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Even if I cannot run open weight models on my own hardware, I can choose from a number of different inference providers and choose them based on pricing, reliability, speed, privac…

Photoshop source code+ OSI license = open source Photoshop binary you can run on your own computer = open weight I don't think this is a correct analogy. You are not allowed to dis…

The AXPpci 33 boards were pretty cheap at some point. I had one at the end of the 90s and I think it was 100-200 Dutch guilders.

But when starting from scratch, it might be better to get an older Mini that is supported by Asahi and run Linux on it.

Yeah, this does absolutely not solve the CLOUD Act issues. However , it is good to look at what the ramifications of the CLOUD Act is for e-mail: - The US could request your data. …

That it described in the linked post: We’ve installed our own servers, co-located in a secure facility in Amsterdam, set up by our own engineers.

I use a browser with a built-in blocker (Brave Origin) and I don't see ads in YouTube.

Non-user hostile browsers will just build in the ad blocker. I have been using Brave Origin (the paid version of Brave that doesn't have all the extras) and the built-in ad blockin…

Unfortunately, these kind of constructions leads to people getting devices that are probably not good for their budget. If you cannot pay a 1200 Euro phone, getting a 40 Euro per m…

Agreed, there is very little happening from generation to generation. Yes, the 17 Pro had a redesign and better thermals, but was very boring otherwise. I don't really see why non-…

From what I have heard from universities I have contacts at, enrollments have also plummeted. We might not have enough juniors anymore to train to check the slop machines. I think …

I was wondering the same, this is an ancient CPU by now, having been introduced in 2001. During development and at the introduction, most people were still running Windows 95/98/ME…

Same, I have contributed hundreds of PRs. You can contribute to nixpkgs while avoiding most politics (it can take time to get a PR merged though). I have stopped visiting the disco…

That is what I was alluding to, though I recommend people to use UAD-ng, since it explains what each package is and they are separated in safety-based categories. One note though: …

The moment you use them, you lose their value as a deterrance anymore. If they used nukes in Ukraine, the strategic deterrence against other nations with nukes would still be in pl…

There is increasing pressure from inside the regime for Putin to do so: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/07/11/asia-pacific/ch... What if they did it? They would be a paria p…

No more nuclear duck and cover drills; no more fallout shelters scattered around cities. With modern hydrogen bombs, they are largely a farce anyway. Still, we are only one misinte…

Definitely. But at least on Samsung phones, you can uninstall the packages from the user partition and in that way rip most of that stuff out (like the McAfee scanner in security, …

Even the 'own stickers' joke doesn't really apply anymore. I recently saw ads for Apple Fitness+ and Apple Intelligence in the system settings (!, I'll forgive the ads for Apple Ca…

We have PPPoE on XGS-PON (4Gbit) on one of the largest providers in NL.

It's extremely high overhead anyway, so is only used for DSL because DSL is an old approach. I have 4Gbit symmetric fiber over PPPoE (+ a VLAN) in NL. It's quite common here in Eur…

Seems to be a commonly accepted term for this purpose: https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/network/wan/bridge-mode#...

If you make big claims like this, please tell us what countries store DNA from birth and give sources.

As far as I know the IND only gives the option for a DNA test (voluntary choice), if as a refugee you want to let your family come over to prove that someone is actually your famil…