brainchild-adam's comments

On: Show HN: Neuro Tools, a collection of tools to help neurodivergent people

[brainchild-adam]

Thank you for sharing this. I probably missed something very obvious, but under which circumstances does information the user enters leave the user's device and go to Google? Is there a heads up before this happens?

This is the best I could find:

"Some NeuroTools features use Google's Gemini AI service. To make these work, we send the relevant input from the app to the Google Gemini API."

I would love to play around with it, but local-only is a must for me.

On that note, would you agree that in principle it should be possible to run this with a local LLM?

[martin-buur → brainchild-adam]

Thank you, you're right, I should clarify that further, most features do use AI. Only the task list does not immediately use AI, the rest of the features after the initial input and you clicking submit, do use AI.

And yes, this can definitely work with a local LLM, and there's a high chance I will do that next. I've created a local LLM open-source Mac app last year (paid, but open source, so you could just compile it yourself), you can find it on my profile, so it's definitely something I am very interested in! I wanted to try to tap a broader audience this time so did not release it with a local LLM feature. But very high chance it'll come next!

On: Updating from macOS Ventura to Sonoma Silently Enables iCloud Keychain

[brainchild-adam]

Honest question: how? It seems to me that when I sign in to Apple ID, it automatically signs me in to iCloud. I've found this quite annoying.

[lapcat → brainchild-adam]

> when I sign in to Apple ID, it automatically signs me in to iCloud

Don't do that. You can sign in within the App Store app, but don't sign in anywhere else.

[eep_social → lapcat]

TIL thank you!

On: Apple users are being locked out of their Apple IDs with no explanation

[brainchild-adam]

There seem to be four main use cases:

(1) AppStore This is especially relevant on iPhones and iPads where this is the only way to practically access software and updates.

(2) iCloud Data sync and backup. Some iPhone/iPad software might insist on this to work.

(3) Subscriptions, purchases through Apple Music, software, movies, TV shows, Fitness, etc.

(4) ID for other services Using ApplelD to log into other services. Some don't allow for any other way of signing in.

On: Show HN: Godspeed is a fast, 100% keyboard oriented todo app for Mac

[brainchild-adam]

Logseq (https://logseq.com/) as an offline-first, open-source variant.

On: DPD error caused chatbot to swear at customer

[brainchild-adam]

To be fair, it seems to simply have followed the customer's instructions. The fact that it did not give any helpful answers bothers me significantly more. I wonder if it has access to any kind of internal database in order to be able to give more specific answers regarding a customer's queries.

On: Posts, profiles, and user search are now available without login

[brainchild-adam]

Thank you!

On: Physics has long failed to explain life–testing a groundbreaking new theory

[brainchild-adam]

My mistake as I rushed to cut the title down to fit. Probably doesn't help that I'm sick...

[jjgreen → brainchild-adam]

No criticism intended, just a difference in British/American orthography :-)

On: Linux Mint 21.2 “Victoria” Cinnamon released

[brainchild-adam]

I am so thankful for this sane, no-nonsense distro. It's a breath of fresh air in an ocean of design decision insanity.

(Obviously whether anybody will feel this way will be a matter of personal preference.)

On: Ask HN: An OS for people who hate changes?

[brainchild-adam]

I concur. Used to be an Ubuntu user, and for me Mint fixed quite a few of the problems I started having with Ubuntu (e.g. snaps). Plus, I find their defaults quite usable. If you like choice, give it a go using a live system.

On: Google accounts for Fitbit: A new way to log in

[brainchild-adam]

This will be my final reason to drop Fitbit for good.

Any recommendations for sleep tracking on Android? That's what I still use my Fitbit for.