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aantix

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About aantix

My name is Jim Jones. I consult as a software engineer for startups in the Bay Area. I'm a two-time speaker at RailsConf. Love spending time with my family and writing software.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimjones2

Recent public activity

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    Comment #49185179

    Don't these datasets already exist in terms of the real-world samplings we have when training robots to do every day tasks?

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    Comment #49160109

    I had an Apple 2+ back in 1992. It was an old computer, even then. The Apple 2+ only supported displaying capital letters. I remember calling a few local BBSes using terminal softw…

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    Comment #49123974

    I'd want cleaning to happen every day during the week/ Probably $80/day for someone to do everything I want done. 20 days a month. $1,600/month. It'd take two years, and the robot …

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    Comment #49112847

    Most people finance vehicles that cost much more than 20K. I'd gladly pay or finance a robot that could have dishes clean, laundry folded, and carpets vacuumed by the time our fami…

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    Comment #49111128

    Anecdotally, whenever I go swimming with my kids in the summer, and I don't put sunscreen on right away, but let myself get some intense direct sun, I feel good and sleep really we…

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    Comment #49007934

    Genuine question - why would someone hold bitcoin for regular, everyday purchases? The buying power is all over the place.

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    Comment #48561145

    Never understood why Facebook hasn't implemented the 'Explain this post' type feature that you see on X (@grok). Facebook seems to be the most misinformed audience - an LLM fact ch…

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    Comment #48372737

    The reverse can be true too. Don't make a bad situation worse.

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    Comment #48282625

    It's a tradeoff. Generating a feature that is 90% correct in a tenth of the time is a reasonable tradeoff if you're trying to gain traction. Generating a feature that is 90% correc…

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    Comment #47785848

    Claude Code already has that with channels. https://code.claude.com/docs/en/channels-reference No need for OpenClaw.

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    Comment #47470737

    Everyone is obsessed with speed. But no one wants to go out of their house. Social connections. Trust. Facetime. All matter more than ever. Want a moatable software business? Know …

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    Comment #47449071

    Imagine if they were able to support iMessage.

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    Comment #47405617

    South Carolina's beginning teacher salary is $42,500. That's at 125% above the poverty level.

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    Comment #47264846

    It's an un-invite. A hollow gesture. Google's Gemini can read Google Docs directly. They really don't want you to use another LLM product. So they make the setup as difficult as po…

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    Comment #47005025

    I thought it was only me. The autocomplete has a preference for proper nouns, even when they make zero sense . The next suggested word is, at best, naive. Using the previous word, …

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    Comment #46860046

    Not my experience at all. It fails to be pro-active. "Why didn't you run the tests you created?" I want it to tell me if the implementation is working. Feels lazy. And it hallucina…

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    Comment #46138175

    Have you tried Opus 4.5? It's an absolute workhorse. It is so proactive in fixing blockers - 90% of the time for me, choosing the right path forward.

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    Comment #45950181

    Offshoring support for financial data should be illegal. Even if they find the inside individuals, how could anyone ever present a legal case?

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    Comment #45903892

    A concerted effort to consume 2-4g of potassium daily has definitely helped lower my blood pressure. I'd be wary of the sugars in bananas and orange juice.

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    Comment #45804587

    Are there any software engineers here that believe in the afterlife?

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    Comment #45723353

    This was reverted.

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    Comment #45721884

    Growth through savings is limited. Greed is sustainable. When there's enough money on the sidelines, the pendulum swings, and big bets come back in fashion. Downsizing is not a big…

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    Comment #45671716

    Is Bitcoin in jeopardy?

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    Comment #45648733

    Does this web interface have support for AWS Bedrock?

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    Comment #45636228

    There is a nutritional lens that rarely gets talked about. Magnesium glycinate, magnesium threonate, l-theanine, inositol, NAC - all have been both calming and help with negative r…