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Re:ElevenLabs, TwelveLabs, ThirteenLabs on Sunday August 23, 2026 @01:52AM (#49406338)
Could call it "five O" labs and build a surveillance product for a police state.

[0] https://youtu.be/IijpmHlGzXA?si=bELHeYmcwk6L6Jpi

Re:Hyperflask – Full stack Flask and Htmx framework on Thursday October 16, 2025 @10:26AM (#45605762)
Run in console:

new WarpSpeed("warpdrive", { "speed": 20, "speedAdjFactor": 0.03, "density": 2, "shape": "circle", "warpEffect": true, "warpEffectLength": 5, "depthFade": true, "starSize": 3, "backgroundColor": "hsl(224,15%,14%)", "starColor": "#FFFFFF" });

Ask HN: Local server, Global client – What am I missing?

I'm thinking about various deployment options for this client-server product my small team is making. OnPrem and SaaS comes with their own pros and cons, and this hybrid approach seems like a good middle ground.This is what I am thinking of: We would package our python server that the user installs on their machine. The user then opens our internet hosted web client. The client calls APIs at...

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Having a video with a black background inside a container with mix-blend-mode: plus-lighter is an awesome idea! I do not know if this is a common way to have a "transparent" video, but I am definitely going to be using it a lot.
Re:What Is a Pig Butchering Scam? (2023) on Thursday March 21, 2024 @05:43PM (#39784759)
"Hello, I'm calling from the Microsoft regarding an issue with your computer" "Sure, lets talk about the difference between a module and a package"
PWAs, especially those built with an offline-first approach, are so much closer to the native experience than those from half a decade ago. However what concerns me is Google's and Apple's incentives to help them get better to a point where they can rival native apps which could hit their bottom line.
Re:Chrome experimental AI features on Tuesday January 23, 2024 @02:50PM (#39108754)
> Unlike other browsers that rely on cloud services, Firefox keeps your data safe on your device. There's no privacy risk of sending text to third parties for analysis because translation happens on your device, not externally.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/website-translation