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I’ve been using Firefox Containers for years through Mozilla’s Multi-Account Containers extension.[1] Now that container management is available directly in Firefox, I’d prefer to use the native implementation if possible.

Mozilla notes that the extension still adds some functionality:

“Installing the Multi-Account Containers extension developed by Mozilla provides a few benefits on top of the native container functionality like site-specific container assignments, syncing across devices, and integration with Mozilla VPN or your own proxy.”[2]

I don’t currently need any of those additional features, so the native version would probably be enough for me. What I haven’t been able to figure out is how to switch without losing my existing setup. Are the containers created by the extension already shared with Firefox’s native container manager, or is there some migration process? Can I safely uninstall the extension and keep my existing containers, names, colors, icons, cookies, and active sessions?

[1] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account...

[2] https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-use-firefox-contain...

I checked, and I do have the 4GB file on my system.

The “Local AI” toggle is enabled. Chrome never asked for my consent to enable it.

Screenshot: https://imgur.com/a/S4WTHxM

The 4GB file is located in C:\Users\[user]\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\OptGuideOnDeviceModel\2025.8.8.1141

Screenshot: https://imgur.com/a/wvTqfQM

Wow, this podcast has been bringing science fiction stories to listeners since 2005. [1]

[1] https://escapepod.org/2005/05/12/ep001-imperial-by-jonathon-...

Concidentially, today I was watching and interview with a lead designer from Ramp who is telling about how they are full ia, agents and automation https://youtu.be/KPDXMtmkcgk

It worked! https://imgur.com/a/SOfiRhv

Thanks, will check it out tomorrow.

Hope the unsloth-setup.exe > Windows App is coming soon! I think it will expand accessibility and user base.

Hey, I tried to use Unsloth to run Gemma 4 locally but got stuck during the setup on Windows 11.

At some point it asked me to create a password, and right after that it threw an error. Here’s a screenshot: https://imgur.com/a/sCMmqht

This happened after running the PowerShell setup, where it installed several things like NVIDIA components, VS Code, and Python. At the end, PowerShell tell me to open a http://localhost URL in my browser, and that’s where I was prompted to set the password before it failed.

Also, I noticed that an Unsloth icon was added to my desktop, but when I click it, nothing happens.

For context, I’m not a developer and I had never used PowerShell before. Some of the steps were a bit intimidating and I wasn’t fully sure what I was approving when clicking through.

The overall experience felt a bit rough for my level. It would be great if this could be packaged as a simple .exe or a standalone app instead of going through terminal and browser steps.

Are there any plans to make something like that?

I read several articles about this today, and surprisingly, found this video more clear and easy to understand what is the situation https://youtu.be/-WF34Sgq76c

LM Studio user here. Unsloth looks great, wanted to check it out, but there is no app file to download and install? Sorry I'm not familiar with the command line.

On Assets [1] you will find that they release official portable versions.

[1] https://github.com/SuperTux/supertux/releases/tag/v0.7.0

About pricing [1]:

What are the pricing plans?

Office EU will offer simple plans for individuals and teams. Pricing will be competitive and designed to be easy to understand. We will publish full plan details closer to launch.

Will there be a free plan?

A free plan is planned after launch. It will be a good way to try Office EU before committing. Exact limits and features will be shared when it is ready.

[1] https://office.eu/faq

And Chromebooks aren't only a web browser, are only an Android web browser.

I used one and it has the android play store to install apps, thank god FF at least supports extensions, but many apps lack features of the desktop counterparts, the layouts are designed only for mobile and on desktop looks terrible (including FF android).

Yes, I was confused as well. The current Hacker News title is “Ceno, browse the web without internet access”, but on the official site the headline/<title> reads “Ceno Browser | Share the Web!”.

That mismatch is likely what is causing the confusion. The HN title probably should be updated to reflect the current title used on the site.

Another possibility is that the original title actually was “browse the web without internet access” and the developers later changed the site headline after the post was submitted to HN.

That looks nice, I use the free plan of https://visualping.io for some software changelogs, RSS feeds are a paid feature. Will check this out.

As someone not from the U.S., this thread confused me at first and I had to look it up.

What tripped me up is that sriracha is the name of a type of sauce, not a trademarked brand. It’s similar to how many companies can make “ketchup”. In contrast, Tabasco Sauce is a registered brand, so only one company can sell a sauce called Tabasco.

Because of that, several companies produce sriracha. The one most people associate with the name in the U.S. is Huy Fong Foods (the “rooster” bottle, often simply called Sriracha). But it’s just one brand among many, like Underwood Ranches Sriracha (made by the former pepper supplier mentioned in the story).

So when the OP says “the Sriracha guys screwed over their supplier”, they are talking specifically about Huy Fong, not the sauce style itself.

Besides the issues of the OP approach that many point out on this thread, I also want to point out that the ZIP code input on the example, doesn't have the type=number so my mobile keyboard opens with the whole keys instead of the numeric keyboard, in this case that ZIP codes are only numbers, the type=number will improve accessibility.

After the Paramount & Warner merger it will be good if they launch a Criterion Collection type of thing with the outstanding back catalog, going in the other direction of streaming, and producing and selling good quality Blu ray hardware. In my dreams of course.

Site is down at this moment.

Archived: https://archive.ph/PsTrp

Yes, and I think this case gets somewhat more notoriety because the phishing site has the .com domain and the legitimate one has a .org.

Like it or not, .com adds perceived trustworthiness and works as a branding signal, especially in these times of VCs throwing large amounts of money at branding and buying 3 to 6 letter .com domains, but a small project like 7zip cannot afford that kind of expense.

A great complement to that article is the Team Deakins podcast, where Roger Deakins and James Deakins talk about cinematography, filmmaking and the business of film.

https://teamdeakins.libsyn.com/

There actually is a concrete reference for the Windows 95 era research. Microsoft published detailed results from their usability work in the mid-90s, including task based testing with real users, error analysis, and iterative design changes.

Article title: The Windows® 95 User Interface: A Case Study in Usability Engineering (1996)

Link: https://dl.acm.org/doi/fullHtml/10.1145/238386.238611

The value prop sounds solid, but on the homepage I really missed seeing the product. Screenshots or a short demo video showing how the UI looks and how the UX works would help a lot.

I felt like a baker was selling me "delicious pastries" but with the tray covered. I want to see what I am getting before signing up!

Here is a quick side by side comparison between Apple Creator Studio and the Adobe Creative Cloud suite. Each app may be stronger or weaker depending on the use case, workflow, and specific user needs, so this is only a rough equivalence.

    Function            | Apple                | Adobe               | Adobe price / month
    --------------------|----------------------|---------------------|--------------------
    Image editing       | Pixelmator Pro       | Photoshop           | ~USD 20
    Video editing       | Final Cut Pro        | Premiere Pro        | ~USD 23
    Motion graphics     | Motion               | After Effects       | ~USD 23
    Audio production    | Logic Pro            | Audition            | ~USD 23
    Video encoding      | Compressor           | Media Encoder       | Included with Premiere Pro
    Live audio          | MainStage            | No direct equivalent| N/A
    Docs/presentations  | Keynote/Pages/Numbers| Express/Acrobat     | ~USD 10 to 24
    --------------------|----------------------|---------------------|--------------------
    TOTAL               | USD 12.99 / month    | ~USD 100+ / month   |
                        | (7 apps bundle)      | (5 apps separately)|
                        |                      | USD 69.99 / month  |
                        |                      | (bundle 20+ apps)  |

I think the next step for these big AI companies will be to launch their own operating systems, probably Linux distributions.

This feels like a surprisingly good moment for Linux desktops to position themselves as real alternatives and actually gain ground.

MacOS Tahoe has been heavily criticized for its UI decisions, especially Liquid Glass, which many people feel actively hurts usability rather than improving it. On the other side, Windows keeps piling on user-hostile features, dark patterns, and friction that increasingly frustrate power users and regular users alike.

Distributions like Ubuntu, Fedora, Mint, and others have mature desktops, solid performance, and fewer design decisions that get in the user’s way.

I honestly cannot remember another moment where both major desktop platforms were being questioned this openly at the same time. If Linux is ever going to take advantage of dissatisfaction at scale, this feels like it.

I just checked, and Instagram’s password reset flow allows requesting a reset using an email address, a phone number, or even the username [1]. The username is public information, so triggering password reset emails is relatively easy.

[1] https://www.instagram.com/accounts/password/reset/ (screenshot: https://imgur.com/a/4x5HPLx)

I looked into this a bit and I am also skeptical about the leak narrative.

I just checked, and Instagram’s password reset flow allows requesting a reset using an email address, a phone number, or even the username [1]. The username is public information, so triggering password reset emails is relatively easy. At scale you would need IP rotation and some basic automation, but it is not particularly hard to generate a large volume of reset emails and create confusion.

From an attacker’s perspective, this does not grant access to accounts or sensitive data. It mainly causes users to receive unexpected reset emails and possibly panic or change their passwords. That aligns more with nuisance or malice than with a meaningful breach.

I do not have definitive proof, but based on this behavior it seems plausible that the reported wave of reset emails could be explained without any large scale data leak.

[1] https://www.instagram.com/accounts/password/reset/ (screenshot: https://imgur.com/a/4x5HPLx)

Thank you. Will check it out. Here is the link if it helps to other readers https://therealnews.com/under-the-shadow

Reading this from South America, there is another layer that often gets lost in US-centric discussions like this.

For many people here, the move away from US platforms is not primarily about surveillance, product quality, or even conscious digital sovereignty in the European sense. It is more visceral and historical. There is a long-standing anti-US sentiment rooted in decades of interventionism in Latin America. For some users, avoiding US tech products is simply a symbolic refusal to participate in systems that come from a country associated with coups, economic pressure, and political interference in the region.

This is not necessarily about whether European alternatives are better. Often they are chosen precisely because they are not American. That conversation has been present for years, but it intensified during the Trump era, especially as his international posture became more openly aggressive, erratic, and performative. The image projected abroad is less diplomatic and more about asserting power at any cost.

The recent capture of Nicolás Maduro brought this sentiment back to the surface. This is not about defending Maduro or denying authoritarianism in Venezuela. It is about the methods. The way the US exercises power, bypasses norms, and frames these actions as demonstrations of dominance reinforces long-held distrust, regardless of who the target is.

From this side of the world, it often looks like a superpower acting out of anxiety. A fear of losing its central position as China, Russia, and other actors gain influence. That fear translates into unilateral actions and a public discourse that feels unhinged compared to the more restrained, protocol-driven communication of previous administrations.

So when people here talk about abandoning US platforms, it is not always a tech debate. Sometimes it is a political and emotional one, shaped by memory, history, and how power is experienced from the outside rather than from the center.

Disclaimer: this comment was written in Spanish and translated and edited with the assistance of ChatGPT, which is, admittedly, a US-based tool.

On uBlock Origin settings > Filter lists > Annoyances

Check all the items [1] and it may improve your experience with modern pop-ups.

[1] https://imgur.com/a/2jkf6YA

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