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New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: Why not have an EU browser?

Ask HN: Why not have an EU browser? 2 by osigurdson | 0 comments on Hacker News. I've been wondering, why don't we have a chrome fork that only accepts sites hosted in the EU? If a site is hosted in the EU then it can be fully regulated by the EU. This would make it easier for citizens to know that their data is is safe (according to EU standards) and avoids the regulatory complexities of trying to enforce rules in other countries. Thoughts?

New ask Hacker News story: Do they know we can tell it's AI slop?

Do they know we can tell it's AI slop? 5 by jwsteigerwalt | 2 comments on Hacker News. What do I do when the entrepreneurs I work for send out AI slop in their communications? I work for a great group of entrepreneurs as CTO/fCFO. They are all sales guys. In my childhood and professional career, I have seen so many toxic partnerships. I don’t waste any time on those anymore and I genuinely respect the guys I work for. So, to the main question, what do I do when it’s blatant that they are just copying AI slop from Grok or chatGPT? I notice it all the time. But I genuinely respect these guys (unlike my son’s inadequate math teacher who pastes AI slop into emails to me…). It’s an 80/20 issue. For a majority of their audience, they make a positive and knowledgeable impression. But for the rest of us, it’s it takes them down a notch. I don’t want them embarrassing themselves in front of our bankers/financers/corporate partners. Three recent examples: (1) Critique of a new SEO sit...

New ask Hacker News story: Is Amp more or less expensive than Claude Code? Is it better?

Is Amp more or less expensive than Claude Code? Is it better? 3 by markosn | 1 comments on Hacker News.

New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: Gen model to 1) design characters 2) make a consistent comic with them?

Ask HN: Gen model to 1) design characters 2) make a consistent comic with them? 3 by rvba | 2 comments on Hacker News. I am looking for a generative model that can make a drawings based on an RPG campaign I had with my friends. The idea is to create consistent character designs of each character first (say ogre, mage, dragonborn) and then use those designs for panels that would be based on my inputs about the story (I have notes from a longer campaign). The models I know / tried are not consistent at all. They dont store the character design, so each panel is different in style (apart from those model that generate designs ripped off from Studio Ghibli). Is there any free or paid model that allows that?

New ask Hacker News story: Tell HN: Android Chrome deletes your browsing history silently

Tell HN: Android Chrome deletes your browsing history silently 2 by grehbies | 0 comments on Hacker News. Under specific, but still indefensible circumstances , which I just learned is somehow the intended behavior. I don't think I quite understand what computing has become at this point. I keep encountering situations where the SWEs, who write and maintain software that I assumed to be trustworthy, decide that superficial considerations are more important than data integrity or user control of critical decisions. It keeps happening, so it's not a mistake or an oversight. Some of you genuinely think that this is how software should work. Low system storage causes a write error which corrupts the database which houses the history

New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: When and why did you start believing in God?

Ask HN: When and why did you start believing in God? 7 by dvrp | 34 comments on Hacker News. I presume many here are not believers. So, for those who believe—and in the spirit of open and genuine curiosity—I’d love to know what made them change their minds.

New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: How do you model temporarily invalid data structures

Ask HN: How do you model temporarily invalid data structures 2 by escot | 0 comments on Hacker News. Say you’re making a chess game. A valid board only has one piece per square, or zero. But, you have an algo that generates boards by moving pieces around and during that algo you may move a piece on top of another and then later decide to move one of them to get back to valid. Do you try to use some existing Board type and just avoid in your algo those invalid states (like by using a stack or some data structure to avoid iteratively moving pieces one at a time). Do you have a separate InvalidBoard type that allows multiple pieces per square? I think it’s context dependent but I’m curious how you’ve seen this handled in different ways.