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israrkhan

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About israrkhan

a geek, with passion for technology. software engineer, with a bit of interest in security, crypto, and large scale architectures

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    Comment #49264280

    I tried using it on my x86_64 desktop. Could not use it. Then I tried using it on a raspberry pi 4. Did not work. This is specifically for 64 bit arm. I see no reason why you could…

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    Comment #49043333

    This is excellent model. I was working on some Linux kernel code, and Sonnet 5, Opus 4.8 had given up on the problem i was trying to fix (after several hours). Opus 5 was able to t…

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    Comment #48359885

    We symlink AGENTS.md and CLAUDE.md to a single file in our repo

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    Comment #48154834

    California is one of those states that does not allow FSD usage to impact insurance rates

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    Comment #47786774

    lol, even the link is not correct. .con, instead of .com

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    Comment #47786765

    Usually the first thing, the page should mention is how to install it. it is as if developer does not want anyone to use this tool.

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    Comment #47538235

    This government contract was a very small part of anthropic revenue. Almost negligible. Their 2026 revenue is projected to be $14 billion to $20 billion. This contract was $200M ov…

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    Comment #47538204

    it can be used as a novel way to host files. Airplanes and many other captive portals will allow DNS traffic, but restrict everything else. Such things can be used to get free inte…

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    Comment #47187836

    I already loved Claude models, and this makes me even more eager to use them.

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    Comment #47174097

    Paramount agreed to pay the $2.8 billion breakup fee that WBD would owe Netflix if that deal didn’t go through.

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    Comment #47064444

    I liked the simplistic UI, but it is not quite ready for serious use. I tried using it on a simple svg that i had (around 1KB, just few simple lines and shapes). But it did not ren…

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    Comment #46892478

    Using claude code with custom models Will it work? Yes. Will it produce same quality as Sonnet or Opus? No.

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    Comment #46892466

    Open models are trained more generically to work with "Any" tool. Closed models are specifically tuned with tools, that model provider wants them to work with (for example specific…

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    Comment #46507865

    I was skeptical too, but after trying lazygit, lazydocker, k9s and a few more TUI programs, I can see the value.

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    Comment #46471065

    NAT is the reason for IPV6 not taking over. Also it acts as a nice security perimeter. If all IoT devices in a home were exposed to internet, It would be absolute mess.

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    Comment #46304192

    1. replacing junior engineers, with AI ofcourse breaks the talent pipeline. Seniors will retire one day, who is going to replace them? Are we taking the bet, that we wont need any …

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    Comment #45970058

    why it could not be a VS Code extension?

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    Comment #45705969

    I have been using pandoc to convert markdown files to pdfs, and keep them in a git repo. Looking at typst, I think it can be a better replacement.

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    Comment #45267296

    I think its the later. And also the fact that they are not the firstmover in AI search. More people know about chatgpt than they know about gemini

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    Comment #45242617

    That is simply not true. I know people who can have millions in their cash account. Also sometimes you need to liquidate your money and put it in cash account, for example down pay…

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    Comment #45224296

    Could not have said it better. You put it up beautifully. Thanks.

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    Comment #45097505

    By what metric? I meant valuation. OpenAI has 500B valuation, Anthropic has more than 60B.

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    Comment #45097502

    In terms of market cap OpenAI (500B valuation) is 5x smaller than Google.

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    Comment #45097475

    I enabled Alexa+ few days ago on my devices. Everyone in our home immediately disliked the new Alexa. There were some fairly basic things that Alexa+ cannot do, and Alexa was able …

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    Comment #45097406

    it is a good place for new graduates to solve some challenging engineering problems at scale and learn. Most of the employees do not last more than 2 years. People who stick for lo…