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    Number 58 is an American MB Big Trak programmable toy tank. I would find it fascinating if an author did a deep dive into the toy knock-offs in the USSR and how they came to be.

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    Comment #49008929

    "I am not without hope." I am not without hope that these writings offer a small respite to the AI weary.

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    Comment #48998549

    Money provides freedom, not happiness.

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    Comment #48962267

    ". . . but our social scripts telling people to produce social fabric . . ." The author of the article may benefit from reading "Bowling Alone" by Robert Putnam. Although it's now …

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    Comment #48957162

    No. 0004. Pretermit new problems https://dev.to/solidi/ways-people-respond-to-problems-3fhm

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    Comment #48341120

    "Go get one." Yes, and its price law all the way down to the metal, hasn't it always been? I think this article is stating the obvious. In software, it has always been a requiremen…

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    Comment #48225428

    Thanks for the laugh. Now back to prompting, telling my all-knowing to create new slop, good sir.

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    Comment #48223864

    "Is this what the pinnacle of human is? Lazy and greedy?" Selfishness, too. But if I follow the logic, and citations are added, how would one enforce a copyright claim if the creat…

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    Comment #48053992

    And if you do a good enough job, contact the blog's author. Maybe they would see the intrinsic value, but mainly question how weird it is to receive such an offer.

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    Comment #48053967

    Probably cheaper to set up and print a proof from KDP per blog. Would have to do the math on this, mainly the basic formatting is the labor (or automating it with AI now, not too b…

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    Comment #48037084

    "The growth of AI feels . . . like losing a limb" Indeed. Figuratively, generatively, and of course, generationally.

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    Comment #47878284

    And so, it is written: https://dev.to/solidi/claudes-law-1da7

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    Comment #47868226

    I grepped for "covid" and "COVID-19" on all presented text. 1 result found. ". . . did you ever attend school from home or somewhere else outside of school because of the COVID-19 …

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    Comment #47850516

    Today, I was presented with Claude's decision to include numerous goto statements in a new implementation. I thought deeply about their manual removal; years of software laws went …

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    Comment #47336675

    There was an article posted here a few weeks ago titled "Nobody Gets Promoted for Simplicity." I've been thinking about it a lot, and now, in turn, the memory of Mr. Hoare.

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    Comment #45734660

    "Exercise" not found in the shared text. I'm sure people who supplement or have good D levels also take care of themselves, generally - because they know D is one of the supplement…

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    Comment #44812706

    ". . . whose specifications are static and solid." Well, thats the problem with software. There isn't agreement of such specifications. We aren't working with wood, nails nor formi…

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    Comment #43014898

    If I could upvote this article twice, I would.