LouisSayers

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by LouisSayers 1y ago
It's a Roman mailbox. Paper was rolled into scrolls, and that's why you find them everywhere, because just like today people communicated with one another. If you need to leave a message you write it on a scroll and insert in a ho
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by LouisSayers 1y ago
What's the reason behind the sudden uptick in people being detained? Customs seem really trigger happy, almost as if they've got some quota to meet ...
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by LouisSayers 1y ago
... or just buy silicone ones from the pharmacy (the ones for swimmers). I keep some of these on me at all times in case I end up next to any loud speakers.
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by LouisSayers 1y ago
Who says the two are mutually exclusive?
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by LouisSayers 1y ago
As someone that's happily on the Pro plan (I got a deal at $17 per month) I'm a bit confused seeing people pay $100+ per month ... like what benefits are you getting over the cheaper plan? When coding with Claude I cherry pick cod
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by LouisSayers 1y ago
This actually sounds like a fun-ish project. Has anyone done this yet (AI handled dynamic API that calls into a bunch of systems)?
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by LouisSayers 1y ago
> wanted an 80/20 equity split in his favor I would have been tempted to take the idea, partner with someone else and run hard with it in spite. I can't stand people with this mindset, and it's fair game if that's the
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by LouisSayers 1y ago
The problem I'm mentioning isn't about the fidelity of the sample, but of the samples themselves. There are an infinite number of frequencies between two points - point 'a' and point 'b'. What I'm talking
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by LouisSayers 1y ago
I have no doubt that if you sample a sound at high enough fidelity that you won't hear a difference. My comment around digital vs analog is more of an analogy around producing sounds rather than playing back samples though. There'
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by LouisSayers 1y ago
What you're mentioning is like the difference between digital vs analog music. For generic stuff you probably can't tell the difference, but once you move to the edges you start to hear the steps in digital vs the smooth transitio
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by LouisSayers 2y ago
I haven't presented for a while, but one thing I do is try to anticipate the questions people may have. Then if I'm really prepared I'll have extra slides (if showing slides) that delves into the answers for those questions.
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by LouisSayers 2y ago
Nice work! It's quite cool. Feedback: - It'd be great to be able to move the map around, zoom in / out - staying in one place feels a bit restricting. - For some smaller countries you can't actually see where they
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by LouisSayers 2y ago
> What would YOU do in my situation to break the cycle? 1. Get a laptop (Buy or Borrow) 2. Get a gym membership (i.e. shower, keep up fitness) 3. Apply for local dev jobs (work out of the library) The main thing for me would b
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by LouisSayers 2y ago
Grandma was clearly German. They have the best children's stories.
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by LouisSayers 2y ago
They should copy the Synology Diskstation - "iCloud - your personal cloud" Not only does it allow you to backup all your files, but it has all sorts of apps that you can install. You can have your own Dropbox, Google Drive, run yo
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by LouisSayers 2y ago
I agree, if you can communicate effectively AI is a huge productivity jump. Another thing I've found is to actually engineer a solution - all the basic coding principles come into play, keeping code clean, cohesive and designing it to
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by LouisSayers 2y ago
I'm not too concerned short to medium term. I feel there are just too many edge cases and nuances that are going to be missed by AI systems. For example, systems don't always work in the way they're documented to. How is an A
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by LouisSayers 2y ago
Thanks, I wasn't aware of the Model Context Protocol! For anyone interested - you can extend Claude's functionality by allowing it to run commands via a local "MCP server" (e.g. make code commits, create files, retrieve
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by LouisSayers 2y ago
Could you tell us a bit about the coding tools you use and how you go about interacting with Claude?
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by LouisSayers 2y ago
I assume you had a comprehensive test suite?
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by LouisSayers 2y ago
Awesome work, Claude is amazingly good at writing code that is pretty much plug and play. Could you speak at all about potential IDE integrations? An integration into Jetbrains IDEs would be super useful - I imagine being able to highlight
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by LouisSayers 2y ago
Have you tried a rice bucket? I had some upper forearm pain (likely from pullups, but perhaps coding as well) for around 6 months last year, and after a long break from pullups and trying the rice bucket it seems that the pain has subsided.
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by LouisSayers 2y ago
Serious question: Has anyone proficient in Photoshop given GIMP a proper go and come out the other side wanting to use it?
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by LouisSayers 2y ago
A big problem with current AI is a simple one - we don't document our thought processes that go into building solutions, at least not in enough detail. Without the thousands of micro decisions that go into building even the simplest of
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by LouisSayers 2y ago
It helped me get a visa for Italy (I took part in a startup accelerator program). Other than that not much else... I mean you learn things, but you could also learn things from watching YouTube, doing courses and reading books! I've al
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by LouisSayers 2y ago
I'm no lawyer, but the law is nuanced when it comes to copyright. Fair use exists which permits usage of copyrighted content in certain situations. I'm not saying that they aren't in violation, just that copyright doesn'
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by LouisSayers 2y ago
"ask about", not "ask for"
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by LouisSayers 2y ago
Exactly, try to ask Claude about photos of Hitler and it will also refuse to help
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by LouisSayers 2y ago
The irony is that the CEO is essentially blaming the employees in this case without listening and figuring out what the actual problem is.
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by LouisSayers 2y ago
> the reality is everything sucks because it's massively underfunded This may be the case for many things, but I would add that a lot of things suck because of conflicting incentives. Whether it's laziness or even because they

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