For one-shotted apps you still need to:

1. know how to do it well 2. maintain it 3. host it (if online)

Can't you ask Astra to do that too? That's the promise, that it can use the computer as you would.

This comment is needlessly pedantic. Surely you're able to understand what their implication is.

This is not limited to Bluetooth in any way. In pavucontrol I can see Firefox outputting audio when on AliExpress even though nothing is playing. The uBlock filter fixed it.

> The uBlock filter fixed it.

what filter ?

From the article:

To block the scripts open the uBlock dashboard, select My filters, and add:

    ! AliExpress AWSC fingerprinting scripts
    ||assets.aliexpress-media.com/g/AWSC/uab/*/collina.js$script,domain=aliexpress.com
    ||assets.aliexpress-media.com/g/AWSC/fireyejs/*/fireyejs.js$script,domain=aliexpress.com

You can manage these easily with the huggingface python app.

hf download hf://unsloth/Qwen3.8-27B-GGUF \ Qwen3.8-27B-UD-Q4_K_XL.gguf

and then see them with `hf cache ls`.

Prune old versions with `hf cache prune`.

Using git is another option, you'll get the actual commits/history to reference:

GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1 git clone https://huggingface.co/unsloth/Qwen3.8-27B-GGUF

cd Qwen3.8-27B-GGUF

git lfs pull --include="Qwen3.8-27B-UD-Q8_K_XL.gguf" --exclude=""

hf download maintains each downloaded version in a commit-hash-addressed snapshots dir, with symlinks to the underlying files content-addressed in a blobs dir. It’s not quite git, but it is a stable reference path.

This is very cool, thanks

Ah this feels much nicer than learning yet another custom vendor cli thing

You can't run models with filesystem and curl.

To be fair, you can't run models with "hf download" either...

To be fair, the point was more that cURL isn’t a local hf cache manager, much like it isn’t an inference backend, pointing out that avoiding additional dependencies manages risk at the cost of functionality and/or maintenance overhead…

There is always SHA256 as the alternative.

For SaaS forges there's also upd.dev launched recently.

For self-hosted forges: forgejo is great but also cgit is pretty good for exporting repos.

With the recent GitHub fiasco I've split my repos across multiple forges. Git was always supposed to be decentralised so why store everything in one place?

Silly question maybe: why use this at all when you already have a well known, decentralised, vendor-independent, almost real-time, and persistent notification system at your disposal? I'm talking about email of course.

Email notifications are dependent on whatever push notifications your email app are using. Either it's set to reach out and check for new messages at a set interval or use a service like bluemail where you hand over your credentials and they send you a proper push via APNS or Google. Either way not as reliable in my experience.

> "Didn't you build this like... last week?"

This captures the essence of AI generated work Vs your own work. AI generated work just doesn't seem to persist in my memory.

If I design the application model myself then I can play around with it in my head even when I'm not at my desk. I know it inside-out.

If the LLM generated it then I very likely forget it the minute I stepped out of the office.

I'm interested in this as well. I would assume all of them from the announcement. I.e. they are removing that functionality altogether from regular Gmail (not Workspace).

That's not how you're supposed to use a LLM. This is nonsense.

A lot of these household tasks could be automated without the need for humanoid robots. Roombas can clean your floor, automated rubbish disposal can be integrated into houses and flats, grocery delivery and storage could be done via an automated intake, cataloguing, and storage system. Humanoids are just creepy and you can't really trust them.

Could you sleep easily knowing that you have one in your house? What if you oppose the political views of its creators?

>automated rubbish disposal can be integrated into houses and flats, grocery delivery and storage could be done via an automated intake, cataloguing, and storage system

This is a complete non-starter for already-built apartment blocks, terraced homes, and even most semi-detached. It's an interesting but costly solution for new detached homes.

Humanoids are a useful form factor because the already-built human world is, definitionally, built for humanoids.

Doing what's ethically right rarely means taking the most convenient path. Fridges and pantries take a considerable amount of space in our homes. These could become part of an automated storage system.

Why is a Roomba or automated rubbish disposal system more "ethically right" than a humanoid robot?

My point is that a generalist-humanoid robot can be used for nefarious purposes more easily than a specialised robot like a Roomba. A humanoid robot could, in an extreme case, perform a civil arrest or prevent you from leaving your house until the police arrives. Ultimately it's our decision to make.

1. Do we want to be governed by machines?

2. Do we want to relinquish our freedoms to the whims of corporations?

we ve stopped building infrastructure but we have to do it. Rail, car , electricity, fiber infrastructure developed quickly, yet we refuse to even plan for robotic infrastructure. We can't be stuck forever in the 19th century

You are being far too kind. A primate's body shape may be optimal for life in the trees, but it sure isn't optimal for any of the industrial or household tasks we want a robot to do. There are millions of robots around the world doing useful things, from vacuuming houses to assembling iPhones and playing table tennis. None of them look remotely like a human.

If an article features a humanoid robot it's sure sign its a PR fluff piece. This one looks to be a recruitment ad. Tesla's Optimus is being used to pump some sort of investment scam. God knows China's humanoid marathon is about. Whatever it is, it isn't getting from A to B quickly and efficiently.

This is exactly my point, thank you.

> Humanoids are just creepy and you can't really trust them.

Ultimately I shouldn't have to trust my robots. If my roomba or my dishwasher go haywire they won't pinch my finger off. They physically can't listen to me or spy on me. These are good robots.

roombas having cameras, then also uploading them, was a misstep for sure

Except Roombas can only clean 80-90% of my floor, and not as well as a real vacuum. And we have a dog that leaves toys everywhere so probably it does more like 60% of the job when accounting for clearing its path, emptying it, etc… To get to 100% you basically need the whole human(oid).