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Re:A farewell to Arc browser on Thursday October 22, 2026 @03:43PM (#50200056)
Not OP, but I am not a fan of the newly introduced library. Exploring my history is bad in Firefox, and this is even worse. It doesn’t show full page titles, so it’s almost impossible to find the right page.
Re:Mistral OCR 4.1 on Thursday August 13, 2026 @05:48PM (#49292277)
Who the hell at Mistral thinks it is a good idea to register CMD + T as a shortcut for switching theme!?
Re:The Prompt API on Monday April 27, 2026 @03:12AM (#47918594)
Slightly off-topic: Refreshing to see these two authors link to their Bluesky and Mastodon profiles. No Twitter/X in sight!
Re:Claude Token Counter, now with model comparisons on Tuesday April 21, 2026 @04:09AM (#47845964)
It may be free, but it cannot be used without credits.

  Error: {"type":"error","error":{"type":"invalid_request_error","message":"Your credit balance is too low to access the Anthropic API. Please go to Plans & Billing to upgrade or purchase credits."},"request_id":"req_011CaGaBf6uTHfbmdZ39nx1Z"}
Re:(Social) media manipulation in one image on Monday December 22, 2025 @09:38AM (#46354450)
When I meet my friends and tell them about my last vacation instead of my work, how I slept, and how often I brush my teeth, is that also “manipulation”?
It works with prepaid credits, so there should be no risk. Minimum credit amount is $10, though.
Re:Show HN: I built Magiclip – an all-in-one AI studio on Sunday November 30, 2025 @08:34AM (#46096510)
Hard to believe when the page literally says

> Create a viral Reel in just 2 clicks

Re:Show HN: OCR Arena – A playground for OCR models on Tuesday November 25, 2025 @09:05AM (#46045879)
> If there's any others you'd like included, let me know!

Just this morning I came across HunyuanOCR which sounded very promising. https://huggingface.co/tencent/HunyuanOCR

Re:Cloudflare Global Network experiencing issues on Tuesday November 18, 2025 @02:34PM (#45970921)
This incident has been resolved. Posted 4 minutes ago. Nov 18, 2025 - 19:28 UTC

Better link for chroniclers, since the incident is now buried pretty far down on the status page: https://www.cloudflarestatus.com/incidents/8gmgl950y3h7

Re:Micro.blog launches new 'Studio' tier with video hosting on Wednesday November 12, 2025 @11:21AM (#45902046)
Official announcement (that gets straight to the point): https://www.manton.org/2025/11/11/microblog-studio.html
Re:Beginner Guide to VPS Hetzner and Coolify on Sunday October 05, 2025 @12:20PM (#45482800)
In addition, I can wholeheartedly recommend this video tutorial that guided me through setting up Coolify for the first time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taJlPG82Ucw

Been running this setup for about a year now, and it's the first time I am actually self-hosting and feeling fairly confident about it.

Re:Buchstabenmuseum Berlin closing after 20 year on Saturday October 04, 2025 @01:02PM (#45474755)
As for why they are closing:

> Fixed costs and a lack of financial support are forcing us to take this step. In addition, the general cultural situation in Berlin is very precarious. It was a very difficult decision for us.

Via Deepl, original here: https://www.instagram.com/p/DLuAW5DIANV/

Re:Kagi News on Thursday October 02, 2025 @03:15AM (#45447073)
I don't understand this trend of translating UI elements when 100% of the content is English. Who does that help?
Re:Kagi News on Thursday October 02, 2025 @03:13AM (#45447063)
I am not so sure. It currently highlights a story from Munich, and in addition to a few factual errors, the information is simply outdated; there have been numerous new relevant developments. (I also don't understand the selection of sources. Aljazeera? rt.com? South China Morning Post? As if there weren't enough sources of original reporting right from Germany.)

I would agree that a single daily news update is useful (and healthy), but this must also be reflected in the choice of topics and the type of reporting.

Re:Loadmo.re: design inspiration for unconventional web on Tuesday September 30, 2025 @04:34PM (#45430891)
> To keep up with updates, follow us on Instagram.

If only there was a protocol that would allow me to subscribe to new entries published on a website …

Re:Data Viz Color Palette Generator (For Charts and Dashboards) on Thursday September 25, 2025 @04:24PM (#45378500)
Fair point! My eyes are (mostly) fine, but even I would have a hard time telling these colors apart when used in the same chart.

I usually do very simple charts, using maybe 2 or 3 colors, and with this palette I feel the results are typically very pleasing, whichever colors I end up selecting.

Re:Data Viz Color Palette Generator (For Charts and Dashboards) on Thursday September 25, 2025 @11:31AM (#45373992)
Whenever I need colors for a chart, I type "12 bit" in my address bar and pray my browser hasn't forgotten the URL: https://iamkate.com/data/12-bit-rainbow/
Re:What's New with Firefox 142 on Tuesday September 02, 2025 @07:40AM (#45101738)
The post (and this clarification [0]) state that you have to either long click or select "Preview Link" from the context menu.

[0] https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/discussions/try-link-previews...

Re:Preliminary report into Air India crash released on Saturday July 12, 2025 @12:02PM (#44542982)
> if treatment significantly reduces the probability of a pilot's committing suicide

Psychotherapy significantly reduces the risk of suicide. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6389707/

Re:OpenAI dropped the price of o3 by 80% on Wednesday June 11, 2025 @05:18AM (#44245692)
No. You have to turn your head, and stuff. Also, even if this would work, they allow only one verification per person per 90 days.
Re:4o Image Generation on Tuesday March 25, 2025 @05:25PM (#43476161)
I've generated (and downloaded) a couple of images. All filenames start with `DALL·E`, so I guess that's a safe way to tell how the images were generated.
Re:Microsoft 365 Copilot launch was a total disaster on Sunday January 26, 2025 @01:49PM (#42832712)
That's not correct and also not what the article says. They are only talking about Excel and PowerPoint.

"We're working on adding the Enable Copilot checkbox to Excel, OneNote, and PowerPoint on Windows devices and to Excel and PowerPoint on Mac devices."

I am using Word on my Mac (version 16.93) and do have a checkbox that disables Copilot.

Re:QwQ: Alibaba's O1 Like Reasoning LLM on Thursday November 28, 2024 @04:33PM (#42268668)
For comparison, this is what other models produce: https://github.com/simonw/pelican-bicycle/blob/main/README.m...
That's unfortunate! I would immediately pitch this tool to my SEO colleagues if it had a (fairly priced) API :)
Do you offer an API? My issue with most keyword tools is that their APIs suck, with tight limits that force you to only request data in bulk, and so on.
Re:Rabbit R1 It's a Scam on Wednesday June 05, 2024 @03:42PM (#40589565)
Can't tell if the guy, or the background, or both are AI generated.

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