Posts by MuckerDog

China's DeepSeek just emitted a free challenger to OpenAI's o1 – here's how to use it on your PC

Re: Very nice coverage, thanks

deepseek-r1:8b

Re: Very nice coverage, thanks

I just came across this article after installing and running the same model in termux on my Samsung s23 ultra. Slow, but it works, even in offline/airplane mode just as a test. Colour me impressed.

Saving your battery as well as your privacy? New Brave for Android claims 5% power reduction

I use a vpn on my phone for everything except banking, uses far more juice than anything else but luckily I've a 5500mah battery on mine and I still get 12-15hrs sot between charges.

As for Brave, do they still whitelist the likes of Facebook ? I might give them a try if they aren't still speaking with forked tongue and 'mental reservation'.

Yeah, that Zoom app you're trusting with work chatter? It lives with 'vampires feeding on the blood of human data'

Re: Jitsi?

I had tried thet but am now using jami, see... jami.net

Citizenfour: Poitras' doco is about NSA and GCHQ – not Snowden

Looking forward to seeing this

Snowden is an exceedingly brave individual and a true hero, and I say that as someone who is generally a very cynical person. What he has revealed is to my mind the most important news in my lifetime (I'm 50+) and far more horrifying and far-reaching than such things as ebola or IS. It shows that my government is far more dangerous than any of those and is descending into a fascist/police state from which it might be very difficult if not impossible to return.

All I can think of is Orwells boot stamping on a face forever, and Nietzsches "Beware that, when fighting monsters, you yourself do not become a monster... for when you gaze long into the abyss. The abyss gazes also into you." The Fbi director's comments demonstrate straight out that they no longer even care to pretend they are for freedom, and yet the vast majority sit silently and ignorantly by as the water slowly starts to boil around them.

FEAST YOUR EYES: Samsung's Galaxy Alpha has an 'entirely new appearance'

All phones look the same

Rectangular, so I pretty much don't care. What I do care about is this one hasn't got Samsung's almost unique (these days) identifier, an sd-slot. I don't have wifi, I travel to places where there is usually no wifi, and I will not be putting any data of mine in the cloud, so that's immediately a no-sale.

LG’s G2: The phondleslab that wants you to TOUCH ITS BEHIND

Another lost sale

Yup, I'm one of those looking to Samsung again for sd card and removable battery. This thing even has the added minus of meaning I can't control volume etc easily in my car and motorcycle mounts.

EYE-GASMIC: Apple MacBook Pro 15-inch with Retina Display

Re: Want that screen.

Quite fancy this myself.. http://www.notebookcheck.net/Review-Samsung-ATIV-Book-9-Plus-940X3G-Ultrabook.103299.0.html

Notorious Mexican drug kingpin nabbed thanks to drones and spyware

Re: Drones help capture drug kingpin

"It's hardly going to end up with constant surveillance by the state, particularly because of the EU Human Rights act".

I suggest that if you haven't already done so, you go to the Guardian newspaper website etc, and read up on the NSA section if you think this isn't already here.

WHSmith Kobo Touch wireless e-book reader

Wot ?

I was seriously considering one after the review but then I came to this comment. Are they serious? That's this sale lost. Next !