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sssparkkk

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About sssparkkk

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Recent public activity

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    Ask HN: Pro option missing from Gemini model selector?

    For almost a week now the 'pro' model has been missing from the Gemini model selector; only 'fast' and 'thinking' remain. This is with an active AI pro subscription, and seems to b…

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    Comment #24946082

    Maybe this has been mentioned already, but they seem to have some special integration with the Google Assistant. As far as I know there are currently no alternatives that allow you…

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    Comment #17380469

    Apparently it's pretty difficult to make a keyboard that works correctly, because in case you're wondering whether to go for a Dell instead: they have similar key repeating issues …

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    Comment #16957165

    The party host is not using bcc because he/she wants everyone to be aware of who has been invited to the party. I guess it boils down to your default usage of email; I've never had…

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    Comment #16953902

    Been thinking of switching back from Inbox to Gmail for one single annoying and IMO stupid design decision: if there are multiple recepients for the email the main reply button wil…

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    Comment #15577014

    So how about this: the influencers on Snapchat are all recording themselves most of the time. These glasses did nothing to help with that particular and most popular use case. I fe…

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    Comment #15225565

    I don't think groups was that successful, was it?

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    Comment #13472513

    "Purchase process research showed it's not a top buying consideration, and anecdotal information indicated that actual usage was not high." Anyone else surprised they're making thi…

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    Comment #13343848

    "Lily is a swan. Lily is white. Bernhard is green. Greg is a swan." -> "What color is Greg? Answer: white" At the risk of sounding somewhat stupid, but shouldn't this contain "Swan…

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    Comment #13050904

    With regard to the debounce issue, if you're running Ubuntu you can use dconf to set the slow keys timeout to a few ms (set slow keys to true as well) which will prevent basically …

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    Comment #13050054

    I have the skylake precision 5510; it also has the keyboard debounce issue, and it hasn't been fixed. Contacted Dell, had the keyboard replaced but that hasn't helped. I don't have…

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    Comment #13049887

    A word of warning for those interested in this machine or the 15 inch version: there are issues with the keyboard resulting in double characters when typing fast [1]. I have the pr…

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    Comment #12985481

    Addressed it? How?

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    Comment #12966089

    Recently bought a Dell Precision M5510 that comes with Ubuntu preinstalled. Aside from the various linux-specific issues I noticed characters sometimes appearing twice when typing …

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    Comment #12800510

    I see talk of Spectacles being Snapchat's next big thing. However, 90% of the time the popular Snapchat users are filming themselves. Not what they're seeing. So what good would Sp…

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    Comment #12763067

    If I understand it correctly, CETA would have resulted in too much power for (big) Canadian corporations. So it's a good thing the trade agreement hasn't been ratified, correct?

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    Comment #12592850

    I'm not sure whether it's a good thing or a bad thing that Elon's presentation ends with requests to throw comics onto the stage and ask him to allow receiving a good luck kiss fro…

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    Comment #12558973

    Any advice on how to get some traction when entering a foreign market? In my experience the media mostly write about startups that already have significant traction, or about new p…

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    Comment #12545759

    The plugin store can currently only be viewed from within the app.

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    Comment #12540689

    We wouldn't have a way of reaching you to tell you about things that happened in the group. Also, it would result in a lot of anonymous users joining the HN-group. Or would you be …

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    Comment #12540080

    Yeah it's a busy app for sure; lots of things to do (did you take a look at the plugin store?) and discover - and I agree: some of it could use some more love with regard to design…

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    Comment #12538894

    Hi HN, one of the app’s creators here. We wanted to show you guys Happening - an app that makes damn sure you have fun with your group of friends :) Interesting to you guys should …