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For all that's holy, can you just leverage the web, please?
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Re: For all that's holy, can you just leverage the web, please?
#132I tried hitting the "identify" button but got the error "LanguageModel is not supported." This is on latest Safari, iPadOS.
chrome://flags/#prompt-api-for-gemini-nano to enable this on current Chrome (at least on Linux). It worked after I enabled that flag and restarted Chrome, though it required two tries (apparently it needed to download a model). I tried to figure out if this stuff was available in other browsers but unfortunately came up short. Googler, opinions my own.
The Prompt API [0] works in Edge, though it uses the Phi-4-mini model instead of Gemini Nano. [1]
Currently it doesn't work in Brave (at least on my machine), and I can't find anything online suggesting whether they plan on supporting the Prompt API. You can go to brave://flags/ and it shows "Prompt API for Gemini Nano" and "Prompt API for Gemini Nano with Multimodal Input", but it doesn't seem to actually work.
0. https://chromestatus.com/feature/5134603979063296
1. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/web-platfor...
Re: For all that's holy, can you just leverage the web, please?
#133> Electrolux washing machine I had to buy one a couple of years ago. Snarkily I asked the floor salesman if I could get the washer “without all the smart features”. He said “let me check”, which had me puzzled. He came back to inform me that they still had last year’s model which was before the “smart” features were rolled out. He said they can sell it on the same warranty, & since it was older I would get a signific…
Try the Spectre TVs. They are normal oled TVS, not smart. Been using one for a few years now, am very glad they exist.
Re: For all that's holy, can you just leverage the web, please?
#134Earlier quoted context omitted.
I don't get why people care about about whether a TV is "Smart". I have a "Smart" TV and never use the features, and it doesn't bother me. I have a PiHole in case it tries to do anything funny, and that's good enough for me.
Some tv's bother you with popups and notifications and all the other crap related to its "smart features". And yes, even when not connected to the internet, then they show you popups to connect it to the internet, updates may be waiting, new features may be in a new update, you software has been last updated 726 days ago, click here to troubleshoot the internet connection, etc.
mine used to strobe the light underneath when it lost internet connectivity. used to.
Re: For all that's holy, can you just leverage the web, please?
#135> Electrolux washing machine I had to buy one a couple of years ago. Snarkily I asked the floor salesman if I could get the washer “without all the smart features”. He said “let me check”, which had me puzzled. He came back to inform me that they still had last year’s model which was before the “smart” features were rolled out. He said they can sell it on the same warranty, & since it was older I would get a signific…
It was a pain to do, but I have a Sony "Google TV" that I fixed to remove or hide the Sony bloatware and Google adware. I hated how the home screen would display full screen loud ads and the TV would constantly want to update so that it could display an even more obnoxious screen layout with more ads, so I loaded a simple launcher that always displays a static list of hand-picked apps. It required (or successfully da…
super glue the buttons in place
Re: For all that's holy, can you just leverage the web, please?
#136The author's example serves as a counterargument to their point.
Relying on a feature that requires enabling an experimental flag in the latest version of Chrome to work is "leveraging the web" in the worst way.
Re: For all that's holy, can you just leverage the web, please?
#137Earlier quoted context omitted.
Huge competitive opportunity here. All you have to do is hire customer support who is empowered, knowledgeable and actually cares. Source: support is a competitive differentiator for $CURJOB.
This absolutely works, and was the key selling point for Rackspace when I worked there, "Fanatical Support". Unfortunately it got purchased by private equity and subsequently ruined, eliminated almost all US staff, and offshored everything to India, and this included a rebrand to remove Fanatiguy from the logo and the "Fanatical Support" promise. While you /can/ make a premium offering with competent support as a com…
That's a real shame to hear. Many years ago I took over the running of a website that was hosted on Rackspace, and their support really was great. We rarely had problems, but when things did go wrong they always resolved it really quickly.
Private equity asset stripping is a cancer.
Re: For all that's holy, can you just leverage the web, please?
#138Earlier quoted context omitted.
As someone who just replaced the bearings on a washing machine motor (carbon-commutator), I uhh… agree? The old machines are absolute workhorse beasts and they can work indefinitely as brand new with some maintenance here and there. However my expectation of people doing this are basically zero. So this is an anomalous post. By the time you write a blog post complaining about how a machine has a required IoT thing, y…
Conterpoint: We had a new samsung washer dryer pair with a 90 day warranty; they advertise something like 10 years, but it is a lie. The electrolux in the article is probably similar. Anyway, it said it lost communication between two boards. I opened it up, checked the wiring harness, and found zero visible problems. I replaced both boards. Same error code. There are 3-4 other computers in that model, so I guess the…
that's because you bought samsung products. If you don't buy samsung products, you won't have this issue.
Source: boycotting samsung because all of their products are like this except their cellphones, those just explode. Boycotting for 12 years, this year.
Also front loading machines are notorious for having a multitude of issues, from mold, to leaking seals, to bearing issues. There's a reason laundromats don't use them.
In fact, get a speedqueen if you want reliability. I bet they even have HE2 washers, now.
Re: For all that's holy, can you just leverage the web, please?
#139The author's example serves as a counterargument to their point. Relying on a feature that requires enabling an experimental flag in the latest version of Chrome to work is "leveraging the web" in the worst way.
[Author here] The AI feature is their implementation on the server. I was just trying to see if the same could be implemented client-side as a good use case for the, as you say, experimental, Prompt API. (It's in origin trial, so you can use it already on production sites.) Downloading a model for just this use case is obviously stretching it. You'd use it if it's there, but not download it on purpose just for this convenience.
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#140Not criticising the article or the decision to buy a new washing machine (20 years is a long time), but just noting that the old machine was likely fixable. If spare parts are even still available, that is. Whether it's deemed worth fixing is another matter. This must be the case for so many discarded appliances these days, especially underengineered ones with common issues. Also, not using the QR code protocols prop…
[Author here] The quote from the repair guy was 270€ for the motor replacement. The new machine was €450. We ended up paying the repair guy €59 for coming, detecting the error, and telling us to let it go. We had the same repair guy exchange the carbon brushes earlier in the year. We really did not want a new machine, but, hey…