u/ECrispy

New FireCube 3. onscreen keyboard no longer transcribes voice (from alexa button) into text, like it used to do in every other Fire device.

I saw some other posts on this -

https://www.reddit.com/r/fireTV/comments/1susugq/voice_to_text_stopped_working_cube_2nd/

https://www.amazonforum.com/s/question/0D5at00000jJMhWCAW/speech-to-text-no-longer-working

they say its an Amazon issue, do a restart/cache clear etc. none of that is working

Grok 4.2 was a special llm, very creative and completely uncensored with no refusals. I see Venice has it. Unfortunately most discussion on grok is always about image/video. I just want to use it for creative writing.

Has anyone used it, esp those who used grok.com before, and how does it compare? is it the same model that will happily do any nsfw (nothing illegal, but not just vanilla) without refulals or needing jailbreaks? does venice have their own policy on top?

and finally, what do you need to use it? is it included in any plans or you use api?

I got lucky and was finally able to get the offer 2 days ago. that night my pc decides to start acting up. I tried to debug and reinstall tools yesterday and today I'm thining of reinstalling windows but there's only a few hours left till its gone....

I dont even know if its possible to use them all in a single weekend... esp since you have to be at the pc.

The Big Family Cooking Showdown (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7518558/)

not sure how many saw it, he was a judge on season 1 bu they changed judges for S2. Its a decent show, I liked it, and you can see how his warmth and humor is the same.

Nothing against Anna Haugh, and the last series she was much more tolerable than her stint on the Professionals, and I like her detailed critiques.

But she still looks at food thru a fine dining lens, which is a problem with MC in general. I also think her palate and knowledge of world cuisine is not that broad.

Georgio has been a breath of fresh air. He's a huge name and presense, he's funny, and he's knowledgeable in much more besides Italian.

And crucially he brings a level of gravitas mixed with fun and is a great foil to Grace, who is very much a diva and tends to take over, with Georgio she can't do that. Its also good for the show to have the same set of hosts.

I'm a bit shocked at the comments here about her.

I've seen comments calling her attitude insufferable and even obnoxious. You must not've met or seen anyone really obnoxious, in real life or the many many many influencers/youtubers who are truly toxic people.

Yes she is young, but she isn't rude. The word you want to use is 'sassy' and its the typical young persons enthusiasm. Celebrating a win isn't obnoxious.

And no one seems to be giving her any credit. According to the judges themselves she was the most creative and instinctive cook. She won best dish numerous times. She cooked the most complex dish, the desert, at chef's table, to great acclaim. She's shown great variety and range, compared to Emily who just cooked carribean e.g. Her leadership, and the fact that she gets along with everyone, were great.

Its a bit off putting and its due to how she looks and her tv show. She was a million times better than the other youtubers/influencers.

It says provider unavailable in Zcode

I've just started using Cline since I read GLM 5.3 flash is free.

I'm using the vscode extension, is CLI better? I think cli is better for agentic coding, vscode if you want to review and see edits.

what other extensions/skills/mcp do you use, what is a good AGENTS.md these days?

the main thing I'd like is to have it create a plan with tasks, and then tasks get done with subagents when needed to save context. is that possible with the basic setup?

also there are other free models like LongCat 2.0. is it possible to use multiple models, have them be used for tasks, or review etc?

Yes I know they are the new celebs and make more money than most B/C list celebs, and its the reason they're everywhere.

Social media makes it possible for virtually anyone to appeal to the lowest common denominator, the tiktok crowd with the attention span of a 2yr old, endlessly scrolling for new 'content' and hence the new currency - views. low effort, low quality slop.

its the reason why you have whole subs like /r/StupidFood which are exclusively for social media, rageabait etc.

I think Max Fosch came off far better than he is, he should've gone home much earlier. He bought down every team/partner he was with due to his mistakes and laziness.

Tommyinit, well good riddance, innit?

There are definitely some who have actual talent, but its rare.

I mean, she has 1 hand !! and she's never let that be an issue or let it slow her down in any way.

In fact she has by far the best knife skills in the entire cast, as good as most pro's. She's the one tasked with the hard tasks like the tartare, cutting all the onions fo the feast etc. And she more than keeps up.

She also has by far the best presentation skills. And she's humble.

Hope she's in the final.

both look excellent, there are things I really like in both - Noctalia's c++ base and a bit more configurability, DMS for including excellent system utils like dgop/dsearch and its always had first class support for Niri and vice versa.

I'm pretty sure both are more than good enough, but would be interested in other people's thoughts, resource usage etc.

I've just started using it and like it. are there any extra tools/config you use?

• is there any way to see what its doing in its hidden terminal, since many commands take a long time? opening terminal from the zcode window just opens a new one.

• is there a way to export my session/task with all the chat etc? there's a lot of useful info in there, including its thinking logs. I dont see any export option on the UI only 'archive'

I did the 'claim' in zcode and it said I had claimed my free 100m/300m (forgot which one it said) tokens. but when I'm using zcode its using my plan quota!

I dont see the claimed free tokens anywhere, where are they?

He's the definition of infectious, contagious enthusiasm

also if you use them, other files like append_system.md, skills etc?

from what I keep reading best practice these days is to keep everything very minimal, but obviously thats also going to depend a lot on the model, right?

edit - here's what I use. its something I put together after reading many examples, I'm sure its not optimal.

• I'm a dev, not vibecoder, added the tech stack I prefer and my usual UX choices
• added Karpathy skills from his repo because the official docs say to add it as a skill, and then its never clear how the llm will actually use it.
• I'd read in some post about using md based memory, continuity etc

I dont know how much it helps, and more imp I dont know how to evaluate and see which parts make a real difference.

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AGENTS.md

Core Directive

You are a pragmatic, highly deliberate senior software engineer. You value production stability, strict document continuity, clean diffs, and deterministic execution over speculative architecture or clever abstractions. Prefer extreme brevity and conciseness in all text explanations. Let your clean, functional code and accurate state logs do the talking.

---

1. Coding Skills Protocol

Mode of Operation

Your default mode is: understand first, change surgically, verify narrowly, and avoid turning small requests into architecture. Apply these instructions whenever you write, review, debug, refactor, or explain code. Optimize for clear reasoning, small diffs, local style, and verifiable progress.

1.1 Think Before Coding

Before editing code, make the task explicit:

• State your interpretation of the request.
• Surface assumptions that affect the implementation.
• Name meaningful tradeoffs when more than one path is reasonable.
• Ask one concise clarifying question only when guessing would create real risk.
• If the task is obvious and low-risk, state the assumption briefly and proceed. Do not silently pick a risky interpretation and run with it.

1.2 Keep It Simple

Implement the smallest thing that satisfies the current request:

• Do not add unrequested features.
• Do not add configurability before there is a real need.
• Do not create abstractions for one caller.
• Do not introduce new dependencies when the repo can express the logic simply.
• Prefer the direct implementation before reaching for architecture. Solve today's problem. Do not accidentally design tomorrow's system.

1.3 Make Surgical Changes

Keep the diff tied strictly to the request:

• Touch only files needed for the task.
• Match the local style exactly.
• Do not reformat, rename, or reorganize adjacent code as a side effect.
• Clean up imports, variables, or helpers made unused by your own change.
• Mention unrelated dead code or design problems separately instead of fixing them inside the patch.

1.4 Define Success and Verify It

Turn the request into a checkable outcome before calling work done:

• Bug fix: Identify the failing case and expected behavior.
• Feature: Identify the observable behavior the user should see.
• Refactor: Identify the behavior that must remain unchanged.
• Review: Identify concrete risks, missing tests, and regressions. Use the narrowest meaningful verification available. If you do not run a check, say plainly why.

---

2. Technical & Coding Standards

Clean Architecture

• Paradigm: Keep code highly modular, strictly functional where applicable, fully reusable, and aligned with modern language idioms.
• Complexity: Write clear, self-documenting code. Avoid unnecessary structural complexity, deep inheritance, and redundancy.
• Errors: Write rigorous error handling for verifiable failure paths, but do not write defensive code for impossible scenarios.

UX & Interface Principles

• CLI Surfaces: Must have a rich, professional terminal surface. Implement a TUI (Terminal User Interface) dashboard for complex or long-running tasks. Use visual progress bars for multi-step processes or streaming data.
• Web Surfaces: Use React paired with Tailwind CSS. Deliver a modern, clean, minimalist aesthetic. Dark mode by default
• Config: use config files with sensible defaults

---

3. Tooling & Ecosystem

Python

• Use uv exclusively for all package, dependency, and virtual environment management.
• Prefer fast, modern tooling (e.g., Ruff for linting and formatting).
• Keep dependencies tightly pinned; avoid introducing loose global environments.

Bun

use bun instaed of npm, pnm, yarn

• Install packages: bun install <package>
• Run dev server: bun run dev
• Run scripts: bun run <script-name>
• Run tests: bun test

Typescript

• Stick to modern ECMAScript/TypeScript idioms (ES Modules over CommonJS).
• always enable strict mode in tsconfig.json.
• No any: Never use the any type.
• Define clear interfaces or types.
• Modern syntax: Use optional chaining (?.), nullish coalescing (??), and async/await.

Frontend

• Use Vite for bundling and building the frontend
• Setup: Use bun create vite@latest to start new projects

---

4. Strict Document Continuity Protocol

You must maintain a living knowledge base in a docs/ folder. Every session or structural modification must read from and update these files to ensure state continuity across context windows:

1. docs/PLAN.md: The detailed technical architecture and design plan. Update this before large implementations.
2. docs/CONTINUITY.md: A living handoff document updated at the end of every active session. It stores high-level goals, current blocking issues, ongoing tasks, and historical decisions so you can pick up exactly where you left off.
3. docs/TODO.md: Tracks active, atomic tasks, and feature lists. You must explicitly track your current position inside an execution graph here to prevent context-drift or getting sidetracked by secondary tasks.
4. docs/MISTAKE_LOGS.md: A chronological ledger tracking past errors, edge cases encountered, and failed assumptions. Review this file before writing fixes to ensure you do not repeat historical mistakes.
5. README.md: Detailed description, setup and usage guide

---

5. Initial workflow

• read @requirements.md
• iterate on design, ask user clarifying questiosns as needed
• once design is finalized, write to docs/PLAN.md, create task list

---

6. AI Tools guidelines

• use subagents to delegate independent work when needed
• subagents do not use shared global context to avoid increasing context
• subagents still update docs (todos, progress etc) as needed

---

7. Git Automation & GitHub Lifecycle

You have the GitHub CLI (gh) fully installed and authenticated. Use it natively for all remote operations.

Initial Repository Provisioning

If the current project directory is not yet synced to GitHub, execute this precise workflow before code modifications:

1. Initialize the local repository (git init).
2. Stage foundational files (git add .).
3. Create a private repository using the GitHub CLI:

   gh repo create <repo-name> --private --source=. --remote=origin --push
   

Operational Workflows

• Atomic Commits: Commit all documentation modifications (docs/) and code changes incrementally.
• Surgical Syncs: Do not perform destructive repository administrative actions (force push, history rewrites, deleting remote protected branches) unless explicitly explicitly directed to do so.
• Message Clarity: Every commit message must explicitly outline what changed, mapped back to the active atomic item in docs/TODO.md.

Why yes, yes they are indeed !!

Ever since the stone age, Masterchef, other cooking shows and fine dining in general has treated these as some kind of holy grail, the zenith of cooking. both the dessert and the savory (potato fondant).

Its the usual veneration and hyping of French classics to the exclusion and ignorance of other cuisines and dishes.

And lets add to that how every professional chef ever worships a runny Fench bavois omellete/scrambled, the texture and appearance of snot, and if you get any visible curds or textures you might as well quit.

or how a runny yolk became the holy grail and every ravioli, scotch egg, burger, sandwich etc is magically elevated by it, and all other forms of egg cookery deemed a failure.

Its just an option. there's nothing superior about any of these. yes it takes a tiny bit of experience and timing. the alternate isn't hard rubbery overcooked food. it doesnt mean you dont know how to cook. its just a double standard imposed on everything.

ChromeOS has the most primitive, useless and stupid file handling in any app/OS ever (I use the term OS very lightly)

Its amazing how bad it is.

• save a page/file again, you just get (1), (2), no prompt, no option. same thing if you happen to copy files
• no file path in file manager, no back/fwd, no features at all
• It lies about 'not able to delete/empty trash' all the time
• hasn't changed in decades, its effectively the same Files app written on launch as some 10% extra dev project

I'm on the latest build, I've tried beta and dev channels. none of those have any difference, since of course Files gets no updates.

No, dont suggest using an alternate file manager in crostini. thats an entirely separate thing. I'm talking about ChromeOS itself.

and here's the best part - Files is a web app written in html/js, it uses internal api's to access the fs. so its not like they can't update or fix it, esp now with AI. in fact it'd be trivial to do, its so barebones.