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The sunny side of the road?

Opus has been fine on proteomics and bioinformatics for me. I have never seen a Claude model refuse on such grounds before in the past. Claude is still the best IMO, but it feels l…

I work on software that talks to mass spectrometers and it consistently refuses to refactor even an input file parser, presumably because it can infer it’s related to biology? Usel…

Came to post exactly this, except it’s got me using emacs again. I led myself into some mild psychosis where I attempted to mimic the Acme editor’s windowing system, but I recovere…

Give them love and care, and let them grow out of it. Do not sterilize and mutilate them—a most extreme form of “conversion therapy”.

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Putting money down on this being primarily LLM coded

AI will make humans more AI-like, and milestones will be celebrated when it more perfectly simulates degraded humanity

For me LLMs have been an incredible relief when it comes to software planning —quickly navigating the paralyzing quantity of choices when it comes to infrastructure, deployment, ar…

Wezterm is actually programmable. I am looking to drop Kitty as it intentionally offers minimal tmux support and the text rendering options that made it superior for me are being d…

I am lucky to have never had a live coding interview, because I would utterly crumple. Not proud to say and something I should work on, but it’s very real.

This is proof that they aren’t a European country.

The genteel American Beech is currently threatened by disease. Where I live in New England is covered in beeches, and starting last year I have not seen a single one that doesn’t s…

100% agree, especially on the lispy expressiveness. I love that I can build analysis pipelines in a functional style, which has always clicked with me more than other paradigms. Ti…

Nice post. R's quirks seem to put some people off but I've found that it's a relative joy for exploratory analysis and visualization like this, especially within RStudio. Recently …

Aqua Voice: https://withaqua.com/

Ah yeah, I do this too. The hostname and current working dir gets its own line, then on the line below I have my prompt sigil (% or $, depending on shell). What I meant was in the …

Could you elaborate more? I'm having trouble visualizing what you mean.

At first glance, I love the idea of the prompt being in a static position, separated from the output. Surprised that this is the first time I've seen something like that.

All the time: "Text $WIFE_NAME I'm on my way home" "Directions to $DESTINATION" "[Set a] Timer [for] 15 minutes" "Call $CONTACT" or "Call $PLACE" etc. These are usually done while …

I couldn't bear to finish reading your story, for which I apologize. Our son is physically and developmentally disabled and though not at all near the level of yours, he will proba…

Where are there so many seemingly dishonest Alzheimers researchers lately?

Seeking advice on how to lobby my city to disable a streetlight. We are on a rural road next to conservation land, and it blasts our house with light through the night, distracting…

I planted some in my yard up in New England, where it’s native. It’s spread nicely, and seems to act as a “sink” for aphids, keeping them away from other plants. They flock to it b…