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Qwen is just crushing it overall. I regularly use 3.7-flash for everyday coding needs and it gets the job done.

Not to mention selling it

And I have a fear of rejection

People living in homes financed with a generous rate (~3% like you mentioned) mortgage are unlikely to move - that's correct. However, that's not the only piece of the puzzle. Keep…

They say you shouldn't try to time the market, which is probably good advice. However, my approach is/was: - back in April, moved 401k fund from S&P allocation to cash equivalent (…

An increase of MBS offered on the market will cause mortgage rates to rise because there's too many loans for sale and not enough buyers. Buyers will demand higher and higher rates…

Oh neat, TIL. Thanks

I think the idea is that the Fed is trying to tamper demand by softening the economy. Lower demand will inevitably help prices. It doesn't help much though if we get a "rough landi…

> If the Fed sells mortgage securities that pay low rates at a time when prevailing rates are much higher, it will incur big financial losses that reduce the funds the central bank…

Textbooks won't tell you about Brent Johnson's Dollar Milkshake theory. They also won't have insight on todays inflation and whether it's more similar to the 1970s or 1940s. Textbo…

Here's a list of podcasts that touch on macro: - Eurodollar University - The Grant Williams Podcast - Grant's Current Yield - Hidden Forces - Inside Baseball with Old Chestnut - Ke…

I tend to keep my PRs small enough to where several can be submitted within a day. This being said, I tend to keep my changes un-staged. When I'm ready to commit: 1. `git diff` to …

Does anyone have experience with Duplicati [1] or recommend it? I am tentatively looking to make the switch to something a little more sophisticated than manually tar-balling + rsy…

This article does a pretty good job of explaining how green events work. It seems that each of the threads will attempt to accept any/all incoming requests. https://rachelbythebay.…

The podcast Making Sense by Jeff Snider and Emil Kalinowski dig into how the Fed functions and how dollars/collateral affect the (world) economy. Very interesting if you're looking…

Local-first software feels underrated especially in the UX realm. Peer-to-peer applications such as Manyverse load instantly due to not being blocked by network requests. My hope i…

This popped up on my Discover Weekly. Though, this seems to be an already known issue after doing a Google search https://www.reddit.com/r/electronicmusic/comments/jxfaid/i_t... It…

He covers a wide range of topics. The videos largely use Ruby and Python, but the ideas taught can span across languages. The topics can be found at https://www.destroyallsoftware.…

Destroy All Software screencasts by Gary Bernhardt has some great content. Besides the typical CS degree, I felt that these videos were most pivotal in me writing better code. http…