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> the July average where I live (about 40 km south of Oslo) this year was 18 C

Very jealous :D Unironically hate summer so much, July with an average of 18C° is like a dream

Makes me sad because I want to move to Norway in hopes of fleeing the German summer :(
Re:Astra can read and write weights to improve Qwen on Monday November 02, 2026 @02:44PM (#50342563)
(This comment was written before your edit, so no longer valid! :D)
Re:Astra can read and write weights to improve Qwen on Monday November 02, 2026 @02:43PM (#50342551)
I mean there are more than enough countries on earth kinda proving you wrong, no?
Re:Astra can read and write weights to improve Qwen on Monday November 02, 2026 @02:42PM (#50342529)
I am very shocked by this as well, although it also kinda feels like it makes sense, you know what I mean?

If this turns out to be as big as it sounds, in hindsight it will look very obvious, I feel like!

God do I hate websites that make you scroll to go through an animation, why do people still do this
Re:HackerTube: YouTube built from videos recommended by HN on Saturday October 31, 2026 @04:47PM (#50320037)
Seeing Prejudice by Tim Minchin on the front page makes me very, very happy.

Love Tim Minchin <3

Re:Ask HN: Are you tired too in this AI era? on Friday October 30, 2026 @05:49AM (#50301720)
I don't no, but I can understand why others might.

For me it's very exciting and AI has been so far a crazy enabler for me. Both in my work and my personal life.

But I also enjoy keeping up with it and reading about it etc.

This looks cool! My thought in OPs post was "Why now use Kiwix?" and Nomad seems to do! Also BYOM is better imho.
I mean it would be amazing if one day access to the internet could be truly free (from costs for users, and censorship).

But as the world is now, it's not feasible in any sense yet.

The current internet is the best we have and it >can< work, we have to find solutions inside the current possibilities until tech is advanced, cheap and accessible enough for everyone interested to easily host their own infra.

But this is not easy, because what is the real goal... really?

It feels like most of the internet is about making money or involving money, even from the end users. Is there even something to fix when most people don't care enough to ditch knowingly harmful products like Facebook, TikTok, etc?

That's the thing though, no? Depending on the use-case, do you >really< need a global network?

Don't get me wrong, an uncensorable and free internet for everyone is something I am very much for, but when we start to talk about nations limiting access while information has to flow, the question is not about mass-adoption anymore, but rather seeing the right tools reaching the right people.

A good example of this, imho, is the situation in Iran, when they cut off the internet. Some people were able to help themselves thanks to VPN-like apps and outside help, but that is not the majority of people.

Re:Kimi K3.1 Pro and K3.1 Pro Highspeed on Friday October 23, 2026 @01:53PM (#50212844)
Can I just say that I love how you are also just always here the moment something drops lmao. Hope you're all well! The pelicans indeed are solid.
Re:A farewell to Arc browser on Thursday October 22, 2026 @05:26PM (#50201284)
Honestly, pretty much this :')
Re:A farewell to Arc browser on Thursday October 22, 2026 @05:26PM (#50201275)
Might be true, but that was not the point. The comparision was Firefox and Zen, not Firefox, Zen and whatever else is out there :>
Re:Jailbreaking the Switch 2 on Thursday October 22, 2026 @02:02PM (#50198934)
The gif with the light switch is the cutest thing ever lmao
Re:A farewell to Arc browser on Thursday October 22, 2026 @01:45PM (#50198700)
1) No they don't 2) Zen had them first

Firefox is "copying" from Zen, and I think that's good. I do like Zen, but I wouldn't mind having all the features in Firefox (and imho some of the UI lately in Zen is... weird)

Re:eMudhra to Exit Global SSL/TLS Certificate Business on Thursday October 22, 2026 @01:28PM (#50198440)
> However, the level of social media amplification around this incident has brought scrutiny that is out of proportion to SSL/TLS’s place in our business

GOOD. RIDDANCE.

You cannot take these people serious. They should never ever touch something serious again.

Re:Claude Duet on Wednesday October 21, 2026 @03:31PM (#50186309)
Yeah I certainly wouldn't give it access to that tbh
Re:Claude Duet on Wednesday October 21, 2026 @03:30PM (#50186286)
I need this so bad ;-;
Re:The 1.5°C goal of the Paris Agreement is no longer viable on Wednesday October 21, 2026 @05:58AM (#50178304)
Can't tell if genuine or ragebait...
Re:Facebook now charging to post more than 2 links a month on Tuesday October 20, 2026 @11:47AM (#50168178)
Simply insane. But honestly if anyone is using Facebook still that's on them. I can't fathom how people still use it.
Re:DeepSeek just open-sourced its inference engine on Tuesday October 20, 2026 @10:54AM (#50167361)
You've eaten up all the anti-China propaganda it seems like :(
Re:DeepSeek just open-sourced its inference engine on Tuesday October 20, 2026 @10:48AM (#50167264)
>I think everyone has known that inference is profitable overall for the major providers for a while

Have you seen any place that is not as tech-savy as HN? e.g. some Reddit subreddits?

Barely anyone is aware other than people who are already somewhat deep into this whole topic.

Re:RuneScape Bench: MMOs for Agents [video] on Tuesday October 20, 2026 @09:16AM (#50165929)
That was such an amazing talk, thank you so much for doing it!!!
Re:RepRapMicron on Sunday October 18, 2026 @08:40PM (#50147009)
Woah, this is so cool
Re:Why are we even doing all this? on Thursday October 15, 2026 @05:20PM (#50110435)
They're so butthurt about losing their social status of not being the top intellectuals anymore, I find it hard to take them serious.
Re:Thinking will become a hobby on Monday October 12, 2026 @03:34PM (#50061765)
Seriously, how can people read this and take it serious lmfao
Re:Why Are Coding Agents So Dumb? on Friday October 09, 2026 @07:10PM (#50027730)
Skill issue, sorry.
Re:Triple-A Minesweeper on Friday October 09, 2026 @06:41PM (#50027492)
Made me lol, thanks :D

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