solarkraft (u/solarkraft)

solarkraft commented on Show HN: Pinch – macOS voice translation for real-time conversations startpinch.com/... · Posted by u/christiansafka

solarkraft · a day ago

Let me just repost this tip:

If you add Deepgram listen API compatibility, you can do live transcription via either Deepgram (cloud) or OWhisper (local): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44901853

solarkraft commented on DeepSeek-v3.1 api-docs.deepseek.com/new... · Posted by u/wertyk

danielhanchen · 2 days ago

Hmmm I'm worried people will really not get on how to install / compile / use the terminal hmmm hence I thought permissions were like a compromise solution

solarkraft · 2 days ago

I think that it is, quite a good one, even:

- Determine the command that has to be run by the algorithm above.

This does most of the work a user would have to figure out what has to be installed on their system.

- Ask whether to run the command automatically.

This allows the “software should never install dependencies by itself” crowd to say no and figure out further steps, while allowing people who just want it to work to get on with their task as quickly as possible (who do you think there are more of?).

I think it would be fine to print out the command and force the user to run it themselves, but it would bring little material gain at the cost of some of your users’ peace (“oh no it failed, what is it this time ...”).

solarkraft commented on DeepSeek-v3.1 api-docs.deepseek.com/new... · Posted by u/wertyk

mkl · 2 days ago

It shouldn't install any packages itself. Just print out a message about the missing packages and your guess of the command to install them, then exit. That way users can run the command themselves if it's appropriate or add the packages to their container build or whatever. People set up machines in a lot of different ways, and automatically installing things is going to mess that up.

solarkraft · 2 days ago

This is an edge case optimization at the cost of 95% of users.

solarkraft commented on DeepSeek-v3.1 api-docs.deepseek.com/new... · Posted by u/wertyk

mFixman · 2 days ago

Maybe it's a personal preference, but I don't want external programs to ever touch my package manager, even with permission. Besides, this will fail loudly for systems that don't use `apt-get`.

I would just ask the user to install the package, and _maybe_ show the command line to install it (but never run it).

solarkraft · 2 days ago

I like it when software does work for me.

Quietly installing stuff at runtime is shady for sure, but why not if I consent?

solarkraft commented on M5 MacBook Pro No Longer Coming in 2025 macrumors.com/2025/07/10/... · Posted by u/behnamoh

Analemma_ · 16 days ago

I upgraded from an M1 to an M4 MBP recently and although the performance gains were mostly incremental, the matte screen (fucking finally Apple) is really nice and a good reason to upgrade if you ever plan on using it in a brightly-lit area. It’s a must-have.

solarkraft · 4 days ago

I put a matte protector on my M1 Air and it’s been great as well (though probably worse in direct bright light).

solarkraft commented on Perfect Freehand – Draw perfect pressure-sensitive freehand lines perfectfreehand.com/... · Posted by u/NikxDa

solarkraft · 4 days ago

I remember caring about this when it was just a branch. Demonstrating this is possible on the web is pretty cool!

solarkraft commented on Notion releases offline mode notion.com/help/guides/wo... · Posted by u/ericzawo

solarkraft · 4 days ago

At last! I remember asking for this almost 10 years ago.

solarkraft commented on Show HN: Whispering – Open-source, local-first dictation you can trust github.com/epicenter-so/e... · Posted by u/braden-w

solarkraft · 6 days ago

Cool! I just started becoming interested in local transcription myself.

If you add Deepgram listen API compatibility, you can do live transcription via either Deepgram (duh) or OWhisper: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44901853

(I haven’t gotten the Deepgram JS SDK working with it yet, currently awaiting a response by the maintainers)

solarkraft commented on AI is different antirez.com/news/155... · Posted by u/grep_it

solarkraft · 8 days ago

> After all, a plateau of the current systems is possible and very credible, but it would likely stimulate, at this point, massive research efforts in the next step of architectures.

A lot of AI’s potential hasn’t even been realized yet. There’s a long tail of integrations and solution building still ahead. A lot of creative applications haven’t been realized yet - arguably for the better, but it will be tried and some will be economical.

That’s a case for a moderate economic upturn though.

solarkraft commented on Show HN: JMAP MCP – Email for your agents github.com/wyattjoh/jmap-... · Posted by u/wyattjoh

solarkraft · 8 days ago

One of those semi on topic comments about JMAP adoption: I’m still wishing for more providers implementing JMAP :(

An upcoming one is Thundermail, which will be based on Stalwart! A big win for JMAP, especially with Thunderbird planning to implement it. I hope there are some killer features, the platform control will most likely drive adoption.

Still, I would much prefer keeping my current provider (which doesn’t support JMAP). I don’t want to host my own mail, so I’m left wishing for an IMAP <-> JMAP bridge. I’m probably okay hosting stalwart on my infrastructure (still making it a critical component of me receiving e-mail, but I could easily fall back in the case of downtime... a compromise) mirroring my entire inbox. If this was easy to do, I might be developing a JMAP client (or at least toying around with it).

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