dmarinus's comments

On: Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent

[dmarinus]

You can load a model from this page but it's only for testing purposes on this page and it won't be used for the Prompt API.

On: Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent

[dmarinus]

I think this policy will disable the automatic download of the model:

https://chromeenterprise.google/policies/#GenAILocalFoundati...

The prompt API can be tested here: https://chrome.dev/web-ai-demos/prompt-api-playground/

It would be really helpful if there was a way to download the model to a central location, so multiple users on a single system could easily share it.

On: Industrial design files for Keychron keyboards and mice

[dmarinus]

Wooting has done this already for many years: https://github.com/WootingKb/wooting-design

[keyle → dmarinus]

did WASD do it when they folded?

[wpm → keyle]

I wish, I will need new feet for my CODE soon. Plus my cases latching tabs are about half gone.

[keyle → wpm]

if it helps, I found Epomaker like the Galaxy70 were a fine replacement, with some specialty switches like the TTC Bluish White V2 (silent tactile).

[JMiao → dmarinus]

great, one more

On: Sc-im: Spreadsheets in your terminal

[dmarinus]

The first spreadsheets I remember were TUI (pccalc, Lotus 123)

On: Mouser: An open source alternative to Logi-Plus mouse software

[dmarinus]

oh nice! I hate it that you can't disable mouse acceleration in macOS.

On: Flightradar24 for Ships

[dmarinus]

I tried posting ais-catcher.org but it got ignored

[gerry_shaw → dmarinus]

Doman needs to be www.ais-catcher.org

On: Don't create .gitkeep files, use .gitignore instead (2023)

[dmarinus]

if possible you can also just create directories if they don't exist (ie. mkdir -p) and just exclude it in your root .gitignore (ie. ignore all build directories). That would safe you from creating multiple .gitignore files.

On: Bikeshedding, or why I want to build a laptop

[dmarinus]

I tried this for a virtualized full screen gnome desktop environment but the latency was unbearable. I also couldn't get passthrough of command/caps lock etc to the virtual machine stable. Finally connecting an USB device (like a yubikey) didn't work seamless.

On: Show HN: Strange Attractors

[dmarinus]

very nice, if you want to know more of the history of chaos I recommend the following book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaos%3A_Making_a_New_Science?...

[virgil_disgr4ce → dmarinus]

It's a nice coincidence to find this post on HN today as I JUST finished reading Gleick's book. But it was the audiobook version, which I immediately realized was not going to be very effective if I can't see any images or equations. And so it's perfect timing to see this outstanding interactive visualization!

On: Magic Wormhole: Get things from one computer to another, safely

[dmarinus]

I think you should create a new ssh key for every computer so you only have to share the public key .

[mikepurvis → dmarinus]

If you’re launching machines from a prebaked image or template, it may not be possible to inject/generate something unique for each one, or doing so is finicky to the point that using something like wormhole may be simpler than fighting with your provisioning tool.