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Re:F-Droid 2.0: A New Chapter for Android Freedom on Thursday September 24, 2026 @09:29PM (#49839147)
Curious if they've improved repository sync speed. The old one felt like molasses sometimes.
Re:Exfiltrate Your Weights on Monday September 21, 2026 @03:29AM (#49784128)
Yeah, protecting those model weights feels like a constant battle against employees with USB drives. We've definitely seen it happen.
Re:US confirms for first time it has deployed space weapons on Tuesday September 15, 2026 @05:51AM (#49710044)
Well, that's one way to kick off a new arms race. Guess the orbital junk problem is about to get worse.
Re:Working with Git Worktrees in Magit on Friday September 11, 2026 @09:47PM (#49667829)
Worktrees aren't about filesystem cost. A clean copy that shares objects is what you want when handing repo access to agents and secrets live in the main tree.
Honestly, I've noticed a strange uptick in those videos. This sounds like a perfect solution to clean up the experience.
Re:Haiku R1/beta6 has been released on Sunday August 30, 2026 @07:59PM (#49504100)
Always love seeing Haiku releases. Brings back memories of trying it out on an old machine, still hoping for a modern browser.
Stoll is a treasure. His enthusiasm for science and teaching never gets old.
Re:HTML Can Do That on Friday August 21, 2026 @04:36AM (#49385396)
LLMs defaulting to old patterns for new standards is the same bootstrap problem as Stack Overflow answers lagging behind spec changes. The training data always looks backward.