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jckahn
5mo ago
This is awful. I got so much use out of it!
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jckahn
5mo ago
Ok but you do want the people building your home to be experts at building homes, yes?
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jckahn
5mo ago
Worst way to grow the company by 11 people
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jckahn
5mo ago
I assume Meta has backdoor access.
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jckahn
5mo ago
I'll be in my home for longer than the recession lasts. Seems a little silly to sell it and walk away from my hard-earned lifestyle (which I quite enjoy) to save some money for just a few years.
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jckahn
5mo ago
I'd rather be poor in the city than rich and bored outside of it.
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jckahn
5mo ago
Well, I'm neither of those extremes. Like most people, I'm somewhere between two ends of a spectrum. ;-)
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jckahn
5mo ago
So, are you suggesting that an acceptable lifestyle would be an empty studio apartment with nothing inside of it, no pets, no partner, no meaningful possessions? Personally, I have pets, a partner, and thoughtfully selected and meaningful p
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jckahn
5mo ago
I have a fancy car? News to me. I'm just trying to pay my bills and live a sensible and reasonably comfortable life. These days that requires a lot of money.
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jckahn
5mo ago
But what if all the good jobs are only in hell?
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jckahn
6mo ago
> moving to a different workplace is always an option. This is, very often, not a practical option for many people. Have you seen the market lately?
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6mo ago
All hail the pelican king!
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7mo ago
This game is a really big deal for me! I was addicted to it in high school and it left a lasting impression. Drugwars directly inspired my passion project, Farmhand: https://www.farmhand.life/ I'm so happy to see this
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jckahn
7mo ago
Yes, when they are publicly funded. Are you a regular donor?
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7mo ago
Personally I just adopt an attitude of utter nihilism and fatalism. I remind myself regularly that I'm going to die someday, like a mantra. Everything I think or care about won't ultimately matter. The only rational choice is to t
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7mo ago
Because productivity doesn't scale linearly with quantity of developers. There's a point where it plateaus or even descends as quantity of developers goes up.
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8mo ago
> I know I'm tired of reading them, but don't people get bored of writing them? Look, it's either this or a dozen articles a day about Claude Code.
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8mo ago
I've come accept that producing code I'm truly proud of is now my hobby, not my career. The time it takes to write Good Code is unjustifiable in a business context and I can't make the case for it outside of personal projects
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jckahn
8mo ago
Well said. It's for exactly this reason that I believe Google will win the AI race.
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8mo ago
Yeah I don't understand why everyone seems to have forgotten about the Gemini options. Antigravity, Jules, and Gemini CLI are as good as the alternatives but are way more cost effective. I want for nothing with my $20/mo Google AI
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jckahn
8mo ago
Just goes to show that attention is all you need.
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jckahn
8mo ago
> One of the things that makes Clawdbot great is the allow all permissions to do anything. Is this materially different than giving all files on your system 777 permissions?
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8mo ago
From what I've read, OpenClaw only truly works well with Opus 4.5.
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jckahn
8mo ago
It's like the ice bucket challenge but with rusty nails
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8mo ago
Jan: https://www.jan.ai/
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9mo ago
Assuming this is a serious comment, what do you propose instead if the health system is shut down?
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9mo ago
Alternatively, just use a local model with zero restrictions.
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9mo ago
I've had a similar experience with being a relatively prolific OSS contributor. It's a decent look professionally, but it hasn't led to employment.
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9mo ago
No, it is. That's how I use mine.
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10mo ago
Yes, but that often breaks down once you have bills to pay and need steady income. Real life tends to complicate things. The risk-averse path is a valid choice too, and often the only sensible one.
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