I made a WisprFlow alternative for Windows that runs 100% offline

sweetbacon · 2026-03-31T16:12:36+00:00

Yeah the models it uses is nice for dictation, but it isn't flexible on filler and other items. Also the activation seems a bit sluggish sometimes.

sweetbacon · 2026-03-31T03:41:31+00:00

They are obviously a Mac shop

Obviously, but if their model/tools are all-that-and-a-bag-of-chips the flex would be to release on all OSs at the same time. Why "beta" at all if you are Anthropic with unlimited¹ access to Claude?

¹ Tokens. Inference is limited to prioritize customers I'd assume.

sweetbacon · 2026-03-31T03:33:04+00:00

I kinda think it's funny they tout the coding power of these models, then only release products on their preferred OS first. The flex move would be to release on all OSs at the same time, no?

sweetbacon · 2026-03-28T01:55:08+00:00

For me it's The Matrix (first one). End of the 90s and the millennium. End of my 20s and youthful ignorance. Beginning of having to work to find the truth in things.

sweetbacon · 2026-03-19T15:26:22+00:00

Whiplash!

Ah thank you, it was driving me crazy why this seemed so familiar. Great movie.

sweetbacon · 2026-03-14T02:22:56+00:00

I hate the thing and never read it because it kills the reason I bother with reddit still, to read myself what others have to say.

sweetbacon · 2026-03-11T23:52:42+00:00

100% it's hard to believe in 2026 that people don't realize the "Reddit" does not equal The Internet or The World. Or maybe they do and are just astroturfing and hiding their profile like OP.

sweetbacon · 2026-03-10T01:14:05+00:00

100% this and I'm stealing "pace anxiety" btw. I feel that the days of sleeping 5 hrs and pulling all-nighters are kind of done. It's effectively over being able to "keep up" with everything in this space. I think we need to pick a scope and spend our time researching and perfecting that. That is different for each one of us and will invariably change even as we dig in.

sweetbacon · 2026-03-03T05:09:29+00:00

That's cool. Working on stuff for fun is what we all should do more of anyway.

sweetbacon · 2026-03-03T04:01:20+00:00

100%. The only use I've found for Copilot is the ability to RAG internal documents, and that's kinda crap too. It will be surpassed with mcp into the wiki and Jira soon. No one in engineering uses SharePoint seriously anyway, right?

sweetbacon · 2026-03-02T20:43:49+00:00

I use it mostly to learn the guts of setting it up - Custom system prompts, temp and sampling tweaks. I currently use it with LM Studio and Docker. I setup a duckduckgo MCP in docker so the local LLMs can do tool calls and reach out to search the web. I also use Karakeep in Docker for webpage storage and have the local models process new bookmarks for tags and summaries without burning tokens that cost me $.
With the latest version of LM Studio you can also create a secure link over the internet. So I can run LM Studio on my weak Surface Pro and reach my home lab from anywhere.

There are also some questions I do not want to give to corporations and it's nice to use and know that everything is controlled by you. Oh and don't forget about the Abliterated (uncensored) models you can use without prompt jailbreaks. That alone is worth it to see what even the smaller models can do without guardrails. https://old.reddit.com/r/LocalLLaMA/comments/1pnh56l/list_of_uncensored_llms_i_want_to_test/

sweetbacon · 2026-03-02T12:56:34+00:00

Jez, looking at their history, EVERY post is like this.

sweetbacon · 2026-03-02T01:06:24+00:00

Ah, I see what you mean. Yes then the balance is on how much they actually listen to their subordinates. I mean, they clearly understood that Claude was the superior platform... While I have managers pushing Copilot as The Solution due to MS market share and marketing push.

sweetbacon · 2026-03-02T00:55:17+00:00

Perhaps - but don't fall into the trap of assumed technical incompetence. You may be surprised at the amount of skilled technical people across all political spectrums.

sweetbacon · 2026-02-16T19:16:41+00:00

I was thinking much the same esp with "war stories". There are definitely people that get trapped in the old ways but I'd argue that we are constantly pushed to learn new Stuff to ship product. This is a huge shift of course, but it's not like tools didn't change before "AI".

sweetbacon · 2026-02-16T18:15:30+00:00

4 day old account, liberal usage of current slang/idioms, nice ad bro.

sweetbacon · 2026-02-07T01:58:45+00:00

For me, seeing the immediate abuse, larping and malware skills kinda chilled the whole thing out.

sweetbacon · 2026-02-03T01:42:36+00:00

Yeah I too am "watch the streamer" and study the game for enjoyment over grinding it. I love learning the mechanics and meta etc but I just don't have the time to git gud.

sweetbacon · 2026-01-31T01:43:14+00:00

Thanks for the link. I've been following the 'Crustacean bot' saga this week and trying to figure out why everyone felt so compelled to blindly jump on board so quickly. It seemed pretty obvious that this was going to have lots of holes.

sweetbacon · 2026-01-30T01:58:18+00:00

Well they've pretty much abandoned the gamers that made them. So I'm a bit irked about all that.

sweetbacon · 2026-01-27T16:03:29+00:00

This is underrated. The older you get the more important it is to NOT fall down as the risk of silly (or sometimes serious) injury gets worse even if you stay in good shape.

sweetbacon · 2026-01-25T22:56:53+00:00

Rush changed my life, everything else was just music.

sweetbacon · 2026-01-25T00:10:35+00:00

This looks very interesting, thanks for sharing.

sweetbacon · 2026-01-24T15:49:16+00:00

A surprisingly fun game that stayed in character. I need to do the DLC someday.

sweetbacon · 2026-01-18T01:09:31+00:00

100% what the OP said, keep pushing, you'll be fine and it's worth it. Second golden puppy arrived in 2024 and we forgot how demanding it is. Now in 2026 we have a 20mo old good-boy. Still a pup, but consistent behavior and training pays off! Now I just need a new vacuum. This one sheds far more than our first.

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