every now and then.
Re:Transit rewards (Waymo pays you to take the train)
on Wednesday September 23, 2026 @08:08AM (#49814850)
This is why the main train company in the Netherlands has dirt cheap bike rentals at most train stations. Saves a bunch of last-mile headaches, as a traveller.
Re:How do Traffic Signals Work (2019)
on Tuesday September 22, 2026 @03:05PM (#49806481)
There's plenty to criticise at all levels of government here, but overall I indeed am pretty satisfied with my local government. And on the infrastructure level especially - whenever there are roadworks, they're annoying, but I'm always looking forward to what it'll end up as.
Re:I said no and Apple said yes
on Tuesday September 22, 2026 @09:54AM (#49801353)
Yes! Somehow people seem to assume I'm arguing for different behaviour, which I'm explicitly not. I'm saying "Not now", and the ability to manually go into settings or wherever to change the setting later, is better than "No", while doing the same thing as "No".
And as I said in my first post, "Ask me again later" and the associated behaviour is annoying.
Re:I said no and Apple said yes
on Tuesday September 22, 2026 @09:52AM (#49801326)
Of course not, that's why I was surprised with the suggestion - if that's not what it should do, then it's no different from what I was proposing.
I was agreeing with you that indeed, I don't want software to bother me again with the question unprompted. Additionally, I appreciate the reassurance that the dialog isn't my last opportunity to set the setting (because sometimes that is the case).
So tl;dr: label the button "Not now", and don't prompt me again.
Re:I said no and Apple said yes
on Tuesday September 22, 2026 @09:50AM (#49801300)
I agree that telling me exactly where I can change it can be helpful, although I'm also sure I won't remember that.
But we're comparing to the case where it just says "No", in which case "Not now" at least tells me I can look up how to change it later now - or more importantly, that I don't need to give this further thought now.
Yes, PMs (or anyone) making software doing dumb shit is dumb anyway, but that also holds true if it were labelled "No".
Re:I said no and Apple said yes
on Tuesday September 22, 2026 @06:17AM (#49798931)
That's is the same as what "Not now" and "Maybe later" would (should) do.
Only "ask me again later" is the one that prompts you again. That's why I do mind that one, and appreciate the other ones.
Re:I said no and Apple said yes
on Tuesday September 22, 2026 @05:55AM (#49798747)
"Remind me later" means "bug me again with a dialog in the future", which is not what I want. I don't need to be reminded, but if I change my mind in the future, I want to be able to proactively go and change it.
Yes, more text can be another way to provide the message, but if you've ever done any user testing, you'll know that people at best scan through your UI. I know I wouldn't read that, or at least would prefer not to have to read that.
I guess I don't see why "No" combined with "You can change this later in settings" is so much less offensive than "Not now".
Re:I said no and Apple said yes
on Tuesday September 22, 2026 @05:53AM (#49798736)
And "no, never" would irreversibly remove the option from settings?