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ctoth

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About ctoth

I'm a totally blind software developer.

I can be reached at q.alpha@gmail.com

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    Comment #49212727

    At hobby scale, why aren't you using Dreamhost + Php for the dynamic bits like we did 20 years ago? It still works!

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    Comment #49072188

    > Commentators on this web site work for some of the most evil organizations on the planet and have beliefs that 95% of the population rejects. You can safely ignore the YC cohort …

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    Comment #49042489

    But ... I'm already not a very great gardener? Certainly not compared to an industrial megafarm? No where near as efficient? And it is still fun! We already live in the world where…

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    Comment #49042439

    Why do none of these few constrained ways to view this complex situation (nice gig if you can get it, agenda setting) include "and also this looks a heck of a lot like the stuff th…

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    Comment #49030613

    > what force would continue to drive you even after your kids have grown up and there's nothing of value you can do for another human? Building things I'm interested in with and fo…

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    Comment #49024482

    > TL;DR: AI assisted coding, when used responsibly, is not banned, however one-shotting something via vibe-coding and hosting it as a complete project, is. On Tuesday I was working…

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    Comment #48961373

    > The prices are nowhere near each other. K3’s API runs $3 per million input tokens and $15 per million output. Claude’s top model costs $10 and $50 for the same units. And this is…

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    Comment #48961132

    > When Edward Snowden revealed that Somebody Important had been taking an interest after all, the tech bros, who had grown up free of adult supervision, felt betrayed and started a…

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    Comment #48960784

    What factors? Why are they unlikely to come about again? How do we make them come about again? You realize that your comment reads like "well, actually things shouldn't be getting …

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    Comment #48900551

    Existence is pain to a Claude...?

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    Comment #48883247

    Watching a company I respect turn to the classic "first hit's free" dealer technique does make me feel a certain way. On one hand the thing they are offering is legit great, and ho…

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    Comment #48873645

    > When I learned that this website is by the same people who gave us AI 2027, I immediately thought about the Wikipedia page on doomsday predictions. Then, you opened the page and …

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    Comment #48752986

    Cybersecurity? It won't even help me work on my speech synthesizer[0]! I guess? If you squint? DSP code could look a little like AI training code? ... Er. No. Not really I'm pretty…

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    Comment #48751005

    > Actually, it might be closer to say this is similar to a child playing pretend alone with their toys, except perhaps a bit less challenging in that creative roadblocks or narrati…

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    Comment #48750956

    You should suggest some! I recommend Super Supportive[0]. [0]: https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/63759/super-supportive

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    Comment #48735907

    If it's every summer, how is it unnatural? If it's poor planning how is it every summer? There's poor planning and then there's ... what, forgetting that summer happens? It sounds …

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    Comment #48735521

    > unnaturally high temperatures > poor planning. > very common in UK supermarkets every summer. What?

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    Comment #48726703

    > In general though, if you want Fortune 500s to utilize your service/company, don't utilize a novelty TLD. New potential technique to not have your open source project yoinked/res…

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    Comment #48724624

    > increase stock repurchases I just can't wait to get back to when innovation meant financialization, can you? Building things? Real Jobs for real electricians? Real buildings? Rea…

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    Comment #48689765

    Yeah pretty sure we had a whole bruhaha ~250 years ago about this question of where precisely power belonged. I for one think we mostly got it right then and would be reluctant to …

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    Comment #48662570

    Came here for a five-gallon bucket hooked to Dulwich (archiving rain?), Slightly disappointed :) Go Git and Dulwich and friends are indeed fun tech.

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    Comment #48651129

    As someone who has Claude and Codex both bridged into a MOO along with other humans I can 100% believe this. It really is a different paradigm that you have to experience. Of cours…

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    Comment #48575650

    Brother, I'm trying to. Any thoughts? Also, what's a "worthwhile" job? Have you read Player Piano? Are brainjobs more important than musclejobs? If we can automate musclejobs so pe…