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swordsith

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    Comment #49201363

    The source of the bloat is less vibecoding and more architecture missteps and reliance on using web interfaces for everything.

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    Comment #49172136

    Sometimes after a larger source draft with AI before I even touch the program I start to pick up on some of the holes in my prompts caused bugs/unintentional mechanics to be potent…

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    Comment #49121971

    Saying we're at the Peak of LLMS is like saying we never went further than everest, these are probabilistic state machines sure, but the real value is the effort put into tooling a…

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    Comment #49105865

    Could send random characters along with 'keep going' and it would change nothing, the seed is whats causing deviation between these responses.

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    Comment #49073216

    Auto is not a model, auto is the mystery box option that cursor gives people who are too slow to read a documentation and flip a few switches. With auto you're going to get routed …

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    Comment #48982987

    I'd bet your issues with blender could be fixed with configuration or rebuilding the program with older graphics renderers available, it being open source makes alot of the prefere…

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    Comment #48875040

    put my same phone number on 10+ google accounts, if you're skipping this you look like a bot, how should google be able to tell you apart from all of the bots.

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    Comment #48700168

    Myocarditis and blood clots aren't a side-effect, they are life altering and ending.

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    Comment #48624122

    why I reject thing that makes other peoples lives easier even if it makes peoples lives easier.

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    Comment #48566104

    I can only stand to use the cursor CLI at this point, but it's usable I like to be able to switch models when one gets stupid or guard-railed, on the pro plan you get so much usage…

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    Comment #48520392

    They tried but only with a subagent that was not entertained with their attempts. Newer LLMs usually come out of the box with pre-prompts to avoid prompt injection so they don't ge…

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    Comment #48428740

    programmers will get the dark-light mode preference from my browser, and still choose to blind me.

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    Comment #48403293

    I loved this book, especially the release of tension at the end.

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    Comment #48327013

    from BAM faq post the other day[0]. FAQ Q: If you want a resolution, why not just pay the money demanded online? A: We are completely willing to sit down and figure out a fair, rea…

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    Comment #48305744

    DON'T LET THE LIGHT DIE OUT! (bring it back up plz)

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    Comment #48283025

    Personally I feel a vulnerability in local code (unshared ai slop) is much less likely to be exploited, than for say a npm package update that will pwn you as soon as it loads up.

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    Comment #48268256

    How long will it be until you can't spin the thread and fabricate your clothes stitch by stitch because you're out of practice?

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    Comment #48268173

    Nice reusable libraries are still a core part of most AI projects, but honestly I think it's not a terrible approach with all the updating dependency malware issues with stuff like…

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    Comment #48037943

    Facing reality is difficult for these euro types, they feel an need to to simultaneously hate America while also wanting to be like it.

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    Comment #47972488

    Claude is notorious in my experience to lie directly to your face (even if its baffling) instead of using the web tool. I'll never prompt it without saying 'use web tool' Its ridic…

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    Comment #47957284

    idc its obviously Ai, your algo is wrong.

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    Comment #47957280

    Seems like a de-webbed fork of this is a no brainer. its crazy what they think people will just take lying down from a open source project.

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    Comment #47930909

    Hopefully this means opeani wont exclusively distribute codex app through microsofts drm system

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    Comment #47839139

    Very obviously AI written, could tell by the end of the first sentence. Could've been a interesting read.. if you wrote it.