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Re:The Xteink X4 E-Ink Reader on Wednesday June 24, 2026 @02:45PM (#48664116)
Thank you. I'm not the biggest fan of the Crosspoint web interface, so I'll definitely give this a try.
Re:The Xteink X4 E-Ink Reader on Wednesday June 24, 2026 @02:44PM (#48664099)
Go for the X4. Neither supports USB file transfer, so having USB-C charging is convenient without additional things to worry about. Bigger screen is also better if you're a fast reader. The faster you read, the more your reading speed is limited by the page turn speed.
Re:The Xteink X4 E-Ink Reader on Wednesday June 24, 2026 @02:41PM (#48664052)
Not the commenter you were replying to, but I have both a Kindle and a X4. No, it does not, but searching for a unique enough phrase (just two or three words) on the current page gets you there fast enough.
Re:Qwen3.6-Max-Preview: Smarter, Sharper, Still Evolving on Tuesday April 21, 2026 @06:36AM (#47846962)
35B-A3B means it's a MoE model with 35B total parameters but with only 3B active at once. The one I use is the 27B dense model. Usually, dense models give better responses, but are slower than the MoE. With your 4090, you should be able to get about 50 tok/s with the dense model, which is more than enough for practical use.

If you want to keep using the same model, these settings worked for me.

llama-server -ngl 99 -c 262144 -fa on --cache-type-k q4_0 --cache-type-v q4_0 --host 0.0.0.0 --sleep-idle-seconds 300 -m Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-UD-Q4_K_XL.gguf

For the harness, I use pi (https://pi.dev/). And sometimes, I use the Roo Code plugin for VS Code. (https://roocode.com/)

I prefer simplicity in my tooling, so I can understand them easier. But you might have better luck with other harnesses.

Re:Qwen3.6-Max-Preview: Smarter, Sharper, Still Evolving on Tuesday April 21, 2026 @12:34AM (#47844560)
I run a setup similar to yours and I've had the best results with Qwen3.5 27B. Specifically the Q4_K_M variant. https://unsloth.ai/docs/models/qwen3.5

I use llama-server that comes with llama.cpp instead of using ollama. Here are the exact settings I use.

llama-server -ngl 99 -c 192072 -fa on --cache-type-k q4_0 --cache-type-v q4_0 --host 0.0.0.0 --sleep-idle-seconds 300 -m Qwen3.5-27B-Q4_K_M.gguf

Re:Make Tmux Pretty and Usable on Monday April 13, 2026 @11:48AM (#47753771)
Re:Gumroad is now open source on Friday April 04, 2025 @06:31AM (#43580314)
Original discussion thread here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2406614
Re:1TB microSD cards on Tuesday February 26, 2019 @11:59AM (#19256053)
Just in case you thought it might be a good idea to order that aliexpress thing, it's terrible. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3frnBoqqI_Q
This is brilliant. Added immediately. It's something I never realized I needed until I found out about it. Thank you.
Re:Amazon’s Ambition to Compete Directly with UPS and FedEx on Thursday September 29, 2016 @01:20AM (#12603431)
You aren't. That's why the "web" link below the title exists.
If you've granted contacts permission to the Facebook app, it could've identified using the phone number.
You mean like the Moto Z and the Z force? Z has a 2600mAh battery and is thinner. Z force has a 3500mAh battery for a 1.8mm addition of thickness. Motorola has done this before with the Droid Maxx.
Re:Oculus Rift is Shipping on Monday March 28, 2016 @07:26PM (#11378301)
As with any new technology, the adult entertainment industry has already embraced VR. [1][2]

Links obviously VERY NSFW. [1] http://naughtyamericavr.com/ [2] https://virtualrealporn.com/

Re:Gogs – Go Git Service on Monday March 28, 2016 @09:45AM (#11374195)
Re:XKCD's StackSort Implemented in a Vim Regex on Friday March 18, 2016 @02:16AM (#11310232)
This already exists. [1] Except it uses Bing search instead of Stackoverflow.

[1] https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/visualstudio/2014/02/17/int...

Re:Apple Introduces the iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus on Wednesday September 09, 2015 @03:48PM (#10193979)
From what I see, Sony is the only manufacturer currently offering a high end phone at a smaller size with the Xperia Compact line. Still 5 inches tall though.
Re:The New Linode Cloud: SSDs, Double RAM and much more on Thursday April 17, 2014 @12:33PM (#7604601)
VPSBench result:

Before

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  CPU model:  Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU           L5520  @ 2.27GHz
  Number of cores: 8
  CPU frequency:  2266.788 MHz
  Total amount of RAM: 988 MB
  Total amount of swap: 255 MB
  System uptime:   8 days, 12:03,
  I/O speed:  69.9 MB/s
  Bzip 25MB: 8.96s
  Download 100MB file: 47.2MB/s
After

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  CPU model:  Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2680 v2 @ 2.80GHz
  Number of cores: 2
  CPU frequency:  2800.086 MHz
  Total amount of RAM: 1993 MB
  Total amount of swap: 255 MB
  System uptime:   2 min,
  I/O speed:  638 MB/s
  Bzip 25MB: 5.10s
  Download 100MB file: 146MB/s
Test: https://github.com/mgutz/vpsbench
Re:Intel Announces Xeon Phi Co-Processors on Tuesday June 19, 2012 @05:59AM (#4131010)
Looks like Intel is trying to attack the CUDA/Stream market. I'm curious to see how NVidia and ATI will respond.