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AlexErrant
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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.