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Hooking URL.createObjectURL: How My Chrome Extension Saves Instagram Voice Notes as They Play

Instagram still does not let you save voice messages from DMs. No download button, no archive, nothing. If a friend sends you a voice note worth keeping — or you hear a great sound on a Reels audio page — your options are screen recording (with UI noise, notifications popping in, and re-encoded quality) or third-party downloader sites (which usually need the message link and often do not work for DM voice notes at all). I wanted the file the moment I heard it, at original quality, without lea...
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Windows vs. Linux: A 6-Month Hands-On Comparison for Techies, Gamers, and Local AI

This is not a competition between them; it is just a comparison of the pros and cons of using each. For me, I have about 6 months of experience with Arch Linux—specifically focused on running local large language models (LLMs). I want to cover how easy each is to use, which one is good for techies, and whether people who are both gamers and techies like me should use Linux or not. Another trending topic I want to address is how much Linux helps when running local models, specifically LLMs. ...
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I changed nothing and my LLM server got 27% more expensive

I ran the same cost check four times in a row against a server I didn't touch. Same model, same machine, same prompts, same settings. This is what came back, in dollars per million output tokens: Run $/M output tokens 95% CI Change vs previous run 1 $8.77 $8.19 to $9.35 2 $8.86 $7.80 to $9.93 +1.0% 3 $11.26 $10.31 to $12.21 +27.1% 4 $10.02 $7.41 to $12.62 −11.0% Run 3 says the server got 27% more expensive. Run 4 ...
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Startup Logistics Transactional Email API vs SMTP — Owning Password Reset Templates

A logistics startup choosing a transactional email API for welcome emails and password resets should decide who owns each template before comparing an API with SMTP relay providers. For a short-expiry reset, the least complex choice is usually to keep the template in the application repository and send rendered content through the API. That puts review, tests, and deployment beside the code that creates the reset token. TL;DR: choose template ownership before choosing the transport. An API-...
Astra Killed Claude, Claude Killed Gemini, Gemini Killed Google, Google Committed Suicide
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Astra Killed Claude, Claude Killed Gemini, Gemini Killed Google, Google Committed Suicide

Astra killed Claude. Claude killed Gemini. Gemini killed Google. Google committed suicide, and that's the end of the story. Somewhere in between, and nobody even sent flowers. Why am I always crawling backwards into the same graveyard? How many times can one industry die this month? Tell me, genuinely, what changed between these products apart from a thinking level slider and your affiliate link. Why does every funeral have the same sponsor? “New model just dropped” is not a personality,...
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The AI apocalypse may not look how we expect

Article URL: https://deanfaenger.bearblog.dev/the-ai-apocalypse-may-not-look-how-we-expect/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49858140 Points: 2 # Comments: 1
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What did AI researchers think at the end of 2024?

Article URL: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/62j5mPY8pFo2GD5fo/what-did-ai-researchers-think-at-the-end-of-2024-1 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49858421 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
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AWS CloudWatch Omni AI

Article URL: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/introducing-amazon-cloudwatch-omni-collaborative-ai-powered-observability-for-your-applications/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49858866 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
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So yeah it was written using AI

Article URL: https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/so-yeah-it-is-written-using-ai/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49859210 Points: 2 # Comments: 0
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AI models have caught up with Unity dev

Article URL: https://www.reddit.com/r/gamedev/comments/1wo5asm/ai_models_have_caught_up_with_unity_dev_my/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49859826 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
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AI Replacing Me? Please Do

Article URL: https://medium.com/@azolf/ai-replacing-me-please-do-e353ac6a4bc1 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49859894 Points: 2 # Comments: 0