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I've been trying zen browser as an alternative but many features are missing.
It's a pity they decided to kill what made them successful.
No one cares about Dia browser, Arc was really about delivering useful stuff.
Posted by
joak on Thursday October 22, 2026 @06:28PM
from the thurrott.com dept.
Exactly, I had to shorten the title while trying to keep the meaning
Posted by
joak on Thursday October 08, 2026 @05:10AM
from the nature.com dept.
In Japan 5yo kids take the subway alone...
Posted by
joak on Friday September 04, 2026 @05:00AM
from the businessinsider.com dept.
This would up the game for wind energy. Less land footprint per KW, better capacity factor.
Would airborne wind be cheaper than photovoltaics?
It probably depends on geography (latitude and weather patterns)
Posted by
joak on Monday August 24, 2026 @07:27AM
from the intelligentliving.co dept.
There is an element I haven't seen in this conversation: as the number of combustion engine cars goes down the number of gas stations also goes down. At some point, combustion engine drivers will start feeling range anxiety. So when you get rid of your fossil-fuel-burner vehicle, you are pushing others to do so.
The full calculus of CO2 emissions reduction should also include the reduction induced in others.
Posted by
joak on Friday July 10, 2026 @04:36AM
from the bbc.com dept.
Google had a paper last year explaining that:
https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/technology/research/us...We do not have any useful algorithm to run on a quantum computer.
The problem is not that we do not have yet quantum computers powerful enough, but that even if we had such computers we would not have anything useful to run on them.
Posted by
joak on Saturday July 04, 2026 @02:50PM
from the theverge.com dept.
Posted by
joak on Monday June 29, 2026 @10:51PM
from the arstechnica.com dept.
You could use this audio at 300 baud by recording it on a standard audio cassette. Then play the audio back as input to the modem to retrieve the data
Actually in 1982 I was able to store my programs on standard audio cassettes. Hardware needed: a modem and a cheap tape recorder. My apple II modem would chirp the ascii binary like Starwars' R2D2, I'd record that and when needed I'd play it back to the modem.
Posted by
joak on Wednesday April 15, 2026 @01:55AM
from the science.org dept.
«Here, we reported graphene (Gra)/HfOx/tungsten (W) memristors that operated reliably up to 700 °C»
I agree, this report from astronaut Camarda should really alarm NASA.
This report from astronaut Camarda is indeed a bomb. Scaring.
Posted by
joak on Tuesday March 31, 2026 @04:25AM
from the docs.google.com dept.
The famous ghoti as an alternate spelling for fish.
Gh like in enough
O like in women
Ti like in nation
Posted by
joak on Monday January 26, 2026 @10:45PM
from the techcrunch.com dept.
Posted by
joak on Tuesday November 18, 2025 @02:39PM
from the sfgate.com dept.
Posted by
joak on Saturday November 15, 2025 @02:21PM
from the arstechnica.com dept.
Excerpt: “The fact that it’s been 3 years since ChatGPT first launched, and you’ve only just now managed to make it obey this simple requirement, says a lot about how little control you have over it, and your understanding of its inner workings,” wrote one X user in a reply. “Not a good sign for the future.”
This is an ad for speech-to-text app that you need to pay for
Spokenly is free (one time fee of $0) and does the same (and even more)
Posted by
joak on Friday November 14, 2025 @10:25AM
from the euronews.com dept.
Interesting, it seems really likely that more light indoors should be good. Do you have a reference, a scientific study on the topic? Thanks!
Mustafa Suleyman is also DeepMind co-founder