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Re:Gemini 3.6 Flash, 3.5 Flash-Lite, and 3.5 Flash Cyber on Tuesday July 21, 2026 @12:09PM (#48994226)
So about the same “intelligence” as Muse Spark 1.1 but 2x faster and about 2x as expensive.

Show HN: Curatube: a distraction free interface for YT playlists

https://curatube-demo.vercel.app/

YouTube is an incredible resource for MOOCs, but the platform itself is an absolute minefield of distractions.Curatube fixes this by transforming public playlists into focused, interactive courses entirely free from the feed. Take timestamped notes side by side with the video, navigate lectures effortlessly using interactive transcripts.Best of all, it's open source and designed to be easily...

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Re:GitHub Copilot is moving to usage-based billing on Monday April 27, 2026 @12:20PM (#47923598)
Here goes my Copilot Pro subscription then, reluctantly heading over to Codex CLI since the CC base plan is downright unusable.
stored in local storage atm, works with both the address bar and blank search page!

Show HN: Bangs – DuckDuckGo-style search shortcuts for Safari

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/bangs/id6762065197

I missed DDG style bang! shortcuts but didn't want to switch search engines or use a redirect server. Built this to handle it locally in Safari. It's private (no tracking), works with any search engine that Safari supports, and lets you make custom shortcuts.Link: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6762065197

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Re:Show HN: I made yet another UI to browse HN on Saturday October 28, 2023 @07:16AM (#38048907)
I see -- thanks!
Re:Show HN: I made yet another UI to browse HN on Saturday October 28, 2023 @05:23AM (#38048391)
Do you happen to have any additional block lists populated apart from the default ones by uBO? -- I also have the same setup but it works for me.
Re:Show HN: I made yet another UI to browse HN on Friday October 27, 2023 @08:05PM (#38045530)
Thanks, appreciate the kind words! :)
Re:Show HN: I made yet another UI to browse HN on Friday October 27, 2023 @08:04PM (#38045528)
Yikes, that sucks -- Vercel's free tier seems to have struggled. :/
Re:Show HN: I made yet another UI to browse HN on Friday October 27, 2023 @08:01PM (#38045499)
Yikes, that's weird -- can't reproduce but I will keep an eye out for it!
Re:Show HN: I made yet another UI to browse HN on Friday October 27, 2023 @08:00PM (#38045498)
Yikes, that's weird -- can't reproduce but I will keep an eye out for it!
they launched a new wireless one sometime last week named the Badger 2040 W.
Re:How to store your app's entire state in the url on Monday January 09, 2023 @06:10PM (#34317888)
There is a max length to URLs after which it is all wild west based on the browser implementation.

See: https://stackoverflow.com/a/417184

Re:India fines Google $162M for anti-competitive practices on Friday October 21, 2022 @02:00AM (#33284982)
From anecdata it seems that GPay is ubiquitous. The distribution may vary wildly regionally though.
Re:India fines Google $162M for anti-competitive practices on Thursday October 20, 2022 @02:28PM (#33278722)
Those are insignificant in comparison to Google Pay (or Tez as it used to be called).
Ah gotcha, thanks!
Aside: what's on with the name of the algorithm? -- does it stand for something?
Re:M2 MacBook Air on Monday June 06, 2022 @02:19PM (#31643862)
2x thunderbolt, 1x magsafe and 1x headphone jack for the m2 air
Re:Ask HN: Is GitHub Down? on Friday May 27, 2022 @04:24AM (#31527282)
Experiencing degraded service from Singapore too.

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