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AlexErrant

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About AlexErrant

Building collaborative spaced repetition at https://github.com/AlexErrant/Pentive

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    Comment #49249892

    Here's what it sounds like on Android https://www.youtube.com/shorts/HQe8e3voRdw IDK why it's so much more chill than the "child abduction" alerts I get. Those are straight up adre…

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    Comment #49217357

    This quote is why I have my Claude Code "done" notification sound be the sound of a lawnmower revving. The lawnmower can't hate you. Don't anthropomorphize the lawnmower, no matter…

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    Comment #49177109

    Sure, you can "vibe/auto-retro". But in my experience the retro often results in "higher-order" structural changes. In starker terms: if you're ok with "vibe principles", "vibe inv…

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    Comment #49172325

    I literally hold a "retro" with my agent after a session. > Let's conclude with a retro. Did you run into any issues during this session that you think could be improved? Any faile…

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    Comment #49124192

    Even Lean has bugs. > AI "Proves" Collatz Conjecture with Lean 4 Bug https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49101465

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    Comment #49117997

    You are absolutely right. They should have stayed quiet about it and never published the blog. /s

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    Comment #49114558

    Doesn't this require pi, which CC famously bans you for using?

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    Comment #49112485

    Sadly incompatible with Claude subs.

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    Comment #49102489

    > Claude caches for 1hr Yep, AFAIK. I have a statusline that tells me how far I'm into the cache lifetime. I tend to have dense prompts and carefully read its outputs, so by the ti…

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    Comment #49102337

    Aaaaand there goes my cache. Damnit. Edit: > We are currently investigating this issue. > Posted 1 hour ago There goes everyone's cache.

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    Comment #49085405

    This article is _literally_ a list of bulletpoints and offers no discussion around the current title.

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    Comment #49075729

    I can count the number of times an @ file reference doesn't autocomplete on a hundred hands. Or how a rewind won't reset the "is this file Read" marker. Or how a Branch (forking a …

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    Comment #49043079

    I apply this mindset to Trump/politics too. I fucking _loathe_ Trump. I still hope he makes America better. But god I fucking hate him. I think his policies are garbage, but I'd lo…

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    Comment #49025901

    I'm in favor of open source AI... however: > It's theoretically possible for a bad actor to embed hidden adversarial behavior in a model. But if this happens, it serves the interes…

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    Comment #48999617

    $20 users don't get access to Fable. It's $100+ tier only.

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    Comment #48960370

    I used Fable all the time on my 2 Pro accounts. It's great. I'm just very careful with subagents/workflows, and it's quite usable. I'm off to Codex land I guess, which is sad becau…

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    Comment #48896606

    No one is saying you can't have an opinion and you can't express it. I'm just saying there's a predictable result when you express it with the level of detail and amount of effort …

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    Comment #48896336

    My man, if your comments can't be distinguished from a bot's, you're no better than one. Also if you can't tell that your comment's unsubstantiated bait, you really need to go touc…

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    Comment #48847968

    > If you can't generate a report, it may be because you don’t have Memory turned on. Has anyone found success with memory and Claude Code? I found Opus's 4.8 memories largely lacki…

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    Comment #48809012

    Hah, 2 minutes before my remark. I feel like if anyone has 2+ ergomech keyboards, they should really try something with a pointing device. It's clear they don't mind having an expe…

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    Comment #48808964

    For people who like small keyboards, why do you NOT have an integrated trackball/pointing device? E.g. I love my Charybdis, but I rarely see people advocating for a keyboard with a…

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    Comment #48768350

    I heckin love his /grill-me skill. Terse, to the point, and delivers outsized results. Gonna take a moment to share my own generic "retro" prompt, which has found many areas of imp…

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    Comment #48599848

    Yeah it's public domain, originally https://mariovittone.com/2010/05/154/

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    Comment #48586247

    http://spotthedrowningchild.com/ 1st video is ~1minute long and puts you in the right mindset.